Founded | 1999 |
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Founder(s) | Hans-Werner Aufrecht |
Base | Affalterbach, Germany |
Former series | DTM Formula E FIA Formula 3 Championship FIA Formula 2 Championship |
Teams' Championships | DTM : 2000-2003 2005 2006 2008-2010 2015 2018 |
Drivers' Championships | DTM : 2000: Bernd Schneider 2001: Bernd Schneider 2003: Bernd Schneider 2005: Gary Paffett 2006: Bernd Schneider 2010: Paul di Resta 2015: Pascal Wehrlein 2018: Gary Paffett |
Website | https://www.hwaag.com |
HWA Team, also known as HWA RACELAB, is the auto racing team of HWA AG , a German company based in Affalterbach, that also develops and builds vehicles and components for Mercedes-AMG race cars. It is named after founder Hans-Werner Aufrecht.
HWA was responsible for managing the AMG Mercedes team in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM). HWA AG was founded in 1999, and takes its name from Hans-Werner Aufrecht, who established AMG in 1967. Towards the end of 1998 Aufrecht sold a majority interest in AMG to DaimlerChrysler AG. As part of the process, the motor racing department and parts of the customised vehicles construction business were spun off and transferred to HWA AG. [1]
Between 1998 and 1999, HWA carried out the production of the Mercedes Benz CLK-GTR Straßenversion, building 20 cars with a further six roadster models built from spare parts in 2002. [2]
It was announced on 9 May 2018 that HWA would join Formula E for the 2018-19 season. [3] Their drivers were to be Gary Paffett, [4] their reigning DTM champion [5] and former McLaren Formula One driver Stoffel Vandoorne. [6] For the 2019-20 season, Mercedes joined Formula E in an official capacity by taking over the HWA entry and renaming it to Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team.
In October 2018, HWA was named as one of ten teams that would make up the grid for the inaugural season of the newly rebranded FIA Formula 3 Championship. [7] In January 2019, the team entered into a partnership with Arden International for the FIA Formula 2 Championship. [8] On 16 October 2019 it was announced that HWA would take over Arden's entry completely for the 2020 Season following their withdrawal. [9] The following month, the team named incumbent Arden driver Artem Markelov as their first driver. [10]
In October 2021 was announced that HWA will leave the FIA Formula 3 Championship after three seasons, during which they claimed four wins and 10 podiums. Their assets were purchased by Van Amersfoort Racing. [11]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Chassis | Powertrain | Tyres | No. | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Points | T.C. |
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HWA Racelab | ||||||||||||||||||||
2018–19 | Spark SRT05e | Venturi VFE05 | M | ADR | MRK | SCL | MEX | HKG | SYX | RME | PAR | MCO | BER | BRN | NYC | 44 | 9th | |||
5 | Stoffel Vandoorne | 17 | Ret | Ret | 18 | Ret | Ret | 3 | Ret | 9 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 10 | ||||||
17 | Gary Paffett | Ret | Ret | 14 | 16 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 8 | ||||||
2019–20: Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team | ||||||||||||||||||||
Year | Chassis | Engine | Tyres | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F. Laps | Podiums | D.C. | Pts | T.C. | Pts |
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2020 | Dallara F2 2018 | Mecachrome V634T V6 t | P | Artem Markelov | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18th | 5 | 10th | 13 |
Giuliano Alesi | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17th | 12 [lower-alpha 1] | ||||||
Jake Hughes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23rd | 0 | ||||||
Théo Pourchaire | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26th | 0 | ||||||
2021 | Dallara F2 2018 | Mecachrome V634T V6 t | P | Matteo Nannini | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22nd | 1 | 11th | 9 |
Jack Aitken | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23rd | 0 | ||||||
Jake Hughes | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18th | 8 | ||||||
Logan Sargeant | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29th | 0 | ||||||
Alessio Deledda | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25th | 0 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | T.C. | Points |
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2020 | RBR FEA | RBR SPR | RBR FEA | RBR SPR | HUN FEA | HUN SPR | SIL FEA | SIL SPR | SIL FEA | SIL SPR | CAT FEA | CAT SPR | SPA FEA | SPA SPR | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR | MUG FEA | MUG SPR | SOC FEA | SOC SPR | BHR FEA | BHR SPR | BHR FEA | BHR SPR | 10th | 13 | |
