Tech 1 Racing
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| Founded | 2000 |
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| Founder(s) | Simon Abadie |
| Base | Toulouse, France |
| Team principal(s) | Simon Abadie |
| Current series | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC |
| Former series | French Formula Renault 2.0 GP3 Series Eurocup Mégane Trophy Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Formula Renault 3.5 Series |
| Current drivers |  Frank Bird[1] Thomas Neubauer[2] Aleksandr Smolyar[3]  Neil Verhagen[4] |
| Teams' Championships | Eurocup Mégane Trophy: 2006, 2007, 2008 Formula Renault 3.5 Series: 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0: 2010, 2013 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps: 2011, 2013 |
| Drivers' Championships | Formula Renault 3.5 Series: 2007: Álvaro Parente Eurocup Mégane Trophy: 2007: Pedro Petiz Formula Renault 2.0 Alps: 2011: Javier Tarancón Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0: 2013: Pierre Gasly |
| Website | http://www.tech1racing.fr/en |
Tech 1 Racing is a racing team based in Toulouse, France. They currently compete in the World Series by Renault and Eurocup Mégane Trophy.
Career
French Formula Renault 2.0
The team was founded in 2000 by French racing driver Simon Abadie. They joined the French Formula Renault 2.0 championship the same year, with Abadie finishing as runner-up in the standings. They also finished as runner-up in the series in 2003 before leaving the championship at the end of the 2005 season.
Eurocup Mégane Trophy
In 2005, Tech 1 joined the newly formed Eurocup Mégane Trophy, with Matthieu Lahaye and Simon Abadie finishing ninth and tenth respectively in the championship. The following year they finished second in the Drivers' championship with Lahaye and also claimed the Teams' title, the first of three consecutive Teams' championships. In 2007, they claimed a one-two finish in the drivers' championship, with Portuguese driver Pedro Petiz taking the title ahead of team-mate Dimitri Enjalbert.
World Series by Renault
2006 saw Tech 1 Racing join the World Series by Renault championship with drivers Jérôme d'Ambrosio and Ryo Fukuda. Tech 1 took over Saulnier Racing's single-seater racing structure and equipment. After a steady first season the team finished twelfth in the Teams' standings, with Fukuda taking their best race result of fourth place at both Donington Park and Le Mans.
In 2007 the team fielded former British Formula 3 champion Álvaro Parente and Frenchman Julien Jousse. Parente took two victories during the season (at Monaco and Spa-Francorchamps) to claim the title ahead of Ben Hanley, with Jousse finishing in tenth position. Tech 1 also secured the Teams' title, ahead of International DracoRacing and Carlin Motorsport.
Jousse remained with the team for the 2008 season, where he was joined by Formula Renault graduate Charles Pic. After taking six podium places – including a win at Barcelona – Jousse finished second in the championship behind Giedo van der Garde, whilst Pic took wins at Monaco and Le Mans to finish in sixth place. The team also won their second consecutive Teams' title.
Pairing the drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Brendon Hartley at the start of the season (the latter would be replaced by 2010 British Formula 3 season champion Jean-Éric Vergne), Tech 1 secured the 2010 season title.
The team claimed just one more team title in 2012 season, with Jules Bianchi finishing vice-champion in the standings, before withdrawing from the sport three seasons later.
Results
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0-10 | Arthur Pic
|
16 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 123 | 3rd | 1st |
| Hugo Valente
|
16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 12th | |||
 Aaro Vainio
|
16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 101 | 4th | |||
 Carlos Sainz, Jr.
