Super Nova Racing

Super Nova Racing

Full name	Super Nova Racing
Founded	1991
Base	Griston, Norfolk, UK
Founder/s	David Sears
Team principal/s	David Sears
2011 GP2 Series season
Race drivers	16. Fairuz Fauzy 17. Luca Filippi 17. Adam Carroll
2011 GP2 Asia Series season
Race drivers	07. Fairuz Fauzy 08. Johnny Cecotto, Jr.
GP2 Series record
Debut	2005
Teams' Championships	0
Drivers' Championships	0
Race victories	6
GP2 Asia Series record
Debut	2008
Teams' Championships	0
Drivers' Championships	0
Race victories	1
Other Series
Current Series	A1 Grand Prix Auto GP
Former Series	Formula 3000
Drivers' Titles	1995 Formula 3000 (Sospiri) 1997 Formula 3000 (Zonta) 1998 Formula 3000 (Montoya) 2002 Formula 3000 (Bourdais)
Teams' Titles	1995 Formula 3000 1996 Formula 3000 1997 Formula 3000 1998 Formula 3000 2000 Formula 3000 2006-07 A1 GP (Germany)

Super Nova Racing is a British racing team that has competed in Formula 3000/GP2 and the A1 Grand Prix series. Super Nova first entered racing in 1991. Super Nova was a new incarnation of the pre-existing David Sears Motorsport, sponsored by the Nova chain of Japanese English schools and also ran the Danish Den Blå Avis outfit.

In July 2007, naming sponsor Nova's legal problems became the subject of intense media coverage in Japan, and by the end of September 2007 the company was reported to be unable to pay staff salaries or rent, being declared bankrupt in November 2007 amidst a widening scandal about business improprieties, but SuperNova continued to list Nova as a sponsor.^[1] On 24 June 2008, President Saruhashi of the Nova chain of English schools was taken into police custody and faced charges of embezzlement.^[2] In August 2009, Saruhashi was convicted and sentenced to a 42 month jail term.

Formula 3000 and GP2 Series

Super Nova Racing race in International Formula 3000 since 1994 and later in its replacement championship, the GP2 Series since 2005.

Christian Bakkerud driving for Super Nova in the 2008 GP2 Asia Series season.

GP2 Series Results[3]
Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	Fast laps	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2005	Dallara-Mecachrome	Giorgio Pantano	23	0	1	0	49	6th	3rd
		Adam Carroll	23	3	1	2	53	5th
2006	Dallara-Mecachrome	José María López	21	0	1	1	30	10th	9th
		Mohamed Fairuz Fauzy	21	0	0	0	0	24th
2007	Dallara-Mecachrome	Luca Filippi	21	1	2	0	59	4th	4th
		Mike Conway	21	0	0	1	19	14th
2008	Dallara-Mecachrome	Christian Bakkerud	4	0	0	0	0	27th	7th
		Álvaro Parente	20	1	0	1	34	8th
		Andy Soucek	16	0	1	0	14†	14th
2009	Dallara-Mecachrome	Luca Filippi	20	1	0	3	40	5th	3rd
		Javier Villa	20	0	0	0	27	10th
2010	Dallara-Mecachrome	Josef Král	10	0	0	0	3	24th	9th
		Marcus Ericsson	20	1	0	0	11	17th
		Luca Filippi	10	0	0	0	5	20th

• D.C. = Drivers' Championship position, T.C. = Teams' Championship position.

† Includes 1 point scored in 2 races for David Price Racing.

Super Nova have given rides to numerous successful drivers like Kenny Bräck, Ricardo Zonta, Juan Pablo Montoya, Mark Webber or Sébastien Bourdais.

In 11 Formula 3000 seasons, 1994 to 2004, the team won 5 teams titles, 4 drivers titles, 27 wins, 26 pole positions and 21 fasted laps. What makes Super Nova, one of the best Formula 3000 teams with DAMS and Arden International.

