Super Nova Racing

Super Nova Racing was a British racing team that has competed in Formula 3000/GP2 and the A1 Grand Prix series.

Super Nova Racing

Founded	1991
Founder(s)	Nozomu Saruhashi David Sears
Folded	2015
Base	Griston, Norfolk, England
Team principal(s)	David Sears
Former series	Auto GP Formula E[a] Formula 3000 A1 Grand Prix[b] GP2 Series GP2 Asia Series
Teams' Championships	International Formula 3000: 2000 A1 Grand Prix: 2006-07[b] Auto GP: 2012, 2013
Drivers' Championships	International Formula 3000: 1995: Vincenzo Sospiri 1997: Ricardo Zonta 1998: Juan Pablo Montoya 2002: Sébastien Bourdais Auto GP: 2012: Adrian Quaife-Hobbs 2013: Vittorio Ghirelli
Website	http://www.supernovainternational.com/

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.^[1] On 24 June 2008, President Saruhashi of the Nova chain of English schools was taken into police custody and faced charges of embezzlement.^[2] In August 2009, Saruhashi was convicted and sentenced to a 42-month jail term.

Racing history

Formula 3000

Boris Derichebourg driving in the F3000 race for Super Nova Racing at the Circuit de Catalunya in 1998.

Jason Watt driving for Den Blå Avis (Super Nova Racing) during the Formula 3000 race at the Circuit de Catalunya in 1998.

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^[3] and A1 Team Pakistan^[4] and later for A1 Team New Zealand.^[5] In 2006-07, the both managed team, Germany and New Zealand finishing 1st and 2nd in the Championship overall.

GP2 Series

Christian Bakkerud driving for Super Nova in the 2008 Bahrain GP2 Asia Series round.

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.^[6]

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	F.L.	Points	D.C.	T.C.
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	F.L.	Points	D.C.	T.C.
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[c]	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[d]
		Adam Carroll	8	0	0	0	6	17th

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	23	T.C.	Points
2005	GP2/05 Renault B		SMR FEA	SMR SPR	CAT FEA	CAT SPR	MON FEA	NÜR FEA	NÜR SPR	MAG FEA	MAG SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	HOC FEA	HOC SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	IST FEA	IST SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	BHR FEA	BHR SPR	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	GP2/05 Renault B		VAL FEA	VAL SPR	SMR FEA	SMR SPR	NÜR FEA	NÜR SPR	CAT FEA	CAT SPR	MON FEA	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	MAG FEA	MAG SPR	HOC FEA	HOC SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	IST FEA	IST SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR			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	GP2/05 Renault B		BHR FEA	BHR SPR	CAT FEA	CAT SPR	MON FEA	MAG FEA	MAG SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	NÜR FEA	NÜR SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	IST FEA	IST SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	VAL FEA	VAL SPR			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	GP2/08 Renault B		CAT FEA	CAT SPR	IST FEA	IST SPR	MON FEA	MON FEA	MAG FEA	MAG SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	HOC FEA	HOC SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	VAL FEA	VAL SPR	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR				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	GP2/08 Renault B		CAT FEA	CAT SPR	MON FEA	MON FEA	IST FEA	IST SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	NÜR FEA	NÜR SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	VAL FEA	VAL SPR	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	ALG FEA	ALG SPR				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	GP2/08 Renault B		CAT FEA	CAT SPR	MON FEA	MON 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	YMC FEA	YMC SPR				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	GP2/11 Mecachrome P		IST FEA	IST SPR	CAT FEA	CAT SPR	MON FEA	MON 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						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	Chassis Engine Tyres	Drivers	1	2	T.C.	Points
2011	GP2/11 Mecachrome P		YMC FEA	YMC SPR	9th	0
		Giacomo Ricci	11	23
		Fabio Onidi	18	11

GP2 Asia Series

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F.L.	Points	D.C.	T.C.
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	Chassis Engine Tyres	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	T.C.	Points
2008	GP2/05 Renault B		DUB1 FEA	DUB1 SPR	SEN FEA	SEN SPR	SEP FEA	SEP SPR	BHR FEA	BHR SPR	DUB2 FEA	DUB2 SPR			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	GP2/05 Renault B		SHI FEA	SHI SPR	DUB3 FEA	DUB3 SPR	BHR1 FEA	BHR1 SPR	LSL FEA	LSL SPR	SEP FEA	SEP SPR	BHR2 FEA	BHR2 SPR	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	GP2/05 Renault B		YMC1 FEA	YMC1 SPR	YMC2 FEA	YMC2 SPR	BHR1 FEA	BHR1 SPR	BHR2 FEA	BHR2 SPR					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	GP2/11 Mecachrome P		YMC FEA	YMC SPR	IMO FEA	IMO SPR									11th	1
		Fairuz Fauzy	Ret	15	8	Ret
		Johnny Cecotto Jr.	15	7	15	19†

Formula 3000

International Formula 3000 Championship Results[7]
Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F.L.	Points	D.C.	T.C.
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 results[8]
Year	Car	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F.L.	Points	T.C.
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

Notes

1. Operation Team at Trulli GP team
2. Operation Team at A1 Team Brazil, A1 Team Germany, A1 Team New Zealand, A1 Team Pakistan
3. Andy Soucek scored 1 of his 14 points in 2 races for David Price Racing.
4. Luca Filippi also scored 45 points for Scuderia Coloni in 8 races.