Ocean Racing Technology (ORT) was a racing team that competed in GP2 Series, GP2 Asia Series and GP3 Series between 2009 and 2012. ORT were formed after former Formula One driver Tiago Monteiro and José Guedes acquired the BCN Competición team. Several future Formula One drivers, such as Brendon Hartley and Max Chilton, competed for the team.

History In late November 2008, a company led by former Formula One driver Tiago Monteiro acquired the BCN Competición GP2 team. The team were relocated to Portugal.

Racing history GP2 Series

In the 2009 season, drivers were Álvaro Parente and Karun Chandhok. Parente won the first race for the team at the 2009 Belgian Feature Race, in a round where he also got pole position and fastest lap and was 8th in the final Championship standings. ORT finished the Teams' Championship in 9th, but only two points behind 5th-place finisher iSport International.

For 2010, Ocean recruited Max Chilton and Fabio Leimer, with Leimer taking the team's second win, but the team slipped back to twelfth overall in the standings.

The following year, Ocean hired Kevin Mirocha (who was later replaced by Brendon Hartley) and Johnny Cecotto Jr.: Hartley scored the team's only points with a fifth-place finish at Spa-Francorchamps, this poor showing again resulting in a twelfth-place teams' championship result.

For the 2012 season, Ocean signed Nigel Melker, and Jon Lancaster, the latter of whom was swiftly dropped when he ran out of money. He was replaced by Hartley for two rounds of the championship, before Victor Guerin took the seat for the remainder of the season. Melker scored 25 points under the revised system, raising Ocean's performance to eleventh overall following the Coloni team's exclusion from the championship.

At the end of 2012, its owner Tiago Monteiro reported that the Government of Portugal owed the project around €6 million and that without that money they would not be able to continue in the competition. On January 16, 2013, Hilmer Motorsport was announced as a replacement of the team in the GP2 Series.

GP2 Asia Series Yelmer Buurman and Fabrizio Crestani drove for the team in the 2008-09 GP2 Asia Series season, replacing BCN drivers Yoshimoto and Luca Filippi who competed in the first round of the championship.

GP3 Series In 2012 they entered the GP3 Series shortly before the start of the season, replacing Tech 1 Racing, they finished seventh in the championship with 56 points thanks to the results of Kevin Ceccon.

Complete series results GP2 Series Year Chassis Engine Tyres Drivers Races Wins Poles Points 2009 DallaraGP2/08 MecachromeV8108 V8 Karun Chandhok 20 0 0 0 10 18th 9th Álvaro Parente 20 1 1 1 30 8th 2010 DallaraGP2/08 MecachromeV8108 V8 Max Chilton 20 0 0 0 3 25th 12th Fabio Leimer 19 1 0 1 8 19th 2011 DallaraGP2/11 MecachromeV8108 V8 Kevin Mirocha 12 0 0 0 0 22nd 12th Brendon Hartley 4 0 0 0 4 19th Johnny Cecotto Jr. 18 0 0 0 0 24th 2012 DallaraGP2/11 MecachromeV8108 V8 Jon Lancaster 2 0 0 0 0 34th 11th Brendon Hartley 4 0 0 0 1 25th Victor Guerin 17 0 0 0 0 30th Nigel Melker 23 0 0 0 25 19th