International Formula 3000 Championship Results[3]
Year	Car	Drivers	Wins	Poles	Fast laps	Points	D.C.	T.C.
1994	Reynard-Cosworth	Vincenzo Sospiri	0	0	1	24	4th	4th
		Taki Inoue	0	0	0	0	NC
1995	Reynard-Cosworth	Vincenzo Sospiri	3	0	0	42	1st	1st
		Ricardo Rosset	2	1	2	29	2nd
1996	Lola-Zytek Judd	Kenny Bräck	3	3	3	49	2nd	1st
		Marcos Gueiros	0	0	0	20	5th
1997	Lola-Zytek Judd	Ricardo Zonta	3	4	4	39	1st	1st
		Laurent Redon	0	0	0	10	9th
1998	Lola-Zytek Judd	Juan Pablo Montoya	4	7	5	65	1st	1st
		Boris Derichebourg	0	0	0	5	12th
1999	Lola-Zytek	Jason Watt	2	1	0	30	2nd	2nd
		David Saelens	0	0	0	8	9th
		Ricardo Mauricio	0	0	0	0	21st †
2000	Lola-Zytek	Nicolas Minassian	3	0	0	45	2nd	1st
		David Saelens	0	2	0	15	6th
2001	Lola-Zytek	Mark Webber	3	2	3	39	2nd	3rd
		Mario Haberfeld	0	0	0	3	15th
2002	Lola-Zytek Judd	Sébastien Bourdais	3	6	3	56	1st	3rd
		Tiago Monteiro	0	0	0	2	13th
2003	Lola-Zytek Judd	Enrico Toccacelo	1	0	0	30	6th	5th
		Nicolas Kiesa	0	0	0	1	7th †
		Derek Hill	0	0	0	4	16th
		Sam Hancock	0	0	0	0	NC
2004	Lola-Zytek Judd	Patrick Friesacher	0	0	0	9	5th †	8th
		Jeffrey van Hooydonk	0	0	0	2	11th †
		Alan van der Merwe	0	0	0	2	14th
		Can Artam	0	0	0	0	NC †

• † These drivers also drove for other teams during the season and final place include all results.
• D.C. = Drivers' Championship position, T.C. = Teams' Championship position.

A1 Grand Prix

They have competed for all seasons in A1 Grand Prix since series debuts in 2005-06, fielding entries for both A1 Team Germany^[4] and A1 Team Pakistan^[5] and later for A1 Team New Zealand.^[6] In 2006-07, the both managed team, Germany and New Zealand finishing 1st and 2nd in the Championship overall.

A1 Grand Prix results[7]
Year	Car	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	Fast laps	Points	T.C.
2005-06	Lola-Zytek	A1 Team Germany	22	0	0	0	38	15th
		A1 Team Pakistan	22	0	0	0	10	20th
2006-07	Lola-Zytek	A1 Team Germany	22	9	3	3	128	1st
		A1 Team New Zealand	22	3	2	2	93	2nd
2007-08	Lola-Zytek	A1 Team Germany	20	2	1	1	83	8th
		A1 Team New Zealand	20	4	2	1	127	2nd
2008-09	Ferrari	A1 Team Brazil	14	0	0	0	18	15th
		A1 Team New Zealand	14	0	0	0	36	7th

• T.C. = Teams' Championship position.

Sources

1. ^ Slump from ad scandal triggers rent defaults, radical restructuring, The Japan Times online, Sept. 21, 2007
2. ^ http://mdn.mainichi.jp/national/news/20080624p2a00m0na004000c.html
3. ^ ^{a b} GP2 and Formula 3000 entrylist and complete results speedsportmag.com
4. ^ A1 Team Germany informations a1podium.com
5. ^ A1 Team Pakistan informations a1podium.com
6. ^ A1 Team New Zealand informations a1podium.com
7. ^ A1GP complete resultsresults.a1gp.com

External links

• supernova-racing.com, official website.