Hilmer Motorsport

Adrian Quaife-Hobbs during free practice of the GP2 series in Spa-Francorchamps 2013

Hilmer Motorsport is a German automobile racing team. He has been in the GP2 series since 2013 and had an engagement in the GP3 series in 2014 .

GP2 series

2013 season

Robin Frijns during qualifying in Spa-Francorchamps 2013

Hilmer Motorsport was founded by the German Franz Hilmer and took over from Ocean Racing Technology . Franz Hilmer is the owner of Formtech GmbH , which among other things works as a supplier to Formula 1 teams in motorsport.

The team started the season with drivers Conor Daly and Pål Varhaug . While Varhaug had already contested a season in the GP2 series in 2011 , Daly was a rookie and came out of the GP3 series . After just one weekend and although Daly scored his first points for Hilmer in the second race in Malaysia, Daly was replaced by Robin Frijns - who won the Formula Renault 3.5 championship title in 2012 . Frijns initially only signed for the race in Bahrain. After the race weekend in Bahrain, Varhaug was also replaced. He was replaced by Jon Lancaster , who had already contested a race for Ocean Racing Technology in the 2012 season . For the time being, Frijns kept his cockpit, but only signed race after race. At the third weekend at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, ​​the team achieved their first victory. Frijns won ahead of Felipe Nasr and his team-mate Lancaster. In the sprint race on the following day, Frijns started second from position eight. After three more racing weekends, Frijns in Hungary was replaced by Adrian Quaife-Hobbs , who had competed for MP Motorsport the previous season . Quaife-Hobbs finished the season at Hilmer, his best result of the season was a victory in the sprint race in Monza. Jon Lancaster was replaced once by Frijns after five race weekends, but got the cockpit back and drove the remaining three race weekends.

At the end of the season, Hilmer Motorsport had scored 155 points and was sixth in the team classification.

2014 season

In November 2013, Hilmer announced Daniel Abt , who previously drove for ART Grand Prix in the GP2 series, as the first driver for the 2014 season. At the beginning of February, Hilmer confirmed Facu Regalía as the second driver. Regalia had finished second in the GP3 series the previous season. In addition, the team will be cooperating with Force India from the 2014 season and will start painting it.

The season did not start well for the team: neither driver scored points in the first four events. Regalia was replaced by Jon Lancaster for the fifth event by the end of the season. After Abt secured the first point in the fifth run, four more points were placed after an event without points. In the sprint race in Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, Abt was on pole position and finished fifth. At the last race of the season, Nicholas replaced Latifi Abt, who started in Formula E due to an overlap of the dates.

The team finished the season with 33 points in penultimate place in the team standings.

GP3 series

In mid-March 2014, Hilmer Motorsport announced that it would take over from Bamboo Engineering in the GP3 series . As in the GP2 series, the GP3 engagement is part of the Force India funding program.

At the beginning of April, Hilmer announced Ivan Taranow as the first driver. In addition, Beitske Visser and Nelson Mason made their debut at the season opener.

After the first event Taranow and Visser were replaced by Nikolai Marzenko and Riccardo Agostini . Agostini ended the season with Hilmer, while Marzenko was replaced by Sebastian Balthasar after an event . Balthasar drove five runs for Hilmer. Marzenko took over the cockpit for one run. In the ninth and final run, Hilmer only competed with two cars. During the entire season only Agostini managed to score points and Hilmer ended his engagement in the GP3 series after one season.

Hilmer finished the team classification with 18 points in penultimate place.

Results

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	Points	rank
GP2 series 2013		MAS		BRN		ESP		MON		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		SIN		UAE		155	6th
Conor Daly	22nd	13	7th
Robin Frijns				21st	23	1	2	DNF	15th	13	DNF	6th	DNF
Adrian Quaife-Hobbs														18th	DNF	10	3	7th	1	22nd	8th	11	21 *
Pål Varhaug	23	15th	19th	DNF	21st
Jon Lancaster						3	10	12	17th	5	1	7th	1	23	18th			13	17th	9	5	DNF	DNF
Robin Frijns																9	DNF
GP2 series 2014		BRN		ESP		MON		AUT		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE		33	12.
Daniel Dept.	11	13	13	DNF	12	DNF	17th	17th	23	10	11	20th	15th	5	5	8th	5	DNF	10	DNF	13
Nicholas Latifi																						22nd	17th
Facu regalía	12	DNF	20th	DNF	17th	DNF	21st	DNF	24
Jon Lancaster										22nd	13	DNF	5	17th	16	19th	DNF	12	15th	12	16	18th	14th
GP2 series 2015		BRN		ESP		MON		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		BRN		UAE		19th	13.
Nick Yelloly	24			DNF	14th	10	9	8th	DNF	7th	5	DNF	17th	DNF	17th
Simon Trummer																16	16
Johnny cecotto jr.	25th			21st	DNF	20th	DNF
Simon Trummer								22nd	18th
Jon Lancaster										16	17th
Sergio Canamasas												DNF	16

GP3 series

driver	No.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	Points	rank
GP3 series 2014		ESP		AUT		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE		18th	8th.
Ivan Taranov	17th	22 *	20th
Nikolai Marzenko				19th	DNF											19th	DNF
Sebastian Balthasar						22nd	DNF	24	21st	DNF	17th	19 *	DNF	DNF	DNS
Nelson Mason	18th	17th	DNF	14th	16	25th	12	16	14th	19th	20th	15th	10	DNS	18th	15th	DNS	17th	18th
Beitske Visser	19th	19th	15th
Riccardo Agostini				DNF	11	6th	5	9	8th	18th	19th	10	12	15th	12	11	DNF	18th	13

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

Web links

• Official website (German and English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Franz Hilmer: We want to practice modern motorsport
2. ↑ Hilmer signs Daly and Varhaug
3. ↑ Hilmer takes it: But still a cockpit for Frijns
4. ↑ Hilmer: Lancaster replaces Varhaug
5. ↑ Joyful Hilmer praises Frijns: "Bear-strong performance"
6. ^ Hilmer-Hickhack: Frijns in Spa at the start
7. ↑ "GP2 - Fix: Abt drives for Hilmer". Bayern connection in GP2. Motorsport-Magazin.com, November 23, 2013, accessed November 24, 2013 . 
8. ↑ "Bavaria meets India: Hilmer cooperates with Force India". Motorsport-Magazin.com, February 7, 2014, accessed February 7, 2014 . 
9. ↑ “Hilmer Motorsport joins GP3 Series”. (No longer available online.) Gp3series.com, March 13, 2014, archived from the original on March 13, 2014 ; accessed on March 13, 2014 . 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.  
10. ^ Peter Allen: "Force India-Hilmer partnership extended to GP3". paddockscout.com, March 25, 2014, accessed March 25, 2014 . 
11. ↑ Peter Allen: “Taranov becomes Hilmer Motorsport's first GP3 ​​signing”. paddockscout.com, April 3, 2014, accessed April 3, 2014 .