Tech 1 Racing is a racing team based in

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. Founded in 2000 by racing driver Simon Abadie and his sister Sarah, it has garnered success in the

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, the

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and the

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, most notably winning the 2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series with

Álvaro Parente Álvaro Maia Parente (born 4 October 1984) is a Portugal, Portuguese professional racing driver. Career Early career After winning the Karting European Junior Championship in 1998, Porto-born Parente made his debut in auto racing in 2001 at ...

. More recently, Tech 1 operated the racing programmes of

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and its predecessor Panis Barthez Compétition from 2016 to 2023. These included entry to the

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and

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class, as well as the

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, where they ran a Lexus RC F GT3. Ultimate, a small outfit owned by brothers Jean-Baptiste and

Matthieu Lahaye Matthieu Lahaye (born 23 November 1984 in Rennes) is a French racing driver, competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship for OAK Racing. Along with his brother Jean-Baptiste, he runs a small sports car racing team called Ultimate. Career L ...

, also partnered Tech 1 for their LMP2 efforts in the ELMS in 2021 and the

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in 2022.

Career

French Formula Renault 2.0

The team was founded in 2000 by French

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Simon Abadie. They joined the French Formula Renault 2.0 championship the same year, with Abadie finishing as runner-up in the standings. They also finished as runner-up in the series in 2003 before leaving the championship at the end of the 2005 season.

Eurocup Mégane Trophy

In 2005, Tech 1 joined the newly formed Eurocup Mégane Trophy, with

and Simon Abadie finishing ninth and tenth respectively in the championship. The following year they finished second in the Drivers' championship with Lahaye and also claimed the Teams' title, the first of three consecutive Teams' championships. In 2007, they claimed a one-two finish in the drivers' championship, with Portuguese driver

Pedro Petiz Pedro Petiz (born 29 October 1986 in Porto, Portugal) is a Portugal, Portuguese racing driver. He was the 2007 champion of the Renault Eurocup. Since 2009 he has raced in the Superleague Formula and has raced for Sporting Clube de Portugal (Sup ...

taking the title ahead of team-mate Dimitri Enjalbert.

World Series by Renault

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saw Tech 1 Racing join the World Series by Renault championship with drivers

Jérôme d'Ambrosio Jérôme d'Ambrosio (; born 27 December 1985) is a Belgian former racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from to . Since October 2024, d'Ambrosio has served as deputy team principal of Scuderia Ferrari, Ferrari in F ...

and

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. Tech 1 took over

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's single-seater racing structure and equipment. After a steady first season the team finished twelfth in the Teams' standings, with Fukuda taking their best race result of fourth place at both

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and

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. In

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the team fielded former

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champion

and

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. Parente took two victories during the season (at

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and

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) to claim the title ahead of

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, with Jousse finishing in tenth position. Tech 1 also secured the Teams' title, ahead of International DracoRacing and

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. Jousse remained with the team for the 2008 season, where he was joined by Formula Renault graduate

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. After taking six podium places – including a win at

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– Jousse finished second in the championship behind

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, whilst Pic took wins at Monaco and Le Mans to finish in sixth place. The team also won their second consecutive Teams' title. Pairing the drivers

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and

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at the start of the season (the latter would be replaced by

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champion

Jean-Éric Vergne Jean-Éric Serge Raymond Vergne (; born 25 April 1990), also known by his initials JEV, is a French racing driver, who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Peugeot and in Formula E for DS Penske. In formula racing, Vergne compete ...

), Tech 1 secured the 2010 season title. The team claimed just one more team title in 2012 season, with

Jules Bianchi Jules Lucien André Bianchi (; 3 August 1989 – 17 July 2015) was a French racing driver, who competed in Formula One from to . Born and raised in Nice, Bianchi was the grandson of endurance racing driver Mauro Bianchi and the great-nephew ...

finishing vice-champion in the standings, before withdrawing from the sport three seasons later.

Results

Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0

Formula Renault 2.0 NEC

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

GP3

In detail

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

24 Hours of Le Mans

Timeline

Notes

References

External links

Official website

Renault-Sport Official website
{{s-end French auto racing teams World Series Formula V8 3.5 teams GP3 Series teams Formula Renault Eurocup teams Auto racing teams established in 2000 2000 establishments in France British Formula Renault teams GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup teams FIA World Endurance Championship teams 24 Hours of Le Mans teams European Le Mans Series teams