Jenzer Motorsport is an

auto racing Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...

team based in Switzerland. Founded in 1993 by Andreas Jenzer the team is currently competing in

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, Italian F4 and F4 Spanish and has had a number of drivers who would turn out to be successful in motorsport, most notably Formula 1 driver Yuki Tsunoda.

History

In 1993, Jenzer Motorsport was founded by Andreas Jenzer, who was a racing driver and raced in his own team in the German Formula Ford 1800 Championship. While Hans Pfeuti brought the first title for the team in the Swiss Formula Ford 1800 Championship in the same year. The team repeated success in the Swiss championship in 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 and 2000 with Tazio Pessi,

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, Martin Bünzli, Philipp Mathis, and Walo Schenker respectively. Also the team competed in French, EuroCup and German Formula Ford. Marc Benz won the German Formula Ford Championship title in 2000. In 2000, Jenzer Motorsport decided to switch to the Formula Renault 2.0 machinery débuting in the French Formula Renault Championship and competed in the other Formula Renault series. Marc Benz,

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and

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finished as runner-up in 2001, 2002 and 2005 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 seasons. But in the regional series the team was more successful. They clinched title with

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in 2003 in

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. In the

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they won driver titles with Dani Clos in 2006 and Pål Varhaug in

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. While in the Swiss Formula Renault Championship their titles was achieved by Christopher Zanella in

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in 2009,

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in 2010. Jenzer Motorsport also raced in the 3.5 Class of Formula Renault since 2003, when Neel Jani finished as runner-up. The team repeated the same result in the next year with Ryan Sharp. But when the V6 Eurocup became Formula Renault 3.5 Series, the team wasn't able to win race and left the series after two seasons. The team moved to

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in 2007. And in 2009 they won the championship with

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. After 2009, Jenzer Motorsport left both Formula Renault and International Formula Masters category to join new-for-2010 Formula Abarth and

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. In the Formula Abarth Italian Series the team collected both drivers' and teams' title with Patric Niederhauser in 2011. While in the GP3 Series, the third place of

in 2010 Drivers' Championship still remains the biggest success for the team in the series. After receiving two wins from Patric Niederhauser in the 2012 season, the team endured four years without a win (despite podiums from the likes of Niederhauser, Alex Fontana,

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and

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) until Maini took victory in the

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sprint race at

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. The team returned to the Formula Renault 2.0 category in 2013, but left again after two seasons, choosing Italian Formula 4 Championship and

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GP3 Series

The team signed for the 2018 season Tatiana Calderón,

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and David Beckmann.

FIA Formula 3 Championship

In 2019, Jenzer joined the newly rebranded

FIA Formula 3 Championship The FIA Formula 3 Championship is a third-tier international single-seater racing championship and organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The championship launched in 2019 as a feeder series for the FIA Formula 1 W ...

with Yuki Tsunoda as their first signed driver and

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following in February.

Current series results

FIA Formula 3 Championship

* Season still in progress

In detail

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

Italian F4 Championship

F4 Italy 2021 Spielberg Jenzer Motorsport

ADAC Formula 4

Spanish F4 Championship

Former series results

BOSS GP Series

GP3 Series

In detail

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

Timeline

Notes

References

External links

* {{GP3 Series teams Swiss auto racing teams GP3 Series teams Formula Renault Eurocup teams Auto racing teams established in 1993 1993 establishments in Switzerland International Formula Masters teams FIA Formula 3 Championship teams World Series Formula V8 3.5 teams