Den Blå Avis was a

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team, who competed in the FIA Formula 3000 Championship. The team has also competed in the

Eurocup Formula Renault Formula Renault Eurocup was a Formula Renault motor racing championship. Eurocup raced only on European circuits. It served as a support series to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series as part of the World Series by Renault from 2005 to 2015. Renault S ...

series in the 2001–2002 seasons.

History

The Den Blå Avis stable was founded for Jason Watt in 1997. Den Blå Avis owner Karsten Ree wanted to help his compatriot, and entered into a partnership with

Jan Magnussen Jan Ellegaard Magnussen (born 4 July 1973) is a Danish professional racing driver and was a factory driver for General Motors until the end of the 2020 season. He has competed in Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART), NASCAR, the FIA Formula ...

's manager at the time, David Sears. Sears already had one of the best teams in the Formula 3000 series,

Super Nova Racing Super Nova Racing was 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 ...

, but here there was no room for the debutant Watt. The solution was Den Blå Avis a Super Nova satellite team run by Sears and financed by Ree. The team stopped operating in the middle of the season in 2003 when the funding ran out.

Complete Formula 3000 results

References

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External links

Speedsport-magazine.com
Danish auto racing teams International Formula 3000 teams Formula Renault Eurocup teams Auto racing teams established in 1997 Auto racing teams disestablished in 2003