Super Nova Racing

Super Nova Racing
Founded	1991
Founder(s)	Nozomu Saruhashi; David Sears
Folded	2015
Base	Griston, Norfolk, England
Team principal(s)	David Sears
Former series	Auto GP ; Formula E ; Formula 3000 ; A1 Grand Prix ; GP2 Series ; GP2 Asia Series
Teams'; Championships	International Formula 3000 :; 2000 ; A1 Grand Prix :; 2006-07 ; Auto GP :; 2012, 2013
Drivers'; Championships	International Formula 3000 :; 1995: Vincenzo Sospiri ; 1997: Ricardo Zonta ; 1998: Juan Pablo Montoya ; 2002: Sébastien Bourdais ; Auto GP :; 2012: Adrian Quaife-Hobbs ; 2013: Vittorio Ghirelli
Website	http://www.supernovainternational.com/

Last updated May 14, 2023

Super Nova Racing was a British racing team that has competed in Formula 3000/GP2 and the A1 Grand Prix series. Super Nova first entered racing in 1991. Super Nova was a new incarnation of the pre-existing David Sears Motorsport, sponsored by the Nova chain of Japanese English schools and also ran the Danish Den Blå Avis outfit.

In July 2007, naming sponsor Nova's legal problems became the subject of intense media coverage in Japan, and by the end of September 2007 the company was reported to be unable to pay staff salaries or rent, being declared bankrupt in November 2007 amidst a widening scandal about business improprieties, but SuperNova continued to list Nova as a sponsor.^[1] On 24 June 2008, President Saruhashi of the Nova chain of English schools was taken into police custody and faced charges of embezzlement.^[2] In August 2009, Saruhashi was convicted and sentenced to a 42-month jail term.

In February 2012, it was announced that Super Nova would withdraw from the GP2 Series. They were replaced by the Italian team Lazarus.^[3]

On 1 July 2014 Super Nova announced that it will be competing in the FIA Formula E Championship under the Trulli GP name.

Complete series results

AutoGP

Auto GP Results
Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F.L.	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2010	Lola B05/52–Zytek	Jonny Reid	12	0	1	0	16	10th	3rd
		Giorgio Pantano†	6	0	0	0	7	13th†
		Jake Rosenzweig	2	0	0	0	5	17th
		Luca Filippi†	4	1	0	1	10	5th†
2011	Lola B05/52–Zytek	Adrian Zaugg	2	0	0	1	3	19th	4th
		Jon Lancaster	4	1	0	1	51	11th
		Luca Filippi	12	1	1	4	127	2nd
2012	Lola B05/52–Zytek	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	14	5	6	4	221	1st	1st
2012	Lola B05/52–Zytek	Victor Guerin	10	0	0	0	46	8th	1st

† These drivers raced for more than one team during the season. Their final position includes results for all teams.

Complete former series results

GP2 Series

Boris Derichebourg driving in the F3000 race for Super Nova Racing at the Circuit de Catalunya in 1998. BorisDerichebourg-SuperNovaRacingF3000-98es.jpg — Boris Derichebourg driving in the F3000 race for Super Nova Racing at the Circuit de Catalunya in 1998.

Jason Watt driving for Den Bla Avis (Super Nova Racing) during the Formula 3000 race at the Circuit de Catalunya in 1998. JasonWatt-DenBlaAvisF3000-98es.jpg — Jason Watt driving for Den Blå Avis (Super Nova Racing) during the Formula 3000 race at the Circuit de Catalunya in 1998.

