Super Nova Racing
Founded | 1991 |
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Founder(s) | Nozomu Saruhashi David Sears |
Folded | 2015 |
Base | Griston, Norfolk, England |
Team principal(s) | David Sears |
Former series | Auto GP Formula E[a] Formula 3000 A1 Grand Prix[b] GP2 Series GP2 Asia Series |
Teams' Championships | International Formula 3000: 2000 A1 Grand Prix: 2006-07[b] Auto GP: 2012, 2013 |
Drivers' Championships | International Formula 3000: 1995: Vincenzo Sospiri 1997: Ricardo Zonta 1998: Juan Pablo Montoya 2002: Sébastien Bourdais Auto GP: 2012: Adrian Quaife-Hobbs 2013: Vittorio Ghirelli |
Website | http://www.supernovainternational.com/ |
Super Nova Racing was 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.
In February 2012, it was announced that Super Nova would withdraw from the GP2 Series. They were replaced by the Italian team Lazarus.[3]
On 1 July 2014 Super Nova announced that it will be competing in the FIA Formula E Championship under the Trulli GP name.
Complete series results
AutoGP
Auto GP Results | |||||||||
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Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F.L. | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
2010 | Lola B05/52–Zytek | Jonny Reid | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 10th | 3rd |
Giorgio Pantano† | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13th† | |||
Jake Rosenzweig | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17th | |||
Luca Filippi† | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5th† | |||
2011 | Lola B05/52–Zytek | Adrian Zaugg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 19th | 4th |
Jon Lancaster | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 11th | |||
Luca Filippi | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 127 | 2nd | |||
2012 | Lola B05/52–Zytek | Adrian Quaife-Hobbs | 14 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 221 | 1st | 1st |
Victor Guerin | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 8th |
- † These drivers raced for more than one team during the season. Their final position includes results for all teams.
Complete former series results
GP2 Series
Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F.L. | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
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2005 | Dallara GP2/05–Mecachrome | Giorgio Pantano | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 6th | 3rd |
Adam Carroll | 23 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 5th | |||
2006 | Dallara GP2/05–Mecachrome | José María López | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 10th | 8th |
Fairuz Fauzy | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24th | |||
2007 | Dallara GP2/05–Mecachrome | Luca Filippi | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 59 | 4th | 4th |
Mike Conway | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 14th | |||
2008 | Dallara GP2/08–Mecachrome | Christian Bakkerud | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27th | 7th |
Andy Soucek | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 141 | 14th1 | |||
Álvaro Parente | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 8th | |||
2009 | Dallara GP2/08–Mecachrome | Luca Filippi | 20 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 5th | 3rd |
Javier Villa | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 10th | |||
2010 | Dallara GP2/08–Mecachrome | Josef Král | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24th | 9th |
Luca Filippi | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20th | |||
Marcus Ericsson | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 17th | |||
2011 | Dallara GP2/11–Mecachrome | Fairuz Fauzy | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18th | 9th |
Luca Filippi | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2nd2 | |||
Adam Carroll | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17th |
Notes:
- 1.^ - Andy Soucek scored 1 of his 14 points in 2 races for David Price Racing.
- 2.^ - Luca Filippi also scored 45 points for Scuderia Coloni in 8 races.
