Addax Team

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Flag of Spain.svg Addax Team
Addax Team (logo).jpg
Founded2009
Folded2013
Team principal(s) Alejandro Agag
Ignacio Muñoz-Alonso
Former series GP2 Series
GP2 Asia Series
GP3 Series
Noted drivers Flag of Venezuela.svg Johnny Cecotto Jr.
Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean
Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Pérez
Flag of Russia.svg Vitaly Petrov
Flag of France.svg Charles Pic
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Giedo van der Garde
Teams'
Championships
GP2 Series :
2011

Addax, or Barwa Addax was a Spanish motorsport team owned by the bank Addax Capital, which competed in the GP2, GP3 and GP2 Asia Series.

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Team history

GP2 Series

Vitaly Petrov driving for Campos Racing at the 2008 Silverstone GP2 Series round. Vitaly Petrov 2008 GP2 Silverstone.jpg
Vitaly Petrov driving for Campos Racing at the 2008 Silverstone GP2 Series round.

Barwa Addax was formed as a result of Alejandro Agag purchase of the Campos Racing GP2 team. Campos Racing was started by former Formula One driver Adrián Campos in 1998, and competed in the GP2 Series since its inaugural season in 2005. After the 2008 season, in which Campos won the teams' championship, he elected to step down and pass control of the GP2 team to Agag, a businessman with motorsport interests. Campos Racing continues to compete in the European F3 Open Championship, and in 2010 they entered Formula One as Campos Meta 1 before being taken over and renamed Hispania Racing. Agag renamed the team Addax after the eponymous species of antelope, and retained the name of team sponsor Barwa International, a Qatari real estate company, for the 2009 season.

Addax signed 2008 GP2 Asia Series season champion Romain Grosjean and existing Campos driver Vitaly Petrov for its 2009 campaign. Grosjean took the team's first pole position during the opening qualifying session of the season, in Barcelona. [1] He also took the team's first win, leading home Petrov in a 1–2 finish. [2] Both drivers quickly established themselves as championship contenders.

Vitaly Petrov driving for Barwa Addax at the 2009 Istanbul Park GP2 Series round. Vitaly Petrov 2009 GP2 Turkey.jpg
Vitaly Petrov driving for Barwa Addax at the 2009 Istanbul Park GP2 Series round.

Following Nelson Piquet Jr.'s departure from the Renault F1 team, Grosjean, who was the team's third driver, was drafted in to replace him from the 2009 European Grand Prix onwards. Grosjean's seat was taken by Durango driver Davide Valsecchi. Despite his absence from the final eight races of the season, Grosjean finished fourth in the championship with two wins, a tally matched by Petrov, who was Nico Hülkenberg's main rival for the championship and eventually finished runner-up. Addax had the consolation of winning the teams' championship in the first season competing with its new name.

For the 2010 season, Petrov graduated to Formula One, also with Renault, and Valsecchi moved to the iSport International team, so Addax signed second-year drivers Giedo van der Garde and Sergio Pérez. [3] Pérez quickly assumed the role of team leader, winning five races and establishing himself as eventual champion Pastor Maldonado's main rival, whilst Van der Garde finished seventh overall with three podium finishes. Addax was narrowly beaten to the teams' championship by Rapax, which scored five more points.

Giedo van der Garde driving for Addax at the 2011 Monza GP2 Series round. G van der Garde Monza 2011.jpg
Giedo van der Garde driving for Addax at the 2011 Monza GP2 Series round.

Van der Garde remained with the team for the 2011 season, and the F1-bound Pérez was replaced by Charles Pic, now also in his second year in GP2. Although he did not win a race, Van der Garde scored a consistent string of podium finishes in the first half of the season which established him in second place in the championship behind runaway leader Grosjean, now back in the series and driving for DAMS. However, he slipped back to fifth in the standings after a poor end to the season and was pipped by Pic, who impressed with three pole positions and two race victories. Despite finishing fourth and fifth in the drivers' standings, Addax won its second teams' championship by virtue of the fact that the top three—Grosjean, Luca Filippi and Jules Bianchi—had all been partnered with teammates who scored much fewer points by comparison.

