Super Nova Racing


Super Nova Racing was a British racing team that has competed in Formula 3000/GP2 and the A1 Grand Prix series. Super Nova first entered racing in 1991. Super Nova was a new incarnation of the pre-existing David Sears Motorsport, sponsored by the Nova chain of Japanese English schools and also ran the Danish Den Blå Avis outfit.
In July 2007, naming sponsor Nova's legal problems became the subject of intense media coverage in Japan, and by the end of September 2007 the company was reported to be unable to pay staff salaries or rent, being declared bankrupt in November 2007 amidst a widening scandal about business improprieties, but SuperNova continued to list Nova as a sponsor. On 24 June 2008, President Saruhashi of the Nova chain of English schools was taken into police custody and faced charges of embezzlement. In August 2009, Saruhashi was convicted and sentenced to a 42-month jail term.
In February 2012, it was announced that Super Nova would withdraw from the GP2 Series. They were replaced by the Italian team Lazarus.
On 1 July 2014 Super Nova announced that it will be competing in the FIA Formula E Championship under the Trulli GP name.

Complete series results

AutoGP

GP2 Series

YearCarDriversRacesWinsPolesPoints
2005Dallara–Mecachrome Giorgio Pantano23010496th3rd
2005Dallara–Mecachrome Adam Carroll23302535th3rd
2006Dallara–Mecachrome José María López210113010th8th
2006Dallara–Mecachrome Mohamed Fairuz Fauzy21000024th8th
2007Dallara–Mecachrome Luca Filippi21120594th4th
2007Dallara–Mecachrome Mike Conway210011914th4th
2008Dallara–Mecachrome Christian Bakkerud3000027th7th
2008Dallara–Mecachrome Andy Soucek160001414th7th
2008Dallara–Mecachrome Álvaro Parente20101348th7th
2009Dallara–Mecachrome Luca Filippi20103405th3rd
2009Dallara–Mecachrome Javier Villa200002710th3rd
2010Dallara–Mecachrome Josef Král10000324th9th
2010Dallara–Mecachrome Luca Filippi10000520th9th
2010Dallara–Mecachrome Marcus Ericsson201001117th9th
2011Dallara–Mecachrome Fairuz Fauzy18000518th9th
2011Dallara–Mecachrome Luca Filippi1000092nd9th
2011Dallara–Mecachrome Adam Carroll8000617th9th

Notes:
They have competed for all seasons in A1 Grand Prix since series debuts in 2005-06, fielding entries for both A1 Team Germany and A1 Team Pakistan and later for A1 Team New Zealand. In 2006-07, the both managed team, Germany and New Zealand finishing 1st and 2nd in the Championship overall.

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