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Calinetic
Full Name	Team Calinetic
Base	Kingston, Jamaica
Founder(s)	Joseph Calinetic
Team Principal(s)	Andrew Caine
Technical Director
Current Drivers	Daniel Ricciardo Max Verstappen
Other Noted Drivers	Gary Cameron Thomas De Bock Evgeny Restov
Debut	2010 F1RWRS German Grand Prix 2016 Marlboro Bahrain Grands Prix I
Races	40 (112 entries) Formula One: 114 (114 entries)
Constructors' Championships	0 Formula One: 0
Drivers' Championships	1 Formula One: 0
Race Wins	1 Formula One: 0
Podiums	10 Formula One: 4
Points	164 Formula One: 121
Pole Positions	7 Formula One: 0
Fastest Laps	4 Formula One: 0

Team Calinetic (sometimes shortened to simply Calinetic) is a Jamaican race car constructor currently owned by Andrew Caine, founded by Joseph Calinetic and known for winning the inaugural 2010 F1RWRS season drivers' championship with Gary Cameron. Despite this, the team never won a constructors' title and and thereafter struggled in the F1RWRS.

History

Early Years (2005-2009)

The team was founded by Jamaican businessman Joseph Calinetic in 2005, who secured funding from America, engineers from the UK and a pit crew from Spain. They had the most success in the GT Tuning Cup, with their Koenig GT always up the front. They also enjoyed mild success in the Global GT Lights, and ran a US Speedtruck, winning the 2005 championship, both for drivers and teams, despite neither driver scoring a win, a pattern that would continue in the future.

F1RWRS Years (2010-2013)

When the announcement of the creation of the F1RWRS was made in late 2009, Calinetic immediately built a chassis. As one of the ten founding teams competing in the 2010 season, Calinetic hired drivers Gary Cameron and Phoenix McAllister. They would race the season without winning, yet Cameron still took the championship, on sheer consistency alone. Unfortunately, McAllister was not as fast as his teammate, and Calinetic lost the constructors' title to Prospec.

The CAL2, the car driven by Thomas De Bock and reigning Drivers' Champion Gary Cameron for the 2011 season.

2011 was not as successful, although Cameron still managed to finish third in the championship, winning the team's first (and only) race at the Dutch GP. Shortly before the season, the team sacked McAllister and hired Thomas De Bock, who finished 9th overall. The team was third in the constructors' standings, but well behind Prospec and JLD Motorsport.

Team Calinetic's decline began in 2012. De Bock had been replaced at the end of 2011 by David Koczo, who they'd stolen from Prospec and whilst Cameron stayed on for another season with the team, he subsequently left after the sixth race of the year at the Dutch Grand Prix, the site of his win for the team a year previously. He'd become unhappy at the team's performance, the Briton having only qualified for three races at that point in the year. Nicolas Steele was hired to replace Cameron, but he would only qualify for 3 out of the 10 races he entered. Koczo meanwhile stayed put for the whole season, but the only highlight was taking pole at the German GP, finishing fourth.

Following their poor 2012 season, the decline continued as Calinetic were relegated to pre-qualifying for 2013, and only started two races, failing to pre-qualify for the rest. Steele and Koczo both stayed with the team, but Steele left for Kamaha after just two races. The team convinced John Zimmer to return from retirement, and he managed to convince a number of sponsors to join them. He and Koczo qualified for the Mexican GP, with Zimmer finishing 6th and scoring a point. It wasn't enough to get them out of pre-qualifying, and it was the team's only point all year. Both Zimmer and Koczo also qualified for the Belgian GP, with Koczo the best of the two drivers, finishing in 9th. Thereafter from the Portuguese GP, Zimmer left the team, initially replaced by rookie Nathan Scott, though for the final race of the year at Brazil, Koczo was paired with Poppy Whitechapel. Neither passed pre-qualifying in what turned out to be the team's final race, though the decision to pull the plug on the team's F1RWRS operation had already been made by team boss Joseph Calinetic at the Chinese GP. The Jamaican stated that their lack of results had induced a low return on investment, and as a result the team was lacking the funds necessary for competing at the top level of motor racing.

