Tech 1 Racing was a racing team based in Toulouse, France. Founded in 2000 by racing driver Simon Abadie and his sister Sarah, it has garnered success in the World Series by Renault, the Eurocup Mégane Trophy and the GP3 Series, most notably winning the 2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series with Álvaro Parente.
More recently, Tech 1 operated the racing programmes of Panis Racing and its predecessor Panis Barthez Compétition from 2016 to 2023. These included entry to the European Le Mans Series and Asian Le Mans Series's LMP2 class, as well as the GT World Challenge Europe, where they ran a Lexus RC F GT3. Ultimate, a small outfit owned by brothers Jean-Baptiste and Matthieu Lahaye, also partnered Tech 1 for their LMP2 efforts in the ELMS in 2021 and the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2022.
The team closed its doors at the beginning of 2024.
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 3 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 3 season champion Jean-Éric Vergne), Tech 1 secured the 2010 season title.
The team claimed just one more team title in 2012 season, with Jules Bianchi finishing vice-champion in the standings, before withdrawing from the sport three seasons later.
Results
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Fast laps Points D.C. T.C. 2010 Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0-10 Arthur Pic 16 4 7 4 123 3rd 1st Hugo Valente 16 0 0 0 28 12th Aaro Vainio 16 0 2 2 101 4th Carlos Sainz, Jr. 4 0 0 2 0 NC 2011 Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0-10 Javier Tarancón 14 1 0 2 78 8th 4th Paul-Loup Chatin 14 1 1 0 75 9th Grégoire Demoustier 4 0 0 0 0 41st Mitchell Gilbert 2 0 0 0 0 30th Miki Weckström 14 0 0 0 11 18th 2012 Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0-10 Paul-Loup Chatin 14 0 0 1 77 6th 4th Matthieu Vaxivière 14 0 0 0 1 29th Óscar Tunjo 14 1 1 0 73 7th Roman Mavlanov 14 0 0 0 0 33rd Felipe Fraga 8 0 0 0 21 18th 2013 Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0-10 Pierre Gasly 14 3 4 2 195 1st1st Egor Orudzhev 14 0 0 0 78 7th Matthieu Vaxivière 14 2 2 2 57 10th 2014 Tatuus FR 2.0-13 Anthoine Hubert 14 0 0 0 30 15th 8th Vasily Romanov 10 0 0 0 0 25th George Russell 4 1 0 0 0 NC Egor Orudzhev 14 0 0 3 83 8th Luke Chudleigh 6 0 0 0 0 NC Hugo de Sadeleer 2 0 0 0 0 NC Akash Nandy 2 0 0 0 0 NC Philo Paz Armand 4 0 0 0 0 NC 2015 Renault FR 2.0-10 Hugo de Sadeleer 17 0 0 0 0 24th 5th Simon Gachet 17 0 0 1 19 16th Anthoine Hubert 17 2 2 2 172 5th 2016 Renault FR 2.0-10 Dorian Boccolacci 15 2 1 3 200 2nd 2nd Hugo de Sadeleer 15 1 0 0 89 6th Sacha Fenestraz 15 2 2 1 119.5 5th Gabriel Aubry 15 0 0 0 35 12th 2017 Renault FR 2.0-10 Gabriel Aubry 13 2 2 1 128 5th 3rd Max Fewtrell 13 0 0 0 72 7th Thomas Maxwell 13 0 0 0 14 14th Thomas Neubauer 13 0 0 0 0 25th
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Fast laps Points D.C. T.C. 2016 Renault FR 2.0-10 Dorian Boccolacci 15 1 0 0 226 3rd 3rd Hugo de Sadeleer 15 0 0 2 162 9th Sacha Fenestraz 15 1 1 0 207 5th Gabriel Aubry 9 0 0 0 76 18th 2017 Renault FR 2.0-10 Gabriel Aubry 9 2 2 2 115 5th 4th Thomas Neubauer 9 0 0 0 52 11th Max Fewtrell 5 0 0 0 48 12th Thomas Maxwell 7 0 0 0 36 17th
