Hitech Grand Prix
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| Founded | 2002 |
|---|---|
| Base | Silverstone, United Kingdom |
| Team principal(s) | Oliver Oakes |
| Current series | FIA Formula 2 Championship FIA Formula 3 Championship F3 Asian Championship W Series BRDC British Formula 3 Championship |
| Former series | British F3 GP2 Series Formula 3 Sudamericana Brazilian Formula Three Championship FIA Formula 3 European Championship |
| Current drivers | Formula 2 7. Liam Lawson  8. Jüri Vips Formula 3  10. Jak Crawford  11. Ayumu Iwasa  12. Roman Staněk F3 Asian Championship 11. Roman Staněk 12. Ayumu Iwasa 13. Reece Ushijima 14. Roy NissanyBRDC British Formula 3 Championship TBA |
| Teams' Championships | Formula 3 Sudamericana: 2013 F3 Asian Championship: 2019 |
| Drivers' Championships | British Formula 3: 2007: Marko Asmer Formula 3 Sudamericana: 2013: Felipe Guimarães F3 Asian Championship: 2019: Rinus VeeKay |
| Website | http://www.hitechgp.co.uk/ |
Hitech Grand Prix (formerly known as Hitech Racing) is a British motor racing team. It was founded in 2002 by Dennis Rushen and David Hayle.[1] The team started racing in the British Formula 3 Championship in 2003. The team also competed in the South American Formula Three Series, namely the Formula 3 Sudamericana.[2] Currently the team competes in FIA Formula 2 Championship, FIA Formula 3 Championship, BRDC British Formula 3 Championship and the F3 Asian Championship. W Series and 2019 FIA Motorsport Games Formula 4 Cup currently operated by Hitech GP.
History
Formula Three
In its first season, Hitech scored five pole positions and six podium finishes, with drivers Danny Watts and Eric Salignon.[1] Andrew Thompson also contributed some points finishes. Watts finished the British F3 Championship in 5th place in a season that included a memorable win at Castle Combe. In the Korea Super Prix, guest driver Richard Antinucci achieved Hitech's first international race win.[1]
In the second season, 2004, Thompson was retained and joined by drivers Marko Asmer, James Walker, and Lucas Di Grassi.[1] Di Grassi had two wins and was classified in eighth place overall. Another of that year's highlights was a podium finish on Di Grassi's début at the Macau Grand Prix. Asmer managed to finish the championship closing the top 10.
In 2005, Hitech retained Asmer and brought in Tim Bridgman from Formula BMW.[1] Asmer was the best of the duo, scoring no less than five second places, but missing out on an actual win, even so managing to snatch the fourth place in the championship.
For 2006, Hitech brought back James Walker, alongside James Jakes and Salvador Durán, with Jakes finishing 8th, Walker 9th and Durán 10th in a poor season that only heralded one podium finish (achieved by Walker).
In 2007 Hitech retained the services of Marko Asmer who joined Austrian Walter Grubmuller for an assault on the British F3 Championship.[1] Hitech and Asmer took the title, scoring 11 poles, 11 wins (from 22 races) and 9 fastest laps. Marko Asmer secured the title long before the final round and in the end by a margin of 85 points from Maro Engel.
In 2008, Walter Grubmuller was joined by the youngest driver in the sport, Max Chilton.[3]
For 2012, Brazilian Felipe Guimarães took 4 wins and two poles to end fourth with Hitech Racing Brazil in the Formula Three Sudamericana series.
In 2013, Hitech's Brazilian ace Felipe Guimarães took both the Formula 3 Brazil Open and the Formula Three Sudamericana series titles, winning 13 races and obtaining 7 poles and 12 fastest laps in the process.
In 2014, Brazilian Felipe Guimarães defended his Formula 3 Brazil Open title with Hitech Racing Brazil in January 2014 at the 2014 Formula 3 Brazil Open with his teammate Victor Franzoni finishing second.
In 2015, the team changed its name to Hitech GP, and made guest appearances in the two final rounds of the European Formula 3 Championship with Alex Sims.[4][5]
In 2016, Hitech joined forces with ART Grand Prix, to make a full season in the FIA F3 European Championship.[6] George Russell and rookies Ben Barnicoat and Nikita Mazepin will race for the team.[7][8] 2015's guest driver Sims again appeared in the 2016 season's final round at Hockenheim.[9]
The following season, only Mazepin remained with the team, he was joined by 2016 Prema driver Ralf Aron, Jake Hughes and Honda Junior Tadasuke Makino.[10][11][12][13]
For 2018 the team signed Enaam Ahmed, Ben Hingeley, Álex Palou[14][15][16]
In 2019 the team was represented by Jüri Vips in the new FIA Formula 3 Championship.[17] He was joined by Leonardo Pulcini, who raced in the GP3 Series, and 2016 French F4 champion Ye Yifei. The team saw four wins coming from Vips and Pulcini that ultimately resulted in the outfit finishing second behind Prema Racing in the teams' standings.
