Evans GP

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Flag of Australia (converted).svg Evans GP
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Founded2020
Base United Kingdom; Malaysia
Founder(s)Joshua Evans
Current series GB4 Championship
Formula Regional Asian Championship
Formula Regional Middle East Championship
Current driversGB4 Championship
Flag of India.svg 8. Kai Daryanani
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 37. Cooper Webster
Flag of the Republic of China.svg 56. Thomas Lee
Website evansgp.com

Evans GP is an Australian motor racing team formed in 2020 by Joshua Evans. [1] The team started racing in the 2021 F3 Asian Championship and has since competed in the Formula Regional Asian Championship and the GB4 Championship. It will enter the Formula Regional Middle East Championship in 2024. [2]

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In 2023, Evans and British racing driver Dan Wells launched DW Evans GT, a GT racing team which currently competes in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia. [3] [4]

History

Before founding Evans GP in 2020, Evans had worked for a number of successful motor racing teams. He worked for Sonic Motor Racing Services when they won the Australian Formula Ford Championship with David Reynolds in 2004 and Tim Blanchard in 2007, before then becoming General Manager and Chief Engineer of BlackArts Racing Team. In his time with BlackArts Racing, Evans won 16 championships, including Chinese F4, Asian Formula Renault - and most recently, the 2019-20 F3 Asian Championship with Joey Alders.

Evans GP made its debut in the 2021 F3 Asian Championship. It achieved second place in the Teams’ Championship, ahead of rivals such as the Mumbai Falcons (who were supported by Prema Racing), Pinnacle Motorsport, and Hitech Grand Prix. Drivers Isack Hadjar and Patrik Pasma would go on to compete in the 2021 Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine (FRECA), with Hadjar finishing the year as rookie champion.

Evans GP competed in the rebranded Formula Regional Asian Championship in 2022, where they took a race win with Patrik Pasma in the fourth round of the season at Dubai Autodrome. In January 2023, the team sold their Asian operations to Dutch motor racing team MP Motorsport ahead of the Australian team's move to the United Kingdom. Evans became the team manager of the MP Motorsport by Hyderabad Blackbirds team in the 2023 Formula Regional Middle East Championship (FRMEC), which placed third overall - with drivers Mari Boya and Sami Meguetonif achieving race wins.

The team entered the 2023 GB4 Championship with Red Bull Racing Esports and S5000 driver Cooper Webster, British F4 driver Kai Daryanani, and Taiwanese racing driver Thomas Lee. [5] [6] [7] Later that year, Evans GP announced their return to Asian motorsports. The team will field entries in the 2023 Formula Regional Asian Championship and 2024 Formula Regional Middle East Championship. [2]

DW Evans GT

Flag of Australia (converted).svg Flag of Hong Kong.svg DW Evans GT
Founded2023
Founder(s)Joshua Evans
Dan Wells
Current drivers Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia
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Flag of Hong Kong.svg Dan Wells
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Oscar Lee
Website dwevansgt.com

In 2023, Evans and British racing driver Dan Wells formed a GT racing team, DW Evans GT. The team currently competes in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia with a lineup of Wells and Taiwanese racing driver Oscar Lee, where they won the Pro-Am championship with one round to spare. [8]

Current series results

Formula Regional Middle East Championship

YearCarDriversRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsD.C.T.C.
2024 Tatuus F3 T-318 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Costa Toparis1500012114th7th
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Bennett140000123rd
Flag of France.svg Edgar Pierre60000032nd

Eurocup-3

YearCarDriversRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsD.C.T.C.
2024 Tatuus F3 T-318 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cooper Webster

Formula Regional European Championship

YearCarDriversRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsD.C.T.C.
2024 Tatuus F3 T-318 Flag of Thailand.svg Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Costa Toparis
Flag of Vietnam.svg Alex Sawer

Former series results

F3 Asian Championship / Formula Regional Asian Championship

YearCarDriversRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsD.C.T.C.
2021 Tatuus F3 T-318 Flag of Finland.svg Patrik Pasma 1520151464th2nd
Flag of France.svg Isack Hadjar 90015956th
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex Connor60000816th
Flag of Russia.svg Irina Sidorkova 120000022nd
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Casper Stevenson 60000023rd
2022 Tatuus F3 T-318 Flag of Finland.svg Patrik Pasma 910016311th6th
Flag of Russia.svg Michael Belov 900015512th
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Frederick Lubin 900001019th
Flag of France.svg Sami Meguetounif 30000620th
Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Marinangeli 150000124th
Flag of Turkey.svg Cem Bölükbaşı 300000NC
Flag of Hungary.svg Levente Révész 150000223rd8th [lower-alpha 1]
Flag of the United States.svg David Morales 150000033rd

GB4 Championship

YearCarDriversRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsD.C.T.C.
2023 Tatuus F4-T014 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cooper Webster 20546154942nd3rd
Flag of the United States.svg Thomas Lee18000011314th
Flag of India.svg Kai Daryanani610016118th

Timeline

Current series
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia 2023–present
Formula Regional Middle East Championship 2024–present
Eurocup-3 2024–present
Formula Regional European Championship 2024–present
Former series
Formula Regional Asian Championship 2021–2022
GB4 Championship 2023

Notes

  1. Entered as Evans GP Academy

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