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{{Short description|Formula One constructor}}
{{refimprove|date=August 2023}}
{{Former F1 team
|Short_name    = EuroBrun
|Long_name     = EuroBrun Racing
|Logo          =
|Base          = [[Senago]], [[Milan]], [[Italy]]
|Staff         = [[Walter Brun]]<br/>Giampaolo Pavanello
|Drivers       = {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Stefano Modena]]<br/>{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Oscar Larrauri]]<br/>{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Roberto Moreno]]<br/>{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Gregor Foitek]]
|Engines       = [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]<br/> [[Judd (engine)|Judd]]
|Debut         = [[1988 Brazilian Grand Prix]]
|Races         = 46 (21 starts)
|Cons_champ    = 0
|Drivers_champ = 0
|Wins          = 0 <small>(best finish: 11th, [[1988 Hungarian Grand Prix]])</small>
|Poles         = 0 <small>(best grid position: 15th, [[1988 Canadian Grand Prix]])</small>
|Fastest_laps  = 0
|Last race     = [[1990 Spanish Grand Prix]]
|}}
[[File:EurobrunER189 RaceHistoryOnTrack HH2011.jpg|thumb| Heinrich Bücherl driving a Eurobrun ER189 at the Hockenheim Historic presentation RaceHistoryOnTrack 2011]]
'''EuroBrun Racing''' was a Swiss-Italian [[Formula One]] constructor based in [[Senago]], [[Milan]], [[Italy]]. They participated in 46 Grands Prix between 1988 and 1990, with an [[List of Formula One constructors#Team's nationality|Italian license]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Eurobrun|url=https://www.statsf1.com/en/eurobrun.aspx|publisher=StatsF1|accessdate=28 March 2022}}</ref> entering a total of 76 cars.

==Background==
The team was a combination of two outfits – the mechanical manpower and skill of Giampaolo Pavanello's ''Euroracing'' team, who had also run the factory-backed [[Alfa Romeo in Formula One|Alfa Romeo]] Formula One team from 1982–85, and the financial muscle and organisational skill of Swiss [[slot machine]] magnate and former touring car driver [[Walter Brun]], who owned and ran the [[Brun Motorsport]] [[sports car racing|sports car]] team.

==1988==
[[Image:Oscar Larrauri 1988 Canada.jpg|thumb|left|[[Oscar Larrauri]] driving for EuroBrun at the [[1988 Canadian Grand Prix]].]]

For the team's debut season in {{f1|1988}}, Mario Tolentino designed the ER188 chassis, to be powered by a [[Naturally aspirated engine|normally-aspirated]] 3.5-litre [[Cosworth]] [[Cosworth DFV#DFZ|DFZ]] engine. [[1987 International Formula 3000 Championship|1987 Formula 3000]] champion [[Stefano Modena]] and long-time Brun sportscar stalwart [[Oscar Larrauri]] were signed to drive. Despite a solid if unspectacular start to the season, EuroBrun were soon struggling as money ran low. There was internal trouble when Brun unsuccessfully tried to replace Larrauri with [[Christian Danner]] (the Argentine driver had gained the unwanted reputation among his fellow drivers of being a 'mobile chicane' in both qualifying and races) and Euroracing were showing disinterest in Formula One. Both drivers failed to qualify at certain events (Modena missing out four times and being excluded from another two races for technical infringements, and Larrauri failing seven times). Modena's 11th place at the [[1988 Hungarian Grand Prix|Hungarian Grand Prix]] was the team's best result of the year.

==1989==
Before the {{f1|1989}} season, Euroracing slimmed down to a nominal level of involvement, in the shape of a handful of engineers and mechanics. EuroBrun scaled back to a single car (being the only team to enter one car that year, as opposed to two) to be driven by Swiss driver [[Gregor Foitek]], while the ER188 was modified slightly to take a [[Judd (engine)|Judd V8 engine]] and [[Pirelli]] tyres. The team would only make it through pre-qualifying once, in the opening race of the season in [[1989 Brazilian Grand Prix|Brazil]], and then Foitek failed to qualify. Even the introduction of [[George Ryton]]'s new ER189 for the [[1989 German Grand Prix|German Grand Prix]] did not help. Foitek quit after the [[1989 Belgian Grand Prix|Belgian Grand Prix]], to be replaced by the returning Larrauri, who was no more successful.

==1990==
Despite failing to start a single race in 1989, the team returned in {{f1|1990}} with two cars once again. Euroracing had now left the partnership altogether and the team started the season with an upgraded version of the ER189 known as the [[EuroBrun ER189B|ER189B]]. [[Roberto Moreno]] led the team, with [[Claudio Langes]] in the second car. Langes would not make it through pre-qualifying once. A freak qualifying session at the opening race of the season in the [[1990 United States Grand Prix|United States]] saw Moreno start 16th on the grid and he eventually finished 13th. The capable Brazilian qualified again in [[1990 San Marino Grand Prix|San Marino]] and came close on other occasions, but as Brun lost enthusiasm, the EuroBruns fell further and further away from the grid. After 14 rounds the team withdrew from the Formula One Championship, having made only 21 starts from 76 entries. In 2021, Moreno claimed that the team purposely did not want to qualify for races so as not to spend funds they did not have on extra tyres and engine rebuilds, stating that the team gave him race-marked tyres to qualify on and the Judd engines went as long as four events without rebuilds.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKqG5pb_lR0&t=2651s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/AKqG5pb_lR0| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Roberto Moreno's Incredible F1 Journey <nowiki>|</nowiki> Beyond The Grid <nowiki>|</nowiki> F1 Official Podcast|publisher=[[Formula One]] on [[YouTube]]|date=2 May 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