In Detail
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Chassis Engine Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | T.C. | Points |
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2005 | GP2/05 Renault B | SMR FEA | SMR SPR | CAT FEA | CAT SPR | MON FEA | NÜR FEA | NÜR SPR | MAG FEA | MAG SPR | SIL FEA | SIL SPR | HOC FEA | HOC SPR | HUN FEA | HUN SPR | IST FEA | IST SPR | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR | SPA FEA | SPA SPR | BHR FEA | BHR SPR | 3rd | 102 | |
Giorgio Pantano | 13† | Ret | 13 | 14 | Ret | 2 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | NC | 11 | 5 | 5 | ||||
Adam Carroll | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | Ret | 2 | 4 | 6 | 21† | 8 | Ret | 11 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 8 | ||||
2006 | GP2/05 Renault B | VAL FEA | VAL SPR | SMR FEA | SMR SPR | NÜR FEA | NÜR SPR | CAT FEA | CAT SPR | MON FEA | SIL FEA | SIL SPR | MAG FEA | MAG SPR | HOC FEA | HOC SPR | HUN FEA | HUN SPR | IST FEA | IST SPR | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR | 8th | 30 | |||
José María López | 5 | Ret | Ret | 19† | 4 | 3 | Ret | Ret | NC | Ret | 14 | 3 | Ret | 7 | 2 | 8 | Ret | 9 | 11 | Ret | Ret | ||||||
Fairuz Fauzy | 15 | 10 | Ret | 15 | 19 | 9 | Ret | 14 | 10 | 12 | 7 | Ret | 15 | 22 | 10 | 16 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 14 | 10 | ||||||
2007 | GP2/05 Renault B | BHR FEA | BHR SPR | CAT FEA | CAT SPR | MON FEA | MAG FEA | MAG SPR | SIL FEA | SIL SPR | NÜR FEA | NÜR SPR | HUN FEA | HUN SPR | IST FEA | IST SPR | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR | SPA FEA | SPA SPR | VAL FEA | VAL SPR | 4th | 78 | |||
Luca Filippi | 1 | 3 | Ret | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 16 | Ret | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 18† | 6 | ||||||
Mike Conway | Ret | 5 | Ret | 12 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 2 | 5 | 18 | 15 | Ret | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 9 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 9 | ||||||
2008 | GP2/08 Renault B | CAT FEA | CAT SPR | IST FEA | IST SPR | MON FEA | MON FEA | MAG FEA | MAG SPR | SIL FEA | SIL SPR | HOC FEA | HOC SPR | HUN FEA | HUN SPR | VAL FEA | VAL SPR | SPA FEA | SPA SPR | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR | 7th | 47 | ||||
Christian Bakkerud | Ret | DNS | 10 | Ret | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Andy Soucek | 19 | Ret | 13 | Ret | 12 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 8 | 2 | 7 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 9 | 18 | |||||||||||
Álvaro Parente | 1 | 7 | Ret | 8 | 5 | 3 | 9 | Ret | 16 | Ret | 3 | 6 | 16 | Ret | 16† | Ret | 2 | Ret | Ret | 12 | |||||||
2009 | GP2/08 Renault B | CAT FEA | CAT SPR | MON FEA | MON FEA | IST FEA | IST SPR | SIL FEA | SIL SPR | NÜR FEA | NÜR SPR | HUN FEA | HUN SPR | VAL FEA | VAL SPR | SPA FEA | SPA SPR | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR | ALG FEA | ALG SPR | 3rd | 67 | ||||
Luca Filippi | 4 | 7 | Ret | NC | 2 | Ret | 14 | 16 | Ret | 18† | 6 | 2 | 7 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 2 | 1 | |||||||
Javier Villa | 10 | Ret | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | Ret | 15 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18† | 9 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 2 | |||||||
2010 | GP2/08 Renault B | CAT FEA | CAT SPR | MON FEA | MON SPR | IST FEA | IST SPR | VAL FEA | VAL SPR | SIL FEA | SIL SPR | HOC FEA | HOC SPR | HUN FEA | HUN SPR | SPA FEA | SPA SPR | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR | YMC FEA | YMC SPR | 9th | 19 | ||||
Josef Král | 12 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 14 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
Luca Filippi | 20 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
Marcus Ericsson | 11 | Ret | 12 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 1 | 12 | 18 | 6 | Ret | 12 | 10 | 13 | 7 | Ret | 11 | 11 | Ret | |||||||
2011 | GP2/11 Mecachrome P | IST FEA | IST SPR | CAT FEA | CAT SPR | MON FEA | MON SPR | VAL FEA | VAL SPR | SIL FEA | SIL SPR | NÜR FEA | NÜR SPR | HUN FEA | HUN SPR | SPA FEA | SPA SPR | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR | 9th | 20 | ||||||
Fairuz Fauzy | 12 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 15† | 10 | 16 | 16 | 21 | 15 | 16 | 12 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 21 | 18 | Ret | |||||||||
Luca Filippi | Ret | 14 | Ret | Ret | 3 | 4 | Ret | 15 | 13 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
Adam Carroll | 15 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 11 |
GP2 Asia Series
Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F.L. | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
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2008 | Dallara GP2/08–Mecachrome | Christian Bakkerud | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27th | 6th |
Fairuz Fauzy | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 4th | |||
2008-09 | Dallara GP2/08–Mecachrome | Javier Villa | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 10th | 7th |
James Jakes | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 16th | |||
2009-10 | Dallara GP2/08–Mecachrome | James Jakes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14th | 6th |
Marcus Ericsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24th† | |||
Jake Rosenzweig | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30th | |||
Josef Král | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11th | |||
2011 | Dallara GP2/11–Mecachrome | Fairuz Fauzy | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14th | 11th |
Johnny Cecotto Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15th |
- † These drivers also drove for other teams during the season and final place include all results.
