Asiatech
Asiatech was the name of an engine used in Formula 1 in 2001 and 2002 . The name "Asiatech" came from the Japanese company Asia Motor Technologies (AMT) , which after the withdrawal of the French automobile manufacturer Peugeot as an engine supplier from Formula 1 in 2000, bought up its engine contingent and developed it on its own.
Asia Motor Technologies stated its own Formula 1 team as a long-term goal. Initially, however, the Arrows team was supplied with the former Peugeot V10 engines (2001). However, due to a lack of success, the British racing team switched to Cosworth units after only one season - Minardi secured the Asiatech engines for 2002 instead. The traditional backbench team from Italy achieved fifth place for Australian Mark Webber at his home grand Prix a respectable success, but it stayed with the two world championship points. As the plans for their own team became increasingly unrealistic due to a lack of sponsors, Asiatech withdrew from Formula 1 at the end of the 2002 season.
In total, Formula 1 racing cars powered by Asiatech engines contested 33 Grands Prix and scored three points. The technical director of the project was the Argentine Enrique Scalabroni , the manager of the former Peugeot engine plant in Velizy of the Belgian Didier Debae.
statistics
| season | Teams | Driver (pts) | Grand Prix | Points | Victories | Second | Third | Poles | nice Round |
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| 2001 | Arrows |
 Jos Verstappen (1)
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17th | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
 Enrique Bernoldi (-)
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| 2002 | Minardi |
 Alex Yoong (-)
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16 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
 Anthony Davidson (-)
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 Mark Webber (2)
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| total | 33 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Individual evidence
- ↑ "... as AMT gives further details of program" (Grandprix.com on October 23, 2000, English)