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| Founded | 2000 |
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| Founder(s) | Simon Abadie Sarah Abadie |
| Base | Toulouse, France |
| Teamprincipal(s) | Simon Abadie Sarah Abadie |
| Former series | French Formula Renault 2.0 GP3 Series Eurocup Mégane Trophy Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Formula Renault 3.5 Series Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC European Le Mans Series GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup FIA World Endurance Championship |
| Teams' Championships | Eurocup Mégane Trophy: 2006,2007,2008 Formula Renault 3.5 Series: 2007,2008,2010,2012 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0: 2010,2013 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps:2011,2013 |
| Drivers' Championships | Formula Renault 3.5 Series: 2007:Álvaro Parente Eurocup Mégane Trophy: 2007:Pedro Petiz Formula Renault 2.0 Alps: 2011:Javier Tarancón Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0: 2013:Pierre Gasly |
| Website | http://www.tech1racing.fr/en |
Tech 1 Racing is a racing team based inToulouse,France. Founded in 2000 by racing driver Simon Abadie and his sister Sarah, it has garnered success in theWorld Series by Renault, theEurocup Mégane Trophy and theGP3 Series, most notably winning the2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series withÁlvaro Parente.[1]
More recently, Tech 1 operated the racing programmes ofPanis Racing and its predecessor PanisBarthez Compétition from 2016 to 2023. These included entry to theEuropean Le Mans Series andAsian Le Mans Series'sLMP2 class, as well as theGT World Challenge Europe, where they ran aLexus RC F GT3.[2][3] Ultimate, a small outfit owned by brothers Jean-Baptiste andMatthieu Lahaye, also partnered Tech 1 for their LMP2 efforts in the ELMS in 2021 and theFIA World Endurance Championship in 2022.[4]
The team was founded in 2000 by Frenchracing driver Simon Abadie. They joined theFrench Formula Renault 2.0 championship the same year, with Abadie finishing as runner-up in the standings. They also finished as runner-up in the series in 2003 before leaving the championship at the end of the 2005 season.
In 2005, Tech 1 joined the newly formed Eurocup Mégane Trophy, withMatthieu Lahaye and Simon Abadie finishing ninth and tenth respectively in the championship. The following year they finished second in the Drivers' championship with Lahaye and also claimed the Teams' title, the first of three consecutive Teams' championships. In 2007, they claimed a one-two finish in the drivers' championship, withPortuguese driverPedro Petiz taking the title ahead of team-mateDimitri Enjalbert.
2006 saw Tech 1 Racing join the World Series by Renault championship with driversJérôme d'Ambrosio andRyo Fukuda. Tech 1 took overSaulnier Racing's single-seater racing structure and equipment. After a steady first season the team finished twelfth in the Teams' standings, with Fukuda taking their best race result of fourth place at bothDonington Park andLe Mans.
In2007 the team fielded formerBritish Formula 3 championÁlvaro Parente andFrenchmanJulien Jousse. Parente took two victories during the season (atMonaco andSpa-Francorchamps) to claim the title ahead ofBen Hanley, with Jousse finishing in tenth position. Tech 1 also secured the Teams' title, ahead ofInternational DracoRacing andCarlin Motorsport.
Jousse remained with the team for the2008 season, where he was joined by Formula Renault graduateCharles Pic. After taking six podium places – including a win atBarcelona – Jousse finished second in the championship behindGiedo van der Garde, whilst Pic took wins at Monaco and Le Mans to finish in sixth place. The team also won their second consecutive Teams' title.
Pairing the driversDaniel Ricciardo andBrendon Hartley at the start of the season (the latter would be replaced by2010 British Formula 3 season championJean-Éric Vergne), Tech 1 secured the2010 season title.
The team claimed just one more team title in2012 season, withJules Bianchi finishing vice-champion in the standings, before withdrawing from the sport three seasons later.
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Renault FR 2.0-10 |  Dorian Boccolacci | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 226 | 3rd | 3rd |
 Hugo de Sadeleer | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 162 | 9th | |||
| Sacha Fenestraz | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 207 | 5th | |||
| Gabriel Aubry | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 18th | |||
| 2017 | Renault FR 2.0-10 | Gabriel Aubry | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 115 | 5th | 4th |
| Thomas Neubauer | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 11th | |||
 Max Fewtrell | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 12th | |||
 Thomas Maxwell | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 17th |
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Dallara T05-Renault |  Ryō Fukuda | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 16th | 12th |
| Patrick Pilet | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14[b] | 21st | |||
 Marco Bonanomi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 31st | |||
 Jérôme d'Ambrosio | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36th | |||
| 2007 | Dallara T05-Renault |  Álvaro Parente | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 129 | 1st | 1st |
| Julien Jousse | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 62 | 10th | |||
| 2008 | Dallara T08-Renault | Julien Jousse | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 106 | 2nd | 1st |
| Charles Pic | 17 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 69 | 6th | |||
| 2009 | Dallara T08-Renault |  Brendon Hartley | 13 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 15th | 4th |
| Edoardo Mortara | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 24th | |||
| Daniel Ricciardo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34th | |||
| Charles Pic | 17 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 94 | 3rd | |||
| 2010 | Dallara T08-Renault | Daniel Ricciardo | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 136 | 2nd | 1st |
| Jean-Éric Vergne | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 8th | |||
