Super Nova Racing was a British racing team that has competed in Formula 3000/GP2 and the A1 Grand Prix series.
History 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.Slump from ad scandal triggers rent defaults, radical restructuring, The Japan Times online, 21 September 2007 On 24 June 2008, President Saruhashi of the Nova chain of English schools was taken into police custody and faced charges of embezzlement. In August 2009, Saruhashi was convicted and sentenced to a 42-month jail term.
Racing history Formula 3000
Super Nova Racing but he made the international leap in 1994 when he appeared in the European Formula 3000. From that moment on he remained in that championship, managing to win the following year with the drivers Vincenzo Sospiri and Ricardo Rosset who obtained first and second place in the championship respectively. Between 1997 and 1998 Super Nova Racing had two of the most outstanding drivers in motorsports, Ricardo Zonta and Juan Pablo Montoya, while in the 2001 season they would have the Australian Mark Webber with whom they would achieve the runner-up position.
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 a1podium.com and A1 Team Pakistan a1podium.com and later for A1 Team New Zealand. a1podium.com In 2006-07, the both managed team, Germany and New Zealand finishing 1st and 2nd in the Championship overall.
GP2 Series
With the arrival of GP2 it had the drivers Giorgio Pantano and Adam Carroll who would achieve two victories that would leave the team in third place in the constructors' table in the 2005 season. For the 2006 season they hired the Argentine José María López and the Malaysian Fairuz Fauzy, leaving Super Nova Racing in ninth place at the end of the championship. For the 2007 season its drivers were the British Mike Conway and the Italian Luca Filippi, achieving fourth position in the constructors' championship.
In 2008 he hired the services of the Portuguese Álvaro Parente and the Danish Christian Bakkerud but in the first round of the championship Bakkerud was injured, which caused them to hire the Spanish driver Andy Soucek as a replacement, who continued until the end of the season. With these two drivers they finished the constructors' championship in seventh position. In 2009 they had the Italian Luca Filippi, who had already been on the team previously, and the Spanish Javier Villa. They finished in the championship in 3rd place with 67 points. In 2010 they will participate with the Czech Josef Král and the Swede Marcus Ericsson. In 2011 they finished ninth with 20 points.
In February 2012, it was announced that Super Nova would withdraw from the GP2 Series due to not being able to cope with its economic situation and is replaced by the Team Lazarus team.
Auto GP In 2010 they competed in the Auto GP and in the following season (2011) they managed to finish fourth in the championship, despite only competing half of the season with a single car. In 2012, they are declared winners of the team championship thanks to Adrian Quaiffe-Hobbs, who also takes the drivers' championship.
Formula E 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 Auto GP Auto GP Results Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Points 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
GP2 Series Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Points 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 14 14th 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 2nd Adam Carroll 8 0 0 0 6 17th
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 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Points 2005 GP2/05RenaultSMRFEASMRSPRCATFEACATSPRMONFEANÜRFEANÜRSPRMAGFEAMAGSPRSILFEASILSPRHOCFEAHOCSPRHUNFEAHUNSPRISTFEAISTSPRMNZFEAMNZSPRSPAFEASPASPRBHRFEABHRSPR 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 GP2/05RenaultVALFEAVALSPRSMRFEASMRSPRNÜRFEANÜRSPRCATFEACATSPRMONFEASILFEASILSPRMAGFEAMAGSPRHOCFEAHOCSPRHUNFEAHUNSPRISTFEAISTSPRMNZFEAMNZSPR 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 GP2/05RenaultBHRFEABHRSPRCATFEACATSPRMONFEAMAGFEAMAGSPRSILFEASILSPRNÜRFEANÜRSPRHUNFEAHUNSPRISTFEAISTSPRMNZFEAMNZSPRSPAFEASPASPRVALFEAVALSPR 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 GP2/08RenaultCATFEACATSPRISTFEAISTSPRMONFEAMONFEAMAGFEAMAGSPRSILFEASILSPRHOCFEAHOCSPRHUNFEAHUNSPRVALFEAVALSPRSPAFEASPASPRMNZFEAMNZSPR 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 GP2/08RenaultCATFEACATSPRMONFEAMONFEAISTFEAISTSPRSILFEASILSPRNÜRFEANÜRSPRHUNFEAHUNSPRVALFEAVALSPRSPAFEASPASPRMNZFEAMNZSPRALGFEAALGSPR 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 GP2/08RenaultCATFEACATSPRMONFEAMONSPRISTFEAISTSPRVALFEAVALSPRSILFEASILSPRHOCFEAHOCSPRHUNFEAHUNSPRSPAFEASPASPRMNZFEAMNZSPRYMCFEAYMCSPR 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 GP2/11MecachromeISTFEAISTSPRCATFEACATSPRMONFEAMONSPRVALFEAVALSPRSILFEASILSPRNÜRFEANÜRSPRHUNFEAHUNSPRSPAFEASPASPRMNZFEAMNZSPR 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 Final (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year ChassisEngineTyres Drivers 1 2 Points 2011 GP2/11MecachromeYMCFEAYMCSPR 9th 0 Giacomo Ricci 11 23 Fabio Onidi 18 11
GP2 Asia Series Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Points 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
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 Points 2008 GP2/05RenaultDUB1FEADUB1SPRSENFEASENSPRSEPFEASEPSPRBHRFEABHRSPRDUB2FEADUB2SPR 6th 24 Christian Bakkerud Ret 11 Ret 14 Ret DNS Ret Ret Ret 9 Fairuz Fauzy 8 2 8 1 2 6 Ret Ret 11 6 2008–09 GP2/05RenaultSHIFEASHISPRDUB3FEADUB3SPRBHR1FEABHR1SPRLSLFEALSLSPRSEPFEASEPSPRBHR2FEABHR2SPR 7th 19 Javier Villa 4 3 9 C 9 5 13 10 19 18 15 12 James Jakes Ret 11 12 C 22 Ret 9 9 3 Ret 10 14 2009–10 GP2/05RenaultYMC1FEAYMC1SPRYMC2FEAYMC2SPRBHR1FEABHR1SPRBHR2FEABHR2SPR 6th 14 James Jakes 3 10 Marcus Ericsson 17† 12 Jake Rosenzweig 19 14 17 17 Josef Král Ret Ret 16 20 22 16 Ret 18 2011 GP2/11MecachromeYMCFEAYMCSPRIMOFEAIMOSPR 11th 1 Fairuz Fauzy Ret 15 8 Ret Johnny Cecotto Jr. 15 7 15 19†
Formula 3000 International Formula 3000 Championship ResultsGP2 and Formula 3000 entrylist and complete results speedsportmag.com Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Points 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
A1 Grand Prix A1 Grand Prix resultsA1GP complete resultsresults.a1gp.com Year Car Team Races Wins Poles Points 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 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
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References
External links supernova-racing.com, official website.