| Founded | 2011 |
|---|---|
| Base | Mestrino, Veneto, Italy |
| Website | https://www.bhaitech.com/en/home/ |
| Former series | Italian F4 Championship Italian GT Championship International GT Open Blancpain Sprint Series Formula Renault Eurocup |
| Driver titles | International GT Open GTS class: 2013: Giorgio Pantano |
| Team titles | International GT Open GTS class: 2013 Italian F4 Championship: 2017 |
| Folded | 2021 |
Bhaitech Racing (sometimes stylised as BhaiTech Racing) was an Italian automotive research and development service provider and motorsport team.[1][2]
History
Racing
Bhaitech made its racing debut in 2012, contesting the Italian GT Championship using a McLaren 12C GT3.[3] A year later, the team contested the International GT Open and clinched the GTS Teams' and Drivers' titles with Giorgio Pantano.[4] In 2014, BhaiTech competed in the Blancpain Sprint Series which saw them finish seventh in the Cup category of the Teams' Championship.[5]
After a year's sabbatical from motorsports, Bhaitech returned to racing in 2016, competing in the Italian F4 Championship, which saw them claim podium finishes with Richard Verschoor and Lorenzo Colombo.[6] A year later, the team clinched the teams' title and the rookie championship with Leonardo Lorandi while Colombo and Sebastian Fernandez claimed third and fourth in the 2017 championship respectively.[7] In 2018, the team claimed a second rookie championship title with Petr Ptáček, while Lorandi narrowly missed out on the title to Enzo Fittipaldi.[8][9]
In November 2018, it was announced Bhaitech would expand into the Formula Renault Eurocup championship for 2019, reuniting with Ptáček and signing Italian F4 race winner Federico Malvestiti.[10][11][12] In January 2019, Bhaitech made their first driver signings with Umberto Laganella, Michael Belov, Nicola Marinangeli and Matteo Nannini joining the outfit for the Italian F4 Championship.[13][14][15][16]
Technology
Bhaitech also specialized in research and development in the automotive and motorsport fields.[17] In 2018, Bhaitech entered into a strategic partnership with Altran Italia.[18]
Former series results
International GT open
| Year | Car | No. | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | D.C. | T.C. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | McLaren MP4-12C GT3 | 65 | Giorgio Pantano | 16 | 3 | ? | ? | 1st | 1st | 93 |
| Rafael Suzuki | 14 | 3 | ? | ? | 3rd† | |||||
| Álvaro Parente | 2 | 0 | ? | ? | NC* | |||||
| 66 | Chris van der Drift | 16 | 1 | ? | ? | 8th | ||||
| Luiz Razia |
* Guest driver ineligible for points
† Shared results with another team
Blancpain Sprint Series
| Year | Car | No. | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | D.C. | T.C. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | McLaren MP4-12C GT3 | 60 | Fabio Onidi | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14th | 7th | 50 |
| Giorgio Pantano | ||||||||||
| 61 | Sten Pentus | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25th | ||||
| Daniel Lloyd | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |||||
| Chris van der Drift | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20th† | |||||
| Filip Salaquarda | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19th† | |||||
| Álvaro Parente | NC |
† Shared results with another team
ADAC Formula 4
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | D.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Tatuus F4-T014 | Lorenzo Colombo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC* |
| Sebastián Fernández | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC* |
* Guest driver ineligible for points
Formula Renault Eurocup
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | D.C. | T.C. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Tatuus F3 T-318 | Petr Ptáček | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8th | 6th | 106 |
| Federico Malvestiti | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14th | ||||
| 2020 | Tatuus F3 T-318 | Lorenzo Colombo | 16 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5th | 6th | 186 |
| László Tóth | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16th | ||||
| Vicky Piria | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20th | ||||
| Nicola Marinangeli | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21st |
Italian F4 Championship
| Italian F4 Championship | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | D.C. | T.C. | Points |
| 2016 | Tatuus F4-T014 | Diego Bertonelli | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11th† | 5th | 165 |
| Lorenzo Colombo | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12th† | ||||
| Richard Verschoor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21st | ||||
