Super Nova Racing
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| Founded | 1991 |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | Nozomu Saruhashi David Sears |
| Folded | 2015 |
| Base | Griston, Norfolk, England |
| Team principal(s) | David Sears |
| Former series | Auto GP Formula E[a] Formula 3000 A1 Grand Prix[b] GP2 Series GP2 Asia Series |
| Teams' Championships | International Formula 3000: 2000 A1 Grand Prix: 2006-07[b] Auto GP: 2012, 2013 |
| Drivers' Championships | International Formula 3000: 1995: Vincenzo Sospiri 1997: Ricardo Zonta 1998: Juan Pablo Montoya 2002: Sébastien Bourdais Auto GP: 2012: Adrian Quaife-Hobbs 2013: Vittorio Ghirelli |
| Website | http://www.supernovainternational.com/ |
Super Nova Racing was a British racing team that has competed in Formula 3000/GP2 and the A1 Grand Prix series. Super Nova first entered racing in 1991. Super Nova was a new incarnation of the pre-existing David Sears Motorsport, sponsored by the Nova chain of Japanese English schools and also ran the Danish Den Blå Avis outfit.
In July 2007, naming sponsor Nova's legal problems became the subject of intense media coverage in Japan, and by the end of September 2007 the company was reported to be unable to pay staff salaries or rent, being declared bankrupt in November 2007 amidst a widening scandal about business improprieties, but SuperNova continued to list Nova as a sponsor.[1] On 24 June 2008, President Saruhashi of the Nova chain of English schools was taken into police custody and faced charges of embezzlement.[2] In August 2009, Saruhashi was convicted and sentenced to a 42-month jail term.
In February 2012, it was announced that Super Nova would withdraw from the GP2 Series. They were replaced by the Italian team Lazarus.[3]
On 1 July 2014 Super Nova announced that it will be competing in the FIA Formula E Championship under the Trulli GP name.
Complete series results[]
AutoGP[]
| Auto GP Results | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F.L. | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
| 2010 | Lola B05/52–Zytek |  Jonny Reid
|
12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 10th | 3rd |
 Giorgio Pantano†
|
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13th† | |||
 Jake Rosenzweig
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17th | |||
| Luca Filippi†
|
4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5th† | |||
| 2011 | Lola B05/52–Zytek |  Adrian Zaugg
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 19th | 4th |
 Jon Lancaster
|
4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 11th | |||
| Luca Filippi
|
12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 127 | 2nd | |||
| 2012 | Lola B05/52–Zytek | Adrian Quaife-Hobbs
|
14 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 221 | 1st | 1st |
 Victor Guerin
|
10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 8th | |||
- † These drivers raced for more than one team during the season. Their final position includes results for all teams.
Complete former series results[]
GP2 Series[]
Boris Derichebourg driving in the F3000 race for Super Nova Racing at the Circuit de Catalunya in 1998.
Jason Watt driving for Den Blå Avis (Super Nova Racing) during the Formula 3000 race at the Circuit de Catalunya in 1998.
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F.L. | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Dallara–Mecachrome | Giorgio Pantano
|
23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 6th | 3rd |
| Adam Carroll
|
23 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 5th | |||
| 2006 | Dallara–Mecachrome |  José María López
|
21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 10th | 8th |
 Mohamed Fairuz Fauzy
|
21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24th | |||
| 2007 | Dallara–Mecachrome | Luca Filippi
|
21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 59 | 4th | 4th |
| Mike Conway
|
21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 14th | |||
| 2008 | Dallara–Mecachrome |  Christian Bakkerud
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27th | 7th |
 Andy Soucek
|
16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 141 | 14th1 | |||
 Álvaro Parente
|
20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 8th | |||
| 2009 | Dallara–Mecachrome | Luca Filippi
|
20 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 5th | 3rd |
| Javier Villa
|
20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 10th | |||
| 2010 | Dallara–Mecachrome |  Josef Král
|
10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24th | 9th |
| Luca Filippi
|
10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20th | |||
 Marcus Ericsson
|
20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 17th | |||
| 2011 | Dallara–Mecachrome | Fairuz Fauzy
|
18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18th | 9th |
| Luca Filippi
|
10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2nd2 | |||
| Adam Carroll
|
8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17th |
Notes:
- 1.^ - Andy Soucek scored 1 of his 14 points in 2 races for David Price Racing.
- 2.^ - Luca Filippi also scored 45 points for Scuderia Coloni in 8 races.
