Bhaitech

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Flag of Italy.svg Bhaitech Racing
BhaiTech Racing.jpg
Founded2011
Folded2021
Base Mestrino, Veneto, Italy
Former series Italian F4 Championship
Italian GT Championship
International GT Open
Blancpain Sprint Series
Formula Renault Eurocup
Teams'
Championships		 International GT Open GTS class :
2013
Italian F4 Championship :
2017
Drivers'
Championships		 International GT Open GTS class :
2013: Giorgio Pantano
Website https://www.bhaitech.com/en/home/

Bhaitech Racing (sometimes stylised as BhaiTech Racing) was an Italian automotive research and development service provider and motorsport team. [1] [2]

Contents

History

Bhaitech McLaren in 2014. Blancpain McLaren Onidi Pantano.JPG
Bhaitech McLaren in 2014.

Racing

Bhaitech made its racing debut in 2012, contesting the Italian GT Championship using a McLaren 12C GT3. [3] A year later, the team contested the International GT Open and clinched the GTS Teams' and Drivers' titles with Giorgio Pantano. [4] In 2014, BhaiTech competed in the Blancpain Sprint Series which saw them finish seventh in the Cup category of the Teams' Championship. [5]

After a year's sabbatical from motorsports, Bhaitech returned to racing in 2016, competing in the Italian F4 Championship, which saw them claim podium finishes with Richard Verschoor and Lorenzo Colombo. [6] A year later, the team clinched the teams' title and the rookie championship with Leonardo Lorandi while Colombo and Sebastian Fernandez claimed third and fourth in the 2017 championship respectively. [7] In 2018, the team claimed a second rookie championship title with Petr Ptáček, while Lorandi narrowly missed out on the title to Enzo Fittipaldi. [8] [9]

In November 2018, it was announced Bhaitech would expand into the Formula Renault Eurocup championship for 2019, reuniting with Ptáček and signing Italian F4 race winner Federico Malvestiti. [10] [11] [12] In January 2019, Bhaitech made their first driver signings with Umberto Laganella, Mikhail Belov, Nicola Marinangeli and Matteo Nannini joining the outfit for the Italian F4 Championship. [13] [14] [15] [16]

Technology

Bhaitech also specialized in research and development in the automotive and motorsport fields. [17] In 2018, Bhaitech entered into a strategic partnership with Altran Italia. [18]

Former series results

Italian GT Championship

International GT open

YearCarNo.DriversRacesWinsPolesFast lapsD.C.T.C.Points
2013 McLaren MP4-12C GT3 65 Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio Pantano 163 ? ?1st1st93
Flag of Brazil.svg Rafael Suzuki 143 ? ?3rd†
Flag of Portugal.svg Álvaro Parente 20??NC*
66 Flag of New Zealand.svg Chris van der Drift 161??8th
Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Razia

* Guest driver ineligible for points

† Shared results with another team

Blancpain Sprint Series

YearCarNo.DriversRacesWinsPolesFast lapsD.C.T.C.Points
2014 McLaren MP4-12C GT3 60 Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Onidi 1400014th7th50
Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio Pantano
61 Flag of Estonia.svg Sten Pentus 1200025th
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Daniel Lloyd 6000NC
Flag of New Zealand.svg Chris van der Drift 600020th†
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Filip Salaquarda 200019th†
Flag of Portugal.svg Álvaro Parente NC

† Shared results with another team

ADAC Formula 4

YearCarDriversRacesWinsPolesFast lapsD.C.
2017 Tatuus F4-T014 Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Colombo 3000NC*
Flag of Venezuela.svg Sebastián Fernández 3000NC*

* Guest driver ineligible for points

Formula Renault Eurocup

YearCarDriversRacesWinsPolesFast lapsD.C.T.C.Points
2019 Tatuus F3 T-318 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Ptáček 200008th6th106
Flag of Italy.svg Federico Malvestiti 2000014th
2020 Tatuus F3 T-318 Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Colombo 163425th6th186
Flag of Hungary.svg László Tóth 2000016th
Flag of Italy.svg Vicky Piria 400020th
Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Marinangeli 1600021st

