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Hilmer Motorsport

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Germany Hilmer Motorsport
Founded2013
Founder(s)Franz Hilmer
Folded2018
BaseNiederwinkling, Germany
Team principal(s)Franz Hilmer
Former seriesGP2 Series
GP3 Series
Websitehttp://www.hilmer-motorsport.com/

Hilmer Motorsport was a German racing team established in 2013 by Franz Hilmer. The team first raced in the GP2 Series, starting in 2013, replacing Ocean Racing Technology.[1]

Hilmer joined the GP3 Series in 2014 with support from Force India, replacing the Russian Time entry after the outfit pulled out after the death of founder Igor Mazepa in February 2014.

GP2 Series

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Season 2013

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Robin Frijns Qualifying in 2013 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round

Hilmer Motorsport was founded by the German Franz Hilmer and took over the starting position from Ocean Racing Technology. Franz Hilmer is the owner of the company Formtech GmbH, which, among other things, works as a supplier to Formula 1 teams in motorsport.

The team started the season with drivers Conor Daly and Pål Varhaug. While Varhaug had already competed in the GP2 series for a season in 2011, Daly was a rookie and came from the GP3 series. After just one weekend and although Daly scored the first points for Hilmer in the second race in Malaysia, Daly was replaced by Robin Frijns who won the Formula Renault 3.5 championship title in 2012. Frijns initially only signed for the race in Bahrain. After the race weekend in Bahrain, Varhaug was also replaced. He was replaced by Jon Lancaster, who had already competed in a race for Ocean Racing Technology in the 2012 season. Frijns kept his cockpit for the time being, but only signed race by race. The team achieved its first victory on the third weekend at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona. Frijns won ahead of Felipe Nasr and his teammate Lancaster. In the sprint race the following day, Frijns finished second, starting from eighth position. After three more race weekends, Frijns was replaced in Hungary by Adrian Quaife-Hobbs, who had previously competed for MP Motorsport the season. Quaife-Hobbs finished the season with Hilmer, his best result of the season was a victory in the sprint race in Monza. Jon Lancaster was replaced once by Frijns after five race weekends, but got the cockpit back and drove the remaining three race weekends.

At the end of the season, Hilmer Motorsport had scored 155 points and was in sixth place in the team standings.

Season 2014

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In November 2013, Hilmer announced Daniel Abt, who previously drove for ART Grand Prix in the GP2 series, as the first driver for the 2014 season. At the beginning of February, Hilmer confirmed Facu Regalía as the second driver. Regalia had finished second in the GP3 series the season before. In addition, the team will be cooperating with Force India from the 2014 season and will be competing with their livery.

The start of the season didn't go well for the team: neither driver scored any points in the first four events. Regalia was replaced by Jon Lancaster for the fifth event until the end of the season. After Abt secured the first point in the fifth run, four more points placements were added after a pointless event. In the sprint race in Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, Abt was on pole position and crossed the finish line in fifth place. At the final round of the season, Nicholas Latifi replaced Abt, who was competing in Formula E due to a scheduling conflict.

The team finished the season in second-to-last place in the team standings with 33 points.

Season 2015

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Hilmer Motorsport elected to miss the Bahrain round as they were unable to acquire the services of a driver who could bring financial backing to the team. Team principal Franz Hilmer was confident that he would enter the second round of the season in Catalunya.

GP3 Series

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Season 2014

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In mid-March 2014, Hilmer Motorsport announced that it was taking over Bamboo Engineering's starting position in the GP3 series. As in the GP2 series, the GP3 commitment is part of Force India's funding program. At the beginning of April, Hilmer announced Iwan Taranow as the first driver. Beitske Visser and Nelson Mason also made their debuts at the season opener.

After the first event, Taranow and Visser were replaced by Nikolai Marzenko and Riccardo Agostini. Agostini finished the season with Hilmer, while Marzenko was replaced by Sebastian Balthasar after one event. Balthasar drove in five runs for Hilmer. Marzenko took over its cockpit for one run. In the ninth and final run, Hilmer only competed with two cars. Only Agostini managed to score points throughout the season and Hilmer ended his involvement in the GP3 series after one season.

Hilmer finished the team ranking in penultimate place with 18 points.

