| Full name | Super Nova Racing |
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| Founded | 1991 |
| Base | Griston, Norfolk, UK |
| Founder/s | David Sears |
| Team principal/s | David Sears |
| Race drivers | 16. Fairuz Fauzy 17. Luca Filippi 17. Adam Carroll |
| Race drivers | 07. Fairuz Fauzy 08. Johnny Cecotto, Jr. |
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GP2 Series record
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| Debut | 2005 |
| Teams' Championships | 0 |
| Drivers' Championships | 0 |
| Race victories | 6 |
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GP2 Asia Series record
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| Debut | 2008 |
| Teams' Championships | 0 |
| Drivers' Championships | 0 |
| Race victories | 1 |
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Other Series
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| Current Series | Auto GP |
| Former Series | Formula 3000 A1 Grand Prix |
| 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] On 24 June 2008, President Saruhashi of the Nova chain of English schools was taken into police custody and faced charges of embezzlement.[2] In August 2009, Saruhashi was convicted and sentenced to a 42 month jail term.
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Super Nova Racing race in International Formula 3000 since 1994 and later in its replacement championship, the GP2 Series since 2005.
| GP2 Series Results[3] | |||||||||
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| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
| 2005 | Dallara-Mecachrome | Giorgio Pantano | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 6th | 3rd |
| Adam Carroll | 23 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 53 | 5th | |||
| 2006 | Dallara-Mecachrome | José María López | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 10th | 9th |
| Mohamed Fairuz Fauzy | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24th | |||
| 2007 | Dallara-Mecachrome | Luca Filippi | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 59 | 4th | 4th |
| Mike Conway | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 14th | |||
| 2008 | Dallara-Mecachrome | Christian Bakkerud | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27th | 7th |
| Álvaro Parente | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 8th | |||
| Andy Soucek | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14† | 14th | |||
| 2009 | Dallara-Mecachrome | Luca Filippi | 20 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 5th | 3rd |
| Javier Villa | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 10th | |||
| 2010 | Dallara-Mecachrome | Josef Král | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24th | 9th |
| Marcus Ericsson | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 17th | |||
| Luca Filippi | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20th | |||
| 2011 | Dallara-Mecachrome | Fairuz Fauzy | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18th | 9th |
| Luca Filippi | 10 | ||||||||
| Adam Carroll | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17th | |||
† Includes 1 point scored in 2 races for David Price Racing.
Super Nova have given rides to numerous successful drivers like Kenny Bräck, Ricardo Zonta, Juan Pablo Montoya, Mark Webber 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.
They have competed for all seasons in A1 Grand Prix since series debuts in 2005-06, fielding entries for both A1 Team Germany[4] and A1 Team Pakistan[5] and later for A1 Team New Zealand.[6] In 2006-07, the both managed team, Germany and New Zealand finishing 1st and 2nd in the Championship overall.
| A1 Grand Prix results[7] | ||||||||
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| Year | Car | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | T.C. |
| 2005-06 | Lola-Zytek | A1 Team Germany | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 15th |
| A1 Team Pakistan | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20th | ||
| 2006-07 | Lola-Zytek | A1 Team Germany | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 128 | 1st |
| A1 Team New Zealand | 22 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 93 | 2nd | ||
| 2007-08 | Lola-Zytek | A1 Team Germany | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 83 | 8th |
| A1 Team New Zealand | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 127 | 2nd | ||
| 2008-09 | Ferrari | A1 Team Brazil | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 15th |
| A1 Team New Zealand | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 7th | ||
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