Formula 3000
International Formula 3000 Championship Results[4] | |||||||||
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Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F.L. | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
1994 | Reynard 94D–Cosworth | Vincenzo Sospiri | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 4th | 4th |
Taki Inoue | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |||
1995 | Reynard–Cosworth | Vincenzo Sospiri | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 1st | 1st |
Ricardo Rosset | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 2nd | |||
1996 | Lola T96/50–Zytek Judd | Kenny Bräck | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 49 | 2nd | 1st |
Marcos Gueiros | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5th | |||
1997 | Lola T96/50–Zytek Judd | Ricardo Zonta | 10 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 1st | 1st |
Laurent Rédon | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9th | |||
1998 | Lola T96/50–Zytek Judd | Juan Pablo Montoya | 12 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 65 | 1st | 1st |
Boris Derichebourg | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12th | |||
1999 | Lola B99/50–Zytek | Ricardo Maurício | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21st† | 2nd |
David Saelens | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9th† | |||
Jason Watt | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 2nd | |||
2000 | Lola B99/50–Zytek | Nicolas Minassian | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 2nd | 1st |
David Saelens | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6th | |||
2001 | Lola B99/50–Zytek | Mark Webber | 12 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 2nd | 3rd |
Mario Haberfeld | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15th | |||
2002 | Lola B02/50–Zytek Judd | Sébastien Bourdais | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 56 | 1st | 3rd |
Tiago Monteiro | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13th | |||
2003 | Lola B02/50–Zytek Judd | Enrico Toccacelo | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6th | 5th |
Derek Hill | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16th | |||
Nicolas Kiesa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7th† | |||
Sam Hancock | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |||
2004 | Lola B02/50–Zytek Judd | Patrick Friesacher | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5th† | 8th |
Jeffrey van Hooydonk | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11th† | |||
Alan van der Merwe | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14th | |||
Can Artam | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
- † These drivers also drove for other teams during the season and final place include all results.
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[5] and A1 Team Pakistan[6] and later for A1 Team New Zealand.[7] In 2006-07, the both managed team, Germany and New Zealand finishing 1st and 2nd in the Championship overall.
A1 Grand Prix results[8] | ||||||||
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Year | Car | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F.L. | Points | T.C. |
2005–06 | Lola B05/52–Zytek | A1 Team Germany | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 15th |
A1 Team Pakistan | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20th | ||
2006–07 | Lola B05/52–Zytek | A1 Team Germany | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 128 | 1st |
A1 Team New Zealand | 22 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 93 | 2nd | ||
2007–08 | Lola B05/52–Zytek | A1 Team Germany | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 83 | 8th |
A1 Team New Zealand | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 127 | 2nd | ||
2008–09 | Ferrari A1 08 | A1 Team Brazil | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 15th |
A1 Team New Zealand | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 7th |
Timeline
Former series | |
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All-Japan Formula Three Championship | 1992–1993 |
International Formula 3000 | 1994–2004 |
GP2 Series | 2005–2011 |
A1 Grand Prix | 2005–2009 |
GP2 Asia Series | 2008–2011 |
Auto GP | 2010–2014 |
Formula E | 2014–2015 |
Footnotes
- ^ Operation Team at Trulli GP team
- ^ a b Operation Team at A1 Team Brazil, A1 Team Germany, A1 Team New Zealand, A1 Team Pakistan
References
- ^ Slump from ad scandal triggers rent defaults, radical restructuring, The Japan Times online, 21 September 2007
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 May 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2008.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Venezuela GP Lazarus joins GP2 Series". GP2 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 17 February 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- ^ GP2 and Formula 3000 entrylist and complete results Archived 19 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine speedsportmag.com
- ^ A1 Team Germany information a1podium.com
- ^ A1 Team Pakistan information a1podium.com
- ^ A1 Team New Zealand information a1podium.com
- ^ A1GP complete Archived 26 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine resultsresults.a1gp.com
External links
- supernova-racing.com, official website.
Achievements | ||
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Preceded by none | International Formula 3000 Teams' Champion 2000 | Succeeded by Nordic Racing |
Preceded by | Auto GP Teams' Champion 2012-2014 | Succeeded by Torino Squadra Corse |