Tech 1 Racing

Tech 1 Racing
Founded	2000
Founder(s)	Simon Abadie; Sarah Abadie
Base	Toulouse, France
Team principal(s)	Simon Abadie; Sarah Abadie
Former series	French Formula Renault 2.0; GP3 Series; Eurocup Mégane Trophy; Formula Renault 2.0 Alps; Formula Renault 3.5 Series; Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0; Formula Renault 2.0 NEC; European Le Mans Series; GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup; GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup; FIA World Endurance Championship
Teams'; Championships	Eurocup Mégane Trophy:; 2006, 2007, 2008; Formula Renault 3.5 Series:; 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012; Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0:; 2010, 2013; Formula Renault 2.0 Alps: 2011, 2013
Drivers'; Championships	Formula Renault 3.5 Series:; 2007: Álvaro Parente; Eurocup Mégane Trophy:; 2007: Pedro Petiz; Formula Renault 2.0 Alps:; 2011: Javier Tarancón; Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0:; 2013: Pierre Gasly
Website	http://www.tech1racing.fr/en

Tech 1 Racing is a racing team based in Toulouse, France. Founded in 2000 by racing driver Simon Abadie and his sister Sarah, it has garnered success in the World Series by Renault, the Eurocup Mégane Trophy and the GP3 Series, most notably winning the 2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series with Álvaro Parente.^[1]

More recently, Tech 1 operated the racing programmes of Panis Racing and its predecessor Panis Barthez Compétition from 2016 to 2023. These included entry to the European Le Mans Series and Asian Le Mans Series's LMP2 class, as well as the GT World Challenge Europe, where they ran a Lexus RC F GT3.^[2]^[3] Ultimate, a small outfit owned by brothers Jean-Baptiste and Matthieu Lahaye, also partnered Tech 1 for their LMP2 efforts in the ELMS in 2021 and the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2022.^[4]

Career

French Formula Renault 2.0

The team was founded in 2000 by French racing driver Simon Abadie. They joined the French Formula Renault 2.0 championship the same year, with Abadie finishing as runner-up in the standings. They also finished as runner-up in the series in 2003 before leaving the championship at the end of the 2005 season.

Eurocup Mégane Trophy

In 2005, Tech 1 joined the newly formed Eurocup Mégane Trophy, with Matthieu Lahaye and Simon Abadie finishing ninth and tenth respectively in the championship. The following year they finished second in the Drivers' championship with Lahaye and also claimed the Teams' title, the first of three consecutive Teams' championships. In 2007, they claimed a one-two finish in the drivers' championship, with Portuguese driver Pedro Petiz taking the title ahead of team-mate Dimitri Enjalbert.

World Series by Renault

2006 saw Tech 1 Racing join the World Series by Renault championship with drivers Jérôme d'Ambrosio and Ryo Fukuda. Tech 1 took over Saulnier Racing's single-seater racing structure and equipment. After a steady first season the team finished twelfth in the Teams' standings, with Fukuda taking their best race result of fourth place at both Donington Park and Le Mans.

In 2007 the team fielded former British Formula 3 champion Álvaro Parente and Frenchman Julien Jousse. Parente took two victories during the season (at Monaco and Spa-Francorchamps) to claim the title ahead of Ben Hanley, with Jousse finishing in tenth position. Tech 1 also secured the Teams' title, ahead of International DracoRacing and Carlin Motorsport.

Jousse remained with the team for the 2008 season, where he was joined by Formula Renault graduate Charles Pic. After taking six podium places – including a win at Barcelona – Jousse finished second in the championship behind Giedo van der Garde, whilst Pic took wins at Monaco and Le Mans to finish in sixth place. The team also won their second consecutive Teams' title.

Pairing the drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Brendon Hartley at the start of the season (the latter would be replaced by 2010 British Formula 3 season champion Jean-Éric Vergne), Tech 1 secured the 2010 season title.

The team claimed just one more team title in 2012 season, with Jules Bianchi finishing vice-champion in the standings, before withdrawing from the sport three seasons later.

