Fortec Motorsport Ltd. is a motor-racing team that races in the GB3 Championship, GB4 Championship, and F4 British Championship. The team was bought in 1995 by current owner Richard Dutton.
Past drivers for the team include Juan Pablo Montoya, Gianmaria Bruni, Danny Watts, Jamie Green, James Rossiter, Mike Conway, Fabio Carbone and Heikki Kovalainen.
History
The company was formed in Newark-on-Trent in 1989 by Peter Ablewhite, of Long Bennington, and mechanical engineer Peter Maxted of Brant Broughton.Newark Advertiser Friday 5 May 1989, page 37 It moved to part of a 50-acre site at Gonerby Moor in 1995, nearby to the NAAFI distribution centre.Grantham Journal Friday 2 February 1996, page 64Grantham Journal Thursday 4 April 1996, page 3 The company left Grantham in 1999.
Fortec has enjoyed great success since its inception. In 2002 Danny Watts won the British Formula Renault Championship for the team, with team-mate Jamie Green following close behind in second. In the same year, Fabio Carbone won the prestigious Marlboro Masters Formula Three race, held at Zandvoort in the Netherlands. The team's next championship win came with another British Formula Renault title in 2004, with Mike Conway finishing over 90 points clear of his nearest rival, Comtec Racing's Westley Barber. Fortec added further team championships in the Formula BMW UK championship, taking three successive titles between 2005 and 2007, also taking drivers' championship titles with Niall Breen and Marcus Ericsson.
After a barren year for the team in Formula Renault in 2005, 2006 saw the team regain both championship titles, with Sebastian Hohenthal just clinching the drivers' title on countback, after he and Team A.K.A. driver Patrick Hogan ended the season on the same number of points. Duncan Tappy and Dean Smith finished in the top two placings in 2007. Another teams' title followed in 2008. More recently, the team has seen great improvements in its Formula Renault 3.5 Series results, finishing fifth in the Teams' Championship in 2009, fourth in 2010 and finishing as runners-up in 2011 season with driver Alexander Rossi finishing third overall and best rookie. In 2012 the team fielded rookies Robin Frijns from the Netherlands and Carlos Huertas from Colombia, Frijns won the driver championship in his first year scoring 3 wins during his championship season. Meanwhile, Huertas scored regular results and finished 16th in the season scoring 35 points, but Fortec finished 3rd in the teams championship behind Tech 1 Racing and New team Arden Caterham Motorsport.
Fortec were also crowned Team Champions in the Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship with Alex Lynn clinching the drivers' title with a record-breaking twelve wins in one season. Oliver Rowland secured second in the Championship, as well as winning the Graduate Cup. William Buller was Fortec's top finisher in the British Formula 3 Championship, as he finished fourth in the Championship. In club-level racing, the new-for-2011 InterSteps Championship saw Jake Dennis win the Championship from teammate Alex Walker with Ed Jones finishing in fourth place, while in Formula Renault BARC, Josh Webster narrowly missed out on the drivers', after a close battle with eventual champion Dino Zamparelli.
After the Formula Renault UK was cancelled for the 2012 season, the team joined the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC.
