Escuderia TEC-Auto
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Escuderia TEC-Auto is a racing
Auto racing
Auto racing is a motorsport involving the racing of cars for competition. It is one of the world's most watched televised sports.-The beginning of racing:...

 team from Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

. It was founded in 2003 after the acquisition by Carlos Cosidó and Paul South of the Azteca Motor Sport. In 2004 the team changed its name and appears for the first time with the denomination of TEC Auto. That year the drivers were the Argentinian
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 Ricardo Risatti
Ricardo Risatti
Ricardo Caíto Risatti is an Argentine racing driver who has progressed through the ranks of formula single-seater racing in South America and Europe. He was the 2006 Spanish Formula Three champion and now competes in the Argentine touring car series, TC 2000.-Career history:Risatti began his...

 and the Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 Ferdinand Kool.

The 2006 was the year of the first title thanks to the Argentinian
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 Risatti
Ricardo Risatti
Ricardo Caíto Risatti is an Argentine racing driver who has progressed through the ranks of formula single-seater racing in South America and Europe. He was the 2006 Spanish Formula Three champion and now competes in the Argentine touring car series, TC 2000.-Career history:Risatti began his...

, but the team still failed the victory in the Teams Championship, coming second, only behind Racing Engineering
Racing Engineering
Racing Engineering is a Spanish racing team founded in 1999 by Alfonso de Orléans-Borbón. The team's headquarters are located in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, near Jerez, in a state-of-the-art factory, where all car preparation and race team organization is based....

. In 2007
2007 Spanish Formula Three season
The 2007 Spanish Formula Three season was the 7th Spanish Formula Three Championship season. It commenced on March 31, 2007 and ended on November 11 after sixteen races, with Spanish driver Máximo Cortés crowned champion.-Teams and drivers:...

 the team repeat victory in the Drivers Championship, this time with the Spanish
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

 Máximo Cortés
Máximo Cortés
Máximo Cortés is a Spanish racing driver who competes in single seater formulae.-Formula Three:After a first successful season in the Master Junior Formula, finishing the season as runner-up, Cortés graduated to Spanish Formula Three Championship in 2006 with Spanish team Escuderia TEC-Auto...

 and finally the team win the Teams Championship.

For the 2008 season, TEC Auto will still focus exclusively on the Spanish Formula 3
Spanish Formula Three
The European F3 Open Championship is a junior formula racing series based in Spain. It is one of six national and international Formula Three championships in Europe and Scandinavia that together form an important part of the established "career ladder" below Formula One. The championship's first...

, but with the aim of major competitions, such like GP2 Series
GP2 Series
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.

Spanish Formula 3

Spanish Formula Three
Spanish Formula Three
The European F3 Open Championship is a junior formula racing series based in Spain. It is one of six national and international Formula Three championships in Europe and Scandinavia that together form an important part of the established "career ladder" below Formula One. The championship's first...

 results
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles FLaps Points D.C. T.C.
2004 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...

 F300-Toyota
  Ferdinand Kool 13 0 0 0 12 13th 5th
  Ricardo Risatti
Ricardo Risatti
Ricardo Caíto Risatti is an Argentine racing driver who has progressed through the ranks of formula single-seater racing in South America and Europe. He was the 2006 Spanish Formula Three champion and now competes in the Argentine touring car series, TC 2000.-Career history:Risatti began his...

14 0 0 0 50 5th
  Juan Cáceres
Juan Cáceres
Juan Ignacio Cáceres is a Uruguayan race car driver from Punta del Este.Caceres began racing in Europe in 2001 and has competed in Italian Formula Renault, Spanish/Portuguese Formula BMW Junior Cup , and Spanish Formula Three. In 2005 he drove in Italian Formula 3000 and had a Formula One test...

6 0 0 0 10 14th
2005 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...

 F305-Toyota
  Juan Manuel Polar 7 0 0 0 7 13th 6th
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...

 F300-Toyota
  Carlos Alvarez 4 0 0 0 28 18th
  Carlos Cosidó 8 0 0 0 4 18th
2006 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...