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==Complete Formula One results==
([[:Template:F1 driver results legend 2|key]])
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
! Year
! Chassis
! Engines
! Tyres
! No.
! Drivers
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! 12
! 13
! 14
! 15
! 16
! [[List of Formula One World Championship points scoring systems|Points]]
! WCC
|-
!rowspan="3"| {{F1|1988}}
|rowspan="3"| [[EuroBrun ER188|ER188]]
|rowspan="3"| {{nowrap|[[Cosworth|Ford Cosworth DFZ]] 3.5 [[V8 engine|V8]]}}
|rowspan="3"| {{Goodyear}}
||
||
|| [[1988 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]
|| [[1988 San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]]
|| [[1988 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]
|| [[1988 Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]
|| [[1988 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]
|| [[1988 Detroit Grand Prix|DET]]
|| [[1988 French Grand Prix|FRA]]
|| [[1988 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
|| [[1988 German Grand Prix|GER]]
|| [[1988 Hungarian Grand Prix|HUN]]
|| [[1988 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]
|| [[1988 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
|| [[1988 Portuguese Grand Prix|POR]]
|| [[1988 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]
|| [[1988 Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]]
|| [[1988 Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]
!rowspan="3"| 0
!rowspan="3"| NC
|-
| 32
|align="left"| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Oscar Larrauri]]
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 13
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 16
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|-
| 33
|align="left"| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Stefano Modena]]}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NC
| EX
| EX
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 14
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 11
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 13
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|-
!rowspan="3"| {{F1|1989}}
|rowspan="3"| [[EuroBrun ER188|ER188B]]<br />[[EuroBrun ER189|ER189]]
|rowspan="3"| [[Judd (engine)|Judd]] CV 3.5 [[V8 engine|V8]]
|rowspan="3"| {{Pirelli}}
||
||
|| [[1989 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]
|| [[1989 San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]]
|| [[1989 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]
|| [[1989 Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]
|| [[1989 United States Grand Prix|USA]]
|| [[1989 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]
|| [[1989 French Grand Prix|FRA]]
|| [[1989 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
|| [[1989 German Grand Prix|GER]]
|| [[1989 Hungarian Grand Prix|HUN]]
|| [[1989 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]
|| [[1989 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
|| [[1989 Portuguese Grand Prix|POR]]
|| [[1989 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]
|| [[1989 Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]]
|| [[1989 Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]
!rowspan="3"| 0
!rowspan="3"| NC
|-
|rowspan="2"| 33
|align="left"| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Gregor Foitek]]
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|| 
|| 
|| 
|| 
|| 
|-
|align="left"| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Oscar Larrauri]]
|| 
|| 
|| 
|| 
|| 
|| 
|| 
|| 
|| 
|| 
|| 
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|-
!rowspan="3"| {{F1|1990}}
|rowspan="3"| [[EuroBrun ER189B|ER189B]]
|rowspan="3"| [[Judd (engine)|Judd]] CV 3.5 [[V8 engine|V8]]
|rowspan="3"| {{Pirelli}}
||
||
|| [[1990 United States Grand Prix|USA]]
|| [[1990 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]
|| [[1990 San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]]
|| [[1990 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]
|| [[1990 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]
|| [[1990 Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]
|| [[1990 French Grand Prix|FRA]]
|| [[1990 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
|| [[1990 German Grand Prix|GER]]
|| [[1990 Hungarian Grand Prix|HUN]]
|| [[1990 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]
|| [[1990 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
|| [[1990 Portuguese Grand Prix|POR]]
|| [[1990 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]
|| [[1990 Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]]
|| [[1990 Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]
!rowspan="3"| 0
!rowspan="3"| NC
|-
| 33
|align="left"| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Roberto Moreno]]
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 13
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ
| EX
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|| 
|| 
|-
| 34
|align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Claudio Langes]]
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|| 
|| 
|-
! colspan="24" | Sources:<ref name=MotorsportStats>{{cite web|title=Euro Brun Racing Results|url=https://motorsportstats.com/team/euro-brun/results|work=Motorsport Stats|access-date=12 February 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=EuroBrun Racing|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/teams/eurobrun-racing/|work=[[Motor Sport (magazine)|Motor Sport]]|access-date=12 February 2025}}</ref>
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Portal|Formula One}}
* [http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/con-eurob.html Team Profile at Grand Prix Encyclopedia]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110805155520/http://www.f1rejects.com/teams/eurobrun/index.html Team profile at F1 rejects]
* [http://www.formula1.com/results/ Results from Formula1.com]

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