HiTech Racing

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HiTech Racing is a British motor racing team. It was founded in 2002 by Dennis Rushen and David Hayle. The team started racing in the British Formula Three Championship in 2003.

[edit] Formula 3

In its first season, HiTech scored five pole positions and six podium finishes, with drivers Danny Watts and Eric Salignon. Andrew Thompson also contributed some points finishes. Watts finished the British F3 Championship in 5th place in a season that included a memorable win at Castle Combe. In the Korea Super Prix, guest driver Richard Antinucci achieved HiTech's first international race win.

In the second season, with Thompson was retained and joined by drivers Marko Asmer and James Walker, but the team failed to score podium finishes, although it came close on a few occasions. Asmer managed to finish the championship closing the top 10.

In 2005, HiTech retained Asmer and brought in Tim Bridgman from Formula BMW. Asmer was the best of the duo, scoring no less than five second places, but missing out on an actual win, even so managing to snatch the fourth place in the championship.

For 2006, HiTech brought back James Walker, alongside James Jakes and Salvador Durán, with Jakes finishing 8th, Walker 9th and Durán 10th in a poor season that only heralded one podium finish (achieved by Walker).

[edit] GP2

The Hitech/Piquet team was created on 2004 by an union between British F3 teams Hitech and Piquet Sports to run GP2 Series with drivers Nelson Angelo Piquet and Alexandre Sarnes Negrão, managed by Felipe Vargas.

For the 2005 and 2006 seasons, the team ran the same drivers, with Piquet winning five races in those two seasons, and finishing second in 2006.

For the 2007 season, the team has been renamed. The former Formula One team Minardi has merged with the team, to form "Minardi Piquet Racing". The cars will be driven by Negrão and Spainard Roldán Rodríguez, since Piquet himself has moved up to Formula One, as test-driver for the Renault team.

2006
Drivers: Nelson Angelo Piquet, Alexandre Sarnes Negrão
Main Sponsor: ?
Final results: 2nd with Piquet, 13th with Negrão
Wins: 4
Points: 115

2005
Drivers: Nelson Angelo Piquet, Alexandre Sarnes Negrão
Main Sponsor: Taurus
Final results: 8th with Piquet, 19th with Negrão
Wins: 1
Points: 50

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