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | NC† | |||
| 2011 | Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0-10 | Javier Tarancón
|
14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 78 | 8th | 4th |
| Paul-Loup Chatin
|
14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 9th | |||
| Grégoire Demoustier
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41st | |||
 Mitchell Gilbert
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2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30th | |||
| Miki Weckström
|
14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 18th | |||
| 2012 | Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0-10 | Paul-Loup Chatin
|
14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 77 | 6th | 4th |
| Matthieu Vaxivière
|
14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29th | |||
 Óscar Tunjo
|
14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 7th | |||
| Roman Mavlanov
|
14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33rd | |||
 Felipe Fraga
|
8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 18th | |||
| 2013 | Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0-10 | Pierre Gasly
|
14 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 195 | 1st | 1st |
| Egor Orudzhev
|
14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 7th | |||
| Matthieu Vaxivière
|
14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 57 | 10th | |||
| 2014 | Tatuus FR 2.0-13 | Anthoine Hubert
|
14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 15th | 8th |
| Vasily Romanov
|
10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25th | |||
| George Russell
|
4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |||
| Egor Orudzhev
|
14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 83 | 8th | |||
 Luke Chudleigh
|
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |||
 Hugo de Sadeleer
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |||
 Akash Nandy
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |||
 Philo Paz Armand
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |||
| 2015 | Renault FR 2.0-10 | Hugo de Sadeleer
|
17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24th | 5th |
| Simon Gachet
|
17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 16th | |||
| Anthoine Hubert
|
17 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 172 | 5th | |||
| 2016 | Renault FR 2.0-10 | Dorian Boccolacci
|
15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 200 | 2nd | 2nd |
| Hugo de Sadeleer
|
15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 6th | |||
| Sacha Fenestraz
|
15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 119.5 | 5th | |||
| Gabriel Aubry
|
15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 12th | |||
| 2017 | Renault FR 2.0-10 | Gabriel Aubry
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13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 128 | 5th | 3rd |
| Max Fewtrell
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13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 7th | |||
| Thomas Maxwell
|
13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14th | |||
| Thomas Neubauer
|
13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25th |
† Guest driver (ineligible for points)
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Renault FR 2.0-10 | Dorian Boccolacci
|
15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 226 | 3rd | 3rd |
| Hugo de Sadeleer
|
15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 162 | 9th | |||
| Sacha Fenestraz
|
15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 207 | 5th | |||
| Gabriel Aubry
|
9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 18th | |||
| 2017 | Renault FR 2.0-10 | Gabriel Aubry
|
9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 115 | 5th | 4th |
| Thomas Neubauer
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9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 11th | |||
| Max Fewtrell
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5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 12th | |||
| Thomas Maxwell
|
7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 17th |
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Dallara-Renault |  Ryō Fukuda
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17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 16th | 12th |
| Patrick Pilet
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6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21st | |||
 Marco Bonanomi
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4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 31st | |||
 Jérôme d'Ambrosio
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7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36th | |||
| 2007 | Dallara-Renault |  Álvaro Parente
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17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 129 | 1st | 1st |
| Julien Jousse
|
17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 62 | 10th | |||
| 2008 | Dallara-Renault | Julien Jousse
|
17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 106 | 2nd | 1st |
| Charles Pic
|
17 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 69 | 6th | |||
| 2009 | Dallara-Renault |  Brendon Hartley
|
13 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 15th | 4th |
| Edoardo Mortara
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 24th | |||
| Daniel Ricciardo
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34th | |||
| Charles Pic
|
17 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 94 | 3rd | |||
| 2010 | Dallara-Renault | Daniel Ricciardo
|
18 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 136 | 2nd | 1st |
| Jean-Éric Vergne
|
6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 8th | |||
| Brendon Hartley
|
13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50† | 10th | |||
| 2011 | Dallara-Renault |  Kevin Korjus
|
17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 120 | 6th | 6th |
| Arthur Pic
|
17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 23rd | |||
| 2012 | Dallara-Zytek | Jules Bianchi
|
17 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 185 | 2nd | 1st |
| Kevin Korjus
|
16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69† | 10th | |||
 Daniel Abt
|
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34th | |||
| 2013 | Dallara-Zytek |  Nigel Melker
|
17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 136 | 6th | 5th |
| Mikhail Aleshin
|
17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 12th | |||
| 2014 | Dallara-Zytek |  Marco Sørensen
|
17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 12th | 9th |
| Nicholas Latifi
|
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20th | |||
 Alfonso Celis Jr.
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27th | |||
| 2015 | Dallara-Zytek |  Roy Nissany
|
17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 13th | 7th |
| Aurélien Panis
|
17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 12th |
† Includes points scored for other teams.
GP3
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Dallara-Renault |  Doru Sechelariu
|
16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29th | 6th |
| Daniel Juncadella
|
10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 14th | |||
 Stefano Coletti
|
14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 9th | |||
| Jean-Éric Vergne
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 17th | |||
| Jim Pla
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36th | |||
| 2011 | Dallara-Renault | Aaro Vainio
|
16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 15th | 6th |
| Andrea Caldarelli
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 10th | |||
| Thomas Hylkema
|
12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34th | |||
 Tamás Pál Kiss
|
16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 16th |
D.C. = Drivers' Championship position, T.C. = Teams' Championship position.
Timeline
| Current series | |
|---|---|
| Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | 2010–2018 |
| Formula Renault 2.0 NEC | 2016–2017 |
| Former series | |
| French Formula Renault Championship | 2000–2005 |
| Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup | 2001, 2003-2004 |
| Eurocup Mégane Trophy | 2005-2009 |
| Formula Renault 3.5 Series | 2006–2015 |
| GP3 Series | 2010–2011 |
| Formula Renault 2.0 Alps | 2011–2015 |
References
- ^ Hensby, Paul (17 January 2018). "Frank Bird joins Tech 1 Racing for second Eurocup season". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ^ "Thomas Neubauer poursuit avec Tech 1" (in French). AUTOHebdo. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ "SMP prospect Smolyar joins Tech 1 for Formula Renault Eurocup". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. 12 February 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ "Ticktum heads 2018 Red Bull junior line-up". GPUpdate.net. SportUpdate B.V. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
Neil Verhagen remains a Red Bull junior and will stay in Formula Renault Eurocup, switching to Tech 1 Racing.