P1 Motorsport
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Motorsport |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Founder | Roly Vincini |
| Defunct | 2013 |
| Fate | Ownership transferred to Nick Leventis; rebranded as P1 by Strakka Racing |
| Headquarters | Norfolk , England, United Kingdom |
| Products | Racing teams and motorsport competition entries |
P1 Motorsport was a British racing outfit headquartered in Norfolk, England. They participated in the World Series by Renault until 2013, when ownership transferred to Nick Leventis, the owner-driver of Strakka Racing, leading to the team's rebranding as P1 by Strakka Racing.
British Formula 3
Established in 1990 by Roly Vincini, a former engineer for Brabham and Lotus Formula 1 teams, P1 Motorsport made its British Formula 3 Championship debut in 1992 with a three-car lineup, achieving fifth place in the Drivers' standings. The team briefly operated under the name P1 Engineering before exiting the championship at the conclusion of that year.
The team returned in 2003 under the name P1 Racing, running Canadian driver Billy Asaro, who ended the season fifteenth in the rankings. In 2004, competing again as P1 Motorsport, they entered Northern Irish driver Adam Carroll alongside Venezuelan Ernesto Viso. Carroll secured five victories and finished second behind Nelson Piquet Jr., while Viso claimed one win before moving mid-season to Formula 3000 and being replaced by Malaysian Fairuz Fauzy.
During the 2005 season, P1 Motorsport fielded Brazilian Danilo Dirani in the Championship class and Mexican Salvador Durán in the National class, which featured older chassis. Dirani won the opening two races and concluded sixth overall; Durán dominated his category with nine class victories, earning the National title. The team withdrew from British F3 competition at the end of that year.
World Series by Renault
P1 Motorsport entered the World Series by Renault in 2007 through a collaboration with Italian squad Cram Motorsport, competing as Cram By P1 Europe. With drivers Fairuz Fauzy and British racer Pippa Mann, they finished eleventh in the Teams' championship.
In 2008, rebranded as P1 Motorsport, they signed Giedo van der Garde and retained Mann. Van der Garde secured five wins and clinched the drivers' championship with two rounds remaining; Mann achieved points finishes to place twenty-fifth overall. The team ended the season third in the Teams' standings behind Ultimate Signature and champions Tech 1 Racing.
For the 2009 campaign, James Walker and Daniil Move delivered commendable results, finishing fifth and tenth respectively. However, a severe factory fire prior to the Nürburgring round destroyed nearly all team assets. Rapidly responding, P1 Motorsport established new operations at Hethel Engineering Centre near Norwich to maintain their competitive presence.
Formula Renault 3.5
| Formula Renault 3.5 Performance | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F.L. | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
| 2008 | Dallara T08-Renault | Template:Country data NLDTemplate:Namespace detect showall Giedo van der Garde | 15 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 137 | 1st | 3rd |
| Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Pippa Mann | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25th | |||
| 2009 | Dallara T08-Renault | Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall James Walker | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 89 | 5th | 3rd |
| Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Daniil Move | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 10th | |||
| 2010 | Dallara T08-Renault | Template:Country data AUTTemplate:Namespace detect showall Walter Grubmüller | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16th | 11th |
| Template:Country data CZETemplate:Namespace detect showall Jan Charouz | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 18th | |||
| Template:Country data NZLTemplate:Namespace detect showall Brendon Hartley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0* | 10th* | |||
Notes:
- Hartley accumulated an additional fifty points competing for Tech 1 Racing during that same season.