Comtec Racing
Encyclopedia
Comtec Racing is a motor racing team based in the United Kingdom
. It competes in two championships — Formula Renault
and World Series by Renault
.
finished fourth.
In 2005, the team competed in the European and French Formula Renault Championships with Westley Barber and Pippa Mann
.
In 2006, Comtec competed in the World Series by Renault
. Alx Danielsson
won the championship. Pippa Mann continued to drive in the Eurocup.
In 2007, the team used several drivers. Alejandro Núñez
finished 13th in the standings with one win.
In 2008, Marco Bonanomi
and Pasquale Di Sabatino
joined the team. Bonanomi won two pole positions but finished 11th. Di Sabatino was replaced for the final four races by Duncan Tappy
.
In 2009, Jon Lancaster
led the team. He gained a pole positon and one win after joining the championship half way. The other seat changed between Anton Nebylitskiy
, Harald Schlegelmilch
, Alexandre Marsoin
, John Martin
, Max Chilton
and Alberto Valerio
.
In 2010 the team was led by Stefano Coletti
and finished 5th. Greg Mansell
was the team's other driver.
In 2011, Comtec signed rookies Daniel Mckenzie
and Daniël de Jong
. New Zealander Chris Van Der Drift has been testing the car to help the two Daniels in there quest to improve.
The team is based close to the Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit
in Norfolk
.
; Marr
driving the car to illustrate the political scandal in 1997 between Bernie Ecclestone
and the newly-elected Labour Party
. The team has also appeared in the BBC motoring programme Top Gear
, where presenter Richard Hammond
drove a Comtec Formula Renault
and then World Series by Renault
car before moving up to a Renault
Formula One
car.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. It competes in two championships — Formula Renault
Formula Renault
Formula Renault is a class of formula racing founded in 1971. It is popular in Europe and other countries. Regarded as an entry-level series to motor racing, it is a respected series where drivers can learn advanced racecraft before moving on to Formula Three, World Series by Renault, GP2 or...
and World Series by Renault
World Series by Renault
The World Series by Renault, formerly the World Series by Nissan from 1998 to 2004, is a motor racing series. The series consists of the flagship Formula Renault 3.5 Series , the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and the Eurocup Mégane Trophy...
.
History
The team started out in Formula Ford before moving to Formula Renault UK. In the team's first season Westley Barber finished second and Susie StoddartSusie Stoddart
Susie Wolff is a Scottish racing driver. She has progressed through the ranks of motorsport, starting off in karting, then moving up to Formula Renault and Formula 3 before moving to the DTM to compete for Mercedes-Benz since 2006...
finished fourth.
In 2005, the team competed in the European and French Formula Renault Championships with Westley Barber and Pippa Mann
Pippa Mann
Philippa "Pippa" Mann is a British racing car driver, who is currently competing in the IZOD IndyCar Series. She was born in London, United Kingdom.- Career :...
.
In 2006, Comtec competed in the World Series by Renault
World Series by Renault
The World Series by Renault, formerly the World Series by Nissan from 1998 to 2004, is a motor racing series. The series consists of the flagship Formula Renault 3.5 Series , the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and the Eurocup Mégane Trophy...
. Alx Danielsson
Alx Danielsson
Alx [Alexander] Danielsson is a Swedish racing driver and the 2006 champion of the Formula Renault 3.5 Series.Danielsson's career started in karting in 1998, where he stayed until 1999 before moving up to Formula Ford...
won the championship. Pippa Mann continued to drive in the Eurocup.
In 2007, the team used several drivers. Alejandro Núñez
Alejandro Núñez
Alejandro Núñez is a Spanish racing driver who is currently competing in the Porsche Supercup, Spanish Formula 3 and, most recently, has signed with the Trident Racing team to compete in the International Formula Master series....
finished 13th in the standings with one win.
In 2008, Marco Bonanomi
Marco Bonanomi
-Formula Renault:Bonanomi began his car racing career in 2001 by competing in a few rounds of the Formula Renault Eurocup and Italian Formula Renault championships with the Cram Competition team...
and Pasquale Di Sabatino
Pasquale di Sabatino
Pasquale Di Sabatino is a professional racing driver from Italy.-Formula Junior:After an early career in karting, Di Sabatino stepped up to single–seaters in 2005, racing in the Italian Formula Junior 1600 series...
joined the team. Bonanomi won two pole positions but finished 11th. Di Sabatino was replaced for the final four races by Duncan Tappy
Duncan Tappy
Duncan Tappy is a professional racing driver from the United Kingdom.-Career:Tappy began his racing career in 2003 in the Zip Formula Great Britain series....