Artem Markelov | Ret | 18 | DNS | 16 | Ret | 14 | 18 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 22 | 10 | 13 | 20 | |||
Giuliano Alesi | 6 | Ret | 21 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 20 | Ret | 19 | 18 | 14 | 18 | 12 | Ret | Ret | |||||||||
Jake Hughes | 12 | Ret | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Théo Pourchaire | 18 | Ret | 18 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | BHR SP1 | BHR SP2 | BHR FEA | MON SP1 | MON SP2 | MON FEA | BAK SP1 | BAK SP2 | BAK FEA | SIL SP1 | SIL SP2 | SIL FEA | MNZ SP1 | MNZ SP2 | MNZ FEA | SOC SP1 | SOC SP2 | SOC FEA | JED SP1 | JED SP2 | JED FEA | YMC SP1 | YMC SP2 | YMC FEA | 11th | 9 | |
Matteo Nannini | 14 | 9 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jack Aitken | 16 | 9 | 18 | Ret | 12 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
Jake Hughes | 12 | Ret | 13 | 4 | C | 18 | Ret | 13 | Ret | ||||||||||||||||||
Logan Sargeant | 16 | Ret | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alessio Deledda | 18 | Ret | Ret | 18 | 12 | 17 | Ret | 15 | 19 | Ret | Ret | 22 | 13 | 19 | Ret | 18 | C | 17 | Ret | Ret | 20 | 18 | Ret | 19 |
Year | Chassis | Engine | Tyres | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F. Laps | Podiums | D.C. | Pts | T.C. | Pts |
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2019 | Dallara F3 2019 | Mecachrome V634 V6 | P | Bent Viscaal | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15th | 10 | 5th | 100 |
Jake Hughes | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7th | 90 | ||||||
Keyvan Andres | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28th | 0 | ||||||
2020 | Dallara F3 2019 | Mecachrome V634 V6 | P | Enzo Fittipaldi | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15th | 27 | 5th | 138.5 |
Jake Hughes | 18 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7th | 111.5 | ||||||
Jack Doohan | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26th | 0 | ||||||
2021 | Dallara F3 2019 | Mecachrome V634 V6 | P | Matteo Nannini | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14th | 44 | 7th | 44 |
Oliver Rasmussen | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25th | 0 | ||||||
Rafael Villagómez | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29th | 0 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | T.C. | Points |
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2019 | CAT FEA | CAT SPR | LEC FEA | LEC SPR | RBR FEA | RBR SPR | SIL FEA | SIL SPR | HUN FEA | HUN SPR | SPA FEA | SPA SPR | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR | SOC FEA | SOC SPR | 5th | 100 | ||||||
Bent Viscaal | 13 | 13 | 5 | 20 | 13 | Ret | 22 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 20 | 14 | 17 | 27† | Ret | 17 | ||||||||
Jake Hughes | 17 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 7 | 1 | 9 | Ret | 3 | 3 | 21 | Ret | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 | ||||||||
Keyvan Andres | 28 | 18 | DNS | 19 | 27 | 13 | 21 | 26 | 23 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 23 | ||||||||
2020 | RBR FEA | RBR SPR | RBR FEA | RBR SPR | HUN FEA | HUN SPR | SIL FEA | SIL SPR | SIL FEA | SIL SPR | CAT FEA | CAT SPR | SPA FEA | SPA SPR | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR | MUG FEA | MUG SPR | 5th | 138.5 | ||||
Enzo Fittipaldi | 18 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 4 | ||||||
Jake Hughes | 28 | 12 | 10 | Ret | 24 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 10 | Ret | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||||||
Jack Doohan | 14 | Ret | 22 | 19 | Ret | 25 | Ret | 27 | 26 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 12 | Ret | 17 | 21 | 13 | 11 | ||||||
2021 | CAT SP1 | CAT SP2 | CAT FEA | LEC SP1 | LEC SP2 | LEC FEA | RBR SP1 | RBR SP2 | RBR FEA | HUN SP1 | HUN SP2 | HUN FEA | SPA SP1 | SPA SP2 | SPA FEA | ZAN SP1 | ZAN SP2 | ZAN FEA | SOC SP1 | SOC SP2 | SOC FEA | 7th | 44 | |
Matteo Nannini | 10 | 26† | 3 | 22 | 13 | 20 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 25 | 19 | Ret | 26 | 17 | 9 | 28 | 16 | C | 17 | |||
Oliver Rasmussen | Ret | 19 | 17 | 17 | 21 | 22 | 26 | 16 | 22 | 18 | 28 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 26 | Ret | C | 25† | |||
Rafael Villagómez | 19 | 18 | 28 | 25 | 27 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 19 | 23 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 24 | Ret | 22 | 13 | 25 | 20 | C | Ret |
Former series | |
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Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | 2000–2019 |
FIA Formula 2 Championship | 2020-2021 |
FIA Formula 3 Championship | 2019-2021 |
Formula E | 2018–2019 |
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