JAS Motorsport

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JAS Motorsport
JAS Motorsport logo.png
Founded1995 (1995)
Base Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Team principal(s)Maurizio Ambrogetti
Alessandro Mariani
Current series WTCR
TCR
GT3
Former series DTM
STW
Euro STC
BTCC
IRC
ERC
ETCC
WTCC
TCR Int. Ser.
IGTC
Website jasmotorsport.com

JAS Motorsport is an Italian motor racing team and an engineering and manufacturing company. It was founded in 1995 by Paolo Jasson, Maurizio Ambrogetti and Giorgio Schon. The company initially competed with Alfa Romeo in 1996 and 1997. Since 1998, they have been an official partner of Honda, and have developed, built and raced cars in various different disciplines for the Japanese manufacturer, as well as provided customer racing services.

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History

JAS Motorsport was founded on 1 September 1995. [1] The team raced four Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TIs in the 1996 International Touring Car Championship, scoring seven podiums and a victory at Silverstone with Gabriele Tarquini. In 1997 they raced two Alfa Romeos in the Super Tourenwagen Cup, with two seventh places being their best results that season.

In 1998, JAS became a partner of Honda. It began competing with Honda Accords in the Super Tourenwagen Cup, and would claim a victory in the 1998 season, before scoring four wins, 17 podiums and third place in the drivers' championship for Tom Kristensen in 1999. The team then competed with Accords in the European Super Touring Cup/Championship in 2000 and 2001, where it scored 15 wins – more than any other team – and finished runner-up in the teams' championship in 2001. JAS also helped running the BTCC Honda team in 2000, which claimed seven victories that year, including the last three wins of the championship's Super Touring era.

In 2004, JAS launched the Honda Accord Euro-R for the Super 2000 regulations. Ryan Sharp scored Honda's first World Touring Car Championship podium with the car in 2006, before James Thompson drove it to take the Japanese manufacturer's first overall WTCC win at the Race of Europe in 2008. [2] The car later won three consecutive European Touring Car Cup titles between 2009 and 2011 with Thompson and Fabrizio Giovanardi.

For R3 rallying regulations, JAS made the Civic Type-R R3, which began competing in 2007. The car won the 2WD manufacturers' title for Honda in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge in 2011, before winning the 2WD title in the European Rally Championship in 2013 and 2014.

In 2012, Honda announced that it would join the World Touring Car Championship, with JAS running the team and developing the chassis. [3] The team raced in the final three rounds of the 2012 season, with Tiago Monteiro scoring a podium in Macau. In their first full season in 2013, the team were crowned Manufacturers' World Champions, with the Civics scoring four victories and 20 podiums, including podium lockouts in Slovakia and China. [4] After the introduction of the new TC1 regulations a year earlier than planned in 2014 gave a significant development advantage to Citroën, [5] [6] the team won multiple races, but didn't contend for the title again until 2017. The team scored the most pole positions and main race victories in 2017, but missed out on another title due to numerous incidents, including Monteiro's testing accident. [7] In 2018, the series became the World Touring Car Cup and switched to TCR regulations, with JAS giving technical support to the Honda teams. [8] The Civic Type R TCR scored 12 wins across the 2018 and 2019 seasons, with its performances in 2019 helping it to win the TCR Model of the Year award. [9]

In 2014, JAS Motorsport announced that it will build a Honda Civic touring car based on TCR regulations. The car became available to customers in 2015, [10] and subsequently won multiple titles, including the 2017 TCR International Series teams' championship. [11] In 2017, JAS announced that it will produce a new TCR car based on the tenth generation Civic, which would be available to customers in 2018. [12] The tenth generation-based model won the TCR Model of the Year award in 2019 after claiming numerous wins and titles. [9]

JAS Motorsport developed the GT3 racing version of the second-generation NSX sports car in collaboration with Honda, and is also responsible for assembling the cars and providing customer support in Europe, Asia and South America. [13] The NSX GT3 made its racing debut in 2017 and received an Evo upgrade in 2019, followed by an Evo22 update in 2022. [14] The car notably won the 2019 and 2020 championships in the GTD class of the IMSA SportsCar Championship, as well as the 2019 titles in the GT300 class of the Super GT Series, among others. [15] [16] JAS itself raced the car in the Intercontinental GT Challenge in 2019 and 2020, where they achieved pole position and podium results, finished sixth overall at the 2019 Spa 24 Hours, and nearly won the 2020 drivers' title. [17] [18]

