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The '''Peak Motorsport Group''' ('''PMG''') is a New Zealand/German/French motorsport consortium founded in 2016.
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The '''Peak Motorsport Group''' ('''PMG''') is an international motorsport consortium based primarily in Auckland, New Zealand, but also with branches in France (Grenoble), Canada (Vancouver), USA (Austin), and Germany (Berlin). The group was founded during the [[2016 Canon Motorsport Calendar|2016 RWRS season]].
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
The High Performance Group was formed in 2016 by businessmen Raymond Douglas (head of the Douglas Media Group), Craig Harris (owner of Harris Finance), and Dominic Spearman (CEO of Spearman Industries).
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Peak Motorsport was formed in May 2006 by Craig Harris of Harris Finance and entered the [[2007 Alternate GP2 season|2007 GP2 series]] as "Peak Motorsport Canada", based in Vancouver.
  
HPG was renamed ''Peak Motorsport Group'' in the 2016-2017 off-season. Douglas and Spearman sold their shares in the group to driver [[Alvin Ziegler]] and Julian Clark's father, Roger.
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The High Performance Group was formed in 2016 by businessmen Raymond Douglas (head of the Douglas Media Group) and Dominic Spearman (CEO of Spearman Industries). Harris Finance sponsored the team.
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HPG was bought out by the Harris Finance business owned by Harris along with Clark Corporation (owned by Roger Clark, the father of driver Julian) and the holding company of driver [[Alvin Ziegler]].
  
 
==Operations==
 
==Operations==
The Peak Motorsport Group is based in Auckland, New Zealand. They operate three racing teams, an engine division known as Peak Motorsport Engines, and a driver management arm known as Peak Driver Talent.
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The Peak Motorsport Group's headquarters is in Craig Harris' hometown of Auckland, New Zealand. They currently operate nine racing teams (4 canon, 5 non-canon), an engine division known as Peak Motorsport Engines, and a driver management arm known as Peak Driver Talent.
  
 
===Racing operations===
 
===Racing operations===
''For more information, see [[Peak Motorsport]], [[Ziegler Auto Racing]], [[Speed Collective Racing]] and [[Mont Blanc Racing]].
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====Canon operations====
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* [[Everest Rally Team]] (rallying; currently on hiatus)
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* [[Mont Blanc Racing]] (endurance racing)
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* [[Peak Motorsport]] (open wheel)
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* [[Speed Collective Racing]] (junior open wheel)
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* [[Ziegler Auto Racing]] (touring car)
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====Non-canon operations====
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* Arrows (RedEyes504 1990 Virtual F1)
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* Dodge SRT Racing Team ([[2014-2015 Women's GT Junior Cup]])
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* Peak Motorsport Canada ([[2007 Alternate GP2 season]])
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* RT Russian Time Ferrari ([[2014 NewF1 Series season]])
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* Top Kek Racing powered by Lel ([[2001 GP4 season]])
  
Peak Motorsport is the senior open-wheel team. It operates the Formula Female WCS team.
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===Driver management===
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Current drivers managed by Peak Driver Talent are:
  
Mont Blanc Racing (MBR) is the endurance racing arm. It operates an LMP1 team in the Le Mans Cup and also a GT team, known as Harris Finance MBR.
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
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!colspan="2"| Drivers
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|-
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|[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png]] [[Julian Clark]]
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|[[File:Flag of Italy svg.png]] [[Antonio Pedretti]]
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|-
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|[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png]] [[Ross Clark]]
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|[[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] [[Dylan Shaw]]
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|-
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|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kaitlyn Harris]]
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|[[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] [[Madison Shaw]]
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|-
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|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kelly Harris]]
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|[[File:Flag of Canada svg.png]] [[Aurora Summers]]
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|-
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|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kristina Harris]]
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|[[File:Flag of Canada svg.png]] [[Dakota Summers]]
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|-
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|[[File:Flag of Austria svg.png]] [[Verna Klien]]
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|[[File:Flag of Canada svg.png]] [[Skye Summers]]
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|-
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|[[File:Flag of Denmark svg.png]] [[Ludvig Kristoffersen]]
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|[[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] [[Randall Wade]]
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|-
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|[[File:Flag of Sweden svg.png]] [[Ragnar Larsen]]
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|[[File:Flag of China svg.png]] [[Catalina Zhang]]
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|-
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|[[File:Flag of Mexico svg.png]] [[Angelica Lopez]]
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|[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] [[Alvin Ziegler]]
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|-
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|}
  
[[Everest Rally Team]] is the rally team. It has been placed on hiatus due to the collapse of the [[Reject Rally Trophy]] and [[Rejects Rallycross Championship]] series that it was competing in.
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===Engines===
 
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PMG supply their own engines through a subsidiary, Peak Motorsport Engines.
Speed Collective Racing is the junior open-wheel team that is set to compete in the Toyota Reject Racing Series.
 
