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== History ==
== History ==
The team was created on 2002 and their debut season was at [[Formula Nissan|Formula Nissan 2000]] lower 2-litre series, with [[Andrea Belicchi]] and [[Carlos Martin]] as drivers.
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="font-size:95%; width:550px"
!colspan=9| [[Formula Nissan|Formula Nissan 2000]] Results
|-
! Year
! Car
! Drivers
! Wins
! Poles
! Fast laps
! Points
! D.C.
! T.C.
|-
!rowspan=7| '''2002'''<ref>[http://www.speedsportmag.com/en/formula_nissan_2000_worldserieslight/formula_nissan_2000_worldserieslight.php 2002 Formula Nissan light complete results] ''speedsportmag.com''</ref>
|rowspan=7| -[[Nissan]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Andrea Belicchi]]
| 1
| 2
|
| 105
| 5th
|rowspan=7| th
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Carlos Martin]]
| 0
| 0
|
| 4
| 16th
|}

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 A1 Grand Prix season|2005-06]], the team involve in the new [[A1 Grand Prix]] championship managing the [[A1 Team South Africa]],<ref>[http://a1podium.com/teamRSA.php a1podium.com/teamRSA.php], A1 team South Africa informations.</ref> however DAMS took over the team for [[2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season|2006-07]].
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="font-size:95%; width:550px"
!colspan=8| [[A1 Grand Prix]] Results<ref>[http://results.a1gp.com/cp.php?l=0&d=201&r=2012005&c=0 results.a1gp.com], A1 Grand Prix complete results.</ref>
|-
! Year
! Car
! Team
! Wins
! Poles
! Fast laps
! Points
! T.C.
|-
!rowspan=3| '''[[2005-06 A1 Grand Prix season|2005-06]]'''
|rowspan=3| [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]]-[[Zytek Engineering|Zytek]]
| {{flagicon|RSA}} [[A1 Team South Africa]]
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 20
| 17th
|}

== Formula 3000 and GP2 Series ==

[[Image:Milos Pavlovic 2008 GP2 Monaco.jpg|thumb|right|[[Miloš Pavlović (racecar driver)|Miloš Pavlović]] driving for BCN at the [[Circuit de Monaco|Monaco]] round of the [[2008 GP2 Series season|2008]] [[GP2 Series]] season.]]
[[File:Karun Chandhok 2009 GP2 Monaco.jpg|thumb|right|[[Karun Chandhok]] driving for Ocean Racing Technology at the [[Circuit de Monaco|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 [[E. J. Viso|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&nbsp;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 GP2 Series season|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 [[Autódromo Internacional do Algarve|Algarve]] circuit, being renamed "Ocean Racing Technology - ORT".<ref>{{cite news| title =Tiago Monteiro confirms the acquisition of GP2 team| publisher =tiagomonteiro.com| url =https://tiagomonteiro.com/default.aspx?go=32&c=196| date =2008-11-27| accessdate =2008-11-27}}</ref> One of its drivers will be [[Yelmer Buurman]] for [[2009 GP2 Series season|2009]].<ref name="buurman">{{cite news| title =Buurman fills Monteiro's first seat | publisher =autosport.com| url =http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/72281| date =2008-11-29| accessdate =2008-11-29}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Buurman & Crestani">{{cite news| title =Ocean sign Crestani as second driver | publisher =autosport.com| url =http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/72299| date =2008-12-02| accessdate =2008-12-02}}</ref>. Current 2009 drivers are [[Álvaro Parente]] and [[Karun Chandhok]].

