Tekno Autosports was an Australian motor racing team, established in the 1990s initially for the motor racing activities of Stephen Webb, and later his son

Jonathon Webb Jonathon Webb (born 10 December 1983) is an Australian former professional racing driver and team owner of Team Sydney, who once co-drove alongside Fabian Coulthard in the No. 19 Holden ZB Commodore for the Pirtek Enduro Cup. In 2016, Webb and ...

. The team competes in the

Supercars Championship The Supercars Championship is a touring car racing category in Australia, running as an International Series under Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) regulations, governing the sport. Supercars events take place in all Australian ...

using two

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s built by Triple Eight Race Engineering.

Fabian Coulthard Fabian "Fabs" Coulthard (born 28 July 1982) is a British-born New Zealand professional race car driver, currently competing in the Repco Supercars Championship, driving as an endurance co-driver for Chaz Mostert with Walkinshaw Andretti United ...

and

Garry Jacobson Garry Jacobson (born 28 February 1992 in Shepparton, Australia) is an Australian motor racing driver. He previously competed in the Supercars Championship, driving the No. 76 Holden ZB Commodore for PremiAir Racing. Jacobson won the 2016 Superc ...

are the team's current drivers. At the end of 2021, the Supercars team was sold to Peter Xiberras and rebranded

PremiAir Racing PremiAir Racing is an Australian motor racing team competing in ANDRA Top Fuel and the Supercars Championship. The team is owned by Peter Xiberras, the managing director of PremiAir Hire and himself a Top Fuel drag racing champion. History Top F ...

. In 2016, the team won both the

Bathurst 12 Hour The Bathurst 12 Hour, currently known as the Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour for sponsorship reasons, is an annual endurance race for GT and production cars held at the Mount Panorama Circuit, in Bathurst, Australia. The race was first held in ...

and Bathurst 1000.

History

Formed originally as a

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team running in the Australian Porsche Cup by Steve Webb, having previously raced

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s in the Australian Sports Car Championship and

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s in the

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. Webb raced Porsches with modest success for several seasons, moving into the

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, a GT based racing series, in 2000. Gradually as the 2000s progressed the team's emphasis shifted from Steve to Jonathon as he emerged through the ranks of Australian motor racers. Jonathon Webb joined the Australian Carrera Cup Championship when it was formed in 2003 and finished third in his best ever season in 2005.

V8 Supercar Development Series

For 2007, Tekno moved into the second-tier Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series and operated a Ford BA Falcon in the series with the assistance of Stone Brothers Racing. Under the racing number of #94, Webb placed fourth for the season. This relationship continued into 2008, with Webb placing third. In 2009, Tekno wound down as an operational racing team with Webb moving to the MW Motorsport team.

Supercars Championship

In 2010 Tekno entered what was then known as the

V8 Supercar Championship Series The Supercars Championship is a touring car racing category in Australia, running as an International Series under Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) regulations, governing the sport. Supercars events take place in all Australian ...

with a Racing Entitlement Contract (REC) purchased from Tasman Motorsport. It linked up with veteran Queensland Ford racing team,

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with Webb racing a former

Craig Lowndes Craig Andrew Lowndes (born 21 June 1974) is an Australian racing driver in the Repco Supercars Championship competing in the Holden ZB Commodore for Triple Eight Race Engineering. He is also a TV commentator. Lowndes is a three-time V8 Supe ...

Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford FG Falcon as #19. Mid-season, the team attained a title sponsor, Mother Energy Drinks. David Russell joined the team for the endurance events, the

Phillip Island 500 The Phillip Island 500 was an annual motor racing event, last held for Supercars at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Phillip Island, Victoria. The race had three distinct eras; from 1971 to 1977 as an endurance production and later Austral ...

and Bathurst 1000. Sebastian Bourdais joined the team for the Gold Coast 600. At the final event of the year, the

2010 Sydney Telstra 500 The 2010 Sydney 500 (commercially titled 2010 Sydney Telstra 500) was the fourteenth and final event of the 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series and the second running of the Sydney 500. It was held on the weekend of the December 3 to 5 on the Hom ...

, the team recorded their first win, with Webb winning the rain-affected Saturday race. Tekno severed their relationship with Dick Johnson Racing in 2011 and became an independent single car team, still utilising the #19. The team maintained the sponsorship links with Mother Energy Drinks and had their engines built by InnoV8 Race Engines. Richard Lyons was the endurance co-driver for Phillip Island and Bathurst, with Gil de Ferran joining Webb for the Gold Coast 600. The 2012 season saw the team expand to two cars which included a move to

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and becoming a Triple Eight Race Engineering customer. Webb continued to drive the #19 car, with Michael Patrizi recruited to drive the #91 Commodore with a REC leased from

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and

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were the endurance drivers for Sandown and Bathurst, with Marc Lieb and

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joining Webb and Patrizi respectively on the Gold Coast. Webb finished the 2012 season in 12th Position, with Patrizi in 18th despite competing without a full-time title sponsor all year. Michael Patrizi was replaced in 2013 with Shane van Gisbergen, in a controversial move after van Gisbergen was granted a release from his Stone Brothers Racing contract on the basis he wanted time away from the sport. Both entries acquired new sponsors, with

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sponsoring Webb's car #19 and VIP Petfoods van Gisbergen's #97 entry. Van Gisbergen quickly established himself a race winning threat in the team's new Triple Eight constructed Holden VF Commodore taking victory at Race 2 at the

2013 Clipsal 500 The 2013 Clipsal 500 Adelaide was a auto racing, motor race for V8 Supercars held on 2 and 3 March 2013. The event was held at the Adelaide Street Circuit in Adelaide, South Australia, and consisted of two races of two hundred and fifty kilomet ...

and

Sydney 500 The Sydney 500 (known for sponsorship reasons as the Coates Hire Sydney 500) was an annual motor racing event for Supercars, held at the Homebush Street Circuit in Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales, Australia. The event was a regular part ...

