Status Grand Prix is a former
motorsport team registered in
Canada
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.
Team history
Based in
Silverstone
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the team was formed in 2005 to run the
A1 Team Ireland franchise in the new
A1 Grand Prix
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series. The team's founders were former
Jordan Grand Prix
Jordan Grand Prix was a Formula One constructor that competed from 1991 to 2005. The team was named after Irish businessman and founder Eddie Jordan. The team was based at Silverstone, UK but raced with an Irish licence.
In early 2005, the ...
Executive
Mark Gallagher
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and Dublin businessman Mark Kershaw. Later shareholders included former
Formula One
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driver
David Kennedy, John Hynes and
Teddy Yip Jr., whose father
Teddy Yip owned the
Theodore Racing
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In the present day Theodor ...
Formula One team. They also ran the
A1 Team Canada operation in
2007–08 and also assisted
A1 Team Netherlands
A1 Team Netherlands was the Dutch team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series.
Management
A1 Team Netherlands' owner was former Formula One driver and Le Mans winner Jan Lammers. The team was managed by Lammers's racing team Raci ...
in
2008–09, the season in which Team Ireland won the championship title.
In
2010
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, Status Grand Prix competed in the inaugural
GP3 Series
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finishing second in the team championship.
Gary Anderson led the technical side of the team. At the end of the
2015 season, Status withdrew from the championship.
In 2014, Status Grand Prix acquired the Malaysian team of
Tony Fernandes,
EQ8 Caterham Racing, for the
2015 GP2 Series season, but participated in the last meeting of the
2014 GP2 Series season under the name of Caterham.
Status first raced officially in the
2015 GP2 Series season with
Marlon Stockinger and
Richie Stanaway as their drivers, with
Oliver Rowland standing in for Stanaway in the final two rounds. Stanaway gave the team victories in the sprint races at
Monaco
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and
Sochi.
Status Grand Prix ended its participation in motor racing prior to the 2016 season.
Series results
GP2 Series
In detail
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
GP3 Series
In detail
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
A1 Grand Prix
Timeline
Footnotes
References
External links
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Irish auto racing teams
Canadian auto racing teams
Auto racing teams established in 2005
2005 establishments in the United Kingdom
A1 Grand Prix racing teams
GP3 Series teams
European Le Mans Series teams
GP2 Series teams
24 Hours of Le Mans teams
Auto racing teams disestablished in 2016