Current series results
BRDC British Formula 3 Championship / GB3 Championship GB3 Championship results Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Podiums Points T.C. 2016 Tatuus-Cosworth F4-016 Tarun Reddy 23 0 0 0 4 284 6thN/A Faisal Al Zubair 23 0 0 0 0 196 12th2017Tatuus-Cosworth F4-016 Ben Hingeley 24 3 1 1 7 444 3rdN/A Nicolai Kjærgaard 24 0 0 0 0 247 10th Manuel Maldonado 24 0 0 0 0 205 12th2018Tatuus-Cosworth F4-016 Tom Gamble 23 2 3 7 7 346 5thN/A Manuel Maldonado 23 2 0 0 2 292 7th Tristan Charpentier 15 0 0 0 1 166 12th Hampus Ericsson 6 0 0 0 1 64 21st 2019 Tatuus-Cosworth F4-016 Johnathan Hoggard 24 7 7 9 12 482 2ndN/A Manuel Maldonado 24 1 0 1 5 348 6th Kris Wright 24 0 0 0 0 126 16th 2020 Tatuus-Cosworth F4-016 Roberto Faria 13 0 0 0 1 152 14thN/A Jonny Wilkinson 3 0 0 0 0 20 23rd Frank Bird 3 0 0 0 0 13 24th2021Tatuus-Cosworth F4-016 Roberto Faria2410393605th3rd Mikkel Grundtvig24200421413th Oliver Bearman9121416314th Hunter Yeany300013624th Luke Browning310013525th Eduardo Coseteng3000013th27th2022Tatuus-Cosworth MSV-022 Joel Granfors2423011460.5 2nd4th Zak Taylor†240001154.518th Mikkel Grundtvig182003135.521st2023Tatuus-Cosworth MSV-022 Jarrod Waberski2200012399th6th Max Esterson23001121511th Edward Pearson23000213419th2024Tatuus-Cosworth MSV-022 Colin Queen23000017814th6th Edward Pearson1700008720th James Wharton500003025th Alexandros Kattoulas30000632nd2025Tatuus-Cosworth MSV-025 Liam McNeilly300012331st9th Stefan Bostandjiev900002032nd Mika Abrahams30000934th2026Tatuus-Cosworth MSV-2026 Alexandros Kattoulas Jack Taylor † Taylor drove for Chris Dittmann Racing from round 7 onwards.
GB4 Championship Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points D.C.T.C.2022Tatuus F4-T014 Nikolas Taylor24991014546 1stN/A Jessica Edgar2400012697th Elias Adestam9000115111th Carl Bennett300002521st2023Tatuus F4-T014 Colin Queen20012103794th2nd Aditya Kulkarni2000042565th Ruhaan Alva14000116510th Dan Hickey300001025th2024Tatuus F4-T014 Linus Granfors20663104671st2nd Jack Taylor2000012029th Dan Hickey20000017212th2025Tatuus MSV GB4-025 Thomas Ingram Hill2100122646th3rd Jack Taylor21223421910th Luca Magnussen18000113913th2026Tatuus MSV GB4-025 Thomas Ingram Hill2111353384th3rd Franciszek Cegielski2100012328th Jordyn Martin2100009318th
F4 British Championship F4 British Championship ResultsGP2 and Formula 3000 entrylist and complete results speedsportmag.com Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points D.C. T.C. 2015 Mygale M14-F4 Dan Ticktum 27 3 3 5 10 242 6th 4th James Pull 30 0 0 1 4 104 10th Josh Smith 30 1 0 0 2 84 13th Toby Sowery 15 0 0 0 1 80 14th 2016 Mygale M14-F4 Alex Quinn 30 3 2 1 6 248 7th 4th Jamie Caroline 17 1 0 0 5 181 10th Nicolai Kjærgaard 30 0 0 0 0 50 13th Ross Martin 9 0 0 0 1 21 15th Frank Bird 30 0 0 0 0 3 19th 2017 Mygale M14-F4 Oliver York 30 2 1 0 9 274.5 6th 4th Hampus Ericsson 21 0 0 0 2 69 10th Johnathan Hoggard 6 0 0 0 1 20 16th Alexandra Mohnhaupt 3 0 0 0 0 0 24th 2018 Mygale M14-F4 Johnathan Hoggard 30 8 6 2 10 339 3rd 4th Hampus Ericsson 21 0 0 0 0 54 11th Lucca Allen 27 0 0 0 0 29 14th 2019 Mygale M14-F4 Roberto Faria 30 0 0 0 0 99 11th 6th Mariano Martínez 30 0 0 0 0 49 12th Chris Lulham 3 0 0 0 0 16 15th 2020 Mygale M14-F4 Roberto Faria 15 0 1 0 2 106 10th 2nd Rafael Villagómez 17 0 0 0 1 47 11th Luke Browning 26 7 5 7 16 412.5 1st2021Mygale M14-F4 Joel Granfors2910482404th1st James Hedley †2942182265th Oliver Gray2722121737th2022Tatuus F4-T421 Marcos Flack60000420th7th James Higgins60000022nd2023Tatuus F4-T421 James Higgins3024062176th4th Aiden Neate1300039114th Mika Abrahams2102114618th2024Tatuus F4-T421 Kai Daryanani3000009312th6th Alexander Berg30100160.514th Nina Gademan2600002519th2025Tatuus F4-T421 Henry Joslyn3005171539th5th Ary Bansal18100410411th Thomas Ingram Hill1200001727th2026Tatuus F4-T421 Kit Belofsky Cash Felber Ethan Carney Roman Felber Qarrar Firhand †Hedley drove for Carlin from round 6 onwards.