. Webb also won the Skycity Triple Crown event despite not winning a race over the weekend. For the newly introduced

Enduro Cup The Enduro Cup (formally known as the Pirtek Enduro Cup for sponsorship reasons), was an award given out to the highest points scorers over the three endurance events in Supercars; the Sandown 500, Bathurst 1000 and the Gold Coast 600. Format Q ...

, Marc Lieb returned to join Webb, with Jeroen Bleekemolen joining van Gisbergen. For

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, the team returned to a single car operation with the leased REC returned to Paul Morris Motorsport and van Gisbergen driving the single entry to finish second in the championship. Webb joined van Gisbergen in the Enduro Cup, and after starting from pole, the pair were leading the

2014 Bathurst 1000 The 2014 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 was an Australian touring car race for V8 Supercars, the thirtieth race of the 2014 International V8 Supercars Championship, held on 12 October 2014 at the Mount Panorama Circuit on the outskirts of Bath ...

in the closing stages before a starter motor failed, leaving the car stuck in the pits for several minutes. In both 2014 and 2015, van Gisbergen and Webb won one race of the Gold Coast 600. Van Gisbergen finished fourth in the 2015 championship, only adding another race win at the Sydney 500 to his Gold Coast victory. In

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replaced van Gisbergen. The move brought near-immediate success, with the team winning the second round of the year, the Tasmania SuperSprint. After a lean patch in the middle of the year, Davison, partnered with Webb, returned to form at the Enduro Cup. After finishing third at Sandown, at the Bathurst 1000, Davison achieved an even better result, capitalising on late drama between the race leaders to take his second Bathurst crown, despite not leading any laps, only one tenth of a second ahead of van Gisbergen. In

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, the team will return to a two-car operation and relocate to Western Sydney. In January 2022 the team was sold to Peter Xiberras and rebranded

. In September 2022 the company was placed in to voluntarily liquidation with tax debts to the Australian Tax Office in excess of $390,000.

Endurance/GT racing

Tekno Autosports campaigned two McLaren 650S GT3 cars in the

2016 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour The 2016 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour was an endurance race for a variety of GT and touring car classes, including: GT3 cars, GT4 cars and Group 3E Series Production Cars. The event, which was staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit, near Bath ...

. Shane van Gisbergen,

and Álvaro Parente won the race, with the sister car of Will Davison, Robert Bell and Andrew Watson finishing 9th. With a third car this relationship continued into the

2016 Australian GT Championship The 2016 CAMS Australian GT Championship was a CAMS-sanctioned Australian motor racing championship open to FIA GT3 cars. It was the 20th running of the Australian GT Championship. The championship began on 3 March 2016 at the Adelaide Street Cir ...

Results

Supercars Results

Car No. 19 results

Car No. 22 results

Bathurst 1000 results

Supercars Championship drivers

The following is a list of drivers who have driven for the team in the Supercars Championship, in order of their first appearance. Drivers who only drove for the team on a part-time basis are listed in italics. *

(2010–21) * '' David Russell'' (2010) * '' Sébastien Bourdais'' (2010) * '' Richard Lyons'' (2011) * '' Gil de Ferran'' (2011) * Michael Patrizi (2012) * ''

'' (2012) * ''

'' (2012) * '' Marc Lieb'' (2012–13) * ''

'' (2012) * Shane van Gisbergen (2013–15) * '' Jeroen Bleekemolen'' (2013) *

(2016–17) * Jack Le Brocq (2018–19) * James Courtney (2020) * Chris Pither (2020) * Alex Davison (2020) * '' Steve Owen'' (2020) *

(2021) *

(2021) * '' Dylan O'Keeffe'' (2021)

Gallery

File:Ford FG Falcon of Jonathon Webb.jpg, The Ford FG Falcon of

at the

2011 Clipsal 500 Adelaide The 2011 Clipsal 500 was a motor race for the Australian sedan-based V8 Supercars. It was the second event of the 2011 International V8 Supercars Championship. It was held on the weekend of 17–20 March at the Adelaide Street Circuit, in Adelai ...

. File:Michael Patrizi Ipswich 2012.JPG, The Holden VE Commodore of Michael Patrizi at the

2012 Coates Hire Ipswich 300 The 2012 Coates Hire Ipswich 300 was a motor race for the Australian sedan-based V8 Supercars. It was the eighth event of the 2012 International V8 Supercars Championship. It was held on the weekend of 3–5 August at Queensland Raceway, in Ipsw ...

. File:Holden VF Commodore of Shane van Gisbergen 2013.JPG, The Holden VF Commodore of Shane van Gisbergen at the

2013 Clipsal 500 Adelaide The 2013 Clipsal 500 Adelaide was a motor race for V8 Supercars held on 2 and 3 March 2013. The event was held at the Adelaide Street Circuit in Adelaide, South Australia, and consisted of two races of two hundred and fifty kilometres in lengt ...

. File:No 59 Tekno Autosport McLaren 650S GT3.jpg, The McLaren 650S GT3 of Álvaro Parente, Shane van Gisbergen and Jonathon Webb which won the

. File:DavisonSMP2016.jpg, The Holden VF Commodore of

at the 2016 Red Rooster Sydney SuperSprint

References

{{Reflist Australian auto racing teams Sports organizations established in the 1990s Supercars Championship teams 1990s establishments in Australia 2021 disestablishments in Australia Auto racing teams disestablished in 2021