Asiatechas a Formula One engine manufacturer

Formula One World Championship career
First entry	2001 Australian Grand Prix
Last entry	2002 Japanese Grand Prix
Races entered	34 (33 starts)
Chassis	Arrows,Minardi
Constructors' Championships	0
Drivers' Championships	0
Race victories	0
Podiums	0
Points	3
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0

Asiatech was the trade name ofAsia Motor Technologies France, a company founded in 2000 by Japanese private capital under the leadership of Dr. John Gano andEnrique Scalabroni, which purchased the assets of thePeugeot Formula One programme at the end of the 2000 season. Its mandate was to acquire top-level European engine technology for Asia and to create an Asian-themed F1 team. It increased staffing from 170 to 221 employees, supplied its engines in development for testing at no cost to minor teams in 2001 and 2002, and had designed and presented the wind-tunnel model of its original F1 chassis when its Japanese private funding was cut in 2002. Asiatech returned the staff and facilities it had acquired back to Peugeot and wound down at the end of the 2002 season.^[1]

Before the official name "Asiatech" was adopted, the purchasers of Peugeot Sport F1 were only known under the trade name of Asia Motor Technologies (AMT). This is reflected in the video gameFormula One 2001, where Arrows' engine supplier is named "AMT" instead of Asiatech.

In 2001, Asiatech supplied their V10 engines to theArrows Formula One team free of charge. For 2002 it tried for better results with Minardi. In that year, Arrows, that rentedCosworth engines, ran out of funding in mid-season 2002 and was liquidated.^[2][3] In that 2002 season, Asiatech's engine reliability increased to finish in fourth place out of the nine F1 engine suppliers, tied with BMW for reliability. Four out of the Minardi team’s 14 retirements during the season were engine-related.^[4]

Asiatech was also concurrently working on aGTsportscar design using a compact new engine, as well as having completed the complete design of an LMP1sports car.

In 2002, Asiatech began considering the possibility of starting their own Formula One team, and purchased a formerWilliams design office in Didcot. They also enlisted the help ofEnrique Scalabroni, who designed a prototype F1 car. The car was to be firstly a testbed for Asiatech engines, then subsequently entered in the 2004 season.^[5][6] By May, there were reports that for the 2003 season Asiatech could supplyJordan with engines, or even buy the team out. These came afterHonda decided to concentrate their engine efforts on theBAR team, and announced they would be withdrawing supply from Eddie Jordan's team at the end of the 2002 season.^[7] However, when its Japanese private funding, reportedly from an heir toSony, was cut off during the 2002 season, it announced its shutdown on 3 November 2002, with staff returning to Peugeot or moving on to Renault and other F1 engine programs.^[6] Some of the team's employees attempted to form a design and consultancy company as 'Design Tech Centre' but were unsuccessful.

In February 2003, the assets of the Asiatech engine company were sold in an auction in Paris, overseen by Jacques Martin and Gilles Chausselat. Included in the auction were eighteen engines, adyno, a variety of machine tools, plus electronic measuring equipment amongst other things.^[8]

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Points	WCC
2001	Orange Arrows Asiatech	Arrows A22	001 3.0V10	B		AUS	MAL	BRA	SMR	ESP	AUT	MON	CAN	EUR	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	USA	JPN	1	10th
					Jos Verstappen	10	7	Ret	Ret	12	6	8	10†	Ret	13	10	9	12	10	Ret	Ret	15
					Enrique Bernoldi	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	8	Ret	12	Ret	13	14
2002	KL Minardi Asiatech	Minardi PS02	AT02 3.0V10	M		AUS	MAL	BRA	SMR	ESP	AUT	MON	CAN	EUR	GBR	FRA	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	USA	JPN	2	9th
					Alex Yoong	7	Ret	13	DNQ	WD	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	DNQ	10	DNQ			13	Ret	Ret
					Anthony Davidson													Ret	Ret
					Mark Webber	5	Ret	11	11	WD	12	11	11	15	Ret	8	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	10
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