Tech 1 Racing

Tech 1 Racing
Motor racing team
Founded	2000
Country	France
Team Principal(s)	Simon Abadie
Current series	World Series by Renault Eurocup Mégane Trophy Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Former series	French Formula Renault 2.0 GP3 Series
Drivers
Drivers' titles	2007 World Series by Renault (Parente) 2007 Eurocup Mégane Trophy (Petiz)
Teams' titles	2007 World Series by Renault 2008 World Series by Renault 2006 Eurocup Mégane Trophy 2007 Eurocup Mégane Trophy 2008 Eurocup Mégane Trophy

Tech 1 Racing is a racing team based in Toulouse, France. They currently compete in the World Series by Renault and Eurocup Mégane Trophy.

Career

French Formula Renault 2.0

The team was founded in 2000 by French racing driver Simon Abadie. They joined the French Formula Renault 2.0 championship the same year, with Abadie finishing as runner-up in the standings. They also finished as runner-up in the series in 2003 before leaving the championship at the end of the 2005 season.

Eurocup Mégane Trophy

In 2005, Tech 1 joined the newly formed Eurocup Mégane Trophy, with Matthieu Lahaye and Simon Abadie finishing ninth and tenth respectively in the championship. The following year they finished second in the Drivers' championship with Lahaye and also claimed the Teams' title, the first of three consecutive Teams' championships. In 2007, they claimed a one-two finish in the drivers' championship, with Portuguese driver Pedro Petiz taking the title ahead of team-mate Dimitri Enjalbert.

World Series by Renault

2006 saw Tech 1 Racing join the World Series by Renault championship with drivers Jérôme d'Ambrosio and Ryo Fukuda. Tech 1 took over Saulnier Racing's single-seater racing structure and equipment. After a steady first season the team finished twelfth in the Teams' standings, with Fukuda taking their best race result of fourth place at both Donington Park and Le Mans.

In 2007 the team fielded former British Formula Three champion Álvaro Parente and Frenchman Julien Jousse. Parente took two victories during the season (at Monaco and Spa-Francorchamps) to claim the title ahead of Ben Hanley, with Jousse finishing in tenth position. Tech 1 also secured the Teams' title, ahead of International DracoRacing and Carlin Motorsport.

Jousse remained with the team for the 2008 season, where he was joined by Formula Renault graduate Charles Pic. After taking six podium places – including a win at Barcelona – Jousse finished second in the championship behind Giedo van der Garde, whilst Pic took wins at Monaco and Le Mans to finish in sixth place. The team also won their second consecutive Teams' title.

Pairing the drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Brendon Hartley at the start of the season (the latter would be replaced by 2010 British Formula Three season champion Jean-Éric Vergne), Tech 1 secured the 2010 season title.

Results

Formula Renault 3.5

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	Fast laps	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2010	Dallara-Renault	Daniel Ricciardo	18	4	8	5	136	2nd	1st
		Jean-Éric Vergne	6	1	0	0	53	8th

GP3

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	Fast laps	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2010	Dallara-Renault	Doru Sechelariu	16	0	0	0	0	29th	6th
		Daniel Juncadella	10	0	0	0	10	14th
		Stefano Coletti	14	0	0	0	18	9th
		Jean-Éric Vergne	4	0	0	0	9	17th
		Jim Pla	2	0	0	0	0	36th
2011	Dallara-Renault	Aaro Vainio	8	0	0	0	6*	17th*	4th*
		Andrea Caldarelli	4	0	0	2	20*	5th*
		Thomas Hylkema	4	0	0	0	0*	31st*
		Tamás Pál Kiss	8	1	0	0	7*	13th*

D.C. = Drivers' Championship position, T.C. = Teams' Championship position.

Timeline

External links

• Official website
• Renault-Sport Official website