HWA Team

Founded	1999
Founder(s)	Hans-Werner Aufrecht
Base	Affalterbach, Germany
Former series	DTM Formula E FIA Formula 3 Championship FIA Formula 2 Championship
Teams' Championships	DTM: 2000-200320052006 2008-201020152018
Drivers' Championships	DTM: 2000:Bernd Schneider 2001:Bernd Schneider 2003:Bernd Schneider 2005:Gary Paffett 2006:Bernd Schneider 2010:Paul di Resta 2015:Pascal Wehrlein 2018:Gary Paffett
Website	https://www.hwaag.com

HWA Team, also known asHWA RACELAB, is theauto racing team ofHWAAG, a German company based inAffalterbach, that also develops and builds vehicles and components forMercedes-AMG race cars. It is named after founderHans-Werner Aufrecht.

HWA was responsible for managing the AMG Mercedes team in theDeutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM). HWA AG was founded in 1999, and takes its name fromHans-Werner Aufrecht, who established AMG in 1967. Towards the end of 1998 Aufrecht sold a majority interest in AMG toDaimlerChrysler AG. As part of the process, the motor racing department and parts of the customised vehicles construction business were spun off and transferred to HWA AG.^[1]

Between 1998 and 1999, HWA carried out the production of theMercedes Benz CLK-GTR Straßenversion, building 20 cars with a further six roadster models built from spare parts in 2002.^[2]

It was announced on 9 May 2018 that HWA would joinFormula E for the2018-19 season.^[3] Their drivers were to beGary Paffett,^[4] their reigning DTM champion^[5] and formerMcLarenFormula One driverStoffel Vandoorne.^[6] For the2019-20 season, Mercedes joined Formula E in an official capacity by taking over the HWA entry and renaming it toMercedes-EQ Formula E Team.

In October 2018, HWA was named as one of ten teams that would make up the grid for theinaugural season of the newly rebrandedFIA Formula 3 Championship.^[7] In January 2019, the team entered into a partnership withArden International for theFIA Formula 2 Championship.^[8] On 16 October 2019 it was announced that HWA would take over Arden's entry completely for the2020 Season following their withdrawal.^[9] The following month, the team named incumbent Arden driverArtem Markelov as their first driver.^[10]

In October 2021 was announced that HWA will leave theFIA Formula 3 Championship after three seasons, during which they claimed four wins and 10 podiums. Their assets were purchased byVan Amersfoort Racing.^[11]

For the 2024FIA World Endurance Championship, HWA provided the research and development efforts for theIsotta Fraschini Tipo 6 LMH-C’s 3.0-liter single turbo V6. The car made its maiden start in the season-opening2024 Qatar 1812 km.^[12]

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

Year	Chassis	Powertrain	Tyres	No.	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Points	T.C.
HWA Racelab
2018–19	SparkSRT05e	Venturi VFE05	M			ADR	MRK	SCL	MEX	HKG	SYX	RME	PAR	MCO	BER	BRN	NYC		44	9th
				5	Stoffel Vandoorne	17	Ret	Ret	18	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	9	5	10	13	10
				17	Gary Paffett	Ret	Ret	14	16	8	Ret	Ret	8	12	16	17	11	8
2019–20:Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team

Year	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F. Laps	Podiums	D.C.	Pts	T.C.	Pts
2020	Dallara F2 2018	Mecachrome V634TV6t	P	Artem Markelov	23	0	0	0	0	18th	5	10th	13
				Giuliano Alesi	18	0	0	1	0	17th	12[a]
				Jake Hughes	2	0	0	0	0	23rd	0
				Théo Pourchaire	4	0	0	0	0	26th	0
2021	Dallara F2 2018	Mecachrome V634TV6t	P	Matteo Nannini	3	0	0	0	0	22nd	1	11th	9
				Jack Aitken	9	0	0	0	0	23rd	0
				Jake Hughes	8	0	0	0	0	18th	8
				Logan Sargeant	3	0	0	0	0	29th	0
				Alessio Deledda	23	0	0	0	0	25th	0

