Editing DAMS (section)

==History==
The year after its foundation, DAMS joined the [[International Formula 3000|International Formula 3000 Championship]]. They stayed in F3000 until [[2001 International Formula 3000 season|2001]]. DAMS were one of many French teams that were part of the [[Elf Aquitaine|Elf]] young driver sponsorship program.

Aside from F3000, DAMS planned to join the F1 World Championship in {{F1|1996}}, with a car (the [[DAMS GD-01|GD-01]]) developed by [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]], but lack of funds prevented the team from advancing.<ref name="history" />

DAMS enter in [[sports car racing]] since 1997 until 2002 where it helped the ''[[Michel Vaillant (film)|Michel Vaillant]]'' movie, preparing and racing cars in the [[2002 24 Hours of Le Mans|24 Hours of Le Mans]].

In August 2019, founder [[Jean-Paul Driot]] died, aged 68.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.autosport.com/f2/news/145217/dams-founder-driot-dies-aged-68|title=DAMS founder and e.dams team principal Jean-Paul Driot dies aged 68|access-date=7 August 2019|date=4 August 2019|publisher=[[Autosport]]|archive-date=7 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807000335/https://www.autosport.com/f2/news/145217/dams-founder-driot-dies-aged-68|url-status=live}}</ref> His two sons, Olivier and Gregory Driot, took over as co-team principals, until former [[Formula 1]] driver [[Charles Pic]] bought the team in February 2022.<ref name="Pic"/>

===Formula 3000/GP2/FIA Formula 2===
Right from its inception, the French team entered the [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|FIA]] [[International Formula 3000|International Formula 3000 Championship]], which they won in [[1990 International Formula 3000 season|1990]] with [[Érik Comas]], [[1992 International Formula 3000 season|1992]] with [[Olivier Panis]] and [[1994 International Formula 3000 season|1994]] with [[Jean-Christophe Boullion]].

In 13 years, [[1989 International Formula 3000 season|1989]] to [[2001 International Formula 3000 season|2001]], DAMS won 4 team titles, 3 drivers titles, 21 wins, 19 pole positions and 19 fastest laps, making DAMS one of the most successful Formula 3000 teams with [[Super Nova Racing]] and [[Arden International]].

The team competed in the [[GP2 Series]] since its beginning in [[2005 GP2 Series|2005]],<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060203044004/http://www.gp2series.com/en//website/dams/presentation/ DAMS presentation at gp2series.com]  ''gp2series.com''</ref> winning races with drivers [[José María López]] and [[Nicolas Lapierre]].

[[File:Jerome d'Ambrosio 2009 GP2 Turkey.jpg|thumb|left|[[Jérôme d'Ambrosio]] driving for DAMS at the [[2009 Istanbul Park GP2 Series round]].]]
DAMS was associated with the Toyota Drivers Program (TDP) from 2006 to 2009, and ran their drivers in the GP2 Series. In 2006, it was [[Franck Perera]] and then [[Kazuki Nakajima]] in 2007, who finished 5th in the GP2 championship and raced in the last [[Formula One]] Grand Prix of the season with [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]]. Following this he won a full-time race seat with the team for 2008 and was retained for the 2009 season. In 2008, TDP driver [[Kamui Kobayashi]] replaced Nakajima at DAMS GP2 and became the [[Toyota Racing (Formula One team)|Toyota Racing]] test driver.<ref>[http://www.automobilsport.com/gp2-series-dams-signs-kobayashi-kamui-japanese-driver-toyota-drivers-program-yoshinori-arimatsu-motorsport---30403.html DAMS signs Kobayashi for 2008 season] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707191451/http://www.automobilsport.com/gp2-series-dams-signs-kobayashi-kamui-japanese-driver-toyota-drivers-program-yoshinori-arimatsu-motorsport---30403.html |date=7 July 2011 }} ''automobilsport.com'' (23 November 2007)</ref> Kobayashi stayed on in 2009, and was partnered by [[Jérôme d'Ambrosio]] for these two years. Neither driver was able to put together a consistent run of form in the main GP2 Series championships, but Kobayashi did win the [[2008–09 GP2 Asia Series|2008–09 Asian championship]] with the team.

