Hitech Grand Prix

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.

Hitech GP
Founded2002
BaseSilverstone, United Kingdom
Team principal(s)Oliver Oakes
Current seriesFIA Formula 2 Championship
FIA Formula 3 Championship
F3 Asian Championship
W Series
BRDC British Formula 3 Championship
Former seriesBritish F3
GP2 Series
Formula 3 Sudamericana
Brazilian Formula Three Championship
FIA Formula 3 European Championship
Current driversFormula 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 Nissany
BRDC British Formula 3 Championship
TBA
Teams'
Championships
Formula 3 Sudamericana:
2013

F3 Asian Championship:
2018 2019

F3 Asian Winter series:
2019
Drivers'
Championships
British Formula 3:
2007: Marko Asmer
Formula 3 Sudamericana:
2013: Felipe Guimarães

F3 Asian Championship:
2018: Raoul Hyman
2019: Ukyo Sasahara

F3 Asian Winter series:
2019: Rinus VeeKay
Websitehttp://www.hitechgp.co.uk/

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

Engine

Drivers Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums T.C. Points
2020 Dallara F2 2018-Mecachrome Nikita Mazepin 24 2 2 6 3rd 270
Luca Ghiotto 23 1 1 2 4
2021 Dallara F2 2018-Mecachrome Liam Lawson
Jüri Vips

* 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
Liam Lawson
Jüri Vips

FIA Formula 3 Championship

Year Car

Engine

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 1
Max Fewtrell 12
Pierre-Louis Chovet 4
2021 Dallara F3 2019-Mecachrome Jak Crawford
Ayumu Iwasa
Roman Staněk

* 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 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
2021 F3 2019
Mecachrome
P
CAT1 CAT2 CAT3 LEC1 LEC2 LEC3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 COA1 COA2 COA3
Jak Crawford
Ayumu Iwasa
Roman Staněk

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 2019-2021
BRDC British Formula 3 Championship 2020-2021
FIA Formula 2 Championship 2020-2021
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

  1. Doohan is an Australian driver who raced under a British license.
  2. Ushijima is an American-Japanese driver who races under a British license.

See also

References

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