Car constructor

YearModelPictureEngineClass
2002 Honda Civic Type-R Croft Circuit MMB 27.jpg Super 2000
2003 Honda Accord Euro-R James Thompson WTCC 2008 Imola.jpg Honda K20A4 2.0L I4 Super 2000
2007 Honda Civic Type-R FN2 R3 Honda Civic Type R Motorsport.JPG FIA Group R
2012 Honda Civic WTCC (S2000) Geneva MotorShow 2013 - Honda Civic WTCC.jpg Super 2000
2013 Honda Civic CTCC FC1 CTCC
2014 Honda Civic WTCC (TC1) 2014-03-04 Geneva Motor Show 1180.JPG Honda HR412E 1.6L I4 TC1
2015 Honda Civic TCR (FK2) Gianni Morbidelli 2015 TCR Int Malaysia.jpg Honda K20C1 i-VTEC DOHC Turbo I4 TCR
2016 Josh Files Honda Civic TCR.jpg Honda K20C1 i-VTEC DOHC Turbo I4 TCR
2016 Honda Civic TCS TCS
2017 Acura NSX GT3 Honda NSX GT3 IAA 2017 - Front and left side.jpg Honda JNC twin-turbocharged 3.5L V6 Group GT3
2018 Honda Civic TCR (FK8) Honda Civic TCR 2018 Genf.jpg Honda K20C1 i-VTEC DOHC Turbo I4 TCR

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

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

YearEntrantNo.DriverCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324PosPoints
2012 Honda Racing Team JAS18 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro Honda Civic S2000 TC ITA
1
ITA
2
ESP
1
ESP
2
MAR
1
MAR
2
SVK
1
SVK
2
HUN
1
HUN
2
AUT
1
AUT
2
POR
1
POR
2
BRA
1
BRA
2
USA
1
USA
2
JPN
1

9
JPN
2

10
CHN
1

13
CHN
2

10
MAC
1

3
MAC
2

4
2013 Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team3 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini Honda Civic WTCC ITA
1

4
ITA
2

3
MAR
1

2
MAR
2

Ret
SVK
1

1
SVK
2

3
HUN
1

3
HUN
2

Ret
AUT
1

12
AUT
2

8
RUS
1

6
RUS
2

7
POR
1

Ret
POR
2

20
ARG
1

4
ARG
2

2
USA
1

6
USA
2

1
JPN
1

27†
JPN
2

4
CHN
1

7
CHN
2

2
MAC
1

DNS
MAC
2

8
1st1017
18 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro ITA
1

5
ITA
2

8
MAR
1

Ret
MAR
2

DNS
SVK
1

2
SVK
2

5
HUN
1

Ret
HUN
2

13
AUT
1

13
AUT
2

4
RUS
1

12
RUS
2

12
POR
1

9
POR
2

11
ARG
1

10
ARG
2

6
USA
1

2
USA
2

5
JPN
1

28†
JPN
2

3
CHN
1

11
CHN
2

1
MAC
1

2
MAC
2

Ret
Zengő Motorsport 5 Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz ITA
1

8
ITA
2

22
MAR
1

Ret
MAR
2

15†
SVK
1

3
SVK
2

21
HUN
1

2
HUN
2

8
AUT
1

14
AUT
2

3
RUS
1

3
RUS
2

5
POR
1

Ret
POR
2

DNS
ARG
1

7
ARG
2

5
USA
1

20
USA
2

3
JPN
1

1
JPN
2

Ret
CHN
1

10
CHN
2

3
MAC
1

4
MAC
2

Ret
2014 Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team2 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini Honda Civic WTCC MAR
1

DNS
MAR
2

DNS
FRA
1

3
FRA
2

4
HUN
1

4
HUN
2

8
SVK
1

8
SVK
2

C
AUT
1

8
AUT
2

2
RUS
1

2
RUS
2

Ret
BEL
1

8
BEL
2

8
ARG
1

8
ARG
2

4
BEI
1

16†
BEI
2

10
CHN
1

6
CHN
2

Ret
JPN
1

6
JPN
2

1
MAC
1

3
MAC
2

DNS
2nd710
18 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro MAR
1

5
MAR
2

10†
FRA
1

8
FRA
2

3
HUN
1

3
HUN
2

2
SVK
1

7
SVK
2

C
AUT
1

5
AUT
2

3
RUS
1

7
RUS
2

Ret
BEL
1

6
BEL
2

4
ARG
1

5
ARG
2

5
BEI
1

Ret
BEI
2

13
CHN
1

7
CHN
2

2
JPN
1

9
JPN
2

9
MAC
1

4
MAC
2

16†
Zengő Motorsport 5 Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz MAR
1

9
MAR
2

DNS
FRA
1

7
FRA
2

8
HUN
1

6
HUN
2

10
SVK
1

3
SVK
2

C
AUT
1

9
AUT
2

4
RUS
1

9
RUS
2

7
BEL
1

7
BEL
2

7
ARG
1

2
ARG
2

7
BEI
1

6
BEI
2

5
CHN
1

5
CHN
2

4
JPN
1

4
JPN
2

3
MAC
1

2
MAC
2

4
Proteam Racing 25 Flag of Morocco.svg Mehdi Bennani MAR
1

7
MAR
2

DSQ
FRA
1

13
FRA
2

5
HUN
1

5
HUN
2

DNS
SVK
1

15
SVK
2

C
AUT
1

7
AUT
2

8
RUS
1

11
RUS
2

3
BEL
1

13
BEL
2

11
ARG
1

9
ARG
2

8
BEI
1

9
BEI
2

Ret
CHN
1

10
CHN
2

1
JPN
1

11
JPN
2

Ret
MAC
1

19†
MAC
2

DNS
2015 Honda Racing Team JAS2 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini Honda Civic WTCC ARG
1