For the 2012 season, Pic graduated to F1 with Marussia and Van der Garde moved to the Caterham Racing team as part of his deal to become the Caterham F1 team's reserve driver; Addax signed the unfancied pairing of Johnny Cecotto Jr. and Josef Král to replace them. Having previously scored a meagre four points over more than two years of GP2, Cecotto made a breakthrough with Addax, winning the feature races at Monaco (from pole position) and Hockenheim. However, his inconsistency limited him to ninth overall in the drivers' championship. On the other side of the garage, Král was replaced by HRT F1 third driver Dani Clos for four races after the first round of the championship, and then endured a run of twelve races without scoring, before taking his own first series victory in the sprint race at Monza. He was then replaced for the final two races of the championship by rookie Jake Rosenzweig, who, like Clos before him, failed to score. As a result of this inconsistent season, Addax dropped to eighth place in the teams' standings.

GP2 Asia Series

Addax also took over Campos Racing's entry in the GP2 Asia Series. In the 2008–09 season, Petrov and Pérez finished fifth and seventh respectively in the drivers' standings, with three wins between them, whilst Addax finished third in the teams' standings. For the 2009–10 season, the team ran the drivers it would employ for the main series (Pérez and Van der Garde) at some rounds, but also fielded Max Chilton, Luiz Razia and Rodolfo González at others; the changes restricted the team to tenth in the championship. For the final GP2 Asia season in 2011, Addax reverted to running its main series drivers (Van der Garde and Pic) throughout. Van der Garde took two podium finishes to finish third overall, but Pic failed to score any points.

GP3 Series

Addax was one of ten teams granted entries for the inaugural GP3 Series championship in 2010. It was one of only two existing GP2 teams to compete in GP3 as well, the other being ART Grand Prix. The team's three drivers were Felipe Guimarães, Pablo Sánchez López and Mirko Bortolotti. None of the three featured strongly, with two podium finishes between them the team's best results, and they finished 16th, 30th and 11th in the championship respectively. Addax finished eighth in the teams' championship.

For the 2011 season, Addax recruited Dominic Storey, Gabriel Chaves and Dean Smith. Chaves was the only driver to complete the season, as Storey was replaced by Tom Dillmann after two rounds of the championship, and Vittorio Ghirelli took Smith's seat for the final round. On this occasion, Smith was the best of the five, scoring two podium finishes and setting a fastest lap to take 12th overall; Chaves was 19th and Storey 37th; Dillman and Ghirelli were 14th and 25th having also competed for other teams. Addax again finished eighth in the teams' championship, but with eight more points than in 2010. Addax elected to withdraw from the GP3 Series following the conclusion of the 2011 season.

Staff (2009)

Results

GP2 Series

YearCarDriversRacesWinsPolesF.L.PointsD.C.T.C.
2009 Dallara GP2/08-Mecachrome Flag of Russia.svg Vitaly Petrov 20222752nd2nd
Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean 12232454th
Flag of Italy.svg Davide Valsecchi [lower-alpha 1] 80001217th
2010 Dallara GP2/08-Mecachrome Flag of the Netherlands.svg Giedo van der Garde 20000397th2nd
Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Pérez 20515712nd
2011 Dallara GP2/11-Mecachrome Flag of France.svg Charles Pic 18230524th1st
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Giedo van der Garde 18011495th
2012 Dallara GP2/11-Mecachrome Flag of Venezuela.svg Johnny Cecotto Jr. 242111049th8th
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Josef Král 161002717th
Flag of Spain.svg Dani Clos 4000028th
Flag of the United States.svg Jake Rosenzweig 4000032nd
2013 Dallara GP2/11-Mecachrome Flag of Indonesia.svg Rio Haryanto 220002219th12th
Flag of the United States.svg Jake Rosenzweig 22000028th

