Swiss Racing Team (SRT) is an

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team based in

Inwil Inwil is a municipality in the district of Hochdorf in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. History Inwil is first mentioned in 1145 as ''Ingenwilare''. Geography Inwil has an area of . Of this area, 70.8% is used for agricultural purposes, w ...

, Lucerne, Switzerland. Formed by

Othmar Welti Othmar, also spelled Otmar or Ottmar, is a masculine German given name, derived from the Germanic name ''Audamar'', from the elements ''aud'' "wealth, prosperity" and ''mar'' "fame". Notable people with the name include: * Saint Othmar *Othmar A ...

and Erich Kolb in 2000, Swiss Racing Team initially competed in the German Formula Three Championship before also joining the

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from 2003 to 2004.

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won the German Championship in 2008 earning SRT their only championship. In 2007 the team also explored

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racing, providing technical aid to

Jetalliance Racing Jetalliance Racing is an Austrian racing team which currently competes in the FIA GT Championship. Founded by Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer, former CEO of Jetalliance airlines, in 2006 under the name Race Alliance Motorsport, the team has run two private ...

and KplusK Motorsport in the

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. In 2010 Swiss Racing Team entered a partnership with Nissan to be one of two teams to race the

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in the inaugural

FIA GT1 World Championship The FIA GT1 World Championship was a world championship sports car racing series, developed by the SRO Group and regulated by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), that was held from 2010 to 2012. It featured multiple grand ...

. SRT's drivers for the World Championship include

Karl Wendlinger Karl Wendlinger (born 20 December 1968) is an Austrian professional racing and former Formula One driver. Mercedes Juniors Born in Kufstein, Wendlinger started his career in karting and in Formula Ford before entering the German Formula 3 C ...

, former FIA GT Championship race winner with both Jetalliance and KplusK, former SRT Formula Three driver Max Nilsson, Le Mans winner

Seiji Ara Seiji Ara (荒聖治; Ara Seiji) (born May 5, 1974 in Chiba, Japan) is a Japanese race car driver. He was the winner of the 24-hour Le Mans race in 2004, driving an Audi R8. In the same year he also raced in the Le Mans Endurance Series and ...

, and

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. In 2011, the team announced they will be racing a pair of

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's for the upcoming season, replacing the

's.

and Max Nilsson are currently the only confirmed drivers to be signed with SRT for their upcoming 2011 programme.

Former series results

Formula 3 Euro Series

† Shared results with

Signature Plus Signatech, formerly known as Signature, is a French auto racing team and racing car constructor that competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship. The team won the FIA European Formula Three Cup in 1999 with Benoît Tréluyer. It won the Fr ...

German Formula 3

† – Shared results with other teams ‡ – As Limmonen was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

British Formula 3

‡ – As Muermans was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

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