Status Grand Prix
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| Founded | 2005 |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | Mark Gallagher Mark Kershaw |
| Base | Silverstone, England |
| Team principal(s) | Teddy Yip Jr. Mark Gallagher |
| Former series | GP2 Series, A1 Grand Prix[lower-alpha 2] GP3 Series European Le Mans Series |
| Noted drivers | Canada Robert Wickens Philippines Marlon Stöckinger New Zealand Richie Stanaway United Kingdom Oliver Rowland United Kingdom Seb Morris Switzerland Alex Fontana Thailand Sandy Stuvik |
| Teams' Championships | A1 Grand Prix: 2008–09 A1 GP[lower-alpha 2] |
| Website | http://www.statusgp.com/ |
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Status Grand Prix is a former motorsport team registered in Canada.[lower-alpha 1]
Team history
Based in Silverstone the team was formed in 2005 to run the A1 Team Ireland franchise in the new A1 Grand Prix series.[1] The team's founders were former Jordan Grand Prix Executive Mark Gallagher and Dublin businessman Mark Kershaw. Later shareholders included former Formula One driver David Kennedy, John Hynes and Teddy Yip Jr., whose father Teddy Yip owned the Theodore Racing Formula One team. They also ran the A1 Team Canada operation in 2007–08 and also assisted A1 Team Netherlands in 2008–09, the season in which Team Ireland won the championship title. In 2010, Status Grand Prix competed in the inaugural GP3 Series finishing second in the team championship. Gary Anderson led the technical side of the team. At the end of the 2015 season, Status withdrew from the championship. In 2014, Status Grand Prix acquired the Malaysian team of Tony Fernandes, EQ8 Caterham Racing, for the 2015 GP2 Series season, but participated in the last meeting of the 2014 GP2 Series season under the name of Caterham.[2] Status first raced officially in the 2015 GP2 Series season with Marlon Stockinger and Richie Stanaway as their drivers, with Oliver Rowland standing in for Stanaway in the final two rounds. Stanaway gave the team victories in the sprint races at Monaco and Sochi. Status Grand Prix ended its participation in motor racing prior to the 2016 season.
Series results
GP2 Series
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Dallara GP2/11-Mecachrome | Philippines Marlon Stöckinger | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26th | 8th |
| New Zealand Richie Stanaway | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 10th | |||
| United Kingdom Oliver Rowland[lower-alpha 3] | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21st |
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 | T.C. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | GP2/11 Mecachrome P |
BHR FEA |
BHR SPR |
CAT FEA |
CAT SPR |
MON FEA |
MON SPR |
RBR FEA |
RBR SPR |
SIL FEA |
SIL SPR |
HUN FEA |
HUN SPR |
SPA FEA |
SPA SPR |
MNZ FEA |
MNZ SPR |
SOC FEA |
SOC SPR |
BHR FEA |
BHR SPR |
YMC FEA |
YMC SPR |
8th | 60 | |
| Philippines Marlon Stöckinger | 11 | 19 | Ret | 20 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 23 | 17 | 19 | Ret | 19 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 19 | 18 | C | ||||
| New Zealand Richie Stanaway | 15 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 15 | Ret | 13 | 21 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | ||||||||
| United Kingdom Oliver Rowland | 22 | Ret | 15 | C |
GP3 Series
In detail
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
A1 Grand Prix
| A1 Grand Prix Results[3] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Car | Team | Drivers | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | T.C. | |
| 2007–08 | Lola A1GP-Zytek | Republic of Ireland A1 Team Ireland | Ralph Firman · Adam Carroll | 1 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 6th | |
| Canada A1 Team Canada | James Hinchcliffe · Robert Wickens | 1 | 2 | 1 | 75 | 9th | |||
| 2008–09 | A1GP-Ferrari | Republic of Ireland A1 Team Ireland | Adam Carroll | 5 | 6 | 5 | 112 | 1st | |
Timeline
| Former series | |
|---|---|
| A1 Grand Prix | 2007–2009 |
| GP3 Series | 2010–2015 |
| European Le Mans Series | 2012 |
| GP2 Series | 2015 |
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Till 2012 the team competed under Irish racing license. In 2013–2015 the team competed under Canada racing license.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Operation Team at A1 Team Canada, A1 Team Ireland
- ↑ Oliver Rowland collected 3 points scored for MP Motorsport in 2015.
- ↑ Kotaro Sakurai ran under a Japanese licence for the first two meetings of the season before changing to a Filipino one for Silverstone.
- ↑ Alexander Sims scored 61 of his 77 points in 2013 with Carlin Motorsport.
References
- ↑ Mark Gallagher. "Status Grand Prix". mark-gallagher.com. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ↑ "Leading GP3 team Status to run Caterham GP2 squad". autosport.com. Autosport. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ↑ A1GP complete Archived 2007-12-26 at the Wayback Machine resultsresults.a1gp.com