Bhaitech Racing (sometimes stylised as BhaiTech Racing) was an Italian automotive research and development service provider and motorsport team.
History
Racing Bhaitech made its racing debut in 2012, contesting the Italian GT Championship using a McLaren 12C GT3. A year later, the team contested the International GT Open and clinched the GTS Teams' and Drivers' titles with Giorgio Pantano. In 2014, BhaiTech competed in the Blancpain Sprint Series which saw them finish seventh in the Cup category of the Teams' Championship.
After a year's sabbatical from motorsports, Bhaitech returned to racing in 2016, competing in the Italian F4 Championship, which saw them claim podium finishes with Richard Verschoor and Lorenzo Colombo. A year later, the team clinched the teams' title and the rookie championship with Leonardo Lorandi while Colombo and Sebastian Fernandez claimed third and fourth in the 2017 championship respectively. In 2018, the team claimed a second rookie championship title with Petr Ptáček, while Lorandi narrowly missed out on the title to Enzo Fittipaldi.
In November 2018, it was announced Bhaitech would expand into the Formula Renault Eurocup championship for 2019, reuniting with Ptáček and signing Italian F4 race winner Federico Malvestiti. In January 2019, Bhaitech made their first driver signings with Umberto Laganella, Michael Belov, Nicola Marinangeli and Matteo Nannini joining the outfit for the Italian F4 Championship.
Technology Bhaitech also specialized in research and development in the automotive and motorsport fields. In 2018, Bhaitech entered into a strategic partnership with Altran Italia.
Former series results
Italian GT Championship
International GT open Year CarNo. Drivers Races Wins Poles Fast laps D.C. T.C. Points 2013 McLaren MP4-12C GT365 Giorgio Pantano 16 3 ? ? 1st 1st 93 Rafael Suzuki 14 3 ? ? 3rd† Álvaro Parente20??NC*66 Chris van der Drift161??8th Luiz Razia * Guest driver ineligible for points
† Shared results with another team
Blancpain Sprint Series Year CarNo. Drivers Races Wins Poles Fast laps D.C. T.C. Points 2014 McLaren MP4-12C GT360 Fabio Onidi 14 0 0 0 14th 7th 50 Giorgio Pantano61 Sten Pentus 12 0 0 0 25th Daniel Lloyd6000NC Chris van der Drift600020th† Filip Salaquarda200019th† Álvaro ParenteNC † Shared results with another team
ADAC Formula 4 Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Fast laps D.C. 2017 Tatuus F4-T014 Lorenzo Colombo 3 0 0 0 NC* Sebastián Fernández 3 0 0 0 NC* * Guest driver ineligible for points
Formula Renault Eurocup Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Fast laps D.C. T.C. Points2019Tatuus F3 T-318 Petr Ptáček 20 0 0 0 8th6th106 Federico Malvestiti 20 0 0 0 14th2020Tatuus F3 T-318 Lorenzo Colombo163425th6th186 László Tóth2000016th Vicky Piria400020th Nicola Marinangeli1600021st
Italian F4 Championship Italian F4 Championship Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Fast laps D.C. T.C. Points 2016 Tatuus F4-T014 Diego Bertonelli 15 0 0 2 11th† 5th 165 Lorenzo Colombo 9 0 0 0 12th† Richard Verschoor 3 0 0 0 21st Giacomo Altoè 23 0 0 0 22nd Aaron di Comberti 3 0 0 0 46th Antolín González 3 0 0 0 47th 2017 Tatuus F4-T014 Lorenzo Colombo 21 2 6 3 3rd 1st 565 Sebastián Fernández 21 5 3 2 4th Leonardo Lorandi 21 1 0 2 6th 2018 Tatuus F4-T014 Leonardo Lorandi 21 5 3 5 2nd 2nd 480 Petr Ptáček 21 0 0 4 5th Ilya Morozov 3 0 0 0 19th† Alessandro Famularo 21 0 0 0 22nd Anthony Famularo 12 0 0 0 29th2019Tatuus F4-T014 Michael Belov 21 0 0 0 4th4th199 Jesse Salmenautio 21 0 0 0 18th† Umberto Laganella 18 0 0 0 19th Nicola Marinangeli 21 0 0 0 29th2020Tatuus F4-T014 Jesse Salmenautio2100014th8th77 Zdeněk Chovanec1500017th Sebastian Øgaard2100020th Dexter Patterson2100022nd Tikhon Kharitonov600043rd
† Shared results with another team
Timeline Former series Italian GT Championship 2012 International GT Open 2013 Blancpain Sprint Series 2014 ADAC Formula 4 2017Italian Formula 4 Championship2016–2020Formula Renault Eurocup2019–2020
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