Formula One (2016-

In 2016, Calinetic was announced as one of the new team's joining the grid. But soon problems struck, as the team was left with the expensive Mercedes engines, and with a dull chassis, which led to the owner of the team to resign. The team was bought by Andrew Caine, who tried to fix the issues by hiring proven man Evgeny Restov, and ex-talent, Giorgio Pantano. The team faced a difficult season, and eventually finished in 10th in the constructor champioship, with Restov taking a podium place in the German Grand Prix. For 2017, the team kept the Petronas sponsorship, and hired the young dutch talent Max Verstapen and Jazeman Jaafar, to replace the departuring drivers, while Dean Stoneman was kept as the team's test driver.

And before the start of the season, it was already clear that 2017 was going to be another year fighting for minor point. The team went on to finish 10th in the constructors, with 2 points obtained from 2 10th places. One for Max Verstappen, and one for Dean Stoneman.

For 2018, the team switched from Mercedes power to Holden power, and kept Max Verstappen as a driver, while also signing Daniel Ricciardo to partner the dutch driver. In the second race of 2018, Daniel Ricciardo came home in 8th place, scoring the first points of the season for the team. He followed by finishing 3rd in the first race of the Japan weekend, taking the team's second podium in Formula One. Verstappen scored his first points of the season with an 8th place in the second race at Suzuka. Coming into Bahrain, Calinetic was in the position to fight with Haas, Sauber, Ferrari and Williams for 4th in the WCC. Ricciardo finished 7th in the first race of the weekend, while Max would finish 10 in the second race of the weekend. The Turkish weekend started awfully for the team, as Daniel Ricciardo retired from a points scoring position, and then Max followed up with another retirement. A double retirement to start the weekend, which was then solved in race 2, as Daniel Ricciardo finished 6th. After the Grand Prix, it was announced that the team would be employing Icelanding star Einar Ármannsson as a driver for the Finnish and Russian GP's, replacing Max Verstappen. For Cyprus, Calinetic announced their first upgrade of the season, as the team expected to come closer to Sauber and Haas in terms of raw pace. While race 1 wasn't a sucess, with Ricciardo finishin 10th to only score a point, race 2 would see one of the best drives in the past decade, as Ricciardo, coming from a Q1 elimination, came through the field to finish 2nd, Calinetic's best F1 result to date, only 4 seconds behind race winner Badu. Max Verstappen increased the team's total for the race, as he came through the finish line to score his best career result, in 5th place, propelling the team into 6th in the constructor standings.

Afther the fantastic weekend at Cyprus, Calinetic were brought down to the real world, as bottom points paying positions were shared amongst the team drivers until Russia. Daniel Ricciardo scored a 9th and a 6th place, at Mediterranaen II and at Germany II respectivelly, with Max Verstappen getting a 9th place at Mediterranean I, before Einar Ármannsson was brought in for the Russian and Finninsh rounds in a sponsorship deal for those rounds only. Ármansson started out his stint well, as he scored a 8th place on his debut race for the team at Finland I, but over the next 3 races, he wouldn't score points, as Verstappen returned to his seat from Singapore onwards again. Finland especially was a very though weekend for the team, as the car struggled all weekend long and in both qualifying sessions couldn't clear Q1.

Come Singapore, the Haas F1 squad announced a big update coming for the night race at Asia. What seemed like the doom of Calinetic, eventually turned out not to hamper them that much, especially as the team countered with an update at Surfers Paradise. At Singapore, we finally started to see Max Verstappen show his true talent and raw speed, as he outpaced Daniel Ricciardo and finished in a 6th place at Singapore II, with together with Ricky's 10th place in race 1, saw Calinetic stay ahead of Haas come Surfers Paradise. Calinetic's upgrade worked for the australian rounds. Daniel Ricciardo got a 5th and 6th place in both races, while Max Verstappen got his first ever F1 podium by finishing 3rd at race 1, and qualifying 3rd for race 2, but over confidence betrayed the young dutch, as he spinned attacking Melrose for 2nd place, and eventually finished a low 16th place.

Legacy

Team Calinetic remain as one of the most successful of the original ten founding teams of the F1RWRS, and the most successful of those no longer competing. They helped establish the career of the now well known Gary Cameron, one of the most successful drivers in the series, whilst Nathan Scott has gone on to drive for front-running team DGNgineering. They remain as one of only a select group of teams to have won a championship title, and are the only Jamaican team to have ever competed in the F1RWRS. For a while after closure of their F1RWRS team, the Calinetic racing team continued to compete in other motorsport categories, with varying degrees of success.

