HWA Team explained

HWA Team, also known as HWA RACELAB, is the auto racing team of HWA AG, a German company based in Affalterbach, that also develops and builds vehicles and components for Mercedes-AMG race cars. It is named after founder Hans-Werner Aufrecht.

History

HWA was responsible for managing the AMG Mercedes team in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM). HWA AG was founded in 1999, and takes its name from Hans-Werner Aufrecht, who established AMG in 1967. Towards the end of 1998 Aufrecht sold a majority interest in AMG to DaimlerChrysler 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 the Mercedes 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 join Formula E for the 2018-19 season.^[3] Their drivers were to be Gary Paffett,^[4] their reigning DTM champion^[5] and former McLaren Formula One driver Stoffel Vandoorne.^[6] For the 2019-20 season, Mercedes joined Formula E in an official capacity by taking over the HWA entry and renaming it to Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team.

In October 2018, HWA was named as one of ten teams that would make up the grid for the inaugural season of the newly rebranded FIA Formula 3 Championship.^[7] In January 2019, the team entered into a partnership with Arden International for the FIA Formula 2 Championship.^[8] On 16 October 2019 it was announced that HWA would take over Arden's entry completely for the 2020 Season following their withdrawal.^[9] The following month, the team named incumbent Arden driver Artem Markelov as their first driver.^[10]

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

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

Racing results

FIA Formula E Championship

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Chassis	Powertrain	No.	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Points
HWA Racelab
2018–19	Spark SRT05e	Venturi VFE05			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

FIA Formula 2 Championship

Chassis	Engine	Drivers	Races
Dallara F2 2018	Mecachrome V634T V6 t	Artem Markelov	23	0	18th	5	10th	13
		Giuliano Alesi	18	1	17th	12
		Jake Hughes	2	0	23rd	0
		Théo Pourchaire	4	0	26th	0
Dallara F2 2018	Mecachrome V634T V6 t	Matteo Nannini	3	0	22nd	1	11th	9
		Jack Aitken	9	0	23rd	0
		Jake Hughes	8	0	18th	8
		Logan Sargeant	3	0	29th	0
		Alessio Deledda	23	0	25th	0

In detail

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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
	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
	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

FIA Formula 3 Championship

Year	Chassis	Engine	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles		Podiums
2019	Dallara F3 2019	Mecachrome V634 V6	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 V634 V6	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 V634 V6	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

In detail

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics 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		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

Timeline

Former series
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	2000–2019
FIA Formula 2 Championship	2020-2021
FIA Formula 3 Championship	2019-2021
Formula E	2018–2019

Notes and References

Web site: About HWA . 2010-02-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180502021647/http://www.hwaag.com/about-hwa.html . 2018-05-02 . dead .
Web site: Wan . Mark . 17 October 2012 . Mercedes CLK GTR . 2022-12-28 . www.autozine.org.
News: HWA AG join the Formula E grid for Season 5 – Formula E . 23 October 2018 . www.fiaformulae.com . 9 May 2018 . en.
News: Kalinauckas . Alex . HWA announces Paffett as first FE driver, reveals 2018/19 livery . 23 October 2018 . Autosport.com . 8 October 2018 . en.
News: Gary Paffett wins DTM title in spite of René Rast's six-pack . 23 October 2018 . DTM.com . 14 October 2018 . en.
News: Edmondson . Laurence . Vandoorne confirms Formula E move in 2019 . 23 October 2018 . ESPN.com . 15 October 2018 . en.
Web site: FIA Formula 3 2019 team list revealed, including Mercedes ally HWA. Simmons. Marcus. Autosport. Motorsport Network. October 12, 2018. January 21, 2019.
Web site: Arden International Motorsport and HWA RACELAB to initiate Formula 2 co-operation. January 21, 2019. January 21, 2019.
Web site: HWA takes over Arden's Formula 2 entry from 2020. 16 October 2019. 2019-10-17.
Web site: MARKELOV SIGNS WITH F2 NEWCOMERS HWA RACELAB. November 22, 2019. November 22, 2019. November 27, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191127231917/http://www.fiaformula2.com/News-Room/News/2019/11_November/Markelov-signs-with-F2-newcomers-HWA-RACELAB/. dead.
Web site: Van Amersfoort to replace HWA on FIA F3 grid from 2022. 2021-10-12. www.motorsport.com. 11 October 2021 . en.
Web site: Isotta Fraschini Tipo 6 LMH official site . 12 November 2023 . 12 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231112140151/https://isottafraschini.com/strada/?lang=en . live .