Caterham Racing

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Caterham Racing is the name of a Malaysian GP2 series racing team . The racing team joined the GP2 Asia series and the GP2 series in 2011 as Team AirAsia . In 2012 the name was changed to Caterham Racing. The racing team was associated with the Formula 1 team Caterham until mid-2014 .

History in the GP2 series

For the 2011 GP2 Asia series season , the team entered the GP2 series under the name Team Air Asia . The team was named after the Malaysian low-cost airline AirAsia owned by team boss Tony Fernandes and, like the Formula 1 racing team Lotus , was owned by him. In 2011, Luiz Razia and Davide Valsecchi, two test drivers from the Lotus Formula 1 racing team , acted as drivers . In the GP2 Asia series, with Valsecchi finishing third as the best result, they achieved seventh place in the team ranking. In the season of the main series, Valsecchi scored the first victory for the team at the main race in Monaco . Both drivers achieved two podium finishes and the team finished the season in sixth place in the team standings. The team renamed itself Caterham Team Air Asia during the season . In the course of the renaming, the paintwork of the cars was adapted to that of the Formula 1 team and the green-yellow color combination was adopted. Before that, the team started with white and red cars, the colors of AirAsia.

For the 2012 season , the racing team started as Caterham Racing . The Formula 1 racing team also took on the name Caterham that year. The two drivers from the previous year both switched to other teams within the series, so that Caterham hired two new drivers. The choice fell on Rodolfo González and Giedo van der Garde . Both drivers had already raced in the GP2 series for several years. Van der Garde consistently scored points during the season and achieved two victories, making him sixth overall. González scored once and lost to van der Garde with six to 160 points. In the end, he finished 22nd overall. In the team standings, Caterham finished the season in seventh place.

Alexander Rossi at the sprint race of the GP2 series in Spa-Francorchamps 2013

In 2013 van der Garde got a cockpit at Caterham in Formula 1, González became a test driver at Marussia . The new drivers for the 2013 GP2 series were Sergio Canamasas and Ma Qinghua . While Canamasas drove the entire season, Ma was replaced by Alexander Rossi after the first race . On May 17th, a new title sponsor was announced with EQ8, with which the team started under the name EQ8 Caterham Racing from the race in Monte Carlo . Rossi was already convincing in his first run of the season and finished on the podium. In the further course of the season Rossi regularly scored points. In the main race of the last round in Abu Dhabi, he achieved his first victory in the GP2 series, which he ultimately finished in ninth place in the overall standings. Canamasas went into the points twice and was defeated by Rossi with three to 92 points, making him 25th overall. In the team classification, Caterham deteriorated to ninth place.

In 2014 Rossi stayed with Caterham and got a new team-mate in Rio Haryanto , who is entering his third GP2 season. While Fernandes sold the Caterham Formula 1 team in July, the GP2 team remained in his possession. Rossi separated from both racing teams shortly afterwards. Tom Dillmann took over his cockpit in the GP2 series . At the end of the 2014 season, Caterham ended its GP2 involvement. The GP2 starting place will then be taken over by Status Grand Prix .

Further involvement in motorsport

In 2012 and 2013, Caterham supported the Arden International racing team in their races in the Formula Renault 3.5 . In both years one car was painted in the Caterham colors. Alexander Rossi and Pietro Fantin drove this vehicle.

statistics

Results in the GP2 series

driver	No.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	Points	rank
GP2 series 2011		DOOR		ESP		MON		ESP		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA								49	6th
Luiz Razia	26th	6th	18th	DNF	DNF	DNF	20th	6th	2	17th	14th	DNF	14th	3	7th	DNF	DNF	10	9
Davide Valsecchi	27	16	16	4th	4th	1	5	3	4th	14th	17th	13	DNF	16	14th	10	10	20th	DNF
GP2 series 2012		MAS		BRN		BRN		ESP		MON		ESP		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		SIN		166	7th
Rodolfo González	11	DNF	18th	15th	21st	18th	15th	15th	14th	13	5	15th	15th	23	DNF	23	20th	23	16	DNF	14th	22nd	20th	DNF	18th
Giedo van der Garde	12	9	4th	DNF	9	3	19th	1	6th	3	3	11	6th	8th	21 *	5	2	5	10	5	21st	DNF	10	8th	1
GP2 series 2013		MAS		BRN		ESP		MON		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		SIN		UAE				95	9.
Sergio Canamasas	14th	19th	15th	20th	11	DNF	14th	15th	11	23	20th	12	17th	DNF	DNF	DNF	12	9	11	19th	DNF	12	8th
Qing Hua Ma	15th	21st	DNS
Alexander Rossi				3	20th	6th	6th	DNF	19th	10	9	11	6th	13	16	3	22nd	8th	2	DNF	23	1	DNF
GP2 series 2014		BRN		ESP		MON		AUT		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE				42	11.
Rio Haryanto	18th	16	16	5	DNF	7th	3	11	17th	21st	DNF	22 *	10	DNF	17th	DNF	16	16	16	18th	15th	9	12
Alexander Rossi	19th	22nd	25th	DNF	14th	16	11	8th	5	12	21st
Tom Dillmann												12	9	9	19 *	12	9
Pierre Gasly																		17th	DNF	11	11	21st	18th

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Results in the GP2 Asia series

driver	No.	1	2	3	4th	Points	rank
GP2 Asia Series Season 2011		UAE		ITA		9	7th
Luiz Razia	26th	DNF	16	DNF	14th
Davide Valsecchi	27	3	4th	DSQ	17th

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "GP2 with 13 teams in the coming years" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 21, 2010)
2. ↑ "Valsecchi wins chaos race in Monaco" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 27, 2011)
3. ↑ "Caterham Group: Fernandes is repositioning itself" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 27, 2011)
4. ↑ "EQ9 named as Title Sponsor". (No longer available online.) Caterham-racing.com, May 17, 2013, archived from the original on June 28, 2013 ; accessed on March 14, 2014 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ Philipp Schajer: "GP2 - Caterham drives with Rossi and Haryanto". Outlook for Formula 1. Motorsport-Magazin.com, January 21, 2014, accessed on January 21, 2014 . 
6. ^ Peter Allen: "Alexander Rossi splits with Caterham teams". paddockscout.com, July 16, 2014, accessed August 26, 2014 . 
7. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: “Caterham Racing sign Dillmann for Hockenheim, Hungaroring”. paddockscout.com, July 16, 2014, accessed July 16, 2014 . 
8. ↑ Philipp Schajer: "Status GP takes over Caterham Racing". Motorsport-Magazin.com, October 17, 2014, accessed on October 17, 2014 (German).