“At the end of the day, you need to prepare drivers for the next step, which is Formula 3. “In the perfect world the driver could arrive to Trident and start to work with us from Formula Regional to Formula 2. So why FREC and why now? “The aim is to create a path,” explains Zerbini. In conversation earlier in the season, Ricci explained to Formula Scout that the aim was to move the team up a notch: “I have to say that now we went higher with our method, our car development and, let’s say, our belief, in how to do the things and how to approach the racing.” Trident acquired the assets of 2021’s bottom-placed team, JD Motorsports, although Zerbini says of the deal: “Actually it was just the entry, plus one engineer, who was there already, and one mechanic and, of course, all materials but to be honest, we started again with a lot of new materials, a lot of new things.” He told me of this project and ‘mamma mia’!” he tells Formula Scout. However, the chance to manage the FREC team was irresistible. Zerbini had overseen Trident’s GP2 and GP3 teams from 2009 to 2014 before leaving to pursue other interests as diverse as driver management, GT racing and organising the Italian powerboat championship, “which is something really different.” “And then at the end, I think it was last summer they decided to jump in.” “I met Maurizio Salvadori in, I think, January or February, and he told me that that was the idea,” recalls Zerbini. The plan to expand into FRegional had been hatched by team owner, Maurizio Salvadori, and team manager, Giacomo Ricci, who now focuses on running Trident’s F2 and F3 teams. Luca Zerbini, the man brought in by Trident to manage the project, explained to Formula Scout the rationale for the team’s expansion and the challenges of setting up and running a new team in such a competitive series. With successes in both FIA Formula 3 and Formula 2, Trident was already a major force in junior single-seaters but the opportunity to add the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine to their portfolio was too good to turn down. Photos: FREC / Dutch Photo Agency Already a champion outfit in FIA F3, Trident expanded into the Formula Regional European Championship for 2022 and the rookie team is chasing the rookie drivers’ title
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