Hitech Grand Prix

Hitech Racing
Founded	2002
Team principal(s)	Ryan Sharp; Rodrigo Contin
Current series	FIA Formula 3 European Championship
Former series	British F3; GP2 Series; Formula 3 Sudamericana; Brazilian Formula Three Championship
Current drivers	Enaam Ahmed; Ben Hingeley; Álex Palou
Teams'; Championships	Formula 3 Sudamericana:; 2013
Drivers'; Championships	British Formula 3:; 2007: Marko Asmer; Formula 3 Sudamericana:; 2013: Felipe Guimarães

Hitech Racing is a British motor racing team. It was founded in 2002 by Dennis Rushen and David Hayle. 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.^[4] Currently the team competes in Brazilian Formula Three Championship, and the FIA Formula 3 European Championship.^[5]

History

Formula Three

In its first season, Hitech scored five pole positions and six podium finishes, with drivers Danny Watts and Eric Salignon. 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.

In the second season, 2004, Thompson was retained and joined by drivers Marko Asmer, James Walker, and Lucas Di Grassi. 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. 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. 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.

2008, Walter Grubmuller has been joined by the youngest driver in the sport, Max Chilton.

2012, Bazilian Felipe Guimarães took 4 wins and two poles to end fourth with Hitech Racing Brazil in the Formula Three Sudamericana series.

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.

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.

2015, Team changes name to Hitech GP, and makes guest appearance in two final rounds of the FIA F3 European Championship with Alex Sims.

2016, Hitech joins forces with ART Grand Prix, to make a full season in the FIA F3 European Championship. George Russell and rookies Ben Barnicoat and Nikita Mazepin will race for the team.

GP2/GP3 Series

In 2004, Hitech partnered with Piquet Sports to enter the GP2 Series. As of 2007, the team enters the competition as Minardi Piquet Sports.

Racing record

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
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

References

^ Simmons, Marcus. "Ahmed secures European F3 graduation with Hitech". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
^ Simmons, Marcus. "Hitech adds Hingeley to 2018 F3 line-up". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
^ Allen, Peter (5 January 2018). "Alex Palou to race in European F3 with Hitech". formulascout.com. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
^ http://www.hitechracing.com.br/
^ http://formula3brasil.com.br/

External links

Official website

[1] Simmons, Marcus. "Ahmed secures European F3 graduation with Hitech". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 18 December 2017.

[2] Simmons, Marcus. "Hitech adds Hingeley to 2018 F3 line-up". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 31 January 2018.

[3] Allen, Peter (5 January 2018). "Alex Palou to race in European F3 with Hitech". formulascout.com. Retrieved 5 January 2018.

[4] ttp://www.hitechracing.com.br/

[5] ttp://formula3brasil.com.br/

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