Super Nova Racing

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Christian Bakkerud in the Super Nova car during the Asia series of the GP2 series
David Sears (2007)

Super Nova Racing is a British motorsport team that is currently active in the Auto GP World Series ; the team also looks after the Trulli Formula E team's appearances in the FIA Formula E championship . Team principal is David Sears .

Super Nova Racing was founded in 1991. The team emerged from the David Sears Motorsport team and was sponsored by Nova, a language school chain operating in Japan.

Super Nova drove in the international Formula 3000 championship from 1994 to 2004 and took part in the successor series GP2 from 2005 to 2011 .

history

Formula 3000

Super Nova competed in the international Formula 3000 championship from 1994 to 2004 . In eleven Formula 3000 seasons, Super Nova won the team championship five times, four titles in the drivers’s championship, 27 races and 26 pole positions. Together with DAMS and Arden International , Super Nova is therefore one of the best Formula 3000 teams.

GP2 series

Super Nova participated in the GP2 series from 2005 to 2011 . In the 2008 season first Christian Bakkerud and Álvaro Parente drove for the team; Bakkerud was replaced by Andy Souček after the third race weekend . The team also started with Bakkerud and Fairuz Fauzy in the GP2 Asia series, which was held for the first time in 2008 . In the second season of this racing series, Super Nova is represented by Javier Villa and James Jakes .

A1GP

The team has also participated in all seasons of the A1 Grand Prix so far . Since the first season 2005/2006, Super Nova has provided the racing team for A1 Team Germany , which won the 2006/2007 racing series. Since that season, Super Nova has also been working for the A1 Team New Zealand . In the 2005/2006 season it also provided the racing team for A1 Team Pakistan .

Formula E.

In the newly founded FIA Formula E Championship , Super Nova took over the support of the Trulli Formula E Team's racing operations from the 2014/15 season .

statistics

GP2 series

GP2 series results
year driver Victories Poles Points F.-W. T.-W.
2005 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Adam Carroll 3 1 53 5. 3.
ItalyItaly Giorgio Pantano 0 1 49 6th
2006 ArgentinaArgentina José María López 0 1 30th 10. 9.
MalaysiaMalaysia Fairuz Fauzy 0 0 0 24.
2007 ItalyItaly Luca Filippi 1 2 59 4th 4th
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mike Conway 0 0 19th 14th
2008 DenmarkDenmark Christian Bakkerud 0 0 0 27. 7th
SpainSpain Andy Souček 0 0 13 14th
PortugalPortugal Álvaro Parente 1 0 34 8th.

F.-W. = driver ranking, T.-W. = team ranking

GP2 Asia series

GP2 Asia Series Results
year driver Victories Poles Points F.-W. T.-W.
2008 DenmarkDenmark Christian Bakkerud 0 0 0 NC 6th
MalaysiaMalaysia Fairuz Fauzy 1 0 24 4th
2008/2009 SpainSpain Javier Villa
United KingdomUnited Kingdom James Jakes

F.-W. = driver ranking, T.-W. = team ranking

Formula 3000

Formula 3000 results
year driver Victories Poles Points F.-W. T.-W.
1994 ItalyItaly Vincenzo Sospiri 0 0 24 4th 4th
JapanJapan Taki Inoue 0 0 0 NC
1995 ItalyItaly Vincenzo Sospiri 3 0 42 1. 1.
BrazilBrazil Ricardo Rosset 2 1 29 2.
1996 SwedenSweden Kenny Bräck 3 3 49 2. 1.
BrazilBrazil Marcos Gueiros 0 0 20th 5.
1997 BrazilBrazil Ricardo Zonta 3 4th 39 1. 1.
FranceFrance Laurent Redon 0 0 10 9.
1998 ColombiaColombia Juan Pablo Montoya 4th 7th 65 1. 1.
FranceFrance Boris Derichebourg 0 0 5 12.
1999 DenmarkDenmark Jason Watt 2 1 30th 2. 2.
BelgiumBelgium David Saelens 0 0 8th 9.
BrazilBrazil Ricardo Maurício 0 0 0 21. †
2000 FranceFrance Nicolas Minassian 3 0 45 2. 1.
BelgiumBelgium David Saelens 0 2 15th 6th
2001 AustraliaAustralia Mark Webber 3 2 39 2. 3.
BrazilBrazil Mario Haberfeld 0 0 3 15th
2002 FranceFrance Sébastien Bourdais 3 6th 56 1. 3.
PortugalPortugal Tiago Monteiro 0 0 2 13.
2003 ItalyItaly Enrico Toccacelo 1 0 30th 6th 5.
DenmarkDenmark Nicolas Kiesa 0 0 1 7. †
United StatesUnited States Derek Hill 0 0 4th 16.
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sam Hancock 0 0 0 NC
2004 AustriaAustria Patrick Friesacher 0 0 9 5. † 8th.
BelgiumBelgium Jeffrey Van Hooydonk 0 0 2 11. †
South AfricaSouth Africa Alan van der Merwe 0 0 2 14th
TurkeyTurkey Can Artam 0 0 0 NC †
  • † Drivers who drove for other teams this season. The position in the drivers' standings relates to the entire season.
  • F.-W. = driver ranking, T.-W. = team ranking

A1 Grand Prix

A1 Grand Prix results
year team Victories Poles Points T.-W.
2005/2006 GermanyGermany A1 Team Germany 0 0 38 15th
PakistanPakistan A1 Team Pakistan 0 0 10 20th
2006/2007 GermanyGermany A1 Team Germany 9 3 128 1.
New ZealandNew Zealand A1 Team New Zealand 3 2 93 2.
2007/2008 GermanyGermany A1 Team Germany 2 1 83 8th.
New ZealandNew Zealand A1 Team New Zealand 4th 2 127 2.

T.-W. = team ranking

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gerald Dirnbeck: "Super Nova looks after TrulliGP in Formula E". Motorsport-Total.com, July 1, 2014, accessed July 21, 2014 .
  2. ↑ Entry list and race results of the GP2 series speedsport-magazine.de
  3. ↑ Entry list and race results of the GP2 Asia series speedsport-magazine.de
  4. ↑ Entry list and race results of the Formula 3000 speedsport-magazine.de
  5. ↑ Entry list and race results of the A1 Grand Prix speedsport-magazine.de