 
 
Ziegler Auto Racing is the touring car team that competes in the F1RSTC, RTCC, and also in the AutoRejects GTI series under the Harris Finance ZAR name.
 
 
 
Additionally, PMG operates the Dodge SRT Racing Team in the [[2014-2015 Women's GT Junior Cup|Women's GT Junior Cup]].
 
  
 
===Structure===
 
===Structure===
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Overall group: Peak Motorsport Group
 
Overall group: Peak Motorsport Group
 
* Open-wheel team: [[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Peak Motorsport]] (Formula Female WCS)
 
* Open-wheel team: [[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Peak Motorsport]] (Formula Female WCS)
** Junior team: [[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] Speed Collective Racing (TRRS)
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** Junior team: [[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] [[Speed Collective Racing]] (TRRS)
* Touring car team: [[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] Ziegler Auto Racing (RTCC, F1RSTC)
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* Touring car team: [[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] [[Ziegler Auto Racing]] (RTCC, F1RSTC)
** Junior team: [[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]]/[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] Harris Finance ZAR (AutoRejects GTI)
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** Junior team: [[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]]/[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] Harris Finance ZAR (AutoReject GTi)
 
* Endurance racing team: [[File:Flag of France svg.png]] [[Mont Blanc Racing]] (Le Mans Cup)
 
* Endurance racing team: [[File:Flag of France svg.png]] [[Mont Blanc Racing]] (Le Mans Cup)
 
** Junior team: [[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]]/[[File:Flag of France svg.png]] Harris Finance MBR (Le Mans Cup)
 
** Junior team: [[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]]/[[File:Flag of France svg.png]] Harris Finance MBR (Le Mans Cup)
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|rowspan=4|Rated
 
|rowspan=4|Rated
 
|rowspan=2|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Ziegler Auto Racing|Harris Finance Racing]]
 
|rowspan=2|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Ziegler Auto Racing|Harris Finance Racing]]
|rowspan=4|[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] Volkswagen Lupo GTI
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|rowspan=4|[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] Volkswagen Lupo GTi
 
|23
 
|23
 
|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kristina Harris]]
 
|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kristina Harris]]
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| [[File:Flag of Mexico svg.png]] [[Angelica Lopez]]
 
| [[File:Flag of Mexico svg.png]] [[Angelica Lopez]]
 
| rowspan=2|BurgerFuel<br>7-Eleven<br>Telmex<br>Suncor Energy
 
| rowspan=2|BurgerFuel<br>7-Eleven<br>Telmex<br>Suncor Energy
| 1-
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| rowspan=2|All
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 23
 
| 23
 
| [[File:Flag of Canada svg.png]] [[Dakota Summers]]
 
| [[File:Flag of Canada svg.png]] [[Dakota Summers]]
| 1-
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|rowspan=2|[[Lupo GTI Championship|AutoReject GTi]] ([[2017 AutoReject GTi season|2017]])
 
|rowspan=2|[[Lupo GTI Championship|AutoReject GTi]] ([[2017 AutoReject GTi season|2017]])
 
|rowspan=2|Rated
 
|rowspan=2|Rated
 
|rowspan=2|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]]/[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] [[Ziegler Auto Racing|Harris Finance ZAR]]
 
|rowspan=2|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]]/[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] [[Ziegler Auto Racing|Harris Finance ZAR]]
|rowspan=2|[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] VW Lupo GTI
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|rowspan=2|[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] VW Lupo GTi
 
