JAS Motorsport

JAS Motorsport was founded on the 1st of September, 1995.[1] The team raced four Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TIs in the 1996 International Touring Car Championship, scoring seven podiums and a victory at Silverstone with Gabriele Tarquini. In 1997 they raced two Alfa Romeos in the Super Tourenwagen Cup, with two seventh places being their best results that season.

In 1998, JAS became a partner of Honda. It began competing with Honda Accords in the Super Tourenwagen Cup, and would claim a victory in the 1998 season, before scoring four wins, 17 podiums and third place in the drivers' championship for Tom Kristensen in 1999. The team then competed with Accords in the European Super Touring Cup/Championship in 2000 and 2001, where it scored 15 wins – more than any other team – and finished runner-up in the teams' championship in 2001. JAS also helped running the BTCC Honda team in 2000, which claimed seven victories that year, including the last three wins of the championship's Super Touring era.

In 2004, JAS made the Honda Accord Euro-R for the Super 2000 regulations. Ryan Sharp scored Honda's first World Touring Car Championship podium with it in 2006, before James Thompson scored Honda's first overall WTCC win with it at the Race of Europe in 2008. The car later won three consecutive European Touring Car Cup titles between 2009 and 2011 with Thompson and Fabrizio Giovanardi.

For R3 rallying regulations, JAS made the Civic Type-R R3 in 2007. The car won the 2WD manufacturers' title for Honda in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge in 2011, before winning the 2WD title in the European Rally Championship in 2013 and 2014.

In 2012, Honda announced that it would join the World Touring Car Championship, with JAS running the team and developing the chassis.[2] The team raced in the final three rounds of the 2012 season, with Tiago Monteiro scoring a podium in Macau. In their first full season in 2013, the team were crowned Manufacturers' World Champions, with the Civics scoring four victories and 20 podiums, including podium lockouts in Slovakia and China.[3] After the introduction of the new TC1 regulations a year earlier than planned in 2014 gave a seven month development advantage to Citroën,[4][5] the team won multiple races, but didn't contend for the title again until 2017. The team scored the most pole positions and main race victories in 2017, but missed out on another title due to numerous incidents, including Monteiro's testing accident.[6] In 2018, the series became the World Touring Car Cup and switched to TCR regulations, with JAS giving technical support to the Honda teams.[7] The Civic Type R TCR scored 12 wins across the 2018 and 2019 seasons, with its performances in 2019 helping it to win the TCR Model of the Year award.[8]