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
! colspan=10 | [[GP2 Series]] Results
! colspan=9 | [[GP2 Series]] Results<ref name="speedsportmag.com">[http://www.speedsportmag.com/en/gp2_series_fia_formula_3000/gp2_series_fia_formula_3000.php speedsportmag.com], GP2 and Formula 3000 entrylist and complete results.</ref>
|-
|-
! Year
! Year
! Car
! Car
! Drivers
! Driver
! Wins
! Victory
! Poles
! Podium
! Fast laps
! Poles P.
! Fast Laps
! Points
! Points
! D.C.
! C. Drivers
! T.C.
! C. Teams
|-
|-
!rowspan=2| '''[[2005 GP2 Series season|2005]]'''
!rowspan=2| '''2009'''
|rowspan=2| [[Dallara]]-[[Mecachrome]]
|rowspan=2| [[Dallara]]-[[Mecachrome]]
| {{flagicon|VEN|1930}} [[E. J. Viso|Ernesto Viso]]
| {{flagicon|POR}} [[Álvaro Parente]]
| <center>1</center>
| 0
| <center>1</center>
| 0
| <center>1</center>
| 1
| <center>1</center>
| 21
| <center>30</center>
| 12th
| <center>8th</center>
|rowspan=2| 9th
|rowspan=2| <center>9th</center>
|-
|-
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hiroki Yoshimoto]]
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 24
| 16th
|-
!rowspan=3| '''[[2006 GP2 Series season|2006]]'''
|rowspan=3| [[Dallara]]-[[Mecachrome]]
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Timo Glock]]
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 4th †
|rowspan=3| 9th
|-
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hiroki Yoshimoto]]
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 15th
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Luca Filippi]]
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 19th
|-
!rowspan=4| '''[[2007 GP2 Series season|2007]]'''
|rowspan=4| [[Dallara]]-[[Mecachrome]]
| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Ho-Pin Tung]]
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 23rd
|rowspan=4| 13th
|-
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Sakon Yamamoto]]
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 30th
|-
| {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Markus Niemelä]]
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 31st
|-
| {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Henri Karjalainen]]
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| NC
|-
!rowspan=4| '''[[2008 GP2 Series season|2008]]'''
|rowspan=4| [[Dallara]]-[[Mecachrome]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Paolo Maria Nocera]]
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 34th
|rowspan=4| 12th
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Adrián Vallés]]†
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 21st
|-
| {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Miloš Pavlović (racecar driver)|Miloš Pavlović]]
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 32nd
|-
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Carlos Iaconelli]]
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 29th
|-
!rowspan=2| '''[[2009 GP2 Series season|2009]]'''
|rowspan=2| [[Dallara]]-[[Mecachrome]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Karun Chandhok]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Karun Chandhok]]
| <center>0</center>
| 0
| <center>1</center>
| 0
| <center>0</center>
| 0
| <center>1</center>
| 10
| <center>10</center>
| 18th
| <center>18th</center>
|rowspan=2| 9th
|-
| {{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Álvaro Parente]]
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 30
| 8th
|}
|}


{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="font-size:95%; width:600px"
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
! colspan=10 | [[GP2 Asia Series]]
! colspan=9 | [[International Formula 3000|International Formula 3000 Championship]] Results<ref name="speedsportmag.com"/>
|-
|-
! Year
! Year
! Car
! Car
! Drivers
! Driver
! Wins
! Poles
! Fast laps
! Points
! D.C.
! T.C.
|-
|-
!rowspan=7| '''[[2003 Formula 3000 season|2003]]'''
!rowspan=2| '''2008-09'''
|rowspan=7| [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] B02/50-[[Zytek]] [[Judd (engine)|Judd]] KV
|rowspan=2| [[Dallara]]-[[Mecachrome]]
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Rob Nguyen]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Yelmer Buurman]]
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 15th
|rowspan=7| 9th
|-
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Valerio Scassellati]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Fabrizio Crestani]]
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| NC
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Alessandro Piccolo]]
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| NC
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Will Langhorne]]
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| NC
|-
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Marc Hynes]]
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| NC
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giovanni Berton]]
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| NC
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Ferdinando Monfardini]]
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| NC
|-
!rowspan=2| '''[[2004 Formula 3000 season|2004]]'''
|rowspan=2| [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] B2/50-[[Zytek]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Enrico Toccacelo]]
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 56
| 2nd
|rowspan=2| 2nd
|-
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Esteban Guerrieri]]
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 28
| 6th
|}
|}
<small>
* † 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.</small>

== Sources ==
== Sources ==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
*[http://www.bcncompeticion.com/ Official BCN Competición website]
*[http://www.oceanracingtech.com/ Official Ocean Racing Technology website]
*[http://www.oceanracingtech.com/ Official Ocean Racing Technology website]


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Revision as of 14:56, 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

GP2 Series Results
Year Car Driver Victory Podium Poles P. Fast Laps Points C. Drivers C. Teams
2009 Dallara-Mecachrome Portugal Álvaro Parente
1
1
1
1
30
8th
9th
India Karun Chandhok
0
1
0
1
10
18th
GP2 Asia Series
Year Car Driver
2008-09 Dallara-Mecachrome Netherlands Yelmer Buurman
Italy Fabrizio Crestani

Sources

Template:GP2 Asia Series teams

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