Italian F4 Championship

Italian F4 Championship
YearCarDriversRacesWinsPolesFast lapsD.C.T.C.Points
2016 Tatuus F4-T014 Flag of Italy.svg Diego Bertonelli1500211th†5th165
Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Colombo 900012th†
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Richard Verschoor 300021st
Flag of Italy.svg Giacomo Altoè 2300022nd
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Aaron di Comberti300046th
Flag of Spain.svg Antolín González300047th
2017 Tatuus F4-T014 Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Colombo 212633rd1st565
Flag of Venezuela.svg Sebastián Fernández 215324th
Flag of Italy.svg Leonardo Lorandi 211026th
2018 Tatuus F4-T014 Flag of Italy.svg Leonardo Lorandi 215352nd2nd480
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Ptáček 210045th
Flag of Russia.svg Ilya Morozov300019th†
Flag of Venezuela.svg Alessandro Famularo 2100022nd
Flag of Venezuela.svg Anthony Famularo1200029th
2019 Tatuus F4-T014 Flag of Russia.svg Michael Belov 210004th4th199
Flag of Finland.svg Jesse Salmenautio2100018th†
Flag of Italy.svg Umberto Laganella1800019th
Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Marinangeli 2100029th
2020 Tatuus F4-T014 Flag of Finland.svg Jesse Salmenautio2100014th8th77
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Zdeněk Chovanec 1500017th
Flag of Denmark.svg Sebastian Øgaard 2100020th
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dexter Patterson 2100022nd
Flag of Russia.svg Tikhon Kharitonov600043rd

† Shared results with another team

Timeline

Former series
Italian GT Championship 2012
International GT Open 2013
Blancpain Sprint Series 2014
ADAC Formula 4 2017
Italian Formula 4 Championship 2016–2020
Formula Renault Eurocup 2019–2020

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References

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  2. ↑ "About Us - BhaiTech Racing" . Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  3. ↑ "History - Bhaitech Racing".
  4. ↑ "Giorgio Pantano and BhaiTech GTS Champions, last GT Open race win for F.Pastorelli-Camp". November 11, 2013. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  5. ↑ "THE BLANCPAIN RACING TEAM LINES UP FOR THE FIRST BLANCPAIN SPRINT SERIES". 2014. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Bhaitech joins the Italian F4 Championship". February 5, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Lorenzo Colombo wins Race 3 at Monza, ahead of Ian Rodriguez and Kush Maini". October 22, 2017. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  8. ↑ "PETR WINS ITALIAN F4 ROOKIE CUP TITLE". September 16, 2018. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  9. ↑ Waring, Bethonie (October 28, 2018). "Enzo Fittipaldi becomes Italian F4 champion in final Mugello race". FormulaScout. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Ten teams pre-selected for the 2019 Formula Renault Eurocup". November 14, 2018. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  11. ↑ Costa, Massimo (January 29, 2019). "Ptacek firma con Bhaitech (Ptacek signs with Bhaitech)". ITALIARACING.net. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  12. ↑ Costa, Massimo (January 30, 2019). "Bhaitech e Malvestiti, c'è l'accordo (Bhaitech and Malvestiti, there is the agreement)". ITALIARACING.net. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
  13. ↑ Wood, Elliot (January 24, 2019). "Red Bull junior Dennis Hauger remains in F4, switches to VAR". FormulaScout. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
  14. ↑ Costa, Massimo (January 29, 2019). "Alla Bhaitech arriva Belov (Belov arrives at Bhaitech)". ITALIARACING.net. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
  15. ↑ Costa, Massimo (January 31, 2019). "Marinangeli si accasa da Bhaitech (Marinangeli is taken over by Bhaitech)". ITALIARACING.net. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
  16. ↑ Rubino, Jacopo (February 5, 2019). "Bhaitech completa il poker, arriva il leader della F4 UAE Nannini (Bhaitech completes poker, the leader of F4 UAE Nannini arrives)". ITALIARACING.net. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
  17. ↑ "BHAITECH, A SINGLE LINE OF TALENT DEVELOPMENT". March 9, 2015. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  18. ↑ "Altran Italia adopts BhaiTech Interactive Rescaled Reality technology". February 15, 2018. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
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Preceded by Italian F4 Teams' Champion
2017 		Succeeded by
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