Hitech Grand Prix

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources:  –  ·  ·  · scholar · JSTOR (May 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

Hitech GP

Founded	2002
Base	Silverstone, United Kingdom
Team principal(s)	Oliver Oakes
Current series	FIA Formula 2 Championship FIA Formula 3 Championship F3 Asian Championship GB3 Championship F4 British Championship Formula 4 UAE Championship
Former series	British F3 GP2 Series Formula 3 Sudamericana Brazilian Formula Three Championship FIA Formula 3 European Championship W Series
Current drivers	Formula 2 7. Marcus Armstrong 8. Jüri Vips Formula 3 17. TBA 18. Isack Hadjar 19. TBA Formula Regional Asian Championship 4. Gabriele Minì 5. Leonardo Fornaroli 6. Isack Hadjar 7. Joshua Dufek GB3 Championship TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA 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
Website	http://www.hitechgp.co.uk/

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, GB3 Championship and the F3 Asian Championship. W Series and 2019 FIA Motorsport Games Formula 4 Cup currently operated by Hitech GP.

History[]

Formula Three[]

In its first season, Hitech scored five pole positions and six podium finishes, with drivers Danny Watts and Eric Salignon.^[1] 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	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F. Laps	Podiums	D.C.	Pts	T.C.	Pts
2020	Dallara F2 2018	Mecachrome V634T V6 t	P	Nikita Mazepin	24	2	0	2	6	5th	164	4th	270
				Luca Ghiotto	23	1	0	2	4	10th	106
2021	Dallara F2 2018	Mecachrome V634T V6 t	P	Liam Lawson	23	1	1	2	3	9th	103	4th	223
				Jüri Vips	23	2	0	1	6	6th	120

In detail[]

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

Year	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		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		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	4th	223
	Liam Lawson	1	Ret	3	9	DSQ	7	Ret	7	6	7	5	11	5	4	Ret	Ret	C	7	2	Ret	9	5	6	Ret
	Jüri Vips	10	16	13	5	3	8	8	1	1	2	6	7	8	6	Ret	2	C	Ret	3	Ret	6	12	Ret	8

FIA Formula 3 Championship[]

Year	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F. Laps	Podiums	D.C.	Pts	T.C.	Pts
2019	Dallara F3 2019	Mecachrome V634 V6	P	Leonardo Pulcini	16	1	0	0	2	8th	78	2nd	223
				Jüri Vips	16	3	1	2	4	4th	141
				Ye Yifei	16	0	0	0	0	21st	4
2020	Dallara F3 2019	Mecachrome V634 V6	P	Max Fewtrell	12	0	0	0	0	20th	5	4th	167
				Pierre-Louis Chovet	4	0	0	0	0	19th	5
				Liam Lawson	18	3	1	1	6	5th	143
				Dennis Hauger	18	0	0	1	1	17th	14
2021	Dallara F3 2019	Mecachrome V634 V6	P	Jak Crawford	20	0	0	0	1	13th	45	6th	126
				Ayumu Iwasa	20	1	0	0	2	12th	52
				Roman Staněk	20	0	0	0	2	16th	29

In detail[]

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

Year	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		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		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		CAT 1	CAT 2	CAT 3	LEC 1	LEC 2	LEC 3	RBR 1	RBR 2	RBR 3	HUN 1	HUN 2	HUN 3	SPA 1	SPA 2	SPA 3	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	ZAN 3	SOC 1	SOC 2	SOC 3	6th	126
	Jak Crawford	13	9	18	11	14	10	8	Ret	26	26	21	15	2	12	12	4	8	7	11	C	5
	Ayumu Iwasa	14	7	15	8	9	7	DSQ	14	6	1	10	12	15	11	13	3	Ret	11	10	C	9
	Roman Staněk	16	12	10	26	19	15	11	4	12	11	3	23	3	13	15	27	15	13	13	C	26

F3 Asian Championship / Formula Regional Asian Championship[]

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	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	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	15	0	0	0	99	5th	2nd
		Ayumu Iwasa	15	0	0	0	81	8th
		Reece Ushijima	15	0	0	0	45	12th
		Roman Staněk	15	0	0	0	60	10th
2022	Tatuus-Autotecnica	Joshua Dufek
		Gabriele Minì
		Leonardo Fornaroli
		Owen Tangavelou
		Isack Hadjar

^* Season still in progress.
^† As Sasahara was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

BRDC British Formula 3 Championship / GB3 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
2021	Tatuus-Cosworth BF3-020	Reece Ushijima	24	2	3	3	6	366	4th
		Bart Horsten	24	0	2	4	3	333	6th
		Sebastián Álvarez	24	1	1	0	2	290	8th

Formula 4 UAE Championship[]

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2022	Tatuus-Abarth	Alex Dunne
		Oliver Gray
		Luke Browning
		Ricardo Escotto							[a]
		Anshul Gandhi

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	George Russell	30	2	3	3	194	3rd	2nd
		Ben Barnicoat	30	2	0	0	117	7th
		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	Danny Watts	24	1	3	2	125	5th
		Eric Salignon	22	0	1	1	43	12th
		Andrew Thompson	24	0	0	0	18	19th
		Fabio Carbone	2	0	0	0	1	25th
2004	Dallara F304-Renault	Lucas di Grassi	23	2	2	0	130	8th
		Marko Asmer	23	0	0	2	87	10th
		Andrew Thompson	23	0	0	0	36	15th
		James Walker	23	0	0	0	20	18th
2005	Dallara F305-Mercedes HWA	Marko Asmer	20	0	2	1	163	4th
		Tim Bridgman	18	0	0	0	16	15th
2006	Dallara F306-Mercedes HWA	James Jakes	22	0	0	1	96	8th
		James Walker	22	0	0	0	92	9th
		Salvador Durán	20	0	0	0	54	10th
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-	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
		António Félix da Costa	6	0	0	1	51	13th
		Pedro Nunes	3	0	0	0	10	19th
		Max Snegirev	9	0	0	0	2	24th
		Bruno Méndez	3	0	0	0	1	25th

Timeline[]

Current series
Formula Regional Asian Championship	2018–present
FIA Formula 3 Championship	2019–present
FIA Formula 2 Championship	2020–present
GB3 Championship	2020–present
F4 British Championship	2022–present
Formula 4 UAE Championship	2022–present
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

See also[]

• Atech Grand Prix
• ART Grand Prix
• 2019 W Series

Footnotes[]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website