Asiatech

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Asiatech engined Minardi of Mark Webber at the 2002 French Grand Prix.
Asiatech engined Minardi of Mark Webber at the 2002 French Grand Prix.

Asiatech was a company which purchased the assets of the Peugeot Formula One engine programme at the end of the 2000 season and supplied Peugeot-based engines for two years.

In 2001, Asiatech supplied their V10 engines to the Arrows Formula One team free of charge. However, these were largely unsuccessful and the following year Arrows decided to pay and have Cosworth engines instead.[1]

For 2002, Asiatech were left to supply engines to the Minardi F1 Team. But again these were rather unsuccessful.

During the 2002 season, Asiatech began considering the possibility of starting their own Formula One team, and purchased a former Williams design office in Didcot. They also enlisted the help of Enrique Scalabroni, who designed a protoype F1 car. The car was to be firstly a testbed for Asiatech engines, then subsequently entered in the 2004 season[2]. However, Asiatech folded at the end of the 2002 season.[3]

In May 2002, there were reports that for the 2003 season Asiatech could supply Jordan with engines, or even buy the team out. These came after Honda decided to concentrate their engine efforts on the BAR team, and announced they would be withdrawing supply from Eddie Jordan's team at the end of the 2002 season. [4]

In February 2003, the assets of the Asiatech engine company were sold in an auction in Paris, overseen by Jacques Martin and Gilles Chausselat. Included in the Auction were 18 engines, a dyno, a variety of machine tools, plus electronic measuring equipment amongst other things.[5]

[edit] Formula One Results

Results for cars using Asiatech engines.

(key)

Year Chassis Engine(s) Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Points WCC
2001 Arrows A22 Asiatech V10 AUS MAL BRA SMR ESP AUT MON CAN EUR FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA USA JPN 1 10th
Jos Verstappen 10 7 Ret Ret 12 6 8 10 Ret 13 10 9 12 10 Ret Ret 15
Enrique Bernoldi Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret 14 8 Ret 12 Ret 13 14
2002 Minardi PS02 Asiatech AT02 V10 AUS MAL BRA SMR ESP AUT MON CAN EUR GBR FRA GER HUN BEL ITA USA JPN 2 9th
Alex Yoong 7 Ret 13 DNQ DNS Ret Ret 14 Ret DNQ 10 DNQ 13 Ret Ret
Anthony Davidson Ret Ret
Mark Webber 5 Ret 11 11 DNS 12 11 11 15 Ret 8 Ret 16 Ret Ret Ret 10

[edit] References

  1. ^ Asiatech Engineswww.grandprix.com Retrieved 2 Novemeber 2007.
  2. ^ Never Raced F1 Cars[1] Retrieved 4th November 2007.
  3. ^ Engines By Asiatechwww.grandprix.com Retrieved 2 Novemeber 2007.
  4. ^ Jordan set to lose Honda deal[2] Retrieved 24th April 2008.
  5. ^ Want To Buy A Third Hand Engine Company?[3] Retrieved 4 November 2007.
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