| Giacomo Altoè | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22nd | ||||
| Aaron di Comberti | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46th | ||||
| Antolín González | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47th | ||||
| 2017 | Tatuus F4-T014 | Lorenzo Colombo | 21 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3rd | 1st | 565 |
| Sebastián Fernández | 21 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4th | ||||
| Leonardo Lorandi | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6th | ||||
| 2018 | Tatuus F4-T014 | Leonardo Lorandi | 21 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2nd | 2nd | 480 |
| Petr Ptáček | 21 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5th | ||||
| Ilya Morozov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19th† | ||||
| Alessandro Famularo | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22nd | ||||
| Anthony Famularo | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29th | ||||
| 2019 | Tatuus F4-T014 | Michael Belov | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4th | 4th | 199 |
| Jesse Salmenautio | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18th† | ||||
| Umberto Laganella | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19th | ||||
| Nicola Marinangeli | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29th | ||||
| 2020 | Tatuus F4-T014 | Jesse Salmenautio | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14th | 8th | 77 |
| Zdeněk Chovanec | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17th | ||||
| Sebastian Øgaard | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20th | ||||
| Dexter Patterson | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22nd | ||||
| Tikhon Kharitonov | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43rd | ||||
† Shared results with another team
Timeline
| Former series | |
|---|---|
| Italian GT Championship | 2012 |
| International GT Open | 2013 |
| Blancpain Sprint Series | 2014 |
| ADAC Formula 4 | 2017 |
| Italian Formula 4 Championship | 2016–2020 |
| Formula Renault Eurocup | 2019–2020 |
References
- ^ "about bhaitech company - BhaiTech Technology". Retrieved November 14, 2018.
- ^ "About Us - BhaiTech Racing". Retrieved November 14, 2018.
- ^ "History - Bhaitech Racing"
- ^ "Giorgio Pantano and BhaiTech GTS Champions, last GT Open race win for F.Pastorelli-Camp". November 11, 2013. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
- ^ "THE BLANCPAIN RACING TEAM LINES UP FOR THE FIRST BLANCPAIN SPRINT SERIES". 2014. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
- ^ "Bhaitech joins the Italian F4 Championship". February 5, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
- ^ "Lorenzo Colombo wins Race 3 at Monza, ahead of Ian Rodriguez and Kush Maini". October 22, 2017. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
- ^ "PETR WINS ITALIAN F4 ROOKIE CUP TITLE". September 16, 2018. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
- ^ Waring, Bethonie (October 28, 2018). "Enzo Fittipaldi becomes Italian F4 champion in final Mugello race". FormulaScout. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
- ^ "Ten teams pre-selected for the 2019 Formula Renault Eurocup". November 14, 2018. Archived from the original on November 14, 2018. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
- ^ Costa, Massimo (January 29, 2019). "Ptacek firma con Bhaitech (Ptacek signs with Bhaitech)". ITALIARACING.net. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
- ^ Costa, Massimo (January 30, 2019). "Bhaitech e Malvestiti, c'è l'accordo (Bhaitech and Malvestiti, there is the agreement)". ITALIARACING.net. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
- ^ Wood, Elliot (January 24, 2019). "Red Bull junior Dennis Hauger remains in F4, switches to VAR". FormulaScout. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
- ^ Costa, Massimo (January 29, 2019). "Alla Bhaitech arriva Belov (Belov arrives at Bhaitech)". ITALIARACING.net. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
- ^ Costa, Massimo (January 31, 2019). "Marinangeli si accasa da Bhaitech (Marinangeli is taken over by Bhaitech)". ITALIARACING.net. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
- ^ Rubino, Jacopo (February 5, 2019). "Bhaitech completa il poker, arriva il leader della F4 UAE Nannini (Bhaitech completes poker, the leader of F4 UAE Nannini arrives)". ITALIARACING.net. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
- ^ "BHAITECH, A SINGLE LINE OF TALENT DEVELOPMENT". March 9, 2015. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
- ^ "Altran Italia adopts BhaiTech Interactive Rescaled Reality technology". February 15, 2018. Retrieved November 14, 2018.