Results

Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	Fast laps	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2010	Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0-10	Arthur Pic	16	4	7	4	123	3rd	1st
		Hugo Valente	16	0	0	0	28	12th
		Aaro Vainio	16	0	2	2	101	4th
		Carlos Sainz, Jr.	4	0	0	2	0	NC^[a]
2011	Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0-10	Javier Tarancón	14	1	0	2	78	8th	4th
		Paul-Loup Chatin	14	1	1	0	75	9th
		Grégoire Demoustier	4	0	0	0	0	41st
		Mitchell Gilbert	2	0	0	0	0	30th
		Miki Weckström	14	0	0	0	11	18th
2012	Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0-10	Paul-Loup Chatin	14	0	0	1	77	6th	4th
		Matthieu Vaxivière	14	0	0	0	1	29th
		Óscar Tunjo	14	1	1	0	73	7th
		Roman Mavlanov	14	0	0	0	0	33rd
		Felipe Fraga	8	0	0	0	21	18th
2013	Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0-10	Pierre Gasly	14	3	4	2	195	1st	1st
		Egor Orudzhev	14	0	0	0	78	7th
		Matthieu Vaxivière	14	2	2	2	57	10th
2014	Tatuus FR 2.0-13	Anthoine Hubert	14	0	0	0	30	15th	8th
		Vasily Romanov	10	0	0	0	0	25th
		George Russell	4	1	0	0	0	NC^[a]
		Egor Orudzhev	14	0	0	3	83	8th
		Luke Chudleigh	6	0	0	0	0	NC^[a]
		Hugo de Sadeleer	2	0	0	0	0	NC^[a]
		Akash Nandy	2	0	0	0	0	NC^[a]
		Philo Paz Armand	4	0	0	0	0	NC^[a]
2015	Renault FR 2.0-10	Hugo de Sadeleer	17	0	0	0	0	24th	5th
		Simon Gachet	17	0	0	1	19	16th
		Anthoine Hubert	17	2	2	2	172	5th
2016	Renault FR 2.0-10	Dorian Boccolacci	15	2	1	3	200	2nd	2nd
		Hugo de Sadeleer	15	1	0	0	89	6th
		Sacha Fenestraz	15	2	2	1	119.5	5th
		Gabriel Aubry	15	0	0	0	35	12th
2017	Renault FR 2.0-10	Gabriel Aubry	13	2	2	1	128	5th	3rd
		Max Fewtrell	13	0	0	0	72	7th
		Thomas Maxwell	13	0	0	0	14	14th
		Thomas Neubauer	13	0	0	0	0	25th

Formula Renault 2.0 NEC

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	Fast laps	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2016	Renault FR 2.0-10	Dorian Boccolacci	15	1	0	0	226	3rd	3rd
		Hugo de Sadeleer	15	0	0	2	162	9th
		Sacha Fenestraz	15	1	1	0	207	5th
		Gabriel Aubry	9	0	0	0	76	18th
2017	Renault FR 2.0-10	Gabriel Aubry	9	2	2	2	115	5th	4th
		Thomas Neubauer	9	0	0	0	52	11th
		Max Fewtrell	5	0	0	0	48	12th
		Thomas Maxwell	7	0	0	0	36	17th

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	Fast laps	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2006	Dallara T05-Renault	Ryō Fukuda	17	0	0	0	25	16th	12th
		Patrick Pilet	6	0	0	0	14^[b]	21st
		Marco Bonanomi	4	0	0	0	5	31st
		Jérôme d'Ambrosio	7	0	0	0	0	36th
2007	Dallara T05-Renault	Álvaro Parente	17	2	2	1	129	1st	1st
2007	Dallara T05-Renault	Julien Jousse	17	0	1	1	62	10th	1st
2008	Dallara T08-Renault	Julien Jousse	17	1	0	2	106	2nd	1st
2008	Dallara T08-Renault	Charles Pic	17	2	1	2	69	6th	1st
2009	Dallara T08-Renault	Brendon Hartley	13	0	1	3	26	15th	4th
		Edoardo Mortara	2	0	0	0	6	24th
		Daniel Ricciardo	2	0	0	0	0	34th
		Charles Pic	17	2	2	3	94	3rd
2010	Dallara T08-Renault	Daniel Ricciardo	17	4	8	5	136	2nd	1st
		Jean-Éric Vergne	6	1	0	0	53	8th
		Brendon Hartley	13	0	0	2	50^[b]	10th
2011	Dallara T08-Renault	Kevin Korjus	17	3	0	1	120	6th	6th
2011	Dallara T08-Renault	Arthur Pic	17	1	0	0	16	23rd	6th
2012	Dallara T12-Zytek	Jules Bianchi	17	3	5	7	185	2nd	1st
		Kevin Korjus	16	0	0	0	69^[b]	10th
		Daniel Abt	6	0	0	0	0	34th
2013	Dallara T12-Zytek	Nigel Melker	17	0	0	2	136	6th	5th
2013	Dallara T12-Zytek	Mikhail Aleshin	17	0	0	0	33	12th	5th
2014	Dallara T12-Zytek	Marco Sørensen	17	0	0	0	44	12th	9th
		Nicholas Latifi	6	0	0	0	20	20th
		Alfonso Celis Jr.	2	0	0	0	0	27th
2015	Dallara T12-Zytek	Roy Nissany	17	0	0	0	27	13th	7th
2015	Dallara T12-Zytek	Aurélien Panis	17	0	0	0	42	12th	7th

GP3

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Fast laps	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2010	Dallara GP3/10-Renault	Doru Sechelariu	16	0	0	0	29th	6th
		Daniel Juncadella	10	0	0	10	14th
		Stefano Coletti	14	0	0	18	9th
		Jean-Éric Vergne	4	0	0	9	17th
		Jim Pla	2	0	0	0	36th
2011	Dallara GP3/10-Renault	Aaro Vainio	16	0	0	12	15th	6th
		Andrea Caldarelli	4	0	2	20	10th
		Thomas Hylkema	12	0	0	0	34th
		Tamás Pál Kiss	16	1	0	11	16th

