BCN Competicion

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BCN Competicion
Motor racing team
Founded	2002
Country	Spain
Team Principal(s)	Enrique Scalabroni
Current series	GP2 Series Euro Formula 3000
Former series	A1 Grand Prix Formula 3000 World Series by Nissan
Drivers' titles	none
Teams' titles	none

BCN Competición is a GP2 Series and Italian F3000 team placed on Barcelona, Spain, managed by Argentinian engineer Enrique Scalabroni and Jaime Pintanel.

Contents 1 History 2 Formula 3000 and GP2 Series 3 Sources 4 External links

[edit] History

The team was created on 2002 and their debut season was at Formula Nissan 2000 lower 2-litre series, with Andrea Belicchi and Carlos Martin as drivers.

Formula Nissan 2000 Results
Year	Car	Drivers	Wins	Poles	Fast laps	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2002[1]	-Nissan	Andrea Belicchi	1	2		105	5th	th
		Carlos Martin	0	0		4	16th

Since 2003, BCN race on International Formula 3000/GP2 Series with a best overall results, a second position in the teams and drivers championship 2004.

In 2005-06, the team involve in the new A1 Grand Prix championship managing the A1 Team South Africa^[2]. But the A1 team, collabarate with DAMS the next season.

A1 Grand Prix Results[3]
Year	Car	Team	Wins	Poles	Fast laps	Points	T.C.
2005-06	Lola-Zytek	A1 Team South Africa	0	0	0	20	17th

[edit] Formula 3000 and GP2 Series

For 2003, they stepped up to International Formula 3000. In their first year on that series, was known as a rent-a-drive team due to high number of drivers who passed by team that year (drivers such as Will Langhorne, Alessandro Piccolo, Ferdinando Monfardini and Rob Nguyen). This year, it had many financial difficults and virtually didn't have a big sponsor.

In 2004, the situation got better with coming of veteran driver Enrico Toccacelo alongside argentinian new-star Esteban Guerrieri. So, with the same drivers along the year, the team has established itself and got a superb 2nd place in the Teams' Championiship, with 84 points (56 from Toccacelo and 28 from Guerrieri) just behind Arden International team.

This great 2004 year put BCN Competición in the circle of top teams. BCN became a threat for the new GP2 Series, alongside other top teams like Supernova Racing and Arden. In 2005, the team hired Venezuelan star Ernesto Viso and Japanese Hiroki Yoshimoto, anticpating at least, some victories and many points.

But, compared to the previous year, 2005 was a great disappointment. BCN couldn't threaten teams like Arden International and ART Grand Prix. The team ended the year with 35 points and a bad 9th place in the Teams' Championiship.

In 2006, Scalabroni's team continued as midfield team, scoring point occasionally. Yoshimoto continued with the team, first paired with Timo Glock (who brough DHL as sponsor), but German driver wasn't comfortable with the team and moved to iSport International at mid-season. Glock's place was filled by Luca Filippi. The team finished again 9th in the Teams' Championship, with 22 points.

BCN will affront 2007 championship hiring new Asian talents, like Super Aguri F1 test driver Sakon Yamamoto and 2006 German F3 Cup champion Ho-Pin Tung. When Yamamoto stepped up to F1, his place was taken by Finnish driver Markus Niemelä.

GP2 Series Results[4]
Year	Car	Drivers	Wins	Poles	Fast laps	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2005	Dallara-Mecachrome	Ernesto Viso	0	0		21	12th	9th
		Hiroki Yoshimoto	0	0		24	16th
2006	Dallara-Mecachrome	Timo Glock	0	0	0	5	4th †	9th
		Hiroki Yoshimoto	0	0	0	12	15th
		Luca Filippi	0	0	0	7	19th
2007	Dallara-Mecachrome	Ho-Pin Tung	0	0	0	4	23th	th
		Sakon Yamamoto	0	0	0	0	30th
		Markus Niemelä	0	0	0	0	31th
		Henri Karjalainen	0	0	0	0	NC

International Formula 3000 Championship Results[5]
Year	Car	Drivers	Wins	Poles	Fast laps	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2003	Lola B02/50-Zytek Judd KV	Rob Nguyen	0	0	0	5	15th	9th
		Valerio Scassellati	0	0	0	0	NC
		Alessandro Piccolo	0	0	0	0	NC
		Will Langhorne	0	0	0	0	NC
		Marc Hynes	0	0	0	0	NC
		Giovanni Berton	0	0	0	0	NC
		Ferdinando Monfardini	0	0	0	0	NC
2004	Lola B2/50-Zytek	Enrico Toccacelo	1	1	0	56	2nd	2nd
		Esteban Guerrieri	0	0	0	28	6th

• † These drivers race for differents teams in the season. The final position take all teams results.
• D.C. = Drivers' Championship position, T.C. = Teams' Championship position.

[edit] Sources

1. ^ 2002 Formula Nissan light complete results speedsportmag.com
2. ^ a1podium.com/teamRSA.php, A1 team South Africa informations.
3. ^ results.a1gp.com, A1 Grand Prix complete results.
4. ^ speedsportmag.com, GP2 and Formula 3000 entrylist and complete results.
5. ^ speedsportmag.com, GP2 and Formula 3000 entrylist and complete results.

[edit] External links

• bcncompeticion.com, official BCN Competicion website.