Niverville native and professional race car driver David Richert, has signed to compete with Inter Europol Competition for the 2020 race season. Richert will be driving a Formula Renault 2.0 in the Ultimate Cup Series, a championship featuring events on current and former Formula 1 circuits throughout Europe.
After growing up as a farm boy on the Canadian prairies, Richert began his pursuit of advancing into the highest levels of motorsport, a 20 year journey that has seen him grow from racing go-karts in Manitoba to formula cars in Monaco. Through the support of an enormous number of people, Richert has been able to battle through the difficult challenges of a sport driven by financial resources.
This year marks a reunion for Richert and “Inter Europol Competition powered by Keese Motorsport” who first competed together in 2014. The partnership has seen Richert experience time in several cars within Inter Europol Competition’s stable including a Formula Renault 2.0, GP2, and LMP3 car. Inter Europol is a Polish bakery situated new Warsaw, Poland, that delivers bread and bread related products to over 30 countries worldwide.
“It’s a great feeling to know that I will be back in a race car shortly and I am extremely excited to reunite with Inter Europol Competition once again to make that happen,” said Richert. “Poland is now my second home so I am very proud to partner with a team that will have a Polish flag on the side of the car. I have a huge amount of respect for the progress that Inter Europol Competition has made as a team so I hope I can contribute to the continuation of that progress.”
For the 2020 race season, Richert Racing would like to welcome corporate partners including Rainbow Trailers, Sunrize Group, and an especially warm welcome to new partner Image Plus Laser Eye Centre.
The first race weekend of the Ultimate Cup Series will take place at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain, from March 20-22.
