HiTech Racing

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HiTech Racing
Motor racing team
Founded	2002
Country	United Kingdom
Team Principal(s)	David Hayle
Current series	British F3
Former series	GP2 Series
Drivers' titles	2007 British F3 (Asmer)
Teams' titles

HiTech Racing is a British motor racing team. It was founded in 2002 by Dennis Rushen and David Hayle. The team started racing in the British Formula Three Championship in 2003.

[edit] Formula 3

In its first season, HiTech scored five pole positions and six podium finishes, with drivers Danny Watts and Eric Salignon. Andrew Thompson also contributed some points finishes. Watts finished the British F3 Championship in 5th place in a season that included a memorable win at Castle Combe. In the Korea Super Prix, guest driver Richard Antinucci achieved HiTech's first international race win.

In the second season, Thompson was retained and joined by drivers Marko Asmer and James Walker, but the team failed to score podium finishes, although it came close on a few occasions. Asmer managed to finish the championship closing the top 10.

In 2005, HiTech retained Asmer and brought in Tim Bridgman from Formula BMW. Asmer was the best of the duo, scoring no less than five second places, but missing out on an actual win, even so managing to snatch the fourth place in the championship.

For 2006, HiTech brought back James Walker, alongside James Jakes and Salvador Durán, with Jakes finishing 8th, Walker 9th and Durán 10th in a poor season that only heralded one podium finish (achieved by Walker).

In 2007 Hitech retained the services of Marko Asmer who joined Austrian Walter Grubmuller for an assault on the British F3 Championship. Hitech and Asmer took the title, scoring 11 poles, 11 wins (from 22 races) and 9 fastest laps. Marko Asmer secured the title long before the final round and in the end by a margin of 85 points from Maro Engel.