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F.L.	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2005	Dallara GP2/05–Mecachrome	Giorgio Pantano	23	0	1	0	49	6th	3rd
2005	Dallara GP2/05–Mecachrome	Adam Carroll	23	3	0	2	53	5th	3rd
2006	Dallara GP2/05–Mecachrome	José María López	21	0	1	1	30	10th	8th
2006	Dallara GP2/05–Mecachrome	Fairuz Fauzy	21	0	0	0	0	24th	8th
2007	Dallara GP2/05–Mecachrome	Luca Filippi	21	1	2	0	59	4th	4th
2007	Dallara GP2/05–Mecachrome	Mike Conway	21	0	0	1	19	14th	4th
2008	Dallara GP2/08–Mecachrome	Christian Bakkerud	3	0	0	0	0	27th	7th
		Andy Soucek	16	0	0	0	14¹	14th¹
		Álvaro Parente	20	1	0	1	34	8th
2009	Dallara GP2/08–Mecachrome	Luca Filippi	20	1	0	3	40	5th	3rd
2009	Dallara GP2/08–Mecachrome	Javier Villa	20	0	0	0	27	10th	3rd
2010	Dallara GP2/08–Mecachrome	Josef Král	10	0	0	0	3	24th	9th
		Luca Filippi	10	0	0	0	5	20th
		Marcus Ericsson	20	1	0	0	11	17th
2011	Dallara GP2/11–Mecachrome	Fairuz Fauzy	18	0	0	0	5	18th	9th
		Luca Filippi	10	0	0	0	9	2nd²
		Adam Carroll	8	0	0	0	6	17th

Notes:

1. ^ - Andy Soucek scored 1 of his 14 points in 2 races for David Price Racing.
2. ^ - Luca Filippi also scored 45 points for Scuderia Coloni in 8 races.

In Detail

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

Year	Chassis Engine Tyres	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	T.C.	Points
2005	GP2/05 Renault B		SMR FEA	SMR SPR	CAT FEA	CAT SPR	MON FEA	NÜR FEA	NÜR SPR	MAG FEA	MAG SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	HOC FEA	HOC SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	IST FEA	IST SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	BHR FEA	BHR SPR	3rd	102
		Giorgio Pantano	13^†	Ret	13	14	Ret	2	7	10	7	12	7	6	2	3	3	2	8	6	3	NC	11	5	5
		Adam Carroll	5	1	7	6	1	Ret	2	4	6	21^†	8	Ret	11	9	9	7	2	5	6	8	1	9	8
2006	GP2/05 Renault B		VAL FEA	VAL SPR	SMR FEA	SMR SPR	NÜR FEA	NÜR SPR	CAT FEA	CAT SPR	MON FEA	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	MAG FEA	MAG SPR	HOC FEA	HOC SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	IST FEA	IST SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR			8th	30
		José María López	5	Ret	Ret	19^†	4	3	Ret	Ret	NC	Ret	14	3	Ret	7	2	8	Ret	9	11	Ret	Ret
		Fairuz Fauzy	15	10	Ret	15	19	9	Ret	14	10	12	7	Ret	15	22	10	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	10
2007	GP2/05 Renault B		BHR FEA	BHR SPR	CAT FEA	CAT SPR	MON FEA	MAG FEA	MAG SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	NÜR FEA	NÜR SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	IST FEA	IST SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	VAL FEA	VAL SPR			4th	78
		Luca Filippi	1	3	Ret	11	4	4	2	5	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	Ret	7	2	2	2	7	18^†	6
		Mike Conway	Ret	5	Ret	12	Ret	9	Ret	2	5	18	15	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	5	5	16	9
2008	GP2/08 Renault B		CAT FEA	CAT SPR	IST FEA	IST SPR	MON FEA	MON FEA	MAG FEA	MAG SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	HOC FEA	HOC SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	VAL FEA	VAL SPR	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR				7th	47
		Christian Bakkerud	Ret	DNS			10	Ret
		Andy Soucek			19	Ret			13	Ret	12	Ret	7	Ret	8	2	7	Ret	6	Ret	9	18
		Álvaro Parente	1	7	Ret	8	5	3	9	Ret	16	Ret	3	6	16	Ret	16^†	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	12
2009	GP2/08 Renault B		CAT FEA	CAT SPR	MON FEA	MON FEA	IST FEA	IST SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	NÜR FEA	NÜR SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	VAL FEA	VAL SPR	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	ALG FEA	ALG SPR				3rd	67
		Luca Filippi	4	7	Ret	NC	2	Ret	14	16	Ret	18^†	6	2	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	1
		Javier Villa	10	Ret	10	8	7	2	Ret	15	5	6	3	5	18^†	9	13	10	7	10	13	2
2010	GP2/08 Renault B		CAT FEA	CAT SPR	MON FEA	MON SPR	IST FEA	IST SPR	VAL FEA	VAL SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	HOC FEA	HOC SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	YMC FEA	YMC SPR				9th	19
		Josef Král	12	19	13	8	15	14	Ret	Ret											8	5
		Luca Filippi									20	9	10	7	14	6	5	Ret	Ret	14
		Marcus Ericsson	11	Ret	12	9	Ret	Ret	7	1	12	18	6	Ret	12	10	13	7	Ret	11	11	Ret
2011	GP2/11 Mecachrome P		IST FEA	IST SPR	CAT FEA	CAT SPR	MON FEA	MON SPR	VAL FEA	VAL SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	NÜR FEA	NÜR SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR						9th	20
		Fairuz Fauzy	12	5	14	6	15^†	10	16	16	21	15	16	12	Ret	Ret	7	21	18	Ret
		Luca Filippi	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	3	4	Ret	15	13	12
		Adam Carroll											15	5	19	12	9	11	5	11