In 2019, Hitech GP provided a full race operation package to W Series, including preparation, shipping and all trackside requirements. Hitech GP also supplied race engineers and pit crew for each of the cars.[18] This partnership was discontinued for the 2021 season following the 2020 season's cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Hitech GP's subsequent expansion into other series.[19]
FIA Motorsport Games
For the inaugural 2019 FIA Motorsport Games Formula 4 Cup all drivers utilized KCMG KC MG-01 cars, which were operated by Hitech GP. This was the first Formula 4 car to feature Halo safety device.[20]
GP2 Series
In 2004, Hitech partnered with Piquet Sports to enter the GP2 Series, running Nelson Piquet, Jr. and Alexandre Negrao.[21][22] However, prior to the Istanbul round, it was announced that this partnership had ended and that Piquet Sports would run the team for the remainder of the season.[23] Despite this, team would continue carrying the Hitech name until the end of the season[23]
FIA Formula 2 Championship
In January 2020, Hitech announced it would expand into the championship for the 2020 season.[24]
Current series results
FIA Formula 2 Championship
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | FLaps | Podiums | T.C. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Dallara F2 2018-Mecachrome |  Nikita Mazepin
|
24 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3rd | 270 |
 Luca Ghiotto
|
23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
* Season still in progress.
In detail
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Chassis Engine Tyres |
Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | T.C. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | F2 2018 Mecachrome P |
RBR FEA |
RBR SPR |
RBR FEA |
RBR SPR |
HUN FEA |
HUN SPR |
SIL FEA |
SIL SPR |
SIL FEA |
SIL SPR |
CAT FEA |
CAT SPR |
SPA FEA |
SPA SPR |
MNZ FEA |
MNZ SPR |
MUG FEA |
MUG SPR |
SOC FEA |
SOC SPR |
BHR FEA |
BHR SPR |
BHR FEA |
BHR SPR |
4th | 270 | |
| Nikita Mazepin
|
14 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 4 | NC | 8 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Luca Ghiotto
|
DNS | Ret | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 19† | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 2 | Ret | 4 | 5 | 12 | Ret | 16 | 7 | ||||
| 2021 | F2 2018 Mecachrome P |
BHR SP1 |
BHR SP2 |
BHR FEA |
MON SP1 |
MON SP2 |
MON FEA |
BAK SP1 |
BAK SP2 |
BAK FEA |
SIL SP1 |
SIL SP2 |
SIL FEA |
MNZ SP1 |
MNZ SP2 |
MNZ FEA |
SOC SP1 |
SOC SP2 |
SOC FEA |
JED SP1 |
JED SP2 |
JED FEA |
YMC SP1 |
YMC SP2 |
YMC FEA |
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| Liam Lawson
|
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| Jüri Vips
|
FIA Formula 3 Championship
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | FLaps | Podiums | T.C. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Dallara F3 2019-Mecachrome | Jüri Vips
|
16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2nd | 223 |
| Leonardo Pulcini
|
16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
 Ye Yifei
|
16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2020 | Dallara F3 2019-Mecachrome | Liam Lawson
|
18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4th | 167 |
 Dennis Hauger
|
18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
 Max Fewtrell
|
12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
 Pierre-Louis Chovet
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Season still in progress
In detail
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Chassis Engine Tyres |
Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | T.C. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | F3 2019 Mecachrome P |
CAT FEA |
CAT SPR |
LEC FEA |
LEC SPR |
RBR FEA |
RBR SPR |
SIL FEA |
SIL SPR |
HUN FEA |
HUN SPR |
SPA FEA |
SPA SPR |
MNZ FEA |
MNZ SPR |
SOC FEA |
SOC SPR |
2nd | 223 | |||
| Leonardo Pulcini
|
20 | 21 | Ret | 12 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 16 | ||||||
| Jüri Vips
|
6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | Ret | 11 | 8 | 1 | ||||||
| Ye Yifei
|
22 | Ret | 13 | 22 | 20 | Ret | 12 | 11 | 18 | 22 | 15 | 10 | Ret | 19 | 13 | 6 | ||||||
| 2020 | F3 2019 Mecachrome P |
RBR FEA |
RBR SPR |
RBR FEA |
RBR SPR |
HUN FEA |
HUN SPR |
SIL FEA |
SIL SPR |
SIL FEA |
SIL SPR |
CAT FEA |
CAT SPR |
SPA FEA |
SPA SPR |
MNZ FEA |
MNZ SPR |
MUG FEA |
MUG SPR |
4th | 167 | |
| Max Fewtrell
|
12 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 11 | Ret | 20 | 16 | 12 | 17 | Ret | ||||||||||
| Pierre-Louis Chovet
|
22 | Ret | 19 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Liam Lawson
|
6 | 1 | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 1 | ||||
| Dennis Hauger
|
15 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 17 | Ret | 20 | 18 | 26 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 12 |
F3 Asian Championship
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | FLaps | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Tatuus-Autotecnica | Raoul Hyman
|
15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 227 | 1st | 1st |
| Jake Hughes
|
9 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 225 | 2nd | |||
 Charles Leong
|
15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145 | 4th | |||
| Ben Hingeley
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 10th | |||
| Harrison Scott
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 14th | |||
| 2019 | Tatuus-Autotecnica | Ukyo Sasahara
|
15 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 301 | 1st | 1st |
| Jack Doohan[note 1]
|
15 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 276 | 2nd | |||
 Jackson Walls
|
9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 6th | |||
| 2019-20 | Tatuus-Autotecnica | Nikita Mazepin
|
15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 186 | 3rd | 4th |
| Jake Hughes
|
6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 14th | |||
| Alessio Deledda
|
15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 15th | |||
| Ukyo Sasahara
|
15 | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | NC† | |||
| 2021 | Tatuus-Autotecnica | Roy Nissany
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 4th | 4th* |
| Ayumu Iwasa
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 6th | |||
| Reece Ushijima[note 2]
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9th | |||
| Roman Staněk
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15th |
* Season still in progress.
