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{{Infobox SL team |
  Short_name    = {{flagicon|ENG}} Vod:Bul|
  Long_name     = Vod:Bul Racing |
  Logo          = [[File:VodBul Racing Logo 2013.png|300px]] |
  Base          = {{ENG}} Liverpool, England|
  Principal     = {{ENG}} [[Mike Pitman]] |
  Drivers       = <span style="white-space: nowrap">14. {{GER}} [[Philipp Puschke]]</span><br/> 15. {{FIN}} [[Oskari Kantonen]] |
  Test_drivers  = {{NED}} [[Douwe Tapper]]  |
  Chassis       = VBMP14 |
  Engine        = [[Valiant|Valiant VA15]] |
  Tyres         = GPVWC |
  Debut         = [[2006 Belgian Grand Prix]]|
  Final         = {{Latest SLGP}} |
  Races         = 85 |
  Wins          = 1 |
  Podiums       = 4 |
  Poles         = 1 |
  Fastest_laps  = 2 |
  Last_season   = 2014 |
  Cons_champ    = 0 |
  Drivers_champ = 0 |
  Last_position = 6th
}}
'''Vod:Bul Racing''', formerly known as '''Vod:Bul Racing F1''', is an English [[Superleague]] team based in Liverpool and run by [[Mike Pitman]] and is considered, naturally, the premier team of the [[VBMotorsport]] group (VBM). It has had two iterations, the team that took part in the erstwhile F1VWC from {{SL|2006}} through to {{SL|2008}}, and then the present team which has taken part since the start of the {{SL|2014}} season. The current team is, in effect, the result of the Vod:Bul [[Supercup]] [[Vod:Bul Racing SC|team]]'s promotion at the end of the {{SC|2013}} season; 2014 was only the second year of VBM's return to the GPVWC.

Historically, the team has had numerous drivers, several of whom had, or have since had, highly notable careers. Among them were [[Leontin Nemet]], [[Dave Carr-Smith]], [[Adam Rouse]], [[Vitaliy Kambarov]] and [[Laurent Keersmaekers]].

The team goes into the {{SL|2015}} season with German reigning-Supercup champion [[Philipp Puschke]] and Finland's [[Oskari Kantonen]] as its primary drivers. Dutchman [[Douwe Tapper]] is the team's official third driver. 

Significantly for 2015, Vod:Bul won the bidding process to find a new engine manufacturer to replace the defunct [[Krevder]] line, resulting in the creation of the [[Valiant]] VA15 engine, which will power Vod:Bul and three other teams in 2015. They also became the title sponsor of the [[2015 Formula Challenge season]], and 5 races of the season.

== History ==
=== 2014 season ===
The name Vod:Bul returned to the top tier of the GPVWC after an absence of 5 years. One key change from Vod:Bul's original stint was that Superleague now raced real-time in rFactor, meaning that in some respects, 2014 was an entirely new venture for the team.

The team's 2014 drivers were Dane [[Morten Wernersen]], who had previously raced for the Supercup team in {{SC|2013}}, and Belgian [[Kenney Lybeer]]. The team's third driver was fellow-Belgian [[Bart de Vos]], who would go on to race for the team four times, while Englishman [[Jonathan Holmes]], nominally one of the drivers of VBM's then-[[Formula Challenge]] affiliate [[Tanskanen Racing FC|Tanskanen Racing]], drove at [[2014 Monaco Grand Prix|Monaco]], while Douwe Tapper, normally driving for VBM's Supercup affiliate [[Streetfighter Racing Systems]], drove for the  team at [[2014 Belgian Grand Prix|Belgium]].

The team had a bold, if steady start to the season, securing a highly beneficial deal to have their engines supplied by [[Potentia Group Engineering|Potentia]], the same engine that powered the likes of [[Midnight Motorsport]] and eventual winners [[CSG Racing]]. 

Lybeer's 4th place at [[2014 Bahrain Grand Prix|Bahrain]], only the team's 3rd race back in the Superleague, was a huge boon to the team. It, coupled with Wernersen's 7th, also proved to be the team's best result and although the team would suffer a disastrous [[2014 Spanish Grand Prix|Spanish]] round in which both cars retired, the team then went on to score points in each of the remaining rounds, with 7 of those rounds seeing double points finishes. Though the team never bettered its Bahrain result, its consistency saw it finish 6th in the championship, beating the likes of [[Nordsjoen]] and [[Torrent]]. Vod:Bul's success saw it awarded with the title 'Best New Superleague Team' at the 2014 GPVWC Day.

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="200px" perrow="3">
File:VodBul F1 2006.jpg|The VBMP06, the team's first entry in the {{SL|2006}} season.
File:VodBul F1 2007 2.png|The team's 2007 car.
File:VodBul SL Mortensen 1.jpg|The team's 2014 car, driven by [[Morten Wernersen]]
</gallery>

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==Complete results==

{{Vod:Bul Results SL}}

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== See also ==
* [[VBMotorsport]]
* [[Mike Pitman]]
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[[Category:Teams from England]]
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