 F305-Toyota
  Máximo Cortés
Máximo Cortés
Máximo Cortés is a Spanish racing driver who competes in single seater formulae.-Formula Three:After a first successful season in the Master Junior Formula, finishing the season as runner-up, Cortés graduated to Spanish Formula Three Championship in 2006 with Spanish team Escuderia TEC-Auto...

16 2 2 3 93 3rd 2nd
  Ricardo Risatti
Ricardo Risatti
Ricardo Caíto Risatti is an Argentine racing driver who has progressed through the ranks of formula single-seater racing in South America and Europe. He was the 2006 Spanish Formula Three champion and now competes in the Argentine touring car series, TC 2000.-Career history:Risatti began his...

16 5 3 7 117 1st
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...

 F300-Toyota
  Iago Rego 10 0 0 0 2 19th
  Alby Ramirez 2 0 0 0 0 N/A
  Carlos Cosidó 16 0 0 0 0 N/A
2007
2007 Spanish Formula Three season
The 2007 Spanish Formula Three season was the 7th Spanish Formula Three Championship season. It commenced on March 31, 2007 and ended on November 11 after sixteen races, with Spanish driver Máximo Cortés crowned champion.-Teams and drivers:...

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...

 F306-Fiat
Fiat
FIAT, an acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino , is an Italian automobile manufacturer, engine manufacturer, financial, and industrial group based in Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont. Fiat was founded in 1899 by a group of investors including Giovanni Agnelli...

  Máximo Cortés
Máximo Cortés
Máximo Cortés is a Spanish racing driver who competes in single seater formulae.-Formula Three:After a first successful season in the Master Junior Formula, finishing the season as runner-up, Cortés graduated to Spanish Formula Three Championship in 2006 with Spanish team Escuderia TEC-Auto...

16 6 4 9 117 1st 1st
  Marco Barba
Marco Barba
Marco Antonio Barba López is a Spanish racing driver and brother to Álvaro Barba.-Formula Junior 1600:Barba began his racing career in 2003 in the Spanish Formula Junior 1600 series, taking a single podium and two pole positions to finish the year in 12th place...

16 3 0 0 113 2nd
  Manuel Cerqueda Jr. 16 0 0 0 66 6th
  Marcos Martinez Ucha
Marcos Martinez Ucha
Marcos Martínez Ucha is a professional racecar driver.-Career:Martínez competed in karting events from 1998 until 2002, when he entered Spanish Formula Junior. He would stay there with moderate success for three years, moving to Spanish Formula Three in 2005 with the team Racing Engineering and...

4 0 0 0 14 13th
  Francisco Villar 4 0 0 0 0 N/A
2008
2008 Spanish Formula Three season
The 2008 Spanish Formula Three season was the 8th Spanish Formula Three Championship season. It commenced on May 3, 2008 and ended on November 2. The Spanish driver Germán Sánchez was crowned champion, two points ahead of runner-up Nelson Panciatici, who was driving an older 'B-class' car...

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...

 F308-Fiat
Fiat
FIAT, an acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino , is an Italian automobile manufacturer, engine manufacturer, financial, and industrial group based in Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont. Fiat was founded in 1899 by a group of investors including Giovanni Agnelli...

  Víctor García
  Gustavo Yacamán
  Bruno Méndez
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...

 F306-Fiat
Fiat
FIAT, an acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino , is an Italian automobile manufacturer, engine manufacturer, financial, and industrial group based in Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont. Fiat was founded in 1899 by a group of investors including Giovanni Agnelli...

  Toño Fernández

  • D.C. = Drivers' Championship position, T.C. = Teams' Championship position.

Timeline

Type 2000s
03 04 05 06 07 08
Formulas
Formula racing
Formula racing is a term that refers to various forms of open wheeled single seater motorsport. Its origin lies in the nomenclature that was adopted by the FIA for all of its post-World War II single seater regulations, or formulae. The best known of these formulæ are Formula One, Formula Two, and...

Spanish Formula Three Championship

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