| Brendon Hartley | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50[b] | 10th | |||
| 2011 | Dallara T08-Renault |  Kevin Korjus | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 120 | 6th | 6th |
| Arthur Pic | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 23rd | |||
| 2012 | Dallara T12-Zytek | Jules Bianchi | 17 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 185 | 2nd | 1st |
| Kevin Korjus | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69[b] | 10th | |||
 Daniel Abt | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34th | |||
| 2013 | Dallara T12-Zytek |  Nigel Melker | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 136 | 6th | 5th |
 Mikhail Aleshin | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 12th | |||
| 2014 | Dallara T12-Zytek |  Marco Sørensen | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 12th | 9th |
 Nicholas Latifi | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20th | |||
 Alfonso Celis Jr. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27th | |||
| 2015 | Dallara T12-Zytek |  Roy Nissany | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 13th | 7th |
| Aurélien Panis | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 12th |
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Dallara GP3/10-Renault |  Doru Sechelariu | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29th | 6th |
 Daniel Juncadella | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 14th | |||
 Stefano Coletti | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 9th | |||
| Jean-Éric Vergne | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 17th | |||
| Jim Pla | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36th | |||
| 2011 | Dallara GP3/10-Renault |  Aaro Vainio | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 15th | 6th |
| Andrea Caldarelli | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 10th | |||
| Thomas Hylkema | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34th | |||
 Tamás Pál Kiss | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 16th |
(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 | T.C. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | GP3/10 Renault P | CAT FEA | CAT SPR | IST FEA | IST SPR | VAL FEA | VAL SPR | SIL FEA | SIL SPR | HOC FEA | HOC SPR | HUN FEA | HUN SPR | SPA FEA | SPA SPR | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR | 6th | 36 | |
| Doru Sechelariu | 22 | Ret | 9 | 9 | Ret | 20 | Ret | 17 | 10 | DSQ | 14 | 21 | Ret | 20 | 21 | 18 | ||||
| Daniel Juncadella | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stefano Coletti | 24† | 14 | 10 | 6 | 10 | Ret | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Ret | 24 | 16 | 20 | ||||||
| Jean-Éric Vergne | 5 | 21 | 4 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jim Pla | Ret | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Daniel Juncadella | Ret | Ret | 8 | 2 | 5 | DSQ | 22 | Ret | ||||||||||||
| 2011 | GP3/10 Renault P | IST FEA | IST SPR | CAT FEA | CAT SPR | VAL FEA | VAL SPR | SIL FEA | SIL SPR | NÜR FEA | NÜR SPR | HUN FEA | HUN SPR | SPA FEA | SPA SPR | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR | 6th | 43 | |
| Aaro Vainio | 15 | Ret | 3 | 20 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 13 | Ret | 22† | 8 | ||||
| Andrea Caldarelli | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Hylkema | Ret | Ret | 20 | 21 | 18 | 24† | 27 | Ret | 22 | 21 | 14 | Ret | ||||||||
| Tamás Pál Kiss | 16 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 13 | Ret | 20 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 17 | 14 | Ret | 12 |
| Year | Entrant | No. | Car | Drivers | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Panis Barthez Compétition | 23 | Ligier JS P2-Nissan | Fabien Barthez Timothé BuretPaul-Loup Chatin | LMP2 | 347 | 12th | 8th |
| 2017 | Panis Barthez Compétition | 23 | Ligier JS P217-Gibson | Fabien BarthezNathanaël Berthon Timothé Buret | LMP2 | 296 | DNF | DNF |
| 2018 | Panis Barthez Compétition | 23 | Ligier JS P217-Gibson | Timothé BuretJulien CanalWill Stevens | LMP2 | 352 | 13th | 9th |
| 2019 | Panis Barthez Compétition | 23 | Ligier JS P217-Gibson |  René BinderJulien CanalWill Stevens | LMP2 | 362 | 13th | 8th |
| 2020 | Panis Racing | 31 | Oreca 07-Gibson | Julien CanalNico JaminMatthieu Vaxivière | LMP2 | 368 | 7th | 3rd |
| 2021 |  PR1 Motorsports Mathiasen[5] | 24 | Oreca 07-Gibson | Gabriel Aubry Patrick KellySimon Trummer | LMP2 (Pro-Am) | 261 | DNF | DNF |
| Panis Racing | 65 | James AllenJulien CanalWill Stevens | LMP2 | 362 | 8th | 3rd | ||
| 2022 | Ultimate | 35 | Oreca 07-Gibson | Jean-Baptiste LahayeMatthieu Lahaye François Heriau | LMP2 (Pro-Am) | 335 | 48th | 8th |
| Panis Racing | 65 | Julien CanalNico JaminJob van Uitert | LMP2 | 366 | 16th | 12th | ||
| 2023 | Panis Racing | 65 | Oreca 07-Gibson | Tijmen van der Helm Manuel MaldonadoJob van Uitert | LMP2 | 316 | 25th | 14th |
| Former series | |
|---|---|
| French Formula Renault Championship | 2000–2005 |
| Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup | 2001, 2003-2004 |
| Eurocup Mégane Trophy | 2005-2009 |
| Formula Renault 3.5 Series | 2006–2015 |
| GP3 Series | 2010–2011 |
| Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | 2010–2018 |
| Formula Renault 2.0 Alps | 2011–2015 |
| Formula Renault 2.0 NEC | 2016–2018 |
| European Le Mans Series | 2016–2023 |
| GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | 2019–2020 |
| GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup | 2019–2020 |
| FIA World Endurance Championship | 2022 |
| Achievements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Eurocup Mégane Trophy Teams' Champion 2006-2008 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Formula Renault 3.5 Series Teams' Champion 2007-2008 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Formula Renault 3.5 Series Teams' Champion 2010 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Teams' Champion 2010 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by none | Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Teams' Champion 2011-2012 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Formula Renault 3.5 Series Teams' Champion 2012 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Teams' Champion 2013 | Succeeded by |
