ART Grand Prix is a French motor racing team that competes in formula single-seaters in Europe. It was founded in 1991.
Creation[]
ART Grand Prix was created in a collaborative project between Frédéric Vasseur, the principal of ASM Formule 3, and Nicolas Todt, the son of Ferrari's former CEO Jean Todt. Vasseur wanted to expand his championship-winning Formula Three team into the newly created GP2 Series that supports Grands Prix in Europe, while Nicolas Todt had expressed an interest in team management. He had become involved in motorsport as a driver manager, and was notable for representing Felipe Massa. Todt took charge of the new team's commercial and promotional interests, while Vasseur managed the day-to-day running of the operation. ART is based at the ASM workshops at Villeneuve-la-Guyard in the département of Yonne, France.
Immediate success[]
In ART Grand Prix's debut season, it employed F3 Euroseries graduates Alexandre Prémat, of France, and Nico Rosberg, of Germany. Against drivers who had prior experience at this level, from Formula 3000, Rosberg became the inaugural GP2 Drivers' Champion. He showed consistency, with points scoring results at every race meeting, and his championship challenge became stronger as the year progressed. Prémat was 4th in the championship, which was enough to provide ART with the Teams' Championship title. Rosberg's increasingly rapid rise to the top continued when he graduated to Formula One with Williams.
Prémat remained with ART in 2006,[1] and was joined by Britain's Lewis Hamilton.[2] He was a logical choice, having dominated the F3 Euroseries with ASM Formule 3, ART's sister team. Hamilton took an impressive title in his debut season, though his performances faltered slightly mid-season against an increased challenge from the eventual runner-up, Nelson Piquet, Jr.. Prémat was a consistent and reliable number two to Hamilton; his third position in the Drivers' Championship contributed to ART's second consecutive Teams' title.
It is understood that ART have launched an entry into Formula One as one of many candidates to fill in the 13th slot for the 2011 Formula One season with a possible partnership from the now-defunct Toyota Racing grand Prix team.
Formula one entry bid[]
ART Grand Prix announced their entry bid for Formula 1 on 13 May 2010.[3]
Results[]
GP2 Series[]
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Dallara-Mecachrome |  Nico Rosberg
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23 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 120 | 1st | 1st |
 Alexandre Prémat
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23 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 67 | 4th | |||
| 2006 | Dallara-Mecachrome |  Lewis Hamilton
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21 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 114 | 1st | 1st |
| Alexandre Prémat
|
21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 3rd | |||
| 2007 | Dallara-Mecachrome |  Lucas di Grassi
|
21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 2nd | 2nd |
 Sébastien Buemi
|
11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 21st | |||
 Mikhail Aleshin
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25th | |||
| Michael Ammermüller
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6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26th | |||
| 2008 | Dallara-Mecachrome |  Luca Filippi
|
10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19th | 5th |
 Sakon Yamamoto
|
10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23rd | |||
| Romain Grosjean
|
20 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 62 | 4th | |||
| 2009 | Dallara-Mecachrome |  Pastor Maldonado
|
20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 6th | 1st |
| Nico Hülkenberg
|
20 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 100 | 1st | |||
| 2010 | Dallara-Mecachrome | Jules Bianchi
|
4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5th | |
| Sam Bird
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12th |
- D.C. = Drivers' Championship position, T.C. = Teams' Championship position.
- Reference: GP2 and Formula 3000 entrylist and complete results
Formula Three[]
ART Grand Prix competed the Formula Three Euroseries as ASM Formule 3 from 2003 to 2007.[4]
| Formula Three Euroseries | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Car | Drivers | Wins | Poles | F.Laps | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
| 2003 | Dallara F303-Mercedes HWA | Alexandre Prémat
|
1 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 7th | 1st |
| Olivier Pla
|
0 | 3 | 0 | 74 | 3rd | |||
 Bruno Spengler
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 10th | |||
| Jamie Green
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 20th | |||
| 2004 | Dallara F303-Mercedes HWA | Alexandre Prémat
|
3 | 4 | 88 | 2nd | 1st | |
| Jamie Green
|
7 | 6 | 139 | 1st | ||||
| Eric Salignon
|
3 | 2 | 64 | 6th | ||||
| 2005 | Dallara F305-Mercedes HWA | Lewis Hamilton
|
15 | 8 | 172 | 1st | 1st | |
| Adrian Sutil
|
2 | 1 | 94 | 2nd | ||||
| 2006 | Dallara F305-Mercedes HWA | Sebastian Vettel
|
4 | 1 | 75 | 2nd | 1st | |
| Paul di Resta
|
5 | 3 | 86 | 1st | ||||
 Giedo van der Garde
|
1 | 1 | 37 | 6th | ||||
| Kamui Kobayashi
|
0 | 1 | 34 | 8th | ||||
| 2007 | Dallara F305-Mercedes HWA | Kamui Kobayashi
|
1 | 1 | 59 | 4th | 1st | |
| Romain Grosjean
|
6 | 4 | 106 | 1st | ||||
| Nico Hülkenberg
|
4 | 2 | 72 | 3rd | ||||
| Tom Dillmann
|
0 | 0 | 23 | 9th | ||||
| 2008 | Dallara F308-Mercedes HWA | Nico Hülkenberg
|
7 | 6 | 7 | 85 | 1st | 1st |
| James Jakes
|
1 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 13th | |||
| Jules Bianchi
|
2 | 2 | 1 | 47 | 3rd | |||
| Jon Lancaster
|
1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 12th | |||
| 2009 | Dallara F308-Mercedes HWA | Jules Bianchi
|
9 | 6 | 7 | 114 | 1st | 1st |
 Valtteri Bottas
|
2 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 3rd | |||
 Esteban Gutiérrez
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 9th | |||
| Adrien Tambay
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23rd | |||
| 2010 | Dallara F308-Mercedes HWA | Valtteri Bottas
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| Alexander Sims
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| Jim Pla
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D.C. = Drivers' Championship position, T.C. = Teams' Championship position.
GP3[]
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Dallara |  Alexander Rossi
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| Esteban Gutiérrez
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| Pedro Enrique
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D.C. = Drivers' Championship position, T.C. = Teams' Championship position.
See also[]
Template:GP2 Series teams Template:GP2 Asia Series teams Template:GP3 Series teams
References[]
- ↑ Premat renews with ART, autosport.com (5 January 2006).
- ↑ Hamilton confirmed at ART, autosport.com (19 January 2006).
- ↑ http://www.thef1times.com/news/display/01036
- ↑ "Champions ASM renamed ART". autosport.com. 2007-11-28. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/64136. Retrieved 2007-11-28.