Results

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GP2 Series

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Year Chassis Engine Tyres Drivers Races Wins Poles F.L. Points D.C. T.C.
2013 Dallara
GP2/11
Mecachrome
V8108 V8
P Netherlands Robin Frijns 12 1 0 0 47 15th 6th
United Kingdom Jon Lancaster 16 2 0 2 73 11th
United Kingdom Adrian Quaife-Hobbs[a] 10 1 0 0 56 13th
United States Conor Daly 2 0 0 0 2 26th
Norway Pål Varhaug 4 0 0 0 0 31st
2014 Dallara
GP2/11
Mecachrome
V8108 V8
P Germany Daniel Abt 20 0 0 0 16 27th 12th
Argentina Facu Regalia 8 0 0 0 0 31st
Canada Nicholas Latifi 2 0 0 0 0 32nd
United Kingdom Jon Lancaster[b] 16 0 0 0 6 23rd
2015 Dallara
GP2/11
Mecachrome
V8108 V8
P United Kingdom Nick Yelloly 9 0 0 0 19 15th 11th
Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Jr. 4 0 0 0 0 26th
United Kingdom Jon Lancaster 2 0 0 0 0 28th
Switzerland Simon Trummer 2 0 0 0 0 30th
Spain Sergio Canamasas[c] 1 0 0 0 23 12th

In detail

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(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 T.C. Points
2013 GP2/11
Mecachrome
P
SEP
FEA
SEP
SPR
BHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
NÜR
FEA
NÜR
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
MRN
FEA
MRN
SPR
YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
6th 155
United States Conor Daly 13 7
Netherlands Robin Frijns 21 23 1 2 Ret 15 13 Ret 6 Ret 9 Ret
United Kingdom Adrian Quaife-Hobbs 18 Ret 10 3 7 1 22 8 11 21
Norway Pål Varhaug 15 19 Ret 21
United Kingdom Jon Lancaster 3 10 12 17 5 1 7 1 23 18 13 17 9 5 Ret Ret
2014 GP2/11
Mecachrome
P
BHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
RBR
FEA
RBR
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HOC
FEA
HOC
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
SOC
FEA
SOC
SPR
YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
12th 33
Germany Daniel Abt 13 13 Ret 12 Ret 17 17 23 10 11 20 15 5 5 8 5 Ret 10 Ret 13
Canada Nicholas Latifi 22 17
Argentina Facu Regalia Ret 20 Ret 17 Ret 21 Ret 24
United Kingdom Jon Lancaster 22 13 Ret 5 17 16 19 Ret 12 15 12 16 18 14
2015 GP2/11
Mecachrome
P
BHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
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
BHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
13th 19
United Kingdom Nick Yelloly Ret 14 10 9 8 Ret 7 5 Ret 17 Ret 17
Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Jr. 21 Ret 20 Ret
Switzerland Simon Trummer 22 18 16 16
United Kingdom Jon Lancaster 16 17
Spain Sergio Canamasas Ret 16

GP3 Series

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Year Car Engine Tyres Drivers Races Wins Poles F.L. Points D.C. T.C.
2014 Dallara
GP3/13
AER V6 P Russia Ivan Taranov 2 0 0 0 0 34th 8th
Canada Nelson Mason 18 0 0 0 0 22nd
Netherlands Beitske Visser 2 0 0 0 0 27th
Russia Nikolay Martsenko 4 0 0 0 0 33rd
Germany Sebastian Balthasar 12 0 0 0 0 32nd
Italy Riccardo Agostini 16 0 0 0 16 18th

In detail

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(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
2014 GP3/13
AER
P
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
RBR
FEA
RBR
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HOC
FEA
HOC
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
SOC
FEA
SOC
SPR
YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
8th 18
Russia Ivan Taranov 22 20
Russia Nikolay Martsenko 19 DNS 19 Ret
Germany Sebastian Balthasar 22 Ret 24 21 Ret 17 19 DNS Ret DNS
Canada Nelson Mason 17 Ret 14 16 25 12 16 14 19 20 15 10 Ret 18 15 DNS 17 18
Netherlands Beitske Visser 19 15
Italy Riccardo Agostini Ret 11 6 5 9 8 18 19 10 12 15 12 11 Ret 18 13

Notes

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  1. ^ Adrian Quaife-Hobbs raced for MP Motorsport for 12 races in 2013 scoring 23 of his 56 points.
  2. ^ Jon Lancaster raced for MP Motorsport for 2 races in 2014.
  3. ^ Sergio Canamasas raced for MP Motorsport in 2015 and scores 23 points.

References

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  1. ^ "Hilmer Motorsport joins GP2 Series field". GP2 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 16 January 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
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