[[File:R Grosjean Monza 2011.jpg|thumb|left|[[Romain Grosjean]] won the GP2 championship in [[2011 GP2 Series|2011]].]]
D'Ambrosio remained with the team for [[2010 GP2 Series|2010]], and was paired with [[Ho-Pin Tung]], who replaced the [[Sauber]]-bound Kobayashi. As part of an agreement with the [[Renault in Formula One|Renault]] Formula One team, both were nominated as Renault F1 test drivers, and the DAMS GP2 cars were liveried in an identical yellow-and-black scheme to the [[Renault R30]] chassis.<ref>{{cite web|last=English|first=Steven|title=Renault's d'Ambrosio, Tung join DAMS|publisher=[[Haymarket Group|Haymarket Publishing]]|work=autosport.com|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81176|date=1 February 2010|access-date=1 February 2010|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204122/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81176|url-status=live}}</ref> D'Ambrosio won the [[2010 Monaco GP2 Series round|sprint race at Monaco]], but his form thereafter was disappointing{{Citation needed|date=August 2016}} and he was rested for one of the rounds in favour of [[Romain Grosjean]], another driver with Renault F1 links. Grosjean later got the opportunity to move into the team full-time when Tung, yet to score a point after 12 races, sustained a broken [[vertebra]] in a racing accident. D'Ambrosio, Grosjean and Tung finished 12th, 14th and 28th respectively in the drivers' championship, whilst DAMS finished sixth position in the teams' championship. Grosjean remained with the team for 2011, with Norwegian rookie [[Pål Varhaug]] replacing D'Ambrosio, who graduated to F1 with the [[Virgin Racing]] team. DAMS retained its links with Renault, although these were somewhat diluted by the F1 team's new sponsorship deal with [[Lotus Cars]], which also backed the rival [[ART Grand Prix|ART]] team in GP2. Grosjean dominated the year, winning both the [[2011 GP2 Asia Series|Asian]] and [[2011 GP2 Series|main series]] championships. DAMS also won the Asian teams' title, but Varhaug's failure to score points in the main series saw the team beaten to the championship by [[Addax Team|Addax]].

For the [[2012 GP2 Series|2012 season]], Grosjean moved to the [[Lotus F1|Lotus]] (formerly Renault) Formula One team, and Varhaug switched to the [[Auto GP|Auto GP World Series]]; they were replaced by series veteran [[Davide Valsecchi]] and reigning [[British Formula 3 Championship|British F3]] champion [[Felipe Nasr]]. Valsecchi began the season strongly, winning an unprecedented three races in a row in [[2012 Bahrain GP2 Series rounds|Bahrain]], and later prevailed over closest rival [[Luiz Razia]] to win the championship, whilst Nasr finished on the podium four times to finish tenth in the championship, the second-highest rookie behind [[James Calado]]. Between them, Valsecchi and Nasr scored enough points to win DAMS's first GP2 Teams' Championship, six points ahead of ART, competing under the Lotus GP banner.

The team wrapped up both the [[2014 GP2 Series|2014]] Drivers' and Teams' Championships, with [[Jolyon Palmer]] winning the former. DAMS went into the [[2015 GP2 Series|2015 season]] with [[Red Bull Junior Team]] driver [[Pierre Gasly]] and [[2014 GP3 Series|2014 GP3]] champion [[Alex Lynn]] as their driver lineup. The team struggled in the [[Bahrain International Circuit|Bahrain]] feature race with Gasly being involved in a fourth lap collision with [[Arthur Pic]], [[Raffaele Marciello]] and [[Norman Nato]] and Lynn falling down the order after driving into the back of [[Alexander Rossi (racing driver)|Alexander Rossi]] and damaging his front wing. Both drivers finished outside the points in the following day's sprint race. The team had an improved weekend in [[Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya|Barcelona]], with Lynn taking his first GP2 victory in the sprint race and Gasly joining him on the podium in third.

In 2018, the team fielded [[Nicholas Latifi]] and [[Alexander Albon]] in the FIA Formula 2 Championship.<ref name="F2 2018">{{cite news|last1=Gruz|first1=David|title=DAMS confirms Latifi for 2018, Albon for Bahrain only|url=https://www.motorsport.com/fia-f2/news/dams-confirms-latifi-for-2018-albon-for-bahrain-only-1021418/|access-date=14 April 2018|work=[[motorsport.com]]|publisher=[[Motorsport Network]]|date=14 April 2018|archive-date=14 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414234013/https://www.motorsport.com/fia-f2/news/dams-confirms-latifi-for-2018-albon-for-bahrain-only-1021418/|url-status=live}}</ref> The team secured third place in the constructors' championship and took 5 wins during the season (4 for Albon and 1 for Latifi). The team's 2018 lineup will race together for the first time in three years in the [[2022 Formula One World Championship]] for the [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]] team.

For the [[2019 Formula 2 Championship|2019 season]], the team hired [[Sérgio Sette Câmara]] to replace Albon, who was promoted to Formula 1 with [[Scuderia Toro Rosso|Toro Rosso]] for [[2019 Formula 1 World Championship|2019]]. They won the Teams' Championship with 418 points, and 6 wins (5 for Latifi, who was promoted to Formula 1 for [[2020 Formula One World Championship|2020]] to drive for [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]], and 2 for Sette Câmara, who later moved on to Formula E to drive for the [[Dragon Racing|GEOX Dragon]] team.

