Tech 1 Racing
French racing team
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::summary French racing team ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | FRA Tech 1 Racing |
| logo | Tech 1 Racing.png |
| founded | 2000 |
| base | Toulouse, France |
| principal | Simon Abadie |
| Sarah Abadie | |
| founders | Simon Abadie |
| Sarah Abadie | |
| website | http://www.tech1racing.fr/en |
| former series | French Formula Renault 2.0 |
| GP3 Series | |
| Eurocup Mégane Trophy | |
| Formula Renault 2.0 Alps | |
| Formula Renault 3.5 Series | |
| Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | |
| Formula Renault 2.0 NEC | |
| European Le Mans Series | |
| GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | |
| GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup | |
| FIA World Endurance Championship | |
| driver titles | Formula Renault 3.5 Series: |
| 2007: Álvaro Parente | |
| Eurocup Mégane Trophy: | |
| 2007: Pedro Petiz | |
| Formula Renault 2.0 Alps: | |
| 2011: Javier Tarancón | |
| Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0: | |
| 2013: Pierre Gasly | |
| team titles | Eurocup Mégane Trophy: |
| 2006, 2007, 2008 | |
| Formula Renault 3.5 Series: | |
| 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012 | |
| Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0: | |
| 2010, 2013 | |
| Formula Renault 2.0 Alps: 2011, 2013 | |
| :: |
| name = FRA Tech 1 Racing | logo = Tech 1 Racing.png | founded = 2000 | base = Toulouse, France | principal = Simon Abadie Sarah Abadie | founders = Simon Abadie Sarah Abadie |current drivers = | website = http://www.tech1racing.fr/en | current series = | former series = French Formula Renault 2.0 GP3 Series Eurocup Mégane Trophy Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Formula Renault 3.5 Series Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC European Le Mans Series GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup FIA World Endurance Championship | driver titles = Formula Renault 3.5 Series: 2007: Álvaro Parente Eurocup Mégane Trophy: 2007: Pedro Petiz Formula Renault 2.0 Alps: 2011: Javier Tarancón Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0: 2013: Pierre Gasly | team titles = Eurocup Mégane Trophy: 2006, 2007, 2008 Formula Renault 3.5 Series: 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0: 2010, 2013 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps: 2011, 2013
Tech 1 Racing is 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.
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
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| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | D.C. | T.C. | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0-10 | FRA Arthur Pic | 16 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 123 | 3rd | 1st | |||||||||
| FRA Hugo Valente | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 12th | |||||||||||
| FIN Aaro Vainio | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 101 | 4th | |||||||||||
| ESP Carlos Sainz, Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | NC | |||||||||||
| Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0-10 | ESP Javier Tarancón | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 78 | 8th | 4th | |||||||||
| FRA Paul-Loup Chatin | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 9th | |||||||||||
| FRA Grégoire Demoustier | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41st | |||||||||||
| AUS Mitchell Gilbert | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30th | |||||||||||
| FIN Miki Weckström | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 18th | |||||||||||
| Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0-10 | FRA Paul-Loup Chatin | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 77 | 6th | 4th | |||||||||
| FRA Matthieu Vaxivière | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29th | |||||||||||
| COL Óscar Tunjo | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 7th | |||||||||||
| RUS Roman Mavlanov | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33rd | |||||||||||
| BRA Felipe Fraga | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 18th | |||||||||||
| Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0-10 | FRA Pierre Gasly | 14 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 195 | 1st | 1st | |||||||||
| RUS Egor Orudzhev | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 7th | |||||||||||
| FRA Matthieu Vaxivière | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 57 | 10th | |||||||||||
| Tatuus FR 2.0-13 | FRA Anthoine Hubert | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 15th | 8th | |||||||||
| RUS Vasily Romanov | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25th | |||||||||||
| GBR George Russell | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |||||||||||
| RUS Egor Orudzhev | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 83 | 8th | |||||||||||
| CAN Luke Chudleigh | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |||||||||||
| CHE Hugo de Sadeleer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |||||||||||
| MYS Akash Nandy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |||||||||||
| IDN Philo Paz Armand | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |||||||||||
| Renault FR 2.0-10 | CHE Hugo de Sadeleer | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24th | 5th | |||||||||
| FRA Simon Gachet | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 16th | |||||||||||
| FRA Anthoine Hubert | 17 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 172 | 5th | |||||||||||
| Renault FR 2.0-10 | FRA Dorian Boccolacci | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 200 | 2nd | 2nd | |||||||||
| CHE Hugo de Sadeleer | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 6th | |||||||||||
| FRA Sacha Fenestraz | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 119.5 | 5th | |||||||||||
| FRA Gabriel Aubry | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 12th | |||||||||||
| Renault FR 2.0-10 | FRA Gabriel Aubry | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 128 | 5th | 3rd | |||||||||
| GBR Max Fewtrell | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 7th | |||||||||||
| AUS Thomas Maxwell | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14th | |||||||||||
