Asiatech

Asiatech engined Minardi of Mark Webber at the 2002 French Grand Prix.

Asiatech was a company which purchased the assets of the Peugeot Formula One engine programme at the end of the 2000 season and supplied Peugeot-based engines for two years.

Overview

In 2001, Asiatech supplied their V10 engines to the Arrows Formula One team free of charge. However, these were largely unsuccessful and the following year Arrows decided to pay and have Cosworth engines instead.

For 2002, Asiatech were left to supply engines to the Minardi F1 Team. But again these were rather unsuccessful.

During the 2002 season, Asiatech began considering the possibility of starting their own Formula One team, and purchased a former Williams design office in Didcot. They also enlisted the help of Enrique Scalabroni, who designed a prototype F1 car. The car was to be firstly a testbed for Asiatech engines, then subsequently entered in the 2004 season. However, Asiatech folded at the end of the 2002 season.

In May 2002, there were reports that for the 2003 season Asiatech could supply Jordan with engines, or even buy the team out. These came after Honda decided to concentrate their engine efforts on the BAR team, and announced they would be withdrawing supply from Eddie Jordan's team at the end of the 2002 season.

In February 2003, the assets of the Asiatech engine company were sold in an auction in Paris, overseen by Jacques Martin and Gilles Chausselat. Included in the Auction were 18 engines, a dyno, a variety of machine tools, plus electronic measuring equipment amongst other things.

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	WCC	Points
2001	Orange Arrows Asiatech	Arrows A22	001 3.0 V10	B		AUS	MAL	BRA	SMR	ESP	AUT	MON	CAN	EUR	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	USA	JPN	10th	1
					Jos Verstappen	10	7	Ret	Ret	12	6	8	10	Ret	13	10	9	12	10	Ret	Ret	15
					Enrique Bernoldi	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	8	Ret	12	Ret	13	14
2002	KL Minardi Asiatech	Minardi PS02	AT02 3.0 V10	M		AUS	MAL	BRA	SMR	ESP	AUT	MON	CAN	EUR	GBR	FRA	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	USA	JPN	9th	2
					Alex Yoong	7	Ret	13	DNQ	WD	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	DNQ	10	DNQ			13	Ret	Ret
					Anthony Davidson													Ret	Ret
					Mark Webber	5	Ret	11	11	WD	12	11	11	15	Ret	8	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	10