Formula Renault 3.5 Series Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Fast laps Points D.C. T.C. 2006 Dallara T05-Renault Ryō Fukuda 17 0 0 0 25 16th 12th Patrick Pilet 6 0 0 0 14 21st Marco Bonanomi 4 0 0 0 5 31st Jérôme d'Ambrosio 7 0 0 0 0 36th 2007 Dallara T05-Renault Álvaro Parente 17 2 2 1 129 1st1st Julien Jousse 17 0 1 1 62 10th 2008 Dallara T08-Renault Julien Jousse 17 1 0 2 106 2nd1st Charles Pic 17 2 1 2 69 6th 2009 Dallara T08-Renault Brendon Hartley 13 0 1 3 26 15th 4th Edoardo Mortara 2 0 0 0 6 24th Daniel Ricciardo 2 0 0 0 0 34th Charles Pic 17 2 2 3 94 3rd 2010 Dallara T08-Renault Daniel Ricciardo 17 4 8 5 136 2nd1st Jean-Éric Vergne 6 1 0 0 53 8th Brendon Hartley 13 0 0 2 50 10th 2011 Dallara T08-Renault Kevin Korjus 17 3 0 1 120 6th 6th Arthur Pic 17 1 0 0 16 23rd 2012 Dallara T12-Zytek Jules Bianchi 17 3 5 7 185 2nd1st Kevin Korjus 16 0 0 0 69 10th Daniel Abt 6 0 0 0 0 34th 2013 Dallara T12-Zytek Nigel Melker 17 0 0 2 136 6th 5th Mikhail Aleshin 17 0 0 0 33 12th 2014 Dallara T12-Zytek Marco Sørensen 17 0 0 0 4412th 9th Nicholas Latifi 6 0 0 0 20 20th Alfonso Celis Jr. 2 0 0 0 0 27th 2015 Dallara T12-Zytek Roy Nissany 17 0 0 0 27 13th 7th Aurélien Panis 17 0 0 0 42 12th
GP3 Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Fast laps Points D.C. T.C. 2010 Dallara GP3/10-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 GP3/10-Renault Aaro Vainio 16 0 0 0 12 15th 6th Andrea Caldarelli 4 0 0 2 20 10th Thomas Hylkema 12 0 0 0 0 34th Tamás Pál Kiss 16 1 0 0 11 16th
In detail (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year ChassisEngineTyres Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Points 2010 GP3/10RenaultCATFEACATSPRISTFEAISTSPRVALFEAVALSPRSILFEASILSPRHOCFEAHOCSPRHUNFEAHUNSPRSPAFEASPASPRMNZFEAMNZSPR 6th 36 Doru Sechelariu 22 Ret 9 9 Ret 20 Ret 17 10 DSQ 14 21 Ret 20 21 18 Daniel Juncadella 11 11 Stefano Coletti 24† 14 10 6 10 Ret 5 3 3 4 Ret 24 16 20 Jean-Éric Vergne 5 21 4 17 Jim Pla Ret 20 Daniel Juncadella Ret Ret 8 2 5 DSQ 22 Ret 2011 GP3/10RenaultISTFEAISTSPRCATFEACATSPRVALFEAVALSPRSILFEASILSPRNÜRFEANÜRSPRHUNFEAHUNSPRSPAFEASPASPRMNZFEAMNZSPR 6th 43 Aaro Vainio 15 Ret 3 20 Ret Ret 11 18 7 13 5 7 13 Ret 22† 8 Andrea Caldarelli 2 5 4 4 Thomas Hylkema Ret Ret 20 21 18 24† 27 Ret 22 21 14 Ret Tamás Pál Kiss 16 18 8 1 16 13 Ret 20 8 4 10 20 17 14 Ret 12
24 Hours of Le Mans
Year Entrant No. Car Drivers Class Laps 2016 Panis Barthez Compétition 23 Ligier JS P2-Nissan Fabien Barthez Timothé Buret Paul-Loup Chatin LMP2 347 12th 8th 2017 Panis Barthez Compétition 23 Ligier JS P217-Gibson Fabien Barthez Nathanaël Berthon Timothé Buret LMP2 296 DNF DNF 2018 Panis Barthez Compétition 23 Ligier JS P217-Gibson Timothé Buret Julien Canal Will Stevens LMP2 352 13th 9th 2019 Panis Barthez Compétition 23 Ligier JS P217-Gibson René Binder Julien Canal Will Stevens LMP2 362 13th 8th 2020 Panis Racing 31 Oreca 07-Gibson Julien Canal Nico Jamin Matthieu Vaxivière LMP2 368 7th 3rd 2021 PR1 Motorsports Mathiasen 24 Oreca 07-Gibson Gabriel Aubry Patrick Kelly Simon Trummer LMP2 (Pro-Am) 261 DNF DNF Panis Racing 65 James Allen Julien Canal Will Stevens LMP2 362 8th 3rd 2022 Ultimate 35 Oreca 07-Gibson Jean-Baptiste Lahaye Matthieu Lahaye François Hériau LMP2 (Pro-Am) 335 48th 8th Panis Racing 65 Julien Canal Nico Jamin Job van Uitert LMP2 366 16th 12th 2023 Panis Racing 65 Oreca 07-Gibson Tijmen van der Helm Manuel Maldonado Job van Uitert LMP2 316 25th 14th
Timeline Former series French Formula Renault Championship 2000–2005 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup 2001, 2003-2004 Eurocup Mégane Trophy 2005-2009 Formula Renault 3.5 Series 2006–2015 GP3 Series 2010–2011 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 2010–2018 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps 2011–2015 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2016–2018 European Le Mans Series 2016–2023 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup 2019–2020 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup 2019–2020 FIA World Endurance Championship 2022
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References
External links Official website Renault-Sport Official website