GP2 Asia Series

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	F.L.	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2008	Dallara GP2/08–Mecachrome	Christian Bakkerud	10	0	0	0	27th	6th
2008	Dallara GP2/08–Mecachrome	Fairuz Fauzy	10	1	1	24	4th	6th
2008-09	Dallara GP2/08–Mecachrome	Javier Villa	11	0	1	12	10th	7th
2008-09	Dallara GP2/08–Mecachrome	James Jakes	11	0	1	7	16th	7th
2009-10	Dallara GP2/08–Mecachrome	James Jakes	2	0	0	6	14th	6th
		Marcus Ericsson	2	0	0	0	24th†
		Jake Rosenzweig	4	0	0	0	30th
		Josef Král	8	0	0	8	11th
2011	Dallara GP2/11–Mecachrome	Fairuz Fauzy	4	0	0	1	14th	11th
2011	Dallara GP2/11–Mecachrome	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	4	0	0	0	15th	11th

† These drivers also drove for other teams during the season and final place include all results.

Formula 3000

International Formula 3000 Championship Results^[4]
Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F.L.	Points	D.C.	T.C.
1994	Reynard 94D–Cosworth	Vincenzo Sospiri	8	0	0	1	24	4th	4th
1994	Reynard 94D–Cosworth	Taki Inoue	8	0	0	0	0	NC	4th
1995	Reynard–Cosworth	Vincenzo Sospiri	8	3	0	0	42	1st	1st
1995	Reynard–Cosworth	Ricardo Rosset	8	2	1	2	29	2nd	1st
1996	Lola T96/50–Zytek Judd	Kenny Bräck	10	3	3	3	49	2nd	1st
1996	Lola T96/50–Zytek Judd	Marcos Gueiros	10	0	0	0	20	5th	1st
1997	Lola T96/50–Zytek Judd	Ricardo Zonta	10	3	4	4	39	1st	1st
1997	Lola T96/50–Zytek Judd	Laurent Rédon	10	0	0	0	10	9th	1st
1998	Lola T96/50–Zytek Judd	Juan Pablo Montoya	12	4	7	5	65	1st	1st
1998	Lola T96/50–Zytek Judd	Boris Derichebourg	12	0	0	0	5	12th	1st
1999	Lola B99/50–Zytek	Ricardo Maurício	3	0	0	0	0	21st†	2nd
		David Saelens	6	0	0	0	8	9th†
		Jason Watt	10	2	1	0	30	2nd
2000	Lola B99/50–Zytek	Nicolas Minassian	10	3	0	0	45	2nd	1st
2000	Lola B99/50–Zytek	David Saelens	10	0	2	0	15	6th	1st
2001	Lola B99/50–Zytek	Mark Webber	12	3	2	3	39	2nd	3rd
2001	Lola B99/50–Zytek	Mario Haberfeld	12	0	0	1	3	15th	3rd
2002	Lola B02/50–Zytek Judd	Sébastien Bourdais	12	3	6	3	56	1st	3rd
2002	Lola B02/50–Zytek Judd	Tiago Monteiro	12	0	0	0	2	13th	3rd
2003	Lola B02/50–Zytek Judd	Enrico Toccacelo	10	1	0	0	30	6th	5th
		Derek Hill	6	0	0	0	4	16th
		Nicolas Kiesa	1	0	0	0	1	7th†
		Sam Hancock	2	0	0	0	0	NC
2004	Lola B02/50–Zytek Judd	Patrick Friesacher	4	0	0	0	9	5th†	8th
		Jeffrey van Hooydonk	6	0	0	0	2	11th†
		Alan van der Merwe	7	0	0	0	2	14th
		Can Artam	3	0	0	0	0	NC†

† These drivers also drove for other teams during the season and final place include all results.