† As Sasahara was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
BRDC British Formula 3 Championship
| BRDC British Formula 3 Championship results | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. |
| 2020 | Tatuus-Cosworth BF3-020 |  Kush Maini
|
24 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 448 | 2nd |
| Reece Ushijima
|
24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 244 | 11th | ||
Former series results
F3 Asian Winter Series
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | FLaps | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Tatuus-Autotecnica |  Rinus VeeKay
|
9 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 184 | 1st | 1st |
| Alessandro Ghiretti
|
9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 3rd | |||
| Pavan Ravishankar
|
9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 5th | |||
| Dan Ticktum
|
6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 9th | |||
| Max Fewtrell
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 11th | |||
| Jack Doohan
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | NC |
FIA European Formula 3 Championship
| Year | Car | Drivers | Starts | Wins | Poles | F.Laps | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Dallara F312-Mercedes HWA | Ben Barnicoat
|
30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 7th | 2nd |
| George Russell
|
30 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 194 | 3rd | |||
| Nikita Mazepin
|
30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19th | |||
| Alexander Sims
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | NC† | |||
| 2017 | Dallara F317-Mercedes HWA | Jake Hughes
|
30 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 207 | 5th | 4th |
| Ralf Aron
|
30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 123 | 9th | |||
| Nikita Mazepin
|
30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 108 | 10th | |||
| Tadasuke Makino
|
27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 15th | |||
| 2018 | Dallara F317-Mercedes HWA |  Álex Palou
|
30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 204 | 7th | 3rd |
| Enaam Ahmed
|
30 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 174 | 9th | |||
| Ben Hingeley
|
30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 17th | |||
| Charles Leong
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26th |
† As Sims was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
British Formula 3 International Series
| Year | Car | Drivers | Starts | Wins | Poles | F.Laps | Points | D.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Dallara F303-Renault | Andrew Thompson
|
24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 19th |
| Danny Watts
|
24 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 125 | 5th | ||
| Eric Salignon
|
22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 12th | ||
 Fabio Carbone
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25th | ||
| 2004 | Dallara F304-Renault | Andrew Thompson
|
23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 15th |
| Marko Asmer
|
23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 87 | 10th | ||
| Lucas di Grassi
|
23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 130 | 8th | ||
| James Walker
|
23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 18th | ||
| 2005 | Dallara F305-Mercedes HWA | Tim Bridgman
|
18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 15th |
| Marko Asmer
|
20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 163 | 4th | ||
| 2006 | Dallara F306-Mercedes HWA |  Salvador Durán
|
20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 10th |
| James Jakes
|
22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 96 | 8th | ||
| James Walker
|
22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 9th | ||
| 2007 | Dallara F307-Mercedes HWA |  Walter Grubmüller
|
22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 16th |
| Marko Asmer
|
22 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 293 | 1st | ||
| 2008 | Dallara F308-Mercedes HWA | Max Chilton
|
22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 72 | 10th |
| Walter Grubmüller
|
22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 14th | ||
| 2009 | Dallara F309-Mercedes HWA | Walter Grubmüller
|
20 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 188 | 2nd |
| Renger van der Zande
|
16 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 178 | 3rd | ||
| 2010 | Dallara F310-Volkswagen | William Buller
|
30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 8th |
| Gabriel Dias
|
30 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 135 | 6th | ||
| 2011 | Dallara F308-Volkswagen Dallara F310-Volkswagen |
Pietro Fantin
|
30 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 119 | 8th |
| Riki Christodoulou
|
9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 12th | ||
| Max Snegirev
|
9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24th | ||
 António Félix da Costa
|
6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 13th | ||
| Bruno Méndez
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25th | ||
| Pedro Nunes
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 19th |
Timeline
| Current series | |
|---|---|
| F3 Asian Championship | 2018-2021 |
| FIA Formula 3 Championship | 2019-2020 |
| BRDC British Formula 3 Championship | 2020- |
| FIA Formula 2 Championship | 2020- |
| Former series | |
| British Formula 3 International Series | 2003-2011 |
| GP2 Series | 2005 |
| Formula 3 Sudamericana | 2009–2013 |
| Brazilian Formula Three Championship | 2014–2017 |
| FIA European Formula 3 Championship | 2016–2018 |
| W Series | 2019 |
Footnotes
See also
References
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