For the [[2020 Formula 2 Championship|2020 season]], the team hired [[Sean Gelael]] and [[Dan Ticktum]] to race for them. After a disappointing season, the team slumped to 8th in the Teams' Championship, accumulating a total of 115.5 points, with Ticktum scoring both of their wins (at [[2020 2nd Spielberg Formula 2 round|Spielberg]], and at [[2020 Silverstone Formula 2 round|Silverstone]].) 

For the [[2021 Formula 2 Championship|2021 season]], the team hired two new drivers [[Roy Nissany]] and [[Marcus Armstrong]]  to replace the [[Carlin Motorsport|Carlin-bound]] Ticktum and the [[2021 FIA World Endurance Championship|WEC-bound]] Gelael. Scoring only one win all year (through Armstrong at [[2021 Jeddah Formula 2 round|Jeddah]], the team once again finished 8th in the Teams' Championship, with 65 points.

For the [[2022 Formula 2 Championship|2022 season]], the team stayed with [[Roy Nissany|Nissany]] for another season and hired [[Japan|Japanese]] rookie [[Ayumu Iwasa]]. 2022 was seen as an improvement for DAMS, as they finished 6th in the Teams' Championship. They scored a total of 2 wins (both scored by Iwasa), and 161 points (141 for Iwasa, who finished 5th in the Drivers' Championship; and 20 for Nissany, who finished 19th.)

For the [[2023 Formula 2 Championship|2023 season]], the team stuck with [[Ayumu Iwasa|Iwasa]] for his second year in the category, and hired [[Monaco|Monegasque]] rookie [[Arthur Leclerc]] from [[Prema Racing|Prema's]] [[2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship|Formula 3]] team.

===A1 Grand Prix, Formula Renault and Formula E===
[[File:Renault eDAMS FE car 2015.jpg|thumb|The e.dams Formula E car on show at [[Battersea Park Street Circuit]], June 2015]]
[[File:EFLT PueblaEPrix2021-1.jpg|thumb|[[Oliver Rowland]] qualifying with the [[Nismo|Nissan]] IM03 for the [[2021 Puebla ePrix]].]]
In the 2003 and 2004 seasons, DAMS took part in the [[Formula Renault V6 Eurocup]], which they won that same year with Argentinian [[José María López]]. In 2005 the team entered the [[World Series by Renault]].<ref>[http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns13835.html Renault World Series claims 30 cars] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105013404/http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns13835.html |date=5 January 2010 }} ''grandprix.com''</ref> Since 2005, DAMS joined the [[GP2 Series]] but also the [[A1 Grand Prix]] where it serviced three teams.

Driot is one of the owners of the [[A1 Team France]].<ref>[http://france.a1gp.com/fra/principal.php Driot, directeur principal] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080208132846/http://france.a1gp.com/fra/principal.php |date=8 February 2008 }} ''france.a1gp.com''</ref><ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071031031227/http://a1podium.com/teamFRA.php A1 Team France information]}} ''a1podium.com''</ref> DAMS also managed [[A1 Team Switzerland]],<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071031031417/http://a1podium.com/teamSUI.php A1 Team Switzerland information]}} ''a1podium.com''</ref> [[A1 Team Mexico]]<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071031031337/http://a1podium.com/teamMEX.php A1 Team Mexico information]}} ''a1podium.com''</ref> and later [[A1 Team South Africa]]<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071031031407/http://a1podium.com/teamRSA.php A1 Team Switzerland information]}} ''a1podium.com''</ref> in the A1 Grand Prix championships. With A1 Team France, DAMS was the first winner of the series winning 13 of the 22 races including in the [[2005–06 A1 Grand Prix season|2005–06]] season.

For the [[2007–08 A1 Grand Prix season|2007–08]] season, A1 Team France and South Africa collaborated closely to finalize the car like it was previously done with A1 Team Switzerland.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.gpupdate.net/en/a1gp-news/163087/team-france-and-rsa-to-continue-to-work-together/ |title=Team France and RSA to continue to work together |publisher=GPUpdate.net |date=14 August 2007 |access-date=1 February 2011 |archive-date=26 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426175241/http://www.gpupdate.net/en/a1gp-news/163087/team-france-and-rsa-to-continue-to-work-together/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The team joined the new [[Formula E]] championship in 2014 under the name '''e.dams''', with collaboration from [[Alain Prost]].<ref>[http://www.racer.com/alain-prost-joins-with-dams-to-field-formula-e-squad/article/317847/ Alain Prost joins with DAMS to field Formula E squad] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131026043233/http://www.racer.com/alain-prost-joins-with-dams-to-field-formula-e-squad/article/317847/ |date=26 October 2013 }} - Racer, 24 October 2013</ref> [[Sébastien Buemi]] was runner-up in the inaugural season and champion in 2015–16, having claimed 8 wins and 13 podiums in 23 races. [[Nicolas Prost]] finished sixth and third respectively, claiming three wins. In the [[2016–17 Formula E season|2016–17 season]], the team clinched their third straight constructors' title but Buemi lost the title to [[Lucas di Grassi]] at the [[2017 Montreal ePrix|final round in Montreal]]. Buemi also had to miss the [[2017 New York City ePrix|New York City rounds]] due to commitments in the [[2017 FIA World Endurance Championship|World Endurance Championship]] and was replaced by [[Pierre Gasly]].