A1 Grand Prix

They have competed for all seasons in A1 Grand Prix since series debuts in 2005-06, fielding entries for both A1 Team Germany ^[5] and A1 Team Pakistan ^[6] and later for A1 Team New Zealand.^[7] In 2006-07, the both managed team, Germany and New Zealand finishing 1st and 2nd in the Championship overall.

A1 Grand Prix results^[8]
Year	Car	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F.L.	Points	T.C.
2005–06	Lola B05/52–Zytek	A1 Team Germany	22	0	0	0	38	15th
2005–06	Lola B05/52–Zytek	A1 Team Pakistan	16	0	0	0	10	20th
2006–07	Lola B05/52–Zytek	A1 Team Germany	22	9	3	3	128	1st
2006–07	Lola B05/52–Zytek	A1 Team New Zealand	22	3	2	2	93	2nd
2007–08	Lola B05/52–Zytek	A1 Team Germany	20	2	1	1	83	8th
2007–08	Lola B05/52–Zytek	A1 Team New Zealand	20	4	2	1	127	2nd
2008–09	Ferrari A1 08	A1 Team Brazil	11	0	0	0	18	15th
2008–09	Ferrari A1 08	A1 Team New Zealand	14	0	0	0	36	7th

Timeline

Former series
All-Japan Formula Three Championship	1992–1993
International Formula 3000	1994–2004
GP2 Series	2005–2011
A1 Grand Prix	2005–2009
GP2 Asia Series	2008–2011
Auto GP	2010–2014
Formula E	2014–2015

Footnotes

↑ Operation Team at Trulli GP team
1 2 Operation Team at A1 Team Brazil, A1 Team Germany, A1 Team New Zealand, A1 Team Pakistan

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jarno Trulli</span> Italian racing driver

Jarno Trulli is an Italian racing driver. He regularly competed in Formula One from 1997 to 2011, driving for Minardi, Prost, Jordan, Renault, Toyota, Lotus Racing and Team Lotus. His best result in the World Drivers' Championship (WDC) was sixth place in 2004; this was also the year in which he scored the only win of his Formula One career at the 2004 Monaco Grand Prix.

Giorgio Pantano is an Italian professional racing driver who drove for the Jordan Formula One team for much of the 2004 season before being replaced by Timo Glock. He also raced in Formula 3000. He retired from racing at the end of 2014.

DAMS is an auto racing team from France, involved in many areas of motorsport. DAMS was founded in 1988 by Jean-Paul Driot and former Formula One driver René Arnoux. In 2022 it was bought by ex-F1 driver Charles Pic. It is headquartered near Le Mans, only 2 km from the Bugatti Circuit.

Panasonic Toyota Racing was a Formula One team owned by the Japanese automobile manufacturer Toyota Motor Corporation and based in Cologne, Germany. Toyota announced their plans to join Formula One in 1999, and after extensive testing with their initial car, dubbed the TF101, the team made their debut in 2002. The new team grew from Toyota's long-standing Toyota Motorsport GmbH organisation, which had previously competed in the World Rally Championship and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Despite a point in their first-ever race, Toyota never won a Grand Prix, their best finish being second, which they achieved five times.

The 2005 GP2 Series season was the thirty-ninth season of the second-tier of Formula One feeder championship and also first season under the GP2 Series moniker. The season started in Imola, Italy on 23 April, and ended in Manama, Bahrain on 30 September. The season was won by the German Nico Rosberg, with the Finn Heikki Kovalainen finishing second.

Mohamed Fairuz bin Mohamed Fauzy is a Malaysian professional race car driver.

Clivio Piccione is a Monégasque race car driver. He raced in the 2005 GP2 Series season for the Durango team and David Price Racing for 2006.