.
In 2009, Jon Lancaster
Jon Lancaster
Jon Lancaster is an English racing driver.-Formula Renault 2.0:Having competed in karting between 1999 and 2006, Lancaster moved up to single-seater formulae racing, by competing in two Formula Ford races in the Stars of Silverstone series, winning one before moving into the Formula Renault 2.0 UK...
led the team. He gained a pole positon and one win after joining the championship half way. The other seat changed between Anton Nebylitskiy
Anton Nebylitskiy
Anton Nikitovich Nebylitskiy is a professional racing driver from Russia.-Formula Russia:Nebylitskiy began his racing career in 2004 in the Formula Russia series, finishing eighth in the standings.-Formula Renault 2.0:...
, Harald Schlegelmilch
Harald Schlegelmilch
Haralds Šlēgelmilhs, known internationally as Harald Schlegelmilch is a Latvian racing driver.-Career:...
, Alexandre Marsoin
Alexandre Marsoin
Alexandre Marsoin is a professional racing driver from France.-Formula Renault:After an early career in karting, Marsoin made his racing debut in 2005 in the Formula Renault Campus France series, finishing the year in eighth position...
, John Martin
John Martin (racing driver)
John Martin is an Australian championship winning open-wheel motor racing driver. Martin has been racing in European based open-wheel series since 2006. In that time Martin has had a wide experience of open-wheel racing having driven in various national and international series driving Formula...
, Max Chilton
Max Chilton
Max Alexander Chilton is a British racing driver who currently races for Carlin in the GP2 Series. He attended Ardingly College, West Sussex from 1999 to 2008...
and Alberto Valerio
Alberto Valerio
-Formula Three:Valerio drove in the Formula Three Sudamericana championship from 2003 to 2005, winning the title in his final year of the category. For 2006 he moved to the British championship, finishing 11th in the championship...
.
In 2010 the team was led by Stefano Coletti
Stefano Coletti
Stefano Coletti is a professional racing driver from Monaco.-Karting:Coletti enjoyed a successful karting career prior to moving into single-seater racing...
and finished 5th. Greg Mansell
Greg Mansell
Greg Mansell is a British racing driver and road cyclist, currently racing in cycling's Halfords Tour Series, having previously competed in motorsports Formula Renault 3.5 Series...
was the team's other driver.
In 2011, Comtec signed rookies Daniel Mckenzie
Daniel McKenzie (racing driver)
Daniel McKenzie is a professional British racing driver from England.-Early career:Like most young drivers, McKenzie began his career in karting, racing in the Junior Rotax class before making his car racing debut in the Radical SR4 Biduro Championship in 2005, where he finished in fourth...
and Daniël de Jong
Daniël de Jong
Daniël de Jong is a professional racing driver from the Netherlands.-Formula Renault 2.0:After a lengthy karting career in his native Holland and a brief stint in the Dutch Winter Endurance Series, de Jong made his single–seater debut in 2008 in the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup ,...
. New Zealander Chris Van Der Drift has been testing the car to help the two Daniels in there quest to improve.
The team is based close to the Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit
Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit
Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit is a motor racing circuit in Norfolk, England. Owned by MotorSport Vision, it is situated on the A11 road some 20 km north-east of the town of Thetford and 30 km south-west of the city of Norwich...
in Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
.
Television appearances
In June 2007, the team's WSR car was featured in the BBC television programme Andrew Marr's History of Modern BritainAndrew Marr's History of Modern Britain
Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain is a 2007 BBC documentary television series presented by Andrew Marr that covers the period of British history from the end of the Second World War onwards...
; Marr
Andrew Marr
Andrew William Stevenson Marr is a Scottish journalist and political commentator. He edited The Independent for two years until May 1998, and was political editor of BBC News from 2000 until 2005....
driving the car to illustrate the political scandal in 1997 between Bernie Ecclestone
Bernie Ecclestone
Bernard Charles "Bernie" Ecclestone is an English business magnate, as president and CEO of Formula One Management and Formula One Administration and through his part-ownership of Alpha Prema, the parent company of the Formula One Group of companies. As such, he is generally considered the primary...
and the newly-elected Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
. The team has also appeared in the BBC motoring programme Top Gear
Top Gear (current format)
Top Gear is a British television series about motor vehicles, primarily cars. It began in 1977 as a conventional motoring magazine show. Over time, and especially since a relaunch in 2002, it has developed a quirky, humorous style...
