Swiss Racing Team Explained

Swiss Racing Team (SRT) is an auto racing team based in Inwil, Lucerne, Switzerland. Formed by Othmar Welti and Erich Kolb in 2000, Swiss Racing Team initially competed in the German Formula Three Championship before also joining the Formula Three Euroseries from 2003 to 2004. Frédéric Vervisch won the German Championship in 2008 earning SRT their only championship. In 2007 the team also explored grand tourer racing, providing technical aid to Jetalliance Racing and KplusK Motorsport in the FIA GT Championship.[1]

In 2010 Swiss Racing Team entered a partnership with Nissan to be one of two teams to race the Nissan GT-R in the inaugural FIA GT1 World Championship. SRT's drivers for the World Championship include Karl Wendlinger, former FIA GT Championship race winner with both Jetalliance and KplusK, former SRT Formula Three driver Max Nilsson, Le Mans winner Seiji Ara, and Henri Moser.

In 2011, the team announced they will be racing a pair of Lamborghini Murciélago's for the upcoming season, replacing the Nissan GT-R's. Karl Wendlinger[2] and Max Nilsson[3] are currently the only confirmed drivers to be signed with SRT for their upcoming 2011 programme.

Former series results

Formula 3 Euro Series

Formula 3 Euro Series
YearCarDriversRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPoints
2003Dallara F302-Opel Gilles Tinguely5000033rd
César Campaniço140001316th†
James Manderson8000029th
Stefano Proetto4000030th
Marcel Lasée8000323rd
2004Dallara F302-Opel Fernando Rees20000NC
Peter Elkmann12000030th
Dennis Furchheim4000518th
Alejandro Núñez10000031st

† Shared results with Signature Plus

German Formula 3

German Formula 3
YearCarDriversRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPoints
2000Dallara F399-Opel Giorgio Mecattaf18000227th
Armin Pörnbacher170001619th
2001Dallara F399-Opel Andrew Kirkaldy2000327th
Kari Mäenpää160003216th
Gilles Tinguely2000040th
João Paulo de Oliveira201311167th
2002Dallara F302-Opel Norbert Siedler18100286th
Marc Benz13000023rd
Stefano Proetto4000030th
Gilles Tinguely18000029th
2005Dallara F302-Opel Dominik Schraml16000713th
Radi Müller10000037th
2006Dallara F305-Opel Dominik Schraml4000816th
Max Nilsson12000030th
Dallara F305-Opel
Dallara F302-Opel
Hiroyuki Matsumura6000321st
SLC R1-Opel Marcello Thomaz140001712th
Dallara F302-Opel Michael Klein [T]6000189th [T]
2007Dallara F305-OPC-Challenge Max Nilsson16000158th
Patrick Cicchiello4000314th
Marcello Thomaz2000613th
Dominick Muermans90001210th
2008Dallara F306-Mercedes Karline Stala6000017th†
Dallara F305-OPC-Challenge Max Nilsson170002010th
Frédéric Vervisch101021201st
Tomi Limmonen [G]20000NC‡
2009Dallara F305-OPC-Challenge Max Nilsson180003010th

† – Shared results with other teams‡ – As Limmonen was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

British Formula 3

‡ – As Muermans was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Swiss Racing Team to run Nissan GT-R . planetlemans.com . Planet Le Mans . Marcel ten Caat . 2009-11-05 . 2010-03-17.
  2. Web site: Wendlinger signs for Swiss Racing Lamborghini . gt1world.com . 2011-02-28 . 2011-02-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110303100228/http://gt1world.com/news/article/wendlinger-signs-for-swiss-racing-lamborghini- . 2011-03-03 .
  3. Web site: Nilsson remains at Swiss Racing Team . gt1world.com . 2011-03-04 . 2011-03-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110317232917/http://www.gt1world.com/news/article/nilsson-remains-with-swiss-racing-team- . 2011-03-17 .