Fortec Motorsport Ltd. is a motor-racing team that races in the

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. The team was bought in 1995 by current owner Richard Dutton. Past drivers for the team include

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History

Fortec has enjoyed great success since its inception. In 2002

won the

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for the team, with team-mate

following close behind in second. In the same year,

won the prestigious Marlboro Masters

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race, held at

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in the

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. The team's next championship win came with another British Formula Renault title in 2004, with

finishing over 90 points clear of his nearest rival,

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's Westley Barber. Fortec added further team championships in the Formula BMW UK championship, taking three successive titles between 2005 and

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, also taking drivers' championship titles with Niall Breen and

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. After a barren year for the team in Formula Renault in 2005, 2006 saw the team regain both championship titles, with

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just clinching the drivers' title on countback, after he and Team A.K.A. driver Patrick Hogan ended the season on the same number of points.

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finished in the top two placings in 2007. Another teams' title followed in

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. More recently, the team has seen great improvements in its Formula Renault 3.5 Series results, finishing fifth in the Teams' Championship in

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, fourth in

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and finishing as runners-up in 2011 season with driver

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finishing third overall and best rookie. In 2012 the team fielded rookies

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from the

and

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from

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, Frijns won the driver championship in his first year scoring 3 wins during his championship season. Meanwhile, Huertas scored regular results and finished 16th in the season scoring 35 points, but Fortec finished 3rd in the teams championship behind

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and New team

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Motorsport. Fortec were also crowned Team Champions in the Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship with Alex Lynn clinching the drivers' title with a record-breaking twelve wins in one season. Oliver Rowland secured second in the Championship, as well as winning the Graduate Cup. William Buller was Fortec's top finisher in the

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, as he finished fourth in the Championship. In club-level racing, the new-for-2011 InterSteps Championship saw Jake Dennis win the Championship from teammate Alex Walker with Ed Jones finishing in fourth place, while in Formula Renault BARC, Josh Webster narrowly missed out on the drivers', after a close battle with eventual champion Dino Zamparelli. After the Formula Renault UK was cancelled for the 2012 season, the team joined the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC.

Current series results

BRDC British Formula 3 Championship / GB3 Championship

† Taylor drove for Chris Dittmann Racing from round 7 onwards.

GB4 Championship

F4 British Championship

†Hedley drove for Carlin from round 6 onwards.

Former series results

British Formula 3 International Series

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

Formula V8 3.5 Series

FIA European Formula 3 Championship

Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0

Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup

Euroformula Open Championship

† Includes points scored for other teams

Timeline

References

External links

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