In 2014, JAS Motorsport announced that it will build a Honda Civic touring car based on TCR regulations. The car became available to customers in 2015,[9] and subsequently won multiple titles, including the 2017 TCR International Series teams' championship.[10] In 2017, JAS announced that it will produce a new TCR car based on the tenth generation Civic, which would be available to customers in 2018.[11] The tenth generation-based model won the TCR Model of the Year award in 2019 after claiming numerous wins and titles.[8]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	No.	Driver	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	Pos	Points
2012	Honda Racing Team JAS	18	Tiago Monteiro	Honda Civic S2000 TC	ITA 1	ITA 2	ESP 1	ESP 2	MAR 1	MAR 2	SVK 1	SVK 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	AUT 1	AUT 2	POR 1	POR 2	BRA 1	BRA 2	USA 1	USA 2	JPN 1 9	JPN 2 10	CHN 1 13	CHN 2 10	MAC 1 3	MAC 2 4	N/A
2013	Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team	3	Gabriele Tarquini	Honda Civic WTCC	ITA 1 4	ITA 2 3	MAR 1 2	MAR 2 Ret	SVK 1 1	SVK 2 3	HUN 1 3	HUN 2 Ret	AUT 1 12	AUT 2 8	RUS 1 6	RUS 2 7	POR 1 Ret	POR 2 20	ARG 1 4	ARG 2 2	USA 1 6	USA 2 1	JPN 1 27†	JPN 2 4	CHN 1 7	CHN 2 2	MAC 1 DNS	MAC 2 8	1st	1017
		18	Tiago Monteiro		ITA 1 5	ITA 2 8	MAR 1 Ret	MAR 2 DNS	SVK 1 2	SVK 2 5	HUN 1 Ret	HUN 2 13	AUT 1 13	AUT 2 4	RUS 1 12	RUS 2 12	POR 1 9	POR 2 11	ARG 1 10	ARG 2 6	USA 1 2	USA 2 5	JPN 1 28†	JPN 2 3	CHN 1 11	CHN 2 1	MAC 1 2	MAC 2 Ret
	Zengő Motorsport	5	Norbert Michelisz		ITA 1 8	ITA 2 22	MAR 1 Ret	MAR 2 15†	SVK 1 3	SVK 2 21	HUN 1 2	HUN 2 8	AUT 1 14	AUT 2 3	RUS 1 3	RUS 2 5	POR 1 Ret	POR 2 DNS	ARG 1 7	ARG 2 5	USA 1 20	USA 2 3	JPN 1 1	JPN 2 Ret	CHN 1 10	CHN 2 3	MAC 1 4	MAC 2 Ret
2014	Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team	2	Gabriele Tarquini	Honda Civic WTCC	MAR 1 DNS	MAR 2 DNS	FRA 1 3	FRA 2 4	HUN 1 4	HUN 2 8	SVK 1 8	SVK 2 C	AUT 1 8	AUT 2 2	RUS 1 2	RUS 2 Ret	BEL 1 8	BEL 2 8	ARG 1 8	ARG 2 4	BEI 1 16†	BEI 2 10	CHN 1 6	CHN 2 Ret	JPN 1 6	JPN 2 1	MAC 1 3	MAC 2 DNS	2nd	710
		18	Tiago Monteiro		MAR 1 5	MAR 2 10†	FRA 1 8	FRA 2 3	HUN 1 3	HUN 2 2	SVK 1 7	SVK 2 C	AUT 1 5	AUT 2 3	RUS 1 7	RUS 2 Ret	BEL 1 6	BEL 2 4	ARG 1 5	ARG 2 5	BEI 1 Ret	BEI 2 13	CHN 1 7	CHN 2 2	JPN 1 9	JPN 2 9	MAC 1 4	MAC 2 16†
	Zengő Motorsport	5	Norbert Michelisz		MAR 1 9	MAR 2 DNS	FRA 1 7	FRA 2 8	HUN 1 6	HUN 2 10	SVK 1 3	SVK 2 C	AUT 1 9	AUT 2 4	RUS 1 9	RUS 2 7	BEL 1 7	BEL 2 7	ARG 1 2	ARG 2 7	BEI 1 6	BEI 2 5	CHN 1 5	CHN 2 4	JPN 1 4	JPN 2 3	MAC 1 2	MAC 2 4
	Proteam Racing	25	Mehdi Bennani		MAR 1 7	MAR 2 DSQ	FRA 1 13	FRA 2 5	HUN 1 5	HUN 2 DNS	SVK 1 15	SVK 2 C	AUT 1 7	AUT 2 8	RUS 1 11	RUS 2 3	BEL 1 13	BEL 2 11	ARG 1 9	ARG 2 8	BEI 1 9	BEI 2 Ret	CHN 1 10	CHN 2 1	JPN 1 11	JPN 2 Ret	MAC 1 19†	MAC 2 DNS