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|23
 
|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kaitlyn Harris]]
 
|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kaitlyn Harris]]
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| 03
 
| [[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] [[Alvin Ziegler]]
 
| [[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] [[Alvin Ziegler]]
| rowspan=2|DHL<br>Sun Drop Citrus Soda<br>United Fibre & Data
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| rowspan=2|DHL<br>Sun Drop Citrus Soda<br>United Fiber & Data
 
| rowspan=2|All
 
| rowspan=2|All
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 23
 
| 23
 
| [[File:Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png]] [[Julian Clark]]
 
| [[File:Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png]] [[Julian Clark]]
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|rowspan=2| [[F1 Rejects Super Touring Cup]] ([[2017-2018 F1 Rejects Super Touring Cup|2017-18]])
 
|rowspan=2| WaffleCat
 
|rowspan=2| [[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] [[Ziegler Auto Racing|DHL Ziegler Auto Racing]]
 
|rowspan=2| TBA
 
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|[[File:Flag of the Netherlands svg.png]] [[Karl van der Zwaart]]
 
| rowspan=2|DHL<br>The Lego Group<br>Carlsberg<br>ING
 
| All
 
|-
 
|33
 
|[[File:Flag of Denmark svg.png]] [[Ludvig Kristoffersen]]
 
| All
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|rowspan=3|[[Formula Female World Championship|Formula Female]] ([[2017 Formula Female World Championship season|2017]])
 
|rowspan=3|[[Formula Female World Championship|Formula Female]] ([[2017 Formula Female World Championship season|2017]])
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|rowspan=2| [[File:Flag of Japan svg.png]] Toyota Tatuus TT104ZZ
 
|rowspan=2| [[File:Flag of Japan svg.png]] Toyota Tatuus TT104ZZ
 
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|[[File:Flag of Russia svg.png]] [[Viktor Pasitchnjuk]]
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|[[File:Flag of Russia svg.png]] [[Viktor Pasitchnjuk]] (TBC)
 
|rowspan=2| BurgerFuel<br>7-Eleven
 
|rowspan=2| BurgerFuel<br>7-Eleven
 
|rowspan=2|All
 
|rowspan=2|All
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* Some PMG drivers may be available for driving duties. Inquire with PMG management.
 
* Some PMG drivers may be available for driving duties. Inquire with PMG management.
 
* Teams/cars marked "TBA" in the round column have not yet been confirmed.
 
* Teams/cars marked "TBA" in the round column have not yet been confirmed.
 
==Other operations==
 
===Driver management===
 
Current drivers managed by Peak Driver Talent are:
 
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
 
!colspan="2"| Drivers
 
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|[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png]] [[Julian Clark]]
 
|[[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] [[Dylan Shaw]]
 
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|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kaitlyn Harris]]
 
|[[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] [[Madison Shaw]]
 
|-
 
|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kelly Harris]]
 
|[[File:Flag of Canada svg.png]] [[Aurora Summers]]
 
|-
 
|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kristina Harris]]
 
|[[File:Flag of Canada svg.png]] [[Dakota Summers]]
 
|-
 
|[[File:Flag of Austria svg.png]] [[Verna Klien]]
 
|[[File:Flag of Canada svg.png]] [[Skye Summers]]
 
|-
 
|[[File:Flag of Denmark svg.png]] [[Ludvig Kristoffersen]]
 
|[[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] [[Randall Wade]]
 
|-
 
|[[File:Flag of Sweden svg.png]] [[Ragnar Larsen]]
 
|[[File:Flag of China svg.png]] [[Catalina Zhang]]
 
|-
 
|[[File:Flag of Mexico svg.png]] [[Angelica Lopez]]
 
|[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] [[Alvin Ziegler]]
 
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|[[File:Flag of Italy svg.png]] [[Antonio Pedretti]]
 
|''TBA''
 
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|}
 
 
===Engines===
 
PMG supply their own engines through a subsidiary, Peak Motorsport Engines.
 
  
 
[[Category:Peak Motorsport Group]]
 
[[Category:Peak Motorsport Group]]

Revision as of 18:50, 10 July 2014

This article is about the group itself. For the team, see Peak Motorsport.

PMG logo

The Peak Motorsport Group (PMG) is an international motorsport consortium based primarily in Auckland, New Zealand, but also with branches in France (Grenoble), Canada (Vancouver), USA (Austin), and Germany (Berlin). The group was founded during the 2016 RWRS season.

