Super Nova Racing
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| Super Nova Racing | |
|---|---|
| Motor racing team | |
| Founded | 1991 |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Team Principal(s) | David Sears |
| Current series | GP2 Series, A1 Grand Prix |
| Former series | Formula 3000 |
| Drivers' titles | 1995 Formula 3000 (Sospiri) 1997 Formula 3000 (Zonta) 1998 Formula 3000 (Montoya) 2002 Formula 3000 (Bourdais) |
| Teams' titles | 1995 Formula 3000 1996 Formula 3000 1997 Formula 3000 1998 Formula 3000 2000 Formula 3000 2006-07 A1 GP (Germany) |
Super Nova Racing is a British racing team that has competed in Formula 3000/GP2 and the A1 Grand Prix series. Super Nova first entered racing in 1991. Super Nova was a new incarnation of the pre-existing David Sears Motorsport, sponsored by the Nova chain of Japanese English schools and also ran the Danish Den Blå Avis outfit.
In July 2007, naming sponsor Nova's legal problems became the subject of intense media coverage in Japan, and by the end of September 2007 the company was reported to be unable to pay staff salaries or rent, being declared bankrupt in November 2007 amidst a widening scandal about business improprieties, but SuperNova continued to list Nova as a sponsor[1].
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[edit] Formula 3000 and GP2 Series
Super Nova Racing race in International Formula 3000 since 1994 and later in its substitution series, the GP2 Series since 2005.
In the last 2007 GP2 championship their drivers were the Italian Luca Filippi and British Mike Conway.
| GP2 Series Results[2] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Car | Drivers | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
| 2005 | Dallara-Mecachrome | Adam Carroll |
3 | 1 | 53 | 5th | 3rd | |
 Giorgio Pantano |
0 | 1 | 49 | 6th | ||||
| 2006 | Dallara-Mecachrome |  José María López |
0 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 10th | 9th |
 Mohamed Fairuz Fauzy |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24th | |||
| 2007 | Dallara-Mecachrome | Luca Filippi |
1 | 2 | 0 | 59 | 4th | 4th |
| Mike Conway |
0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 14th | |||
| 2008 | Dallara-Mecachrome |  Christian Bakkerud |
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 Álvaro Parente |
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- D.C. = Drivers' Championship position, T.C. = Teams' Championship position.
Super Nova have given rides to numerous successful drivers like Kenny Bräck, Ricardo Zonta, Juan Pablo Montoya or Sébastien Bourdais.
In 11 Formula 3000 seasons, 1994 to 2004, the team won 5 teams titles, 4 drivers titles, 27 wins, 26 pole positions and 21 fasted laps. What makes Super Nova, one of the best Formula 3000 teams with DAMS and Arden International.
| International Formula 3000 Championship Results[2] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Car | Drivers | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
| 1994 | Reynard-Cosworth | Vincenzo Sospiri |
0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 4th | 4th |
 Taki Inoue |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |||
| 1995 | Reynard-Cosworth | Vincenzo Sospiri |
3 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 1st | 1st |
 Ricardo Rosset |
2 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 2nd | |||
| 1996 | Lola-Zytek Judd |  Kenny Bräck |
3 | 3 | 3 | 49 | 2nd | 1st |
| Marcos Gueiros |
0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5th | |||
| 1997 | Lola-Zytek Judd | Ricardo Zonta |
3 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 1st | 1st |
 Laurent Redon |
0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9th | |||
| 1998 | Lola-Zytek Judd |  Juan Pablo Montoya |
4 | 7 | 5 | 65 | 1st | 1st |
| Boris Derichbourg |
0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12th | |||
| 1999 | Lola-Zytek | Jason Watt |
2 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 2nd | 2nd |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9th | |||
| Ricardo Mauricio |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21th † | |||
| 2000 | Lola-Zytek | Nicolas Minassian |
3 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 2nd | 1st |
| David Saelens |
0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6th | |||
| 2001 | Lola-Zytek |  Mark Webber |
3 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 2nd | 3rd |
| Mario Haberfeld |
0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15th | |||
| 2002 | Lola-Zytek Judd | Sébastien Bourdais |
3 | 6 | 3 | 56 | 1st | 3rd |
| Tiago Monteiro |
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13th | |||
| 2003 | Lola-Zytek Judd | Enrico Toccacelo |
1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6th | 5th |
| Nicolas Kiesa |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7th † | |||
 Derek Hill |
0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16th | |||
| Sam Hancock |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |||
| 2004 | Lola-Zytek Judd |  Patrick Friesacher |
0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5th † | 8th |
| Jeffrey van Hooydonk |
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11th † | |||
 Alan van der Merwe |
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14th | |||
 Can Artam |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC † | |||
- † These drivers also drove for other teams during the season and final place include all results.
- D.C. = Drivers' Championship position, T.C. = Teams' Championship position.
[edit] A1 Grand Prix
They have competed for all seasons in A1 Grand Prix since series debuts in 2005-06, fielding entries for both A1 Team Germany[3] and A1 Team Pakistan[4] and later for A1 Team New Zealand[5]. In 2006-07, the both managed team, Germany and New Zealand finishing 1st and 2nd in the Championship overall.
| A1 Grand Prix results[6] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Car | Team | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | T.C. |
| 2005-06 | Lola-Zytek |  A1 Team Germany |
0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 15th |
 A1 Team Pakistan |
0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20th | ||
| 2006-07 | Lola-Zytek | A1 Team Germany |
9 | 3 | 3 | 128 | 1st |
 A1 Team New Zealand |
3 | 2 | 2 | 93 | 2nd | ||
| 2007-08 | Lola-Zytek | A1 Team Germany |
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| A1 Team New Zealand |
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- 2007-08 is the current season.
- T.C. = Teams' Championship position.
[edit] Sources
- ^ Slump from ad scandal triggers rent defaults, radical restructuring, The Japan Times online, Sept. 21, 2007
- ^ a b GP2 and Formula 3000 entrylist and complete results speedsportmag.com
- ^ A1 Team Germany informations a1podium.com
- ^ A1 Team Pakistan informations a1podium.com
- ^ A1 Team New Zealand informations a1podium.com
- ^ A1GP complete resultsresults.a1gp.com
[edit] External links
- supernova-racing.com, official website.