The [[2017–18 Formula E season|following season]] saw the team's final season with Renault in Formula E fail to see any of their drivers win a single race in the championship. Their highest finish was 2nd for Buemi in [[2018 Marrakesh ePrix|Marrakesh]]. The team could only finish fifth in the constructors' championship. At the end of the season, [[Nicolas Prost]] left the team.

For the [[2018–19 Formula E season|2018–19 season]], the team switched to [[Nissan]] and originally hired [[Alexander Albon]] to partner Buemi, however on 26 November 2018 Albon was released from his contract with the team to instead drive in the [[2019 Formula One World Championship|2019 Formula One season]] with the [[Scuderia Toro Rosso|Toro Rosso team]]. Four days later, the team signed [[Oliver Rowland]], who raced for the team in the [[2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship]]. As is traditional with Nissan factory teams, their car numbers are 22 and 23, since the numbers 2 and 3 are pronounced "ni" and "san" in Japanese.

Under the Nissan banner, the team couldn't win any championship. Their first powertrain named ''Nissan IM01'' proved to be controversial as e.dams were the only team to use a dual-motor setup, having scored six poles with this powertrain. This was eventually outlawed in technical regulations for the [[2019–20 Formula E season|2019–20 season]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Nissan e.dams 'surprised' by FIA decision to outlaw 'innovative' powertrain|url=https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2019/june/nissan-surprised-at-dual-motor-ban|accessdate=25 June 2021|publisher=FIA Formula E|date=21 June 2019|archive-date=25 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625091503/https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2019/june/nissan-surprised-at-dual-motor-ban|url-status=live}}</ref> Despite being forced by rules to significantly change their powertrain design, Nissan e.dams improved in the [[COVID-19 pandemic|COVID]]-impaced 2019–20 season, ending up second in Teams' Championship instead of fourth.

After two disappointing seasons in a row with a 10th place in the [[2020–21 Formula E season|2020–21 season]] and a 9th position in the [[2021–22 Formula E season|2021–22 season]], [[Nismo]] decided to part ways with DAMS and operate the team on their own.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-12 |title=Nissan acquires e.dams race team |url=https://global.nissannews.com/en/releases/nissan-acquires-edams-race-team |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=Official Global Newsroom |language=en}}</ref>

=== Sports car racing ===
[[File:DAMS Panoz GTR-1.jpg|thumb|right|A [[Panoz Esperante GTR-1]] campaigned by DAMS in the [[1997 FIA GT Championship season]]]]
Starting from 1997, Driot's team diversified into [[sports car racing]], entering the [[FIA GT Championship]] in partnership with [[Panoz, LLC|Panoz]]. Splitting up in the following year, DAMS ran a [[Lola B98/10]] with a [[Judd (engine)|Judd]] engine in the [[FIA Sportscar Championship|SportsRacing World Cup]], winning four races, as well as participating in the [[American Le Mans Series]] and the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]].

In 2000 and 2001, DAMS associated themselves with [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]], preparing the works [[Cadillac Northstar LMP]] prototypes for the [[American Le Mans Series]], [[FIA Sportscar Championship]] and the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]], but failed to get any competitive results.

DAMS (running the Bob Berridge Racing Lola) helped the ''[[Michel Vaillant (film)|Michel Vaillant]]'' movie crew in the [[2002 24 Hours of Le Mans|2002, 24 Hours of Le Mans]] entering with a [[Lola B98/10]]-[[Judd (engine)|Judd]] as ''Vaillante'' and a [[Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S]]-[[Élan]] as ''Leader''.<ref>[http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=91637&FS=LEMANS Preliminary practice Lola Cars notes] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051112072541/http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=91637&FS=LEMANS |date=12 November 2005 }} ''motorsport.com'', 7 May 2002</ref>

They then switched their effort to an FIA GT return. In 2003, they tried entering two [[Nissan 350Z]], but once again funds prevented the French team from developing the Japanese car. In 2004, they teamed with [[Lamborghini]] and entered two [[Lamborghini Murciélago|Murciélago R-GT]] cars in the final rounds of the FIA GT Championship.