Complete F1RWRS Results

Year	Chassis	Engine	#	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Points	CC
2010	Calinetic CAL1	Ford V8			GER	LUX	SAX	CHN	TAS	BHR	BEL	GBR	AUS								75	3rd
			8	Phoenix McAllister	8	16	8	8	7	15	Ret	11	4
			9	Gary Cameron	4	3	5	15	4	3	4	2	10
2011	Calinetic CAL2	Ford V8			BAV	GER	SAX	LUX	BEL	GBR	ENG	KEN	NED	TAS	AUS	NSW	SUR	CHN	USA		78	3rd
			1	Gary Cameron	3	8	DNPQ	4	NC	13	2	10	1	17	10	8	Ret	7	18
			2	Thomas De Bock	2	DNPQ	14	Ret	3	DNPQ	10	13	14	9	2	7	8*	8	Ret
2012	Calinetic CAL3	Ford V8			BAV	SAX	GER	LUX	BEL	NED	GBR	KEN	ENG	TAS	SUR	NSW	AUS	CHN	USA	500	10	17th
			5	Gary Cameron	DNPQ	6	DNPQ	Ret	DNPQ	18
				Nicolas Steele							11	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	26	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	25
			6	David Koczo	DNPQ	DNPQ	4	DNPQ	13	DNPQ	DNPQ	18	DNPQ	Ret	8	16	Ret	17	19	20
2013	Calinetic CAL4	Ford HB I			TAS	AUS	MEX	USA	MON	FRA	GBR	GER	NED	BEL	POR	MED	MAC	CHN	JPN	BRA	1	16th
			28	David Koczo	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	9	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ
			29	Nicolas Steele	DNPQ	DNPQ
				John Zimmer			6	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	13*	DNPQ
				Nathan Scott												DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ
				Poppy Whitechapel																DNPQ

Complete Formula One Results

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	#	Drivers	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		14		15		16		17		18		19		WCC	Points
2016	Team Calinetic Petronas	F1-CAL1	Mercedes PU104B			BAH		IND		BRA		MEX		PAC		CYP		HUN		GER		GBR		RUS		AUT		ITA		EUR		ESP		USA		ABU		SIN		JPN		CHI		10th	27 (43)
				90	Evgeny Restov	10	18	Ret	20	19	15	15	21	Ret	Ret	Ret	18			Ret	3	17		18	17	12	15	14	Ret	9	15	12	Ret	13	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	18	18	5
					Dean Stoneman													12	21				Ret
				91	Giorgio Pantano	Ret	17	13	13	12	14	21	Ret	13	Ret	8	15	10	13	13	5	22	13	19	22	17	17	15		12	14	16	14	18	22	12	17	13	15	Ret	17	19	21
					Salvatore de Plano																								Ret
2017	Team Calinetic Petronas	F1-CAL2	Mercedes PU104B			USA		JPN		IND		BAH		CYP		HUN		GER		GBR		AUS		PAC		MEX		AUT		ITA		EUR		ESP		ABU		RUS		BRA		CHI		12th	2
				90	Max Verstappen	Ret	20	Ret	17	21	13	11	13	13	Ret			11	12					10	Ret	Ret	22			14	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	13	14	C	C			18	22
					Dean Stoneman											Ret	20			Ret	16	10	15					13	20									C	C
					João Paulo de Oliveira																																	C	C	18	20
				91	Jazeman Jaafar	Ret	14	15	19	18	17	15	Ret	16	Ret	19	22	14	Ret	19	15	15	Ret	15	16	Ret	18	Ret	18	20	Ret	Ret	20	Ret	14	14	22	C	C	Ret	22	19	25
2018	Team Calinetic Shionogi	F1-CAL3	Holden LSF1-18			USA		JPN		BAH		TUR		CYP		MED		GER		FIN		RUS		SIN		AUS		GBR		FRA		NED		HUN		ABU		CHI		MEX		BRA		6th*	92*
				90	Daniel Ricciardo	15	8	3	11	7	Ret	Ret	6	10	2	15	9	16	6	12	17	4	11	10	13	5	6
				91	Max Verstappen	11	19	18	8	19	10	Ret	16	14	5	9	17	Ret	19					21	6	3	16
					Einar Ármannsson															8	13	22	13
					Dean Stoneman