History

Peak Motorsport was formed in May 2006 by Craig Harris of Harris Finance and entered the 2007 GP2 series as "Peak Motorsport Canada", based in Vancouver.

The High Performance Group was formed in 2016 by businessmen Raymond Douglas (head of the Douglas Media Group) and Dominic Spearman (CEO of Spearman Industries). Harris Finance sponsored the team.

HPG was bought out by the Harris Finance business owned by Harris along with Clark Corporation (owned by Roger Clark, the father of driver Julian) and the holding company of driver Alvin Ziegler.

Operations

The Peak Motorsport Group's headquarters is in Craig Harris' hometown of Auckland, New Zealand. They currently operate nine racing teams (4 canon, 5 non-canon), an engine division known as Peak Motorsport Engines, and a driver management arm known as Peak Driver Talent.

Racing operations

Canon operations

Non-canon operations

Driver management

Current drivers managed by Peak Driver Talent are:

Drivers
Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Julian Clark Flag of Italy svg.png Antonio Pedretti
Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Ross Clark Flag of the United States svg.png Dylan Shaw
Flag of New Zealand svg.png Kaitlyn Harris Flag of the United States svg.png Madison Shaw
Flag of New Zealand svg.png Kelly Harris Flag of Canada svg.png Aurora Summers
Flag of New Zealand svg.png Kristina Harris Flag of Canada svg.png Dakota Summers
Flag of Austria svg.png Verna Klien Flag of Canada svg.png Skye Summers
Flag of Denmark svg.png Ludvig Kristoffersen Flag of the United States svg.png Randall Wade
Flag of Sweden svg.png Ragnar Larsen Flag of China svg.png Catalina Zhang
Flag of Mexico svg.png Angelica Lopez Flag of Germany svg.png Alvin Ziegler

Engines

PMG supply their own engines through a subsidiary, Peak Motorsport Engines.

Structure

The new structure from 2017 onwards is as follows:

Overall group: Peak Motorsport Group

Team and driver schedule

2016

Please note: PMG was known as the High Performance Group during the 2016 RWRS season

HPG's team and driver schedule for the current 2016 Reject World Race Series season is as follows:

Teams run by HPG
Series (season) Series organiser Team name Car No Driver Sponsors Rounds
2016 Aston 12 Hours Nuppiz Flag of the United States svg.png Speed Collective Racing FXR 24 Flag of the Netherlands svg.png Karl van der Zwaart BurgerFuel NC
Flag of Sweden svg.png Ragnar Larsen
Flag of Austria svg.png Verna Klien
F1 Rejects Super Touring Cup (2016-17) WaffleCat Flag of New Zealand svg.png High Performance Racing Flag of Japan svg.png Mazda 323 23 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Julian Clark Johnnie Walker 1-5
Flag of China svg.png Catalina Zhang Bank of China 6-12
33 Flag of Germany svg.png Alvin Ziegler DHL 1-2, 4-12
Flag of Austria svg.png Verna Klien 3
Lupo GTI Championship (2016) Rated Flag of New Zealand svg.png Harris Finance Racing Flag of Germany svg.png Volkswagen Lupo GTi 23 Flag of New Zealand svg.png Kristina Harris Harris Finance
Air New Zealand
5-7, NC 1, NC 2
24 Flag of New Zealand svg.png Kaitlyn Harris NC 1, NC 2
Flag of New Zealand svg.png John Deere Racing 32 Flag of Mexico svg.png Angelica Lopez John Deere
Fonterra
NC 1
33 Flag of Portugal svg.png Hugo Carvalho NC 1
Teams not run by HPG
Series (season) Series organiser Team name (owner) Car No Driver Sponsors Rounds
Formula 3 Rejects World Race Series (2016) the Masked Lapwing Flag of Italy svg.png Lavezzi IBR
(Biscione)
Flag of Italy svg.png IBR Dallara-Lancia 27 Flag of Austria svg.png Verna Klien Lavezzi 11
GT-Rejects World Championship (2016) RealRacingRoots Flag of Germany svg.png Best In The World Motorsport
(Klon)
Flag of Italy svg.png Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT 11 Flag of the United States svg.png Randall Wade Best In The World 5-14
International Formula Reject Challenge (2016) Nuppiz Flag of Japan svg.png Takagi Racing Enterprises
(FMecha)
Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Lola FN06-Honda-Judd 8 Flag of Austria svg.png Verna Klien None 10-12
Rejects Touring Car Championship (2016) pasta_maldonado Flag of Canada svg.png/Flag of Japan svg.png Onyx Toyota Racing
(Onxy Wrecked)
Flag of Japan svg.png Toyota Carina 30 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Julian Clark None 4-13

2017

PMG's provisional team and driver schedule for the 2017 Reject World Race Series season is as follows:

PLEASE NOTE: This is completely provisional and is subject to change.

