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| founded = 2002
| founded = 2002
| country = {{flagicon|POR}} [[Portugal]]
| country = {{flagicon|POR}} [[Portugal]]
| principal = {{flagicon|POR}} [[Tiago Monteiro]]<br />{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Enrique Scalabroni]]
| principal = {{flagicon|POR}} [[Tiago Monteiro]]<br />{{flagicon|POR}} [[José Guedes]]
| current series = [[GP2 Series]]
| current series = [[GP2 Series]]</br>[[GP2 Asia Series]]
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| former series = [[A1 Grand Prix]]<br /> [[International Formula 3000|Formula 3000]]<br /> [[World Series by Nissan]]<br /> [[Auto GP|Euro Formula 3000]]
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'''Ocean Racing Technology''' (ORT) is a racing team that takes part in both the GP2 Main Series and the GP2 Asia Series Championships. The team, owned by Tiago Monteiro and Jose Guedes, was formed at the end of the 2008 season after being purchased from BCN, a team which never enjoyed much success in GP2 (two podiums in four years). The driver and the entrepreneur created a structure based on recognized professionals and quickly started to secure first-class results, making it possible for the Portuguese Racing team to fight with the more advanced teams in the FIA accredited championship that is the main feeder series for Formula One.
'''Ocean Racing Technology''' (ORT) is a Portuguese [[GP2 Series]] and [[Auto GP|Italian F3000]] team owned by [[Tiago Monteiro]], and managed by José Manuel Guedes. The team was founded as '''BCN Competición''' by [[Argentina|Argentine]] engineer [[Enrique Scalabroni]] and [[Jaime Pintanel]], based in [[Barcelona]], in 2002, and was renamed when Monteiro bought the team in November 2008 and moved it from [[Catalonia]] to [[Portugal]]. While BCN was the only GP2 team that had yet to win a race (contributing factors being BCN Competición's frequent use of a rotating selection of paying drivers), the change to ORT meant a full transformation (the team kept only the frames, discarding all the rest, and hiring new staff). In only their first year in GP2, [[Alvaro Parente]] won the first race for the team at the [[2009 Belgian GP2 round|2009 Belgian GP2 Feature Race]], in a round where he also got pole-position and fastest lap.
In its debut season, Ocean Racing Technology moved up through the ranks of the GP2 Series and secured its first victory at Spa-Francorchamps, the most demanding circuit on the calendar. The team’s Portuguese driver, Álvaro Parente, also secured pole position and the fastest race lap on the same weekend. Because of a build-up of incidents, unrelated to the team’s efforts, Parente finished the GP2 Main Series Championship in 8th place while Ocean Racing Technology finished 9th in the team classification, only two points behind 5th place.


== History ==
== History ==

Revision as of 14:54, 13 November 2009

Founded2002
Team principal(s)Portugal Tiago Monteiro
Portugal José Guedes
Current seriesGP2 Series
GP2 Asia Series
Teams'
Championships		none
Drivers'
Championships		none

Ocean Racing Technology (ORT) is a racing team that takes part in both the GP2 Main Series and the GP2 Asia Series Championships. The team, owned by Tiago Monteiro and Jose Guedes, was formed at the end of the 2008 season after being purchased from BCN, a team which never enjoyed much success in GP2 (two podiums in four years). The driver and the entrepreneur created a structure based on recognized professionals and quickly started to secure first-class results, making it possible for the Portuguese Racing team to fight with the more advanced teams in the FIA accredited championship that is the main feeder series for Formula One.

In its debut season, Ocean Racing Technology moved up through the ranks of the GP2 Series and secured its first victory at Spa-Francorchamps, the most demanding circuit on the calendar. The team’s Portuguese driver, Álvaro Parente, also secured pole position and the fastest race lap on the same weekend. Because of a build-up of incidents, unrelated to the team’s efforts, Parente finished the GP2 Main Series Championship in 8th place while Ocean Racing Technology finished 9th in the team classification, only two points behind 5th place.

History

The team was created on 2002 and their debut season was at Formula Nissan 2000 lower 2-litre series, with Andrea Belicchi and Carlos Martin as drivers.

In 2003 and 2004, BCN race on International Formula 3000/GP2 Series, finishing as runner-up in both the drivers and teams championships in 2004.

In 2005-06, the team involve in the new A1 Grand Prix championship managing the A1 Team South Africa,[2] however DAMS took over the team for 2006-07.

Formula 3000 and GP2 Series

Miloš Pavlović driving for BCN at the Monaco round of the 2008 GP2 Series season.
Karun Chandhok driving for Ocean Racing Technology at the Monaco round of the 2009 GP2 Series season.