5
ARG
2

4
MAR
1

7
MAR
2

5
HUN
1

DSQ
HUN
2

13
GER
1

6
GER
2

4
RUS
1

3
RUS
2

Ret
SVK
1

6
SVK
2

4
FRA
1

8
FRA
2

5
POR
1

4
POR
2

3
JPN
1

3
JPN
2

12
CHN
1

Ret
CHN
2

2
THA
1

5
THA
2

5
QAT
1

15
QAT
2

7
2nd721
18 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro ARG
1

4
ARG
2

3
MAR
1

6
MAR
2

Ret
HUN
1

5
HUN
2

4
GER
1

Ret
GER
2

3
RUS
1

8
RUS
2

1
SVK
1

8
SVK
2

9
FRA
1

7
FRA
2

Ret
POR
1

5
POR
2

Ret
JPN
1

9
JPN
2

1
CHN
1

7
CHN
2

6
THA
1

7
THA
2

DSQ
QAT
1

8
QAT
2

9
Zengő Motorsport 5 Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz ARG
1

6
ARG
2

7
MAR
1

8
MAR
2

11
HUN
1

8
HUN
2

1
GER
1

4
GER
2

Ret
RUS
1

7
RUS
2

3
SVK
1

Ret
SVK
2

8
FRA
1

6
FRA
2

2
POR
1

3
POR
2

4
JPN
1

2
JPN
2

14†
CHN
1

6
CHN
2

11
THA
1

Ret
THA
2

12
QAT
1

7
QAT
2

3
2016 Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Honda Civic WTCC FRA
1

1
FRA
2

6
SVK
1

3
SVK
2

14
HUN
1

10
HUN
2

6
MAR
1

DSQ
MAR
2

DSQ
GER
1

4
GER
2

4
RUS
1

7
RUS
2

4
POR
1

6
POR
2

4
ARG
1

2
ARG
2

3
JPN
1

2
JPN
2

9
CHN
1

9
CHN
2

13
QAT
1

3
QAT
2

8
2nd675
18 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro FRA
1

4
FRA
2

2
SVK
1

1
SVK
2

2
HUN
1

11
HUN
2

3
MAR
1

DSQ
MAR
2

DSQ
GER
1

Ret
GER
2

DNS
RUS
1

6
RUS
2

5
POR
1

10
POR
2

1
ARG
1

4
ARG
2

4
JPN
1

3
JPN
2

3
CHN
1

10
CHN
2

8
QAT
1

Ret
QAT
2

5
Honda Racing Team JAS5 Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz FRA
1

3
FRA
2

3
SVK
1

6
SVK
2

4
HUN
1

DNS
HUN
2

10
MAR
1

DSQ
MAR
2

DSQ
GER
1

3
GER
2

2
RUS
1

10
RUS
2

3
POR
1

8
POR
2

3
ARG
1

6
ARG
2

8
JPN
1

1
JPN
2

8
CHN
1

2
CHN
2

11
QAT
1

5
QAT
2

4
2017 Honda Racing Team JAS2 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini Honda Civic WTCC MAR
1
MAR
2
ITA
1
ITA
2
HUN
1
HUN
2
GER
1
GER
2
POR
1
POR
2
ARG
1
ARG
2
CHN
1

DSQ
CHN
2

DSQ
JPN
1
JPN
2
MAC
1
MAC
2
QAT
1
QAT
2
2nd880
5 Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz MAR
1

5
MAR
2

2
ITA
1

NC
ITA
2

6
HUN
1

NC
HUN
2

4
GER
1

7
GER
2

2
POR
1

7
POR
2

1
ARG
1

14
ARG
2

1
CHN
1

DSQ
CHN
2

DSQ
JPN
1

7
JPN
2

1
MAC
1

5
MAC
2

2
QAT
1

9
QAT
2

8
18 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro MAR
1

6
MAR
2

1
ITA
1

3
ITA
2

2
HUN
1

1
HUN
2

5
GER
1

15
GER
2

13
POR
1

2
POR
2

3
ARG
1

5
ARG
2

2
CHN
1
CHN
2
JPN
1
JPN
2
MAC
1
MAC
2
QAT
1
QAT
2
34 Flag of Japan.svg Ryo Michigami MAR
1

Ret
MAR
2

10
ITA
1

Ret
ITA
2

Ret
HUN
1

11
HUN
2

13
GER
1

11
GER
2

Ret
POR
1

Ret
POR
2

13
ARG
1

10
ARG
2

11
CHN
1

DSQ
CHN
2

DSQ
JPN
1

10
JPN
2

Ret
MAC
1

3
MAC
2

15
QAT
1

14
QAT
2

10
86 Flag of Argentina.svg Esteban Guerrieri MAR
1
MAR
2
ITA
1
ITA
2
HUN
1
HUN
2
GER
1
GER
2
POR
1
POR
2
ARG
1
ARG
2
CHN
1
CHN
2
JPN
1

3
JPN
2

4
MAC
1

6
MAC
2

4
QAT
1

10
QAT
2

1

Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

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