JAS Motorsport

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JAS Motorsport
JAS Motorsport logo.png
Founded1995 (1995)
BaseMilan, Lombardy, Italy
Team principal(s)Maurizio Ambrogetti
Alessandro Mariani
Current seriesWTCR
TCR
IGTC
GT3
Former seriesDTM
STW
Euro STC
BTCC
IRC
ERC
ETCC
WTCC
TCR Int. Ser.
Websitejasmotorsport.com

JAS Motorsport is an Italian motor racing team and an engineering and manufacturing company. It was founded in 1995 by Paolo Jasson, Maurizio Ambrogetti and Giorgio Schon. The company initially competed with Alfa Romeo in 1996 and 1997. Since 1998, they have been an official partner of Honda, and have developed, built and raced cars in various different disciplines for the Japanese manufacturer, as well as provided customer racing services.

History[]

JAS Motorsport was founded on 1 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]

Car constructor[]

Year Model Picture Engine Class
2002 Honda Civic Type-R Croft Circuit MMB 27.jpg Super 2000
2003 Honda Accord Euro-R James Thompson WTCC 2008 Imola.jpg Honda K20A4 2.0L I4 Super 2000
2007 Honda Civic Type-R FN2 R3 Honda Civic Type R Motorsport.JPG FIA Group R
2012 Honda Civic S2000 TC Geneva MotorShow 2013 - Honda Civic WTCC.jpg Super 2000
2013 Honda Civic CTCC FC1 CTCC
2014 Honda Civic S2000 TC 2014-03-04 Geneva Motor Show 1180.JPG Honda HR412E 1.6L I4 TC1
2015 Honda Civic TCR (FK2) Gianni Morbidelli 2015 TCR Int Malaysia.jpg Honda K20C1 i-VTEC DOHC Turbo I4 TCR
2016 Josh Files Honda Civic TCR.jpg Honda K20C1 i-VTEC DOHC Turbo I4 TCR
2016 Honda Civic TCS TCS
2017 Acura NSX GT3 Honda NSX GT3 IAA 2017 - Front and left side.jpg Honda JNC twin-turbocharged 3.5L V6 Group GT3
2018 Honda Civic TCR (FK8) Honda Civic TCR 2018 Genf.jpg Honda K20C1 i-VTEC DOHC Turbo I4 TCR

Complete World Touring Car Championship results[]

(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 Portugal 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 Italy 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 Portugal 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 Hungary 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 Italy 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 Portugal 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 Hungary 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 Morocco 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 Italy 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
3
Ret
6
4
8
5
4
3
3
12
Ret
2
5
5
15
7 		2nd 721
18 Portugal 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
8
1
8
9
7
Ret
5
Ret
9
1
7
6
7
DSQ
8
9
Zengő Motorsport 5 Hungary 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
7
3
Ret
8
6
2
3
4
2
14†
6
11
Ret
12
7
3
2016 Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team 12 United Kingdom Robert Huff Honda Civic WTCC
1
6
3
14
10
6
DSQ
DSQ
4
4
7
4
6
4
2
3
2
9
9
13
3
8 		2nd 675
18 Portugal Tiago Monteiro
4
2
1
2
11
3
DSQ
DSQ
Ret
DNS
6
5
10
1
4
4
3
3
10
8
Ret
5
Honda Racing Team JAS 5 Hungary Norbert Michelisz
3
3
6
4
DNS
10
DSQ
DSQ
3
2
10
3
8
3
6
8
1
8
2
11
5
4
2017 Honda Racing Team JAS 2 Italy Gabriele Tarquini Honda Civic WTCC
DSQ
DSQ 		2nd 880
5 Hungary Norbert Michelisz
5
2
NC
6
NC
4
7
2
7
1
14
1
DSQ
DSQ
7
1
5
2
9
8
18 Portugal Tiago Monteiro
6
1
3
2
1
5
15
13
2
3
5
2
34 Japan Ryo Michigami
Ret
10
Ret
Ret
11
13
11
Ret
Ret
13
10
11
DSQ
DSQ
10
Ret
3
15
14
10
86 Argentina Esteban Guerrieri
3
4
6
4
10
1

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

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "In the beginning…". JAS Motorsport. Retrieved 2020-05-11.
  2. ^ "Racing cars - HONDA CIVIC WTCC". JAS Motorsport. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
  3. ^ "Tarquini victory seals world championship title for Honda Civic". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
  4. ^ "How the 2014 WTCC is shaping up so far". TouringCarTimes. 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
  5. ^ "WTCC boss expects closer fight between the manufacturers this year". TouringCarTimes. 2015-02-17. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
  6. ^ Cozens, Jack. "Brake failure caused crash that hospitalised WTCC leader Monteiro". Autosport.com. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
  7. ^ "JAS Hondas to contest FIA World Touring Car Cup". JAS Motorsport. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  8. ^ a b fabior (2019-12-18). "Honda Civic Type R named 2019 TCR Model of the Year". TCR HUB. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  9. ^ "JAS Motorsport working on more cars for TC3 throughout 2015". TouringCarTimes.com. 2 December 2014.
  10. ^ "JAS Honda wins TCR International crown". JAS Motorsport. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  11. ^ "New Honda Civic Type R TCR to be launched in 2018". TouringCarTimes. 2017-07-12. Retrieved 2017-08-18.

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