GP2 Asia Series[]
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F.L. | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Dallara–Mecachrome | Christian Bakkerud
|
10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27th | 6th |
| Fairuz Fauzy
|
10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 4th | |||
| 2008-09 | Dallara–Mecachrome | Javier Villa
|
11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 10th | 7th |
| James Jakes
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11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 16th | |||
| 2009-10 | Dallara–Mecachrome | James Jakes
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14th | 6th |
| Marcus Ericsson
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24th† | |||
| Jake Rosenzweig
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30th | |||
| Josef Král
|
8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11th | |||
| 2011 | Dallara–Mecachrome | Fairuz Fauzy
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14th | 11th |
 Johnny Cecotto Jr.
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15th |
- † These drivers also drove for other teams during the season and final place include all results.
Formula 3000[]
| International Formula 3000 Championship Results[4] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F.L. | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
| 1994 | Reynard–Cosworth | Vincenzo Sospiri
|
8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 4th | 4th |
 Taki Inoue
|
8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |||
| 1995 | Reynard–Cosworth | Vincenzo Sospiri
|
8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 1st | 1st |
| Ricardo Rosset
|
8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 2nd | |||
| 1996 | Lola–Zytek Judd | Kenny Bräck
|
10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 49 | 2nd | 1st |
| Marcos Gueiros
|
10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5th | |||
| 1997 | Lola–Zytek Judd | Ricardo Zonta
|
10 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 1st | 1st |
 Laurent Rédon
|
10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9th | |||
| 1998 | Lola–Zytek Judd |  Juan Pablo Montoya
|
12 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 65 | 1st | 1st |
| Boris Derichebourg
|
12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12th | |||
| 1999 | Lola–Zytek | Ricardo Maurício
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21st† | 2nd |
 David Saelens
|
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9th† | |||
| Jason Watt
|
10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 2nd | |||
| 2000 | Lola–Zytek | Nicolas Minassian
|
10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 2nd | 1st |
| David Saelens
|
10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6th | |||
| 2001 | Lola–Zytek |  Mark Webber
|
12 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 2nd | 3rd |
| Mario Haberfeld
|
12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15th | |||
| 2002 | Lola–Zytek Judd | Sébastien Bourdais
|
12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 56 | 1st | 3rd |
| Tiago Monteiro
|
12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13th | |||
| 2003 | Lola–Zytek Judd | Enrico Toccacelo
|
10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6th | 5th |
| Derek Hill
|
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16th | |||
| Nicolas Kiesa
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7th† | |||
| Sam Hancock
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |||
| 2004 | Lola–Zytek Judd |  Patrick Friesacher
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5th† | 8th |
| Jeffrey van Hooydonk
|
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11th† | |||
| Alan van der Merwe
|
7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14th | |||
 Can Artam
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |||
- † These drivers also drove for other teams during the season and final place include all results.
A1 Grand Prix[]
They have competed for all seasons in A1 Grand Prix since series debuts in 2005-06, fielding entries for both A1 Team Germany[5] and A1 Team Pakistan[6] and later for A1 Team New Zealand.[7] In 2006-07, the both managed team, Germany and New Zealand finishing 1st and 2nd in the Championship overall.
| A1 Grand Prix results[8] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Car | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F.L. | Points | T.C. |
| 2005–06 | Lola B05/52–Zytek |  A1 Team Germany
|
22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 15th |
 A1 Team Pakistan
|
16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20th | ||
| 2006–07 | Lola B05/52–Zytek | A1 Team Germany
|
22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 128 | 1st |
| A1 Team New Zealand
|
22 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 93 | 2nd | ||
| 2007–08 | Lola B05/52–Zytek | A1 Team Germany
|
20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 83 | 8th |
| A1 Team New Zealand
|
20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 127 | 2nd | ||
| 2008–09 | Ferrari A1 08 | A1 Team Brazil
|
11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 15th |
| A1 Team New Zealand
|
14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 7th | ||
Timeline[]
| Former series | |
|---|---|
| All-Japan Formula Three Championship | 1992–1993 |
| International Formula 3000 | 1994–2004 |
| GP2 Series | 2005–2011 |
| A1 Grand Prix | 2005–2009 |
| GP2 Asia Series | 2008–2011 |
| Auto GP | 2010–2014 |
| Formula E | 2014–2015 |
Footnotes[]
- ^ Operation Team at Trulli GP team
- ^ Jump up to: a b Operation Team at A1 Team Brazil, A1 Team Germany, A1 Team New Zealand, A1 Team Pakistan
References[]
- ^ Slump from ad scandal triggers rent defaults, radical restructuring, The Japan Times online, 21 September 2007
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 June 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Venezuela GP Lazarus joins GP2 Series". GP2 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 17 February 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- ^ GP2 and Formula 3000 entrylist and complete results speedsportmag.com
- ^ A1 Team Germany information a1podium.com
- ^ A1 Team Pakistan information a1podium.com
- ^ A1 Team New Zealand information a1podium.com
- ^ A1GP complete Archived 26 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine resultsresults.a1gp.com
External links[]
- supernova-racing.com, official website.
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