Karun Chandhok is an Indian racing driver and television presenter who last competed in Formula E for Mahindra Racing. Previously, Chandhok has competed for Hispania Racing in Formula One in 2010. Before this, he drove in the GP2 Series for three years, winning two races. In 2013, Chandhok competed in the FIA GT Series for Seyffarth Motorsport.

Ocean Racing Technology (ORT) was a racing team that took part in both the GP2 Main Series and the GP2 Asia Series Championships. The team, owned by Tiago Monteiro and José Guedes, was formed at the end of the 2008 season after being purchased from BCN, a team which never enjoyed much success in GP2. The driver and the entrepreneur created a structure based on recognized professionals and quickly started to secure first-class results, making it possible for the Portuguese Racing team to fight with the more advanced teams in the FIA accredited championship that is the main feeder series for Formula One.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Luca Filippi</span> Italian racing driver

Luca Filippi is an Italian auto racing driver. He competed in GP2 Series from 2006 to 2012, and the IndyCar Series from 2013 to 2016. In 2008 he was the official Honda Racing F1 test driver.

Charouz Racing System is a racing team from Czech Republic, created in 1985 by Antonín Charouz.

Giacomo Ricci is an Italian racing driver.

Luiz Tadeu Razia Filho is a Brazilian businessman and former racing driver.

James Jakes is a British racing driver.

Fabio Onidi is a professional racing driver from Italy.

Ricardo Maurício is a Brazilian racing driver. He currently drives in the Stock Car Brasil series, which he won in 2008, 2013 and 2020. Prior to this he raced in several European single-seater formulae, winning the Spanish Formula Three Championship and recording podium finishes in International Formula 3000.

Josef Král is a professional racing driver from the Czech Republic.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Team Lazarus</span> Italian racing team

Team Lazarus is an Italian auto racing team, based in Padova, which is currently competing in the International GT Open and Blancpain GT Endurance Series formerly starting in GP2 Series and Auto GP.

René Binder is an Austrian racing driver. He is the nephew of former Formula One driver Hans Binder, and his father, Franz, was also a racing driver.

The 2012 GP2 Series season was the forty-sixth season of the second-tier of Formula One feeder championship and also eighth season under the GP2 Series moniker and also the first season after merging with the GP2 Asia Series. The championship was expanded to include rounds in Malaysia, Bahrain and Singapore, in support of the 2012 Formula One season.

References

↑ Slump from ad scandal triggers rent defaults, radical restructuring, The Japan Times online, 21 September 2007
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 June 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ "Venezuela GP Lazarus joins GP2 Series". GP2 Series . GP2 Motorsport Limited. 17 February 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
↑ GP2 and Formula 3000 entrylist and complete results Archived 19 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine speedsportmag.com
↑ A1 Team Germany information a1podium.com
↑ A1 Team Pakistan information a1podium.com
↑ A1 Team New Zealand information a1podium.com
↑ A1GP complete Archived 26 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine resultsresults.a1gp.com

External links

supernova-racing.com, official website.

Achievements
Preceded by none	International Formula 3000 Teams' Champion 2000	Succeeded by Nordic Racing
Preceded by DAMS	Auto GP Teams' Champion 2012-2014	Succeeded by Torino Squadra Corse

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[1] Operation Team at Trulli GP team

[A1-2] 1 2 Operation Team at A1 Team Brazil, A1 Team Germany, A1 Team New Zealand, A1 Team Pakistan

[3] Slump from ad scandal triggers rent defaults, radical restructuring, The Japan Times online, 21 September 2007

[4] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 June 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[Lazarus-5] "Venezuela GP Lazarus joins GP2 Series". GP2 Series . GP2 Motorsport Limited. 17 February 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012.

[GP2/F3000-6] GP2 and Formula 3000 entrylist and complete results Archived 19 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine speedsportmag.com

[7] A1 Team Germany information a1podium.com

[8] A1 Team Pakistan information a1podium.com

[9] A1 Team New Zealand information a1podium.com

[10] A1GP complete Archived 26 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine resultsresults.a1gp.com

[lower-alpha 1]

[lower-alpha 2]

[1]

[2]

[3]

1

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]