| Founded | 2005 |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | Mark Gallagher Mark Kershaw |
| Base | Silverstone, England |
| Teamprincipal(s) | Teddy Yip Jr. Mark Gallagher |
| Former series | GP2 Series,A1 Grand Prix[b] GP3 Series European Le Mans Series |
| Noted drivers | |
| Teams' Championships | A1 Grand Prix: 2008–09 A1 GP[b] |
| Website | http://www.statusgp.com/ |
Status Grand Prix is a formermotorsport team registered inCanada.[a]
Based inSilverstone the team was formed in 2005 to run theA1 Team Ireland franchise in the newA1 Grand Prix series.[1] The team's founders were formerJordan Grand Prix ExecutiveMark Gallagher and Dublin businessman Mark Kershaw. Later shareholders included formerFormula One driverDavid Kennedy, John Hynes andTeddy Yip Jr., whose fatherTeddy Yip owned theTheodore Racing Formula One team. They also ran theA1 Team Canada operation in2007–08 and also assistedA1 Team Netherlands in2008–09, the season in which Team Ireland won the championship title.
In2010, Status Grand Prix competed in the inauguralGP3 Series finishing second in the team championship.Gary Anderson led the technical side of the team. At the end of the2015 season, Status withdrew from the championship.
In 2014, Status Grand Prix acquired the Malaysian team ofTony Fernandes,EQ8 Caterham Racing, for the2015 GP2 Series season, but participated in the last meeting of the2014 GP2 Series season under the name of Caterham.[2]
Status first raced officially in the2015 GP2 Series season withMarlon Stockinger andRichie Stanaway as their drivers, withOliver Rowland standing in for Stanaway in the final two rounds. Stanaway gave the team victories in the sprint races atMonaco andSochi.
Status Grand Prix ended its participation in motor racing prior to the 2016 season.
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Dallara GP2/11-Mecachrome | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26th | 8th | |
| 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 10th | ||||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21st |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Chassis Engine Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | T.C. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | GP2/11 Mecachrome P | BHR FEA | BHR SPR | CAT FEA | CAT SPR | MON FEA | MON 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 | BHR FEA | BHR SPR | YMC FEA | YMC SPR | 8th | 60 | |
| 11 | 19 | Ret | 20 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 23 | 17 | 19 | Ret | 19 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 19 | 18 | C | |||||
| 15 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 15 | Ret | 13 | 21 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||
| 22 | Ret | 15 | C |
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Dallara GP3/10-Renault | 16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 71 | 2nd | 2nd | |
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32nd | ||||
| 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 12th | ||||
| 2011 | Dallara GP3/10-Renault | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 6th | 5th | |
| 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 13th | ||||
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26th | ||||
| 2012 | Dallara GP3/10-Renault | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 10th | 6th | |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24th | ||||
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19th | ||||
| 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 17th | ||||
| 2013 | Dallara GP3/13-AER | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24th | 9th | |
| 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21st | ||||
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28th | ||||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 8th | ||||
| 2014 | Dallara GP3/13-AER | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 6th | 3rd | |
| 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 125 | 8th | ||||
| 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21st | ||||
| 2015 | Dallara GP3/13-AER | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18th | 8th | |
| 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16th | ||||
| 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17th |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| A1 Grand Prix Results[3] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Car | Team | Drivers | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | T.C. | |
| 2007–08 | Lola A1GP-Zytek | Ralph Firman · Adam Carroll | 1 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 6th | ||
| James Hinchcliffe · Robert Wickens | 1 | 2 | 1 | 75 | 9th | ||||
| 2008–09 | A1GP-Ferrari | Adam Carroll | 5 | 6 | 5 | 112 | 1st | ||
| Former series | |
|---|---|
| A1 Grand Prix | 2007–2009 |
| GP3 Series | 2010–2015 |
| European Le Mans Series | 2012 |
| GP2 Series | 2015 |