Teams run by HPG
Series (season) Series organiser Team name Car No Driver Sponsors Rounds
AutoReject 2.0 North America (2017) Ataxia Flag of the United States svg.png Speed Collective Racing Flag of Italy svg.png Dallara 22 Flag of Mexico svg.png Angelica Lopez BurgerFuel
7-Eleven
Telmex
Suncor Energy
All
23 Flag of Canada svg.png Dakota Summers
AutoReject GTi (2017) Rated Flag of New Zealand svg.png/Flag of Germany svg.png Harris Finance ZAR Flag of Germany svg.png VW Lupo GTi 23 Flag of New Zealand svg.png Kaitlyn Harris Harris Finance
DHL
L'Oreal
Bosch
All
24 Flag of France svg.png Romain Hadamard
AutoRejects Super Touring (2017) Salamander Flag of Germany svg.png DHL Ziegler Auto Racing Flag of Germany svg.png BMW M3 03 Flag of Germany svg.png Alvin Ziegler DHL
Sun Drop Citrus Soda
United Fiber & Data
All
23 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Julian Clark
Formula Female (2017) Turbogirl Flag of New Zealand svg.png Peak Motorsport P222-Ford 26 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Chelsie Knight BurgerFuel
Air Canada
7-Eleven
All
27 Flag of Canada svg.png Skye Summers
Flag of the United States svg.png Madison Shaw
(test/reserve driver)
Le Mans Cup (2017) pi314159 Flag of France svg.png Mont Blanc Racing Flag of France svg.png Onroak LMP1-Zytek 3 Flag of France svg.png Sébastien Bourdais Texaco
L'Oreal
IKEA
All
Flag of the United States svg.png Vic Sunset
Flag of Sweden svg.png Ragnar Larsen
24 Flag of the United States svg.png Randall Wade
Flag of France svg.png Serge Blanco
Flag of Austria svg.png J.C. Wolf
Flag of New Zealand svg.png/Flag of France svg.png Harris Finance MBR Flag of Germany svg.png Porsche 991 GT 25 Flag of Japan svg.png "Dragon" Harris Finance
Panasonic
L'Oreal
Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Ryan Carlton
Flag of New Zealand svg.png Kelly Harris
Toyota Reject Racing Series (2017) Biscione Flag of the United States svg.png Speed Collective Racing Flag of Japan svg.png Toyota Tatuus TT104ZZ 22 Flag of Russia svg.png Viktor Pasitchnjuk (TBC) BurgerFuel
7-Eleven
All
33 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png John Bean
Teams not run by HPG
Series (season) Series organiser Team name (owner) Car No Driver Sponsors Rounds
AutoReject 2.0 Europe (2017) Ataxia Flag of Belgium svg.png Octan Young Drivers (This) Flag of Italy svg.png Dallara 19 Flag of Italy svg.png Antonio Pedretti Octan
Ducati
1-
AutoReject 3.5 (2017) Nuppiz Flag of the United States svg.png Clockwork Racing (Cynon) Flag of the United States svg.png Clockwork-Ford 35 Flag of Austria svg.png Verna Klien Orange 1-
AutoRejects Super Touring (2017) Salamander Flag of the United States svg.png People Power presents Dodge CR Motorsport (Klon) Flag of the United States svg.png Dodge Charger 26 Flag of China svg.png Catalina Zhang China Telecom
People Power
1-
Flag of the United Arab Emirates svg.png Vermilion Automotive Collective (tristan1117) Flag of Japan svg.png Subaru Impreza 74 Flag of New Zealand svg.png Kristina Harris ADNOC 1-

NOTES:

  • Some PMG drivers may be available for driving duties. Inquire with PMG management.
  • Teams/cars marked "TBA" in the round column have not yet been confirmed.