Shannon Racing

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Shannon Racing, or the Shannon Racing Team, was a short-lived motorsport team that was briefly involved with the Forti Formula One team during the 1996 season. It was owned by a parent company known as FinFirst. Both entities were registered in the Republic of Ireland, but funded by Italian backers.

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Career

Shannon established an International Formula 3000 team in 1996, taking over the Danielson team [1] and running drivers Tom Kristensen and Luca Rangoni, and was also active in Formula Three. [2] Kristensen took a pole position and fastest lap in the F3000 team's second race, but the campaign was cut short as Shannon entered Formula One part-way through the season.

The team was known to be keen to move up to F1, and was expected to enter the 1998 season, but instead chose to buy 51% of the financially struggling Forti team prior to the 1996 Spanish Grand Prix. [2] [3] [4] The deal resulted in the Forti cars switching from a yellow to a green, white and red livery. [2] The deal, however, fell through and resulted in a dispute between Shannon and Guido Forti over ownership of the team, with Forti alleging non-payment. [5] The case went to court and resulted in the team running out of money and withdrawing from Formula One, meaning that Shannon's eventual victory was essentially meaningless. [2] [6] By the end of the season, the teams run by Shannon in other formulae had also ceased to exist.

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

YearChassisEngineTyresDrivers12345678910TCPoints
1996 Lola T96/50 Zytek-Judd A NUR PAU PER HOC SIL SPA MAG EST MUG HOC 10th4
Tom Kristensen 4Ret
Luca Rangoni 6

Complete Formula One results (as owner of Forti)

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

YearEntrantChassisEngineTyresDrivers12345678910111213141516PointsWCC
1996 Forti Grand Prix Forti FG03 Ford Zetec-R V8 G AUS BRA ARG EUR SMR MON ESP CAN FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR JPN 0NC
Luca Badoer DNQRetRetDNQDNP
Andrea Montermini DNQRetRetDNQDNP

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References

  1. ↑ "F2/F3000/GP2 team take-overs".
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Forti-Corse - full profile". f1rejects.com. Archived from the original on 2007-10-10. Retrieved 2006-10-29.
  3. ↑ "New name for Forti; Tests at Imola". atlasf1.autosport.com. 1996-06-07. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
  4. ↑ "Shannon arrives early!". grandprix.com. 1996-06-03. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
  5. ↑ "Constructors: Forti Corse S.R.L." grandprix.com. Retrieved 2008-03-14.
  6. ↑ "The end of the road for Forti?". grandprix.com. 1996-07-16. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
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