For 2003, they stepped up to International Formula 3000. In their first year on that series, was known as a rent-a-drive team due to high number of drivers who passed by team that year (drivers such as Will Langhorne, Alessandro Piccolo, Ferdinando Monfardini and Rob Nguyen). This year, it had many financial difficults and virtually did not have a big sponsor.

In 2004, the situation got better - the team running veteran driver Enrico Toccacelo alongside Argentine youngster Esteban Guerrieri. So, with the same drivers along the year, the team has established itself and got a superb 2nd place in the Teams' Championiship, with 84 points (56 from Toccacelo and 28 from Guerrieri) just behind the Arden International team.

This great 2004 year put BCN Competición in the circle of top teams. BCN was considered a threat for the new GP2 Series, alongside other top teams like Super Nova Racing and Arden. In 2005, the team hired Venezuelan star Ernesto Viso and Japanese Hiroki Yoshimoto, anticipating at least, some victories and many points. However, compared to the previous year, 2005 was a great disappointment. BCN could not threaten teams like Arden and ART Grand Prix. The team ended the year with 35 points and 9th place in the Teams' Championiship.

In 2006, Scalabroni's team continued as a midfield team, scoring points occasionally. Yoshimoto continued with the team, first paired with Timo Glock (who brough DHL as sponsor), but German driver was not comfortable with the team and moved to iSport International at mid-season. Glock's place was filled by Luca Filippi. The team again finished 9th in the Teams' Championship, with 22 points.

For 2007 BCN hired a pair of young Asian talents - Super Aguri F1 test driver Sakon Yamamoto and 2006 German F3 Cup champion Ho-Pin Tung. When Yamamoto stepped up to F1, his place was taken by Finnish driver Markus Niemelä. However, the team was completely unsuccessful, scoring just 4 points all year.

2008 has been little better, with a succession of drivers competing for the team amidst reported financial trouble. A fourth place for Adrian Valles at Monaco has been the only points-scoring run.

BCN Competición was bought by the Portuguese former F1 (and current WTCC) driver Tiago Monteiro in November 2008, in a move that relocated the team to the Algarve circuit, being renamed "Ocean Racing Technology - ORT".[4] One of its drivers will be Yelmer Buurman for 2009.[5] Buurman and Fabrizio Crestani have also been signed for the remainder of the 2008-09 GP2 Asia Series season, where they will replace BCN drivers Yoshimoto and Luca Filippi who competed in the first round of the championship.[6]. Current 2009 drivers are Álvaro Parente and Karun Chandhok.

GP2 Series Results[7]
Year Car Drivers Wins Poles Fast laps Points D.C. T.C.
2005 Dallara-Mecachrome Venezuela Ernesto Viso 0 0 1 21 12th 9th
Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto 0 0 1 24 16th
2006 Dallara-Mecachrome Germany Timo Glock 0 0 0 5 4th † 9th
Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto 0 0 0 12 15th
Italy Luca Filippi 0 0 0 7 19th
2007 Dallara-Mecachrome China Ho-Pin Tung 0 0 0 4 23rd 13th
Japan Sakon Yamamoto 0 0 0 0 30th
Finland Markus Niemelä 0 0 0 0 31st
Finland Henri Karjalainen 0 0 0 0 NC
2008 Dallara-Mecachrome Italy Paolo Maria Nocera 0 0 0 0 34th 12th
Spain Adrián Vallés† 0 0 0 5 21st
Serbia Miloš Pavlović 0 0 0 0 32nd
Brazil Carlos Iaconelli 0 0 0 0 29th
2009 Dallara-Mecachrome India Karun Chandhok 0 0 0 10 18th 9th
Portugal Álvaro Parente 1 1 1 30 8th

  • † These drivers raced for more than one team during the season. Their final position includes results for all teams.
  • D.C. = Drivers' Championship position, T.C. = Teams' Championship position.

Sources

  1. ^ 2002 Formula Nissan light complete results speedsportmag.com
  2. ^ a1podium.com/teamRSA.php, A1 team South Africa informations.
  3. ^ results.a1gp.com, A1 Grand Prix complete results.
  4. ^ "Tiago Monteiro confirms the acquisition of GP2 team". tiagomonteiro.com. 2008-11-27. Retrieved 2008-11-27.
  5. ^ "Buurman fills Monteiro's first seat". autosport.com. 2008-11-29. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
  6. ^ "Ocean sign Crestani as second driver". autosport.com. 2008-12-02. Retrieved 2008-12-02.
  7. ^ a b speedsportmag.com, GP2 and Formula 3000 entrylist and complete results.

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