2015	Honda Racing Team JAS	2	Gabriele Tarquini	Honda Civic WTCC	ARG 1 5	ARG 2 4	MAR 1 7	MAR 2 5	HUN 1 DSQ	HUN 2 13	GER 1 6	GER 2 4	RUS 1 3	RUS 2 Ret	SVK 1 6	SVK 2 4	FRA 1 8	FRA 2 5	POR 1 4	POR 2 3	JPN 1 3	JPN 2 12	CHN 1 Ret	CHN 2 2	THA 1 5	THA 2 5	QAT 1 15	QAT 2 7	2nd	721
		18	Tiago Monteiro		ARG 1 4	ARG 2 3	MAR 1 6	MAR 2 Ret	HUN 1 5	HUN 2 4	GER 1 Ret	GER 2 3	RUS 1 8	RUS 2 1	SVK 1 8	SVK 2 9	FRA 1 7	FRA 2 Ret	POR 1 5	POR 2 Ret	JPN 1 9	JPN 2 1	CHN 1 7	CHN 2 6	THA 1 7	THA 2 DSQ	QAT 1 8	QAT 2 9
	Zengő Motorsport	5	Norbert Michelisz		ARG 1 6	ARG 2 7	MAR 1 8	MAR 2 11	HUN 1 8	HUN 2 1	GER 1 4	GER 2 Ret	RUS 1 7	RUS 2 3	SVK 1 Ret	SVK 2 8	FRA 1 6	FRA 2 2	POR 1 3	POR 2 4	JPN 1 2	JPN 2 14†	CHN 1 6	CHN 2 11	THA 1 Ret	THA 2 12	QAT 1 7	QAT 2 3
2016	Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team	12	Robert Huff	Honda Civic WTCC	FRA 1 1	FRA 2 6	SVK 1 3	SVK 2 14	HUN 1 10	HUN 2 6	MAR 1 DSQ	MAR 2 DSQ	GER 1 4	GER 2 4	RUS 1 7	RUS 2 4	POR 1 6	POR 2 4	ARG 1 2	ARG 2 3	JPN 1 2	JPN 2 9	CHN 1 9	CHN 2 13	QAT 1 3	QAT 2 8			2nd	675
		18	Tiago Monteiro		FRA 1 4	FRA 2 2	SVK 1 1	SVK 2 2	HUN 1 11	HUN 2 3	MAR 1 DSQ	MAR 2 DSQ	GER 1 Ret	GER 2 DNS	RUS 1 6	RUS 2 5	POR 1 10	POR 2 1	ARG 1 4	ARG 2 4	JPN 1 3	JPN 2 3	CHN 1 10	CHN 2 8	QAT 1 Ret	QAT 2 5
	Honda Racing Team JAS	5	Norbert Michelisz		FRA 1 3	FRA 2 3	SVK 1 6	SVK 2 4	HUN 1 DNS	HUN 2 10	MAR 1 DSQ	MAR 2 DSQ	GER 1 3	GER 2 2	RUS 1 10	RUS 2 3	POR 1 8	POR 2 3	ARG 1 6	ARG 2 8	JPN 1 1	JPN 2 8	CHN 1 2	CHN 2 11	QAT 1 5	QAT 2 4
2017	Honda Racing Team JAS	2	Gabriele Tarquini	Honda Civic WTCC	MAR 1	MAR 2	ITA 1	ITA 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	GER 1	GER 2	POR 1	POR 2	ARG 1	ARG 2	CHN 1 DSQ	CHN 2 DSQ	JPN 1	JPN 2	MAC 1	MAC 2	QAT 1	QAT 2					2nd	880
		5	Norbert Michelisz		MAR 1 5	MAR 2 2	ITA 1 NC	ITA 2 6	HUN 1 NC	HUN 2 4	GER 1 7	GER 2 2	POR 1 7	POR 2 1	ARG 1 14	ARG 2 1	CHN 1 DSQ	CHN 2 DSQ	JPN 1 7	JPN 2 1	MAC 1 5	MAC 2 2	QAT 1 9	QAT 2 8
		18	Tiago Monteiro		MAR 1 6	MAR 2 1	ITA 1 3	ITA 2 2	HUN 1 1	HUN 2 5	GER 1 15	GER 2 13	POR 1 2	POR 2 3	ARG 1 5	ARG 2 2	CHN 1	CHN 2	JPN 1	JPN 2	MAC 1	MAC 2	QAT 1	QAT 2
		34	Ryo Michigami		MAR 1 Ret	MAR 2 10	ITA 1 Ret	ITA 2 Ret	HUN 1 11	HUN 2 13	GER 1 11	GER 2 Ret	POR 1 Ret	POR 2 13	ARG 1 10	ARG 2 11	CHN 1 DSQ	CHN 2 DSQ	JPN 1 10	JPN 2 Ret	MAC 1 3	MAC 2 15	QAT 1 14	QAT 2 10
		86	Esteban Guerrieri		MAR 1	MAR 2	ITA 1	ITA 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	GER 1	GER 2	POR 1	POR 2	ARG 1	ARG 2	CHN 1	CHN 2	JPN 1 3	JPN 2 4	MAC 1 6	MAC 2 4	QAT 1 10	QAT 2 1

^†Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

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