Swiss Racing Team

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SRT Swiss Racing Team AG
legal form Corporation
founding 2000
Seat Inwil , Switzerland
management Othmar Welti
Erich Kolb
Branch Motorsport
Website Swiss Racing Team

The Swiss Racing Team , SRT for short , is a Swiss motorsport team that was founded by Othmar Welti and Erich Kolb in 2000. It specializes in formula racing and Gran Turismo .

history

Frédéric Vervisch in 2008
A Saleen S7R from K plus K Motorsport at the Hungaroring 2009
The Nissan GT-R of the Swiss Racing Team from Nilsson / Ara at Silverstone 2010

Formula racing

From 2000 up to and including 2009, SRT was active in formula racing. The team initially entered the German Formula 3 Cup , but switched to the Formula 3 Euro Series in 2003 and 2004 . In 2005 SRT returned to the German Formula 3 Cup and in 2008 achieved the only title held by Frédéric Vervisch there . However, Verwisch switched to Jo Zeller Racing during the season and scored only two of his seven wins with SRT.

Gran Turismo

In 2007 the Swiss Racing Team expanded into Gran Turismo . For two years, the team supervised the use of the Aston Martin DBR9 from Jetalliance Racing in the FIA GT Championship . Between 2007 and 2008 the team achieved six victories in this racing series with drivers Karl Wendlinger and Ryan Sharp . Jetalliance Racing was third overall in the team classification in 2007 and 2008.

In 2009 SRT took on the same function as technical supervisor for the Saleen S7R of the Czech team from K plus K Motorsport in the FIA ​​GT Championship. The racing team won the races at Silverstone and Hungaroring with Wendlinger and Sharp . However, the victory in Hungary was withdrawn due to a failed stable test and the subsequent disqualification. K plus K Motorsport withdrew the Saleen from the series after that race and ended the season.

FIA GT1 World Championship

In 2010 the Swiss Racing Team switched to the newly announced FIA GT1 World Championship . As the official Nissan customer team, SRT used two Nissan GT-Rs as one of two teams . Karl Wendlinger shared a vehicle with Henri Moser , the 2007 GT3 European Champion . The team's second Nissan GT-R was driven by Japanese Le Mans winner Seiji Ara and former SRT Formula 3 driver Max Nilsson . The best results of 2010 were two tenth places for Wendlinger and Moser, while Ara and Nilsson remained without points. The Swiss Racing Team therefore only finished tenth in the team classification.

In 2011, the Swiss Racing Team stayed in the FIA GT1 World Championship , but changed manufacturers and used two Lamborghini Murciélago LP670 R-SVs developed by Reiter Engineering . Karl Wendlinger and Max Nilsson competed again for the Othmar Weltis team. The experienced GT driver Peter Kox drove together with Wendlinger, Nilsson started together with the Czech Jiří Janák . Both SRT vehicles were badly damaged by an accident at the fourth race of the season at the Sachsenring , so that the team decided to withdraw from the championship after lengthy attempts to solve problems.

Results

Formula series

FIA GT1 World Championship

year Team name Make No.
1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th 19th 20th Total Item
2010 SwitzerlandSwitzerland  Swiss Racing Team Nissan 3 9 14th 15th Ret 12 10 21st 15th 16 12 14th 10 Ret 20th 14th Ret 17th 18th 7th Ret 5 10
4th 12 Ret 14th 9 15th 14th 12 Ret 17th 16 17th 21st 11 18th 13 Ret 13 16 Ret 13
2011 SwitzerlandSwitzerland  Swiss Racing Team Lamborghini 5 10 7th 4th 4th 10 5 12 Ret 32 8th
6th 13 Ret 8th DNS 12 Ret Ret Ret
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

gallery

  • A Saleen S7R from K plus K Motorsport at the Hungaroring 2009

  • Wendlinger / Sharp on the podium at the FIA-GT race in Hungary

  • The Nissan GT-R of the Swiss Racing Team with starting number 3 at the Nürburgring 2010

  • The Nissan GT-R from Wendlinger / Moser at Silverstone 2010

  • The Nissan GT-R from Nilsson / Ara at the Nürburgring 2010

swell

  1. ↑ team . In: swissracingteam.ch . Swiss Racing Team. Archived from the original on October 16, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2013.
  2. ↑ As of 2008 driver rating . In: German Formula 3 Cup . Retrieved September 11, 2012.
  3. ↑ New team - new chance (EN) . In: formel3.de , ATS Formula 3, August 18, 2008. Accessed September 26, 2009. 
  4. ^ Maggy Parries: Swiss Racing Team Nogaro race . In: automobilsport.com , automobilsport.com, April 10, 2007. 
  5. ↑ a b c Marcel ten Caat: Swiss Racing Team to run Nissan GT-R ( EN ) In: Planet Le Mans . planetlemans.com. November 5, 2009. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
  6. ↑ 2007 season drivers' ranking. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 20, 2009 ; Retrieved June 28, 2009 .
  7. ↑ Wendlinger signs for Swiss Racing Lamborghini ( EN ) gt1world.com. February 28, 2011. Archived from the original on March 3, 2011. Retrieved on February 28, 2011.
  8. ^ Nilsson remains at the Swiss Racing Team . gt1world.com. March 4, 2011. Archived from the original on March 17, 2011. Retrieved on March 4, 2011.
  9. ↑ Kox to join Wendlinger in Abu Dhabi ( EN ) In: FIA GT1 World Championship . SRO Group . March 16, 2011. Archived from the original on August 17, 2011. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
  10. ↑ Janak completes Swiss Racing line-up . In: FIA GT1 World Championship . SRO Group . March 20, 2011. Archived from the original on August 17, 2011. Retrieved on March 20, 2011.
  11. ↑ Swiss Racing Team looks ahead . In: swissracingteam.ch . Swiss Racing Team. November 16, 2011. Archived from the original on October 16, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2013.

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