, where presenter Richard Hammond
Richard Hammond
Richard Mark Hammond is an English broadcaster, writer, and journalist most noted for co-hosting car programme Top Gear with Jeremy Clarkson and James May, as well as presenting Brainiac: Science Abuse on Sky 1.-Early life:...
drove a Comtec Formula Renault
Formula Renault
Formula Renault is a class of formula racing founded in 1971. It is popular in Europe and other countries. Regarded as an entry-level series to motor racing, it is a respected series where drivers can learn advanced racecraft before moving on to Formula Three, World Series by Renault, GP2 or...
and then World Series by Renault
World Series by Renault
The World Series by Renault, formerly the World Series by Nissan from 1998 to 2004, is a motor racing series. The series consists of the flagship Formula Renault 3.5 Series , the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and the Eurocup Mégane Trophy...
car before moving up to a Renault
Renault F1
Lotus Renault GP, formerly the Renault F1 Team, is a British Formula One racing team. The Oxfordshire-based team can trace its roots back through the Benetton team of the late 1980s and 1990s to the Toleman team of the early 1980s. Renault had also competed in various forms since , before taking...
Formula One
Formula One
Formula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1 and referred to officially as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of single seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" designation in the name refers to a set of rules with which...
car.
World Series by Renault
| World Series by Renault World Series by Renault The World Series by Renault, formerly the World Series by Nissan from 1998 to 2004, is a motor racing series. The series consists of the flagship Formula Renault 3.5 Series , the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and the Eurocup Mégane Trophy... results |
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| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
| 2006 2006 World Series by Renault season The 2006 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season began on April 29 at Zolder, Belgium and finished in Barcelona, Spain on October 29 after 17 races.-Driver lineup:-Calendar and race winners :... |
Dallara Dallara Dallara Automobili is an Italian chassis manufacturer for various motor racing series, being most notable for its near-monopoly in Formula 3 since 1993... T02-Renault Renault Renault S.A. is a French automaker producing cars, vans, and in the past, autorail vehicles, trucks, tractors, vans and also buses/coaches. Its alliance with Nissan makes it the world's third largest automaker... |
 Alx DanielssonAlx Danielsson Alx [Alexander] Danielsson is a Swedish racing driver and the 2006 champion of the Formula Renault 3.5 Series.Danielsson's career started in karting in 1998, where he stayed until 1999 before moving up to Formula Ford... |
17 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 112 | 1st | 3rd |
| Edwin Jowsey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | |||
 Jaap van LagenJaap van Lagen Jaap van Lagen is a Dutch racing driver, who is a former competitor in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series and a former Eurocup Megane Trophy champion.... |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 28th | |||
 Carlos IaconelliCarlos Iaconelli -Career:He spent much of his early career in karting before moving into single-seaters in 2004, where he competed in both Brazilian Formula Renault and the South American Formula Three championship. In 2005 he contested six races in the Spanish Formula Three Championship, finishing the season 20th... |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | |||
 Celso MiguezCelso Míguez Celso Míguez Pereira is a Spanish racing driver. He has competed in such series as Formula Renault 3.5 Series, World Series Lights and Euroseries 3000. He was runner-up to Bruno Méndez in the 2009 European F3 Open season and collected five wins over the course of the races.-External links:* *... |
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 24th | |||
| 2007 2007 World Series by Renault season The 2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season began on April 14, 2007 in Monza, Italy and finished in Barcelona, Spain on October 28, 2007 after 17 races.-Technical:... |
Dallara Dallara Dallara Automobili is an Italian chassis manufacturer for various motor racing series, being most notable for its near-monopoly in Formula 3 since 1993... T02-Renault Renault Renault S.A. is a French automaker producing cars, vans, and in the past, autorail vehicles, trucks, tractors, vans and also buses/coaches. Its alliance with Nissan makes it the world's third largest automaker... |
Jaap van Lagen Jaap van Lagen Jaap van Lagen is a Dutch racing driver, who is a former competitor in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series and a former Eurocup Megane Trophy champion.... |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 13th |
 Michael HerckMichael Herck Michael Herck is a Belgian-Romanian race car driver. He currently drives for the Scuderia Coloni team in the GP2 Series.-Early life:... |
14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | |||
| Alejandro Núñez Alejandro Núñez Alejandro Núñez is a Spanish racing driver who is currently competing in the Porsche Supercup, Spanish Formula 3 and, most recently, has signed with the Trident Racing team to compete in the International Formula Master series.... |
16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 18th |