In detail (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year ChassisEngineTyres Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Points 2009 GP2/08RenaultCATFEACATSPRMONFEAMONFEAISTFEAISTSPRSILFEASILSPRNÜRFEANÜRSPRHUNFEAHUNSPRVALFEAVALSPRSPAFEASPASPRMNZFEAMNZSPRALGFEAALGSPR 9th 40 Karun Chandhok Ret Ret 7 Ret 13 14 6 3 11 Ret 17† 10 Ret 6 Ret 7 19† 12 Ret 13 Álvaro Parente Ret 11 Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret 11 6 2 9 6 4 Ret 1 Ret 11 Ret Ret 4 2010 GP2/08RenaultCATFEACATSPRMONFEAMONSPRISTFEAISTSPRVALFEAVALSPRSILFEASILSPRHOCFEAHOCSPRHUNFEAHUNSPRSPAFEASPASPRMNZFEAMNZSPRYMCFEAYMCSPR 12th 11 Max Chilton 18 16 Ret 14 9 11 Ret 11 19 19 19 16 17 16 17 11 8 5 12 12 Fabio Leimer 8 1 Ret 17 13 15 Ret Ret 17 13 21† Ret Ret 11 12 Ret Ret DNS Ret 15 2011 GP2/11MecachromeISTFEAISTSPRCATFEACATSPRMONFEAMONSPRVALFEAVALSPRSILFEASILSPRNÜRFEANÜRSPRHUNFEAHUNSPRSPAFEASPASPRMNZFEAMNZSPR 12th 4 Kevin Mirocha 15† 19 21† 16 10 Ret 12 8 DNS DNS Ret 13 14 8 Brendon Hartley 5 9 22 20 Johnny Cecotto Jr. Ret 13 14 13 Ret 17 14 17 12 Ret 10 Ret Ret Ret 11 8 17 15 2012 GP2/11Mecachrome SEPFEA SEPSPR BHR1FEA BHR1SPR BHR2FEA BHR2SPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR VALFEA VALSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR MRNFEA MRNSPR 11th 26 Jon Lancaster Ret 17 Brendon Hartley 10 Ret 13 16 Victor Guerin 19 21 16 Ret 17 18 17 DNS Ret 23 21 23 Ret 18 23 Ret Ret 13 Nigel Melker 16 14 20† 18 19 11 14 24 Ret 12 Ret 13 4 6 6 8 14 18 Ret DNS 11 Ret 12 12

GP2 Final (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year ChassisEngineTyres Drivers 1 2 Points 2011 GP2/11MecachromeYMCFEAYMCSPR 7th 2 Nicolas Marroc 14 22 António Félix da Costa 7 13

GP2 Asia Series GP2 Asia Series Results Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Points 2008 Dallara GP2/08-Mecachrome Miloš Pavlović 10 0 0 0 6 16th 12th Jason Tahincioglu 10 0 0 0 0 22nd 2008-09 Dallara GP2/08-Mecachrome Yelmer Buurman 6 0 0 0 4 19th 11th Karun Chandhok 2 0 0 0 0 26th Fabrizio Crestani 9 0 0 0 0 28th 2009-10 Dallara GP2/08-Mecachrome Alexander Rossi† 2 0 0 0 8 9th† 9th Max Chilton† 2 0 0 0 2 18th† Yelmer Buurman 4 0 0 0 0 21st Fabio Leimer 7 0 0 0 0 31st 2011 Dallara GP2/11-Mecachrome Andrea Caldarelli 4 0 0 0 0 21st 12th Oliver Turvey 4 0 0 0 0 16th † These drivers raced for more than one team during the season. Their final position includes results for all teams.

In detail (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year ChassisEngineTyres Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Points 2008–09* GP2/05RenaultSHIFEASHISPRDUB3FEADUB3SPRBHR1FEABHR1SPRLSLFEALSLSPRSEPFEASEPSPRBHR2FEABHR2SPR 11th 4 Yelmer Buurman Ret C Ret 13 Ret DNS 5 11 Karun Chandhok 9 Ret Fabrizio Crestani 14 C Ret 17 10 21 15 16 18 15 2009–10 GP2/05RenaultYMC1FEAYMC1SPRYMC2FEAYMC2SPRBHR1FEABHR1SPRBHR2FEABHR2SPR 9th 9 Alexander Rossi 4 5 Max Chilton 8 6 Yelmer Buurman 12 10 13 7 Fabio Leimer 17 Ret Ret Ret 20 15 Ret DNS 2011 GP2/11MecachromeYMCFEAYMCSPRIMOFEAIMOSPR 12th 0 Oliver Turvey 18 19 14 8 Andrea Caldarelli 16 11 17 12 * Team was known as BCN Competición at round one in Shanghai, before Tiago Monteiro bought over the team's assets and renamed it as Ocean Racing Technology.

GP3 Series GP3 Series Results Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Points 2012 GP3/10-Renault Carmen Jordá 16 0 0 0 0 28th 7th Kevin Ceccon 16 0 0 2 56 9th Robert Cregan 16 0 0 0 0 22nd

In detail (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year ChassisEngineTyres Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Points 2012 GP3/10Renault CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR VALFEA VALSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 7th 56 Carmen Jordá 20 21 Ret 22 13 Ret DNQ DNQ 20 Ret 24† Ret 26 23 21 19 Kevin Ceccon Ret 10 3 6 7 4 8 7 17 15 4 8 12 20 13 9 Robert Cregan 15 Ret 18 11 15 13 20 15 11 NC 21 14 21 DNS 20 17

References

External links Official Ocean Racing Technology website