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

Year	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	T.C.	Points
2020		RBR FEA	RBR SPR	RBR FEA	RBR SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	CAT FEA	CAT SPR	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	MUG FEA	MUG SPR	SOC FEA	SOC SPR	BHR FEA	BHR SPR	BHR FEA	BHR SPR	10th	13
	Artem Markelov	Ret	18	DNS	16	Ret	14	18	11	19	11	12	16	16	8	17	16	8	20	15	12	22	10	13	20
	Giuliano Alesi	6	Ret	21	15	11	10	19	18	16	20	Ret	19	18	14	18	12	Ret	Ret
	Jake Hughes																			12	Ret
	Théo Pourchaire																					18	Ret	18	21
2021		BHR SP1	BHR SP2	BHR FEA	MON SP1	MON SP2	MON FEA	BAK SP1	BAK SP2	BAK FEA	SIL SP1	SIL SP2	SIL FEA	MNZ SP1	MNZ SP2	MNZ FEA	SOC SP1	SOC SP2	SOC FEA	JED SP1	JED SP2	JED FEA	YMC SP1	YMC SP2	YMC FEA	11th	9
	Matteo Nannini	14	9	10
	Jack Aitken				16	9	18	Ret	12	11	17	18	17
	Jake Hughes													12	Ret	13	4	C	18				Ret	13	Ret
	Logan Sargeant																			16	Ret	14
	Alessio Deledda	18	Ret	Ret	18	12	17	Ret	15	19	Ret	Ret	22	13	19	Ret	18	C	17	Ret	Ret	20	18	Ret	19

Year	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F. Laps	Podiums	D.C.	Pts	T.C.	Pts
2019	Dallara F3 2019	Mecachrome V634V6	P	Bent Viscaal	16	0	0	0	0	15th	10	5th	100
				Jake Hughes	16	1	1	1	4	7th	90
				Keyvan Andres	15	0	0	0	0	28th	0
2020	Dallara F3 2019	Mecachrome V634V6	P	Enzo Fittipaldi	18	0	0	0	0	15th	27	5th	138.5
				Jake Hughes	18	2	0	3	4	7th	111.5
				Jack Doohan	18	0	0	0	0	26th	0
2021	Dallara F3 2019	Mecachrome V634V6	P	Matteo Nannini	20	1	0	1	2	14th	44	7th	44
				Oliver Rasmussen	20	0	0	0	0	25th	0
				Rafael Villagómez	20	0	0	0	0	29th	0

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

Year	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	T.C.	Points
2019		CAT FEA	CAT SPR	LEC FEA	LEC SPR	RBR FEA	RBR SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	SOC FEA	SOC SPR						5th	100
	Bent Viscaal	13	13	5	20	13	Ret	22	20	19	10	20	14	17	27†	Ret	17
	Jake Hughes	17	Ret	Ret	7	7	1	9	Ret	3	3	21	Ret	6	3	7	4
	Keyvan Andres	28	18	DNS	19	27	13	21	26	23	14	14	16	19	22	19	23
2020		RBR FEA	RBR SPR	RBR FEA	RBR SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	CAT FEA	CAT SPR	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	MUG FEA	MUG SPR				5th	138.5
	Enzo Fittipaldi	18	9	15	13	19	9	18	19	17	17	13	8	26	12	9	19	5	4
	Jake Hughes	28	12	10	Ret	24	19	4	10	2	7	1	10	Ret	17	5	1	2	6
	Jack Doohan	14	Ret	22	19	Ret	25	Ret	27	26	21	14	15	12	Ret	17	21	13	11
2021		CAT SP1	CAT SP2	CAT FEA	LEC SP1	LEC SP2	LEC FEA	RBR SP1	RBR SP2	RBR FEA	HUN SP1	HUN SP2	HUN FEA	SPA SP1	SPA SP2	SPA FEA	ZAN SP1	ZAN SP2	ZAN FEA	SOC SP1	SOC SP2	SOC FEA	7th	44
	Matteo Nannini	10	26†	3	22	13	20	23	12	5	10	1	25	19	Ret	26	17	9	28	16	C	17
	Oliver Rasmussen	Ret	19	17	17	21	22	26	16	22	18	28	21	20	21	17	18	12	26	Ret	C	25†
	Rafael Villagómez	19	18	28	25	27	23	21	18	19	23	21	24	27	24	Ret	22	13	25	20	C	Ret

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