Status Grand Prix
 | |
| Founded | 2005 |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | Mark Gallagher Mark Kershaw |
| Base | Silverstone, England |
| Team principal(s) | Teddy Yip Jr. |
| Current series | GP2 Series |
| Former series | A1 Grand Prix[b] GP3 Series European Le Mans Series |
| Noted drivers |  Marlon Stöckinger Richie Stanaway Oliver Rowland Seb Morris Alex Fontana Sandy Stuvik |
| Teams' Championships | A1 Grand Prix: 2008–09 A1 GP[b] |
| Website | http://www.statusgp.com/ |
Status Grand Prix is a former motorsport team registered in Canada.[a]
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 shareholders are former Jordan Grand Prix Head of Marketing Mark Gallagher, 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 ceased to enter race series prior to the 2016 season due to lack of funding and sponsorship.
Series results
- GP2 Series
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Dallara-Mecachrome | Marlon Stöckinger
|
21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26th | 8th |
| Richie Stanaway
|
18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 10th | |||
| Oliver Rowland
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21st† |
† Includes points scored for MP Motorsport
- GP3 Series
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Dallara-Renault |  Robert Wickens
|
16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 71 | 2nd | 2nd |
 Ivan Lukashevich
|
16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32nd | |||
| Daniel Morad
|
16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 12th | |||
| 2011 | Dallara-Renault | Alexander Sims
|
16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 6th | 5th |
 António Félix da Costa
|
16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 13th | |||
| Ivan Lukashevich
|
16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26th | |||
| 2012 | Dallara-Renault | Marlon Stöckinger
|
16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 10th | 6th |
 Kotaro Sakurai
|
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24th | |||
| Alice Powell
|
16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19th | |||
| Lewis Williamson
|
8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 17th | |||
| 2013 | Dallara-AER |  Jimmy Eriksson
|
16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24th | 9th |
 Adderly Fong
|
14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21st | |||
| Josh Webster
|
16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28th | |||
| Alexander Sims†
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 8th | |||
| 2014 | Dallara-AER | Nick Yelloly
|
18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 6th | 3rd |
| Richie Stanaway
|
18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 125 | 8th | |||
 Alfonso Celis Jr.
|
18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21st | |||
| 2015 | Dallara-AER | Seb Morris
|
18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18th | 8th |
| Alex Fontana
|
18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16th | |||
| Sandy Stuvik
|
18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17th |
† Alexander Sims scored 61 of his 77 points in 2013 with Carlin Motorsport
D.C. = Drivers' Championship position, T.C. = Teams' Championship position.
- A1 Grand Prix
| A1 Grand Prix Results[3] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Car | Team | Drivers | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | T.C. | |
| 2007–08 | Lola-Zytek |  A1 Team Ireland
|
Ralph Firman · Adam Carroll | 1 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 6th | |
| A1 Team Canada
|
James Hinchcliffe · Robert Wickens | 1 | 2 | 1 | 75 | 9th | |||
| 2008–09 | Ferrari | A1 Team Ireland
|
Adam Carroll | 5 | 6 | 5 | 112 | 1st | |
T.C. = Teams' Championship position.
In detail
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Chassis | Engine | Drivers | No. | 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 | Dallara GP2/11 | Mecachrome | Marlon Stöckinger
|
22 | BHR FEA 11 |
BHR SPR 19 |
CAT FEA Ret |
CAT SPR 20 |
MON FEA 19 |
MON SPR 18 |
RBR FEA 19 |
RBR SPR 19 |
SIL FEA 19 |
SIL SPR 22 |
HUN FEA 19 |
HUN SPR 23 |
SPA FEA 17 |
SPA SPR 19 |
MNZ FEA Ret |
MNZ SPR 19 |
SOC FEA Ret |
SOC SPR Ret |
BHR FEA 13 |
BHR SPR 19 |
YMC FEA 18 |
YMC SPR C |
8th | 60 |
| Richie Stanaway
|
23 | BHR FEA 15 |
BHR SPR 11 |
CAT FEA 10 |
CAT SPR 19 |
MON FEA 7 |
MON SPR 1 |
RBR FEA 23 |
RBR SPR 15 |
SIL FEA Ret |
SIL SPR 13 |
HUN FEA 21 |
HUN SPR 13 |
SPA FEA 18 |
SPA SPR 13 |
MNZ FEA 4 |
MNZ SPR 4 |
SOC FEA 7 |
SOC SPR 1 |
BHR FEA |
BHR SPR |
YMC FEA |
YMC SPR | |||||
| Oliver Rowland
|
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 22 |
BHR SPR Ret |
YMC FEA 15 |
YMC SPR C |
Timeline
| Former series | |
|---|---|
| A1 Grand Prix | 2007–2009 |
| GP3 Series | 2010–2015 |
| European Le Mans Series | 2012 |
| GP2 Series | 2015 |
Footnotes
- ^ a b Till 2013 the team competed under Irish racing license
- ^ a b Operation Team at A1 Team Canada, A1 Team Ireland
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