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Bhaitech

Bhaitech Racing was an Italian automotive research and development service provider and motorsport team.

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Italy Bhaitech Racing
Founded2011
Folded2021
BaseMestrino, Veneto, Italy
Former seriesItalian F4 Championship
Italian GT Championship
International GT Open
Blancpain Sprint Series
Formula Renault Eurocup
Teams'
Championships		International GT Open GTS class:
2013
Italian F4 Championship:
2017
Drivers'
Championships		International GT Open GTS class:
2013: Giorgio Pantano
Websitehttps://www.bhaitech.com/en/home/

Bhaitech Racing (sometimes stylised as BhaiTech Racing) was an Italian automotive research and development service provider and motorsport team.12

History

Bhaitech McLaren in 2014. source ↗

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.89

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.101112 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.13141516

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

Italian GT Championship

International GT open

Year Car No. Drivers Races Wins Poles Fast laps D.C. T.C. Points
2013 McLaren MP4-12C GT3 65 Italy Giorgio Pantano 16 3 ? ? 1st 1st 93
Brazil Rafael Suzuki 14 3 ? ? 3rd†
Portugal Álvaro Parente 2 0 ? ? NC*
66 New Zealand Chris van der Drift 16 1 ? ? 8th
Brazil 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 Italy Fabio Onidi 14 0 0 0 14th 7th 50
Italy Giorgio Pantano
61 Estonia Sten Pentus 12 0 0 0 25th
United Kingdom Daniel Lloyd 6 0 0 0 NC
New Zealand Chris van der Drift 6 0 0 0 20th†
Czech Republic Filip Salaquarda 2 0 0 0 19th†
Portugal 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 Italy Lorenzo Colombo 3 0 0 0 NC*
Venezuela 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 Czech Republic Petr Ptáček 20 0 0 0 8th 6th 106
Italy Federico Malvestiti 20 0 0 0 14th
2020 Tatuus F3 T-318 Italy Lorenzo Colombo 16 3 4 2 5th 6th 186
Hungary László Tóth 20 0 0 0 16th
Italy Vicky Piria 4 0 0 0 20th
Italy 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 Italy Diego Bertonelli 15 0 0 2 11th† 5th 165
Italy Lorenzo Colombo 9 0 0 0 12th†
Netherlands Richard Verschoor 3 0 0 0 21st
Italy Giacomo Altoè 23 0 0 0 22nd
United Kingdom Aaron di Comberti 3 0 0 0 46th
Spain Antolín González 3 0 0 0 47th
2017 Tatuus F4-T014 Italy Lorenzo Colombo 21 2 6 3 3rd 1st 565
Venezuela Sebastián Fernández 21 5 3 2 4th
Italy Leonardo Lorandi 21 1 0 2 6th
2018 Tatuus F4-T014 Italy Leonardo Lorandi 21 5 3 5 2nd 2nd 480
Czech Republic Petr Ptáček 21 0 0 4 5th
Russia Ilya Morozov 3 0 0 0 19th†
Venezuela Alessandro Famularo 21 0 0 0 22nd
Venezuela Anthony Famularo 12 0 0 0 29th
2019 Tatuus F4-T014 Russia Michael Belov 21 0 0 0 4th 4th 199
Finland Jesse Salmenautio 21 0 0 0 18th†
Italy Umberto Laganella 18 0 0 0 19th
Italy Nicola Marinangeli 21 0 0 0 29th
2020 Tatuus F4-T014 Finland Jesse Salmenautio 21 0 0 0 14th 8th 77
Czech Republic Zdeněk Chovanec 15 0 0 0 17th
Denmark Sebastian Øgaard 21 0 0 0 20th
United Kingdom Dexter Patterson 21 0 0 0 22nd
Russia 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

References

  1. "about bhaitech company - BhaiTech Technology". Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  2. "About Us - BhaiTech Racing". Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  3. "History - Bhaitech Racing".
  4. "Giorgio Pantano and BhaiTech GTS Champions, last GT Open race win for F.Pastorelli-Camp". November 11, 2013. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  5. "THE BLANCPAIN RACING TEAM LINES UP FOR THE FIRST BLANCPAIN SPRINT SERIES". 2014. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  6. "Bhaitech joins the Italian F4 Championship". February 5, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  7. "Lorenzo Colombo wins Race 3 at Monza, ahead of Ian Rodriguez and Kush Maini". October 22, 2017. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  8. "PETR WINS ITALIAN F4 ROOKIE CUP TITLE". September 16, 2018. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  9. Waring, Bethonie (October 28, 2018). "Enzo Fittipaldi becomes Italian F4 champion in final Mugello race". FormulaScout. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  10. "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.
  11. Costa, Massimo (January 29, 2019). "Ptacek firma con Bhaitech (Ptacek signs with Bhaitech)". ITALIARACING.net. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  12. 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.
  13. Wood, Elliot (January 24, 2019). "Red Bull junior Dennis Hauger remains in F4, switches to VAR". FormulaScout. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
  14. Costa, Massimo (January 29, 2019). "Alla Bhaitech arriva Belov (Belov arrives at Bhaitech)". ITALIARACING.net. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
  15. Costa, Massimo (January 31, 2019). "Marinangeli si accasa da Bhaitech (Marinangeli is taken over by Bhaitech)". ITALIARACING.net. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
  16. 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.
  17. "BHAITECH, A SINGLE LINE OF TALENT DEVELOPMENT". March 9, 2015. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  18. "Altran Italia adopts BhaiTech Interactive Rescaled Reality technology". February 15, 2018. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
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