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	T.C.	Points
2010	GP3/10 Renault P		CAT FEA	CAT 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	6th	36
		Doru Sechelariu	22	Ret	9	9	Ret	20	Ret	17	10	DSQ	14	21	Ret	20	21	18
		Daniel Juncadella	11	11
		Stefano Coletti			24^†	14	10	6	10	Ret	5	3	3	4	Ret	24	16	20
		Jean-Éric Vergne	5	21			4	17
		Jim Pla			Ret	20
		Daniel Juncadella							Ret	Ret	8	2			5	DSQ	22	Ret
2011	GP3/10 Renault P		IST FEA	IST SPR	CAT FEA	CAT 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	6th	43
		Aaro Vainio	15	Ret	3	20	Ret	Ret	11	18	7	13	5	7	13	Ret	22^†	8
		Andrea Caldarelli	2	5	4	4
		Thomas Hylkema					Ret	Ret	20	21	18	24^†	27	Ret	22	21	14	Ret
		Tamás Pál Kiss	16	18	8	1	16	13	Ret	20	8	4	10	20	17	14	Ret	12

24 Hours of Le Mans

Year	Entrant	No.	Car	Drivers	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2016	Panis Barthez Compétition	23	Ligier JS P2-Nissan	Fabien Barthez Timothé Buret Paul-Loup Chatin	LMP2	347	12th	8th
2017	Panis Barthez Compétition	23	Ligier JS P217-Gibson	Fabien Barthez Nathanaël Berthon Timothé Buret	LMP2	296	DNF	DNF
2018	Panis Barthez Compétition	23	Ligier JS P217-Gibson	Timothé Buret Julien Canal Will Stevens	LMP2	352	13th	9th
2019	Panis Barthez Compétition	23	Ligier JS P217-Gibson	René Binder Julien Canal Will Stevens	LMP2	362	13th	8th
2020	Panis Racing	31	Oreca 07-Gibson	Julien Canal Nico Jamin Matthieu Vaxivière	LMP2	368	7th	3rd
2021	PR1 Motorsports Mathiasen^[5]	24	Oreca 07-Gibson	Gabriel Aubry Patrick Kelly Simon Trummer	LMP2 (Pro-Am)	261	DNF	DNF
2021	Panis Racing	65	Oreca 07-Gibson	James Allen Julien Canal Will Stevens	LMP2	362	8th	3rd
2022	Ultimate	35	Oreca 07-Gibson	Jean-Baptiste Lahaye Matthieu Lahaye François Heriau	LMP2 (Pro-Am)	335	48th	8th
2022	Panis Racing	65	Oreca 07-Gibson	Julien Canal Nico Jamin Job van Uitert	LMP2	366	16th	12th
2023	Panis Racing	65	Oreca 07-Gibson	Tijmen van der Helm Manuel Maldonado Job van Uitert	LMP2	316	25th	14th

Timeline

Former series
French Formula Renault Championship	2000–2005
Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup	2001, 2003-2004
Eurocup Mégane Trophy	2005-2009
Formula Renault 3.5 Series	2006–2015
GP3 Series	2010–2011
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	2010–2018
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps	2011–2015
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	2016–2018
European Le Mans Series	2016–2023
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	2019–2020
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup	2019–2020
FIA World Endurance Championship	2022

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Guest driver (ineligible for points).
^ ^a ^b ^c Includes points scored for other teams.

References

^ "OUR FAMILY STORY". Tech 1 Racing. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
^ "Panis-Barthez Compétition: champions with ambitions!". 24 Hours of Le Mans. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
^ Watkins, Gary (12 February 2019). "Panis-Barthez ties up with Lexus for Blancpain effort". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
^ Dagys, John (22 November 2021). "French LMP2 Squad Ultimate Plotting WEC Debut". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
^ Klein, Jamie (21 April 2021). "PR1/Mathiasen enters Tech1 alliance for WEC debut". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 2 April 2024.

External links

[Driver-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Guest driver (ineligible for points).

[Driver1-6] Includes points scored for other teams.

[1] "OUR FAMILY STORY". Tech 1 Racing. Retrieved 30 March 2024.

[2] "Panis-Barthez Compétition: champions with ambitions!". 24 Hours of Le Mans. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2024.

[3] Watkins, Gary (12 February 2019). "Panis-Barthez ties up with Lexus for Blancpain effort". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 30 March 2024.

[4] Dagys, John (22 November 2021). "French LMP2 Squad Ultimate Plotting WEC Debut". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 30 March 2024.

[7] Klein, Jamie (21 April 2021). "PR1/Mathiasen enters Tech1 alliance for WEC debut". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 2 April 2024.

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