Former series results
British Formula 3 International Series British Formula 3 results Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Podiums Points 1992 Reynard 923–Mugen-Honda Kelvin Burt 16 2 0 2 7 55 3rd 1993 Reynard 933–Mugen-Honda Andre Ribeiro 15 0 0 0 3 19 5th Gareth Rees 15 0 0 0 0 5 13th 1994 Dallara F394–Mugen-Honda Jérémie Dufour 19 0 0 6 3 103 7th Christian Horner 20 0 0 0 0 10 17th 1995 Dallara F395–Mitsubishi HKS Jamie Davies 17 0 0 0 5 107 6th Gualter Salles 17 1 0 0 3 106 7th Jamie Spence 5 0 0 0 1 29 13th Geoffrey Horion 18 0 0 0 0 3 22nd 1996 Dallara F396–Mitsubishi HKS Juan-Pablo Montoya 16 3 1 4 5 137 5th Guy Smith 16 1 2 0 5 132 6th 1997 Dallara F397–Mitsubishi HKS Brian Smith 15 1 1 1 2 72 6th Ben Collins 16 0 0 0 1 64 7th 1998 Dallara F398–Mugen-Honda Kristian Kolby 16 0 0 2 1 82 6th Andrej Pavicevic 16 0 0 0 0 19 14th 1999 Dallara F399–Mugen-Honda Kristian Kolby 16 1 0 2 6 153 6th Matt Davies 16 0 0 0 4 113 14th 2000 Dallara F300–Mugen-Honda Gianmaria Bruni 14 0 0 0 2 95 5th Michael Bentwood 14 0 0 0 2 69 7th 2001 Dallara F301–Renault Gianmaria Bruni 26 1 0 1 7 156 5th Alex Gurney 24 0 0 0 0 17 16th 2002 Dallara F302–Renault Heikki Kovalainen 25 5 2 2 12 257 3rd Fabio Carbone 25 0 1 1 4 137 6th 2003 Dallara F303–Renault Sodemo Robert Dahlgren 24 1 0 1 3 102 9th Will Power 18 0 0 0 1 40 14th 2004 Dallara F304–Opel James Rossiter 24 3 3 2 12 228 3rd Marcus Marshall 22 1 0 0 1 24 17th Ronayne O'Mahony 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2005 Dallara F305–Mercedes HWA Mike Conway 1 1 0 0 7 192 3rd James Walker 22 1 0 1 1 69 11th Ronayne O'Mahony 20 0 0 0 0 21 14th Yelmer Buurman 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2006 Dallara F306–Mercedes Yelmer Buurman 22 2 0 0 5 186 4th Stuart Hall 19 0 0 0 0 21 13th Charlie Hollings 7 0 0 0 0 6 16th 2007 Dallara F307–Mercedes Sebastian Hohental 22 1 0 0 4 101 9th Greg Mansell 22 0 0 0 3 79 10th Leo Mansell 21 0 0 0 0 2 17th 2008 Dallara F308–Mercedes Marcus Ericsson 22 0 2 4 5 141 5th Sebastian Hohental 16 1 0 0 4 105 7th Dean Smith 2 0 0 0 0 20 16th Philip Major 8 0 0 0 0 0 18th 2009 Dallara F309–Mercedes Riki Christodolou 20 1 0 0 4 130 5th Víctor García 20 0 0 0 0 30 14th Daniel McKenzie 20 11 5 11 19 