In detail

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearChassis
Engine
Tyres
Drivers123456789101112131415161718192021222324T.C.Points
2009 GP2/08
Renault
B
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
FEA
IST
FEA
IST
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
NÜR
FEA
NÜR
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
ALG
FEA
ALG
SPR
2nd122
Flag of Russia.svg Vitaly Petrov 292613151044Ret1213Ret6254Ret
Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean 12117†Ret125418†5104
Flag of Italy.svg Davide Valsecchi 10RetRet8149714
2010 GP2/08
Renault
B
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
IST
FEA
IST
SPR
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HOC
FEA
HOC
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
2nd110
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Giedo van der Garde 209624342971295492RetRetRet19
Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Pérez 4Ret16DSQ7111651213Ret71Ret131Ret
2011 GP2/11
Mecachrome
P
IST
FEA
IST
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
NÜR
FEA
NÜR
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
1st101
Flag of France.svg Charles Pic 7411981RetRet11102DSQ213Ret192Ret
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Giedo van der Garde 422RetRet923836Ret44Ret202113
2012 GP2/11
Mecachrome
P
SEP
FEA
SEP
SPR
BHR1
FEA
BHR1
SPR
BHR2
FEA
BHR2
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HOC
FEA
HOC
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
MRN
FEA
MRN
SPR
8th131
Flag of Venezuela.svg Johnny Cecotto Jr. Ret22Ret22†9Ret18131RetDSQRet218†16RetRet17Ret25Ret9
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Josef Král 1492016Ret10DSQ111610121324†1741
Flag of Spain.svg Dani Clos 19†11RetRet
Flag of the United States.svg Jake Rosenzweig 18191517
2013 GP2/11
Mecachrome
P
SEP
FEA
SEP
SPR
BHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
NÜR
FEA
NÜR
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
MRN
FEA
MRN
SPR
YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
12th22
Flag of the United States.svg Jake Rosenzweig 18201619142214101421232025†151721Ret18151821†11
Flag of Indonesia.svg Rio Haryanto 20181524924Ret167218141110192514720111412

GP2 Final

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearChassis
Engine
Tyres
Drivers12T.C.Points
2011 GP2/11
Mecachrome
P
YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
5th9
Flag of the United States.svg Jake Rosenzweig Ret14
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jolyon Palmer 34

GP2 Asia Series

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearChassis
Engine
Tyres
Drivers123456789101112T.C.Points
2008–09 GP2/05
Renault
B
SHI
FEA
SHI
SPR
DUB3
FEA
DUB3
SPR
BHR1
FEA
BHR1
SPR
LSL
FEA
LSL
SPR
SEP
FEA
SEP
SPR
BHR2
FEA
BHR2
SPR
3rd54
Flag of Russia.svg Vitaly Petrov 5Ret5C101232611911
Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Pérez Ret76C8121Ret6129
2009–10 GP2/05
Renault
B
YMC1
FEA
YMC1
SPR
YMC2
FEA
YMC2
SPR
BHR1
FEA
BHR1
SPR
BHR2
FEA
BHR2
SPR
10th5
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Max Chilton 161718121915
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Giedo van der Garde Ret19
Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Razia Ret11
Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Pérez 124717
Flag of Venezuela.svg Rodolfo González RetRet
2011 GP2/11
Mecachrome
P
YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
IMO
FEA
IMO
SPR
3rd16
Flag of France.svg Charles Pic 9212011
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Giedo van der Garde 52323

GP3 Series

YearCarDriversRacesWinsPolesFast lapsPointsD.C.T.C.
2010 Dallara GP3/10-Renault Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Guimarães 16000916th8th
Flag of Mexico.svg Pablo Sánchez López 16000030th
Flag of Italy.svg Mirko Bortolotti 160001611th
2011 Dallara GP3/10-Renault Flag of New Zealand.svg Dominic Storey 4000037th8th
Flag of France.svg Tom Dillmann 1200015 [lower-alpha 2] 14th
Flag of Colombia.svg Gabriel Chaves 16000819th
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dean Smith 140011812th
Flag of Italy.svg Vittorio Ghirelli 2000025th [lower-alpha 3]

In detail

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearChassis
Engine
Tyres
Drivers12345678910111213141516T.C.Points
2010 GP3/10
Renault
P
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
IST
FEA
IST
SPR
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HOC
FEA
HOC
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
8th25
Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Guimarães Ret2036Ret18Ret237713RetRet9Ret17
Flag of Mexico.svg Pablo Sánchez López Ret1521161492114Ret11Ret16Ret251812
Flag of Italy.svg Mirko Bortolotti 16Ret2512181081364118Ret1452
2011 GP3/10
Renault
P
IST
FEA
IST
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
NÜR
FEA
NÜR
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
8th33
Flag of New Zealand.svg Dominic Storey 20RetRet27
Flag of France.svg Tom Dillmann 20RetRet252257226RetRet9
Flag of Colombia.svg Gabriel Chaves 101213645Ret14271723Ret1616177
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dean Smith 96735118224Ret24192020
Flag of Italy.svg Vittorio Ghirelli Ret18

Notes

  1. Davide Valsecchi also raced for Durango, for whom he scored 10 points.
  2. Tom Dillmann scored 8 of his 15 points in 2 races for Carlin.
  3. Vittorio Ghirelli also took part in 12 races for Jenzer Motorsport.

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Achievements
Preceded by GP2 Series Teams' Champion
2011
Succeeded by