| FRA Thomas Neubauer | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25th | |||||||||||
| :: |
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
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| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | D.C. | T.C. | 2016 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renault FR 2.0-10 | FRA Dorian Boccolacci | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 226 | 3rd | 3rd | |||
| CHE Hugo de Sadeleer | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 162 | 9th | |||||
| FRA Sacha Fenestraz | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 207 | 5th | |||||
| FRA Gabriel Aubry | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 18th | |||||
| Renault FR 2.0-10 | FRA Gabriel Aubry | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 115 | 5th | 4th | |||
| FRA Thomas Neubauer | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 11th | |||||
| GBR Max Fewtrell | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 12th | |||||
| AUS Thomas Maxwell | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 17th | |||||
| :: |
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
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GP3
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| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | D.C. | T.C. | 2010 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallara GP3/10-Renault | ROU Doru Sechelariu | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29th | 6th | |||
| ESP Daniel Juncadella | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 14th | |||||
| MCO Stefano Coletti | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 9th | |||||
| FRA Jean-Éric Vergne | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 17th | |||||
| FRA Jim Pla | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36th | |||||
| Dallara GP3/10-Renault | FIN Aaro Vainio | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 15th | 6th | |||
| ITA Andrea Caldarelli | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 10th | |||||
| NLD Thomas Hylkema | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34th | |||||
| HUN Tamás Pál Kiss | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 16th | |||||
| :: |
In detail
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) ::data[format=table] | Year | Chassis Engine Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | T.C. | Points | 2010 | 6th | 36 | 2011 | 6th | 43 | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | GP3/10 Renault | | CAT FEA | CAT 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 | | | | | | | | | | | RUM Doru Sechelariu | 22 | Ret | 9 | 9 | Ret | 20 | Ret | 17 | 10 | DSQ | 14 | 21 | Ret | 20 | 21 | 18 | | | | | | | | | | | | ESP Daniel Juncadella | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | MON Stefano Coletti | | | 24† | 14 | 10 | 6 | 10 | Ret | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Ret | 24 | 16 | 20 | | | | | | | | | | | | FRA Jean-Éric Vergne | 5 | 21 | | | 4 | 17 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | FRA Jim Pla | | | Ret | 20 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ESP Daniel Juncadella | | | | | | | Ret | Ret | 8 | 2 | | | 5 | DSQ | 22 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | GP3/10 Renault | | IST FEA | IST SPR | CAT FEA | CAT 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 | | | | | | | | | | | FIN Aaro Vainio | 15 | Ret | 3 | 20 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 13 | Ret | 22† | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | ITA Andrea Caldarelli | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NLD Thomas Hylkema | | | | | Ret | Ret | 20 | 21 | 18 | 24† | 27 | Ret | 22 | 21 | 14 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | HUN Tamás Pál Kiss | 16 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 13 | Ret | 20 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 17 | 14 | Ret | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | ::
24 Hours of Le Mans
::data[format=table] | Year | Entrant | No. | Car | Drivers | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | FRA Panis Barthez Compétition | 23 | Ligier JS P2-Nissan | FRA Fabien Barthez FRA Timothé Buret FRA Paul-Loup Chatin | LMP2 | 347 | 12th | 8th | | | | | | | | | | | FRA Panis Barthez Compétition | 23 | Ligier JS P217-Gibson | FRA Fabien Barthez FRA Nathanaël Berthon FRA Timothé Buret | LMP2 | 296 | DNF | DNF | | | | | | | | | | | FRA Panis Barthez Compétition | 23 | Ligier JS P217-Gibson | FRA Timothé Buret FRA Julien Canal GBR Will Stevens | LMP2 | 352 | 13th | 9th | | | | | | | | | | | FRA Panis Barthez Compétition | 23 | Ligier JS P217-Gibson | AUT René Binder FRA Julien Canal GBR Will Stevens | LMP2 | 362 | 13th | 8th | | | | | | | | | | | FRA Panis Racing | 31 | Oreca 07-Gibson | FRA Julien Canal FRA Nico Jamin FRA Matthieu Vaxivière | LMP2 | 368 | 7th | 3rd | | | | | | | | | | | USA PR1 Motorsports Mathiasen | 24 | Oreca 07-Gibson | FRA Gabriel Aubry USA Patrick Kelly CHE Simon Trummer | LMP2 (Pro-Am) | 261 | DNF | DNF | | | | | | | | | | | FRA Panis Racing | 65 | AUS James Allen FRA Julien Canal GBR Will Stevens | LMP2 | 362 | 8th | 3rd | | | | | | | | | | | | FRA Ultimate | 35 | Oreca 07-Gibson | FRA Jean-Baptiste Lahaye FRA Matthieu Lahaye FRA François Heriau | LMP2 (Pro-Am) | 335 | 48th | 8th | | | | | | | | | | | FRA Panis Racing | 65 | FRA Julien Canal FRA Nico Jamin NLD Job van Uitert | LMP2 | 366 | 16th | 12th | | | | | | | | | | | | FRA Panis Racing | 65 | Oreca 07-Gibson | NLD Tijmen van der Helm VEN Manuel Maldonado NLD Job van Uitert | LMP2 | 316 | 25th | 14th | | | | | | | | | | ::
Timeline
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Notes
References
References
- "OUR FAMILY STORY".
- (19 February 2016). "Panis-Barthez Compétition: champions with ambitions!". [[Automobile Club de l'Ouest]].
- Watkins, Gary. (12 February 2019). "Panis-Barthez ties up with Lexus for Blancpain effort". [[Motorsport Network]].
- Dagys, John. (22 November 2021). "French LMP2 Squad Ultimate Plotting WEC Debut". John Dagys Media.
- Klein, Jamie. (21 April 2021). "PR1/Mathiasen enters Tech1 alliance for WEC debut". [[Motorsport Network]].
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