351 1st [B] 2010 Dallara F309–Mercedes Oliver Webb 30 3 4 4 13 250 3rd Daniel McKenzie 30 2 1 1 4 109 9th Max Snegirev 30 0 0 0 0 1 18th 2011 Dallara F311–Mercedes William Buller 30 1 2 4 9 197 4th Lucas Foresti 30 3 1 2 6 109 7th Harry Tincknell 30 1 0 0 4 78 11th Fahmi Ilyas 30 0 0 0 0 7 21st 2012 Dallara F312–Mercedes Félix Serrallés 28 4 3 5 12 299 3rd Alex Lynn 28 1 2 5 9 253 4th Pipo Derani 28 2 0 2 4 146 8th Hannes van Asseldonk 27 0 0 3 0 132 9th 2013 Dallara F312–Mercedes William Buller 12 1 0 7 6 134 3rd Felipe Guimarães 12 2 0 1 4 109 4th Félix Serrallés 3 0 0 0 0 15 10th Alfonso Celis Jr. 3 0 0 0 0 15 11th 2014 Dallara F312–Mercedes Martin Cao 21 4 4 1 16 285 1st Matt Rao 21 5 3 9 15 283 2nd Sam MacLeod 9 2 3 4 6 121 4th Marvin Kirchhöfer 3 2 0 2 3 54 8th
Formula Renault 3.5 Series Formula Renault 3.5 resultsWSbR complete results speedsportmag.com Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Podiums Points 2007 Dallara T05–Renault James Walker 17 1 0 0 1 19 19th 12th Yelmer Buurman 4 0 0 0 0 15 20th Richard Philippe 11 0 0 0 0 0 33rd Esteban Guerrieri 2 0 0 0 0 0 39th 2008 Dallara T05–Renault James Walker 17 0 0 0 1 36 13th 9th Fairuz Fauzy 13 0 0 0 1 17 18th Julian Theobald 4 0 0 0 0 0 33rd 2009 Dallara T08–Renault Fairuz Fauzy 17 1 1 1 5 98 2nd 5th Sten Pentus 13 0 0 0 1 23 16th 2010 Dallara T08–Renault Sten Pentus 17 2 1 2 4 78 4th 4th Jon Lancaster 17 0 0 0 1 39 13th 2011 Dallara T08–Renault Alexander Rossi 17 3 0 2 6 39 3rd 2nd César Ramos 17 0 2 0 0 47 11th 2012 Dallara T12–Zytek Robin Frijns 17 3 4 1 8 189 1st 3rd Carlos Huertas 17 0 0 0 0 35 16th 2013 Dallara T12–Zytek Stoffel Vandoorne 17 4 3 2 10 214 2nd 2nd Oliver Webb 17 0 0 0 0 27 14th 2014 Dallara T12–Zytek Oliver Rowland 17 2 3 1 7 181 4th 2nd Sergey Sirotkin 17 1 1 0 4 132 5th 2015 Dallara T12–Zytek Oliver Rowland 17 8 7 4 13 307 1st 1st Jazeman Jaafar 17 1 1 1 4 118 8th
Formula V8 3.5 Series Formula V8 3.5 results Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Podiums Points 2016 Dallara T12–Zytek Louis Delétraz 18 2 3 5 9 230 2nd 4th Pietro Fittipaldi 18 0 0 0 1 60 10th 2017 Dallara T12–Zytek Alfonso Celis Jr. 6 1 1 1 3 75 4th 3rd Diego Menchaca 6 0 0 0 0 36 7th
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