Status Grand Prix is a former

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team registered in

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Team history

Based in

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the team was formed in 2005 to run the

A1 Team Ireland A1 Team Ireland was the Irish team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series. The team were the A1 Grand Prix champions for the fourth season, 2008-09. The team Founded by Mark Kershaw and Mark Gallagher in 2005, the team was owned an ...

franchise in the new

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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 and was based at Silverstone, England, but raced with an Irish licence. In early 2005, the team ...

Executive Mark Gallagher and Dublin businessman Mark Kershaw. Later shareholders included former

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driver David Kennedy, John Hynes and Teddy Yip Jr., whose father Teddy Yip owned the

Theodore Racing Theodore Racing ( zh, t=徳利賽車隊香港) was a Formula One constructor from Hong Kong founded by real estate magnate and millionaire Teddy Yip (businessman), Teddy Yip. They participated in 51 Grands Prix, entering a total of 64 cars. In ...

Formula One team. They also ran the

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operation in 2007–08 and also assisted A1 Team Netherlands in 2008–09, the season in which Team Ireland won the championship title. In

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, Status Grand Prix competed in the inaugural

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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

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, 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

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as their drivers, with

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standing in for Stanaway in the final two rounds. Stanaway gave the team victories in the sprint races at

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and

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. 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

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Status Grand Prix 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