Hunter Autosport

Hunter Autosport is a British Auto racings team founded in 1984 by former touring car star Jonathon Hunter, the team currently competes in a number of series worldwide.

History

Touring Cars

Between 1985 and 1987 the team competed in the BTCC first running a pair of Ford Escort in class C before expanding a running a Rover SD1, for 1988 the team made a jump to competing in the second season of the WTCC campaigning the same cars as it did the previous season in the BTCC. The team returned to the the BTCC running BMW M3 in 1989 and for 1990 before leaving to focus on single seaters. the team returned to the BTCC in 2002 running a pair of Renualt Lagunas. With new regulations coming to the BTCC for 2001 Hunter run production class Ford Focus. 2004 saw the BTCC open up to S2000 spec cars and the team first campaigned Ford Focus before upgrading to Seat Leons. 2011 saw NGTC spec enter and the team campaigned first Vauxhall Insignia's an then Audi S3s. The team left at the end of the 2016 season to run a pair of Triumph 2000 in the ARST.

Single Seater

John's daughter Deanna had set her sights on racing in Formula One as a result the team enter single seater racing first in the Formula Ford championship, before stepping up to the British F3 championship, where the team become one of the front running teams until the end of the 2014 season. 1993 saw the team step up to the Life GP series scoring 2 podiums in their début season. 1993 saw the last season of Life GP and the team continued to compete in its replacement Rejects-1 campaigning running a Lamborghini 291 chassis before switching to the Fondmetal GR02 for 1995, which saw the team take their first win and the New Zealand round.

Endurance Racing

In 2006 the team entered a pair of Aston Martin DBRS9 in the British GT Championship, before stepping up GT2 Spyker C8 between 2008 and 2010 in the LMS Series. Beginning in 2011 the team campaigned LMP2 Oreca 03 in the WEC where they remained until in the series collapsed before the 2015 season. For 2015 and 2016 the team raced the Oreca in the TUSCC before announcing,they would enter the new for 2017 Le Mans cup, LMP2 Class replacing their elderly Oreca 03 with brand new Oreca 05.

Hunter Autosport Japan

In 2009 while on holiday in Japan, Jon acquired the struggling Japanese racing team Terada engineering and its facilities based near Narita international airport, the team competes in the Super GT Gt300 class as well as running cars in Japanese Formula 3. At the end of 2016 the team entered the FRENCH series finishing the season 10th in the team’s championship with a best of third in the Motegi oval race. The Japanese arm also provides a base for the main team when competing in the Asia area. The team was renamed Narita Engineering before the 2018 season

Hunter-Maple Racing

In 2015 while at the TUSCC event in Montreal. The team’s endurance manager noticed that Canadian Team Maple Racing had entered administration and were looking for investment. Hunter Autosport at this time had no North American base and was running out of a rented workshop in Indianapolis. A deal was struck between Hunter and Maples owners with Hunter buying 75% of the team. The new team was renamed Hunter-Maple Racing. For 2017 the team competes in AutoReject 2.0NA and the Indycar World Cup

Key Personnel

Below is a List of the current department heads

Endurance - Sarah Jones
Touring Cars - Chris Fuller
Single Seater - Andrew Hadley
Hunter-Maple Racing - Brandon Martin
Hunter Autosport Japan - Takahiro Akiyama

Hunter Autosport Results

Complete Life Grand Prix Series results

Year	Drivers	No.	ARG	BRA	VEN	USA	CAN	IRE	GBR	NED	GER	POL	AUT	ITA	FRA	NAM	JPN	MAS	INA	NZL	AUS	MAC	POS	Pts
1993	Danny Fernandez	36	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	34th	3
	Deanna McMahon	37	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	2	Ret	6†	Ret	15th	13

Complete Rejects-1 Series results

Year	Chassis	Drivers	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	POS	Pts
1994	Lamborghini 291			USA	CAN	ARG	BRA	ITA	FRA	AUT	GER	GBR	IRE	NED	BEL	FIN	JPN	NZL	AUS	INA
		Deanna McMahon	36	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	3	7	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	21st	30
		Thomas Day	37	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	6	DNQ	5	DNQ	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	22nd	30
1995	Fondmetal GR02			USE	USW	CAN	BRA	NZL	AUS	JAP	ITA	GBR	IRE	FRA	GER	BEL	NOR	POR	MAL	INA	POS	Pts
		Deanna McMahon	36	16	Ret	5	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	2	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	6†	Ret	4th	75
		Thomas Day	37	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	10†	Ret	8†	Ret	9									38th	6
		Natascha Zaugg											Ret	4	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	6th	71 1
1996	Fondmetal GR02			USA	BRA	ARG	NZL	AUS	JPN	ITA	FRAS	FRA	GBR	GER	NOR	BEL	AUT	RSA	INA	CAN	POS	Pts
		Deanna McMahon	36	9	Ret	10	Ret	3	10	12	19	Ret	10†	2	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	19th	34
		Natascha Zaugg	37	7	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	2	13	8	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	8	6th	72

• 1 - Includes points scored with Foster's Good Call Racing

Complete AutoReject SuperTouring Result

Privateer Class

Year	Car	Drivers	No.	AUS	BAT	GBR	FRA	SPA	CAN	USE	USW	RSA	ITA	BEL	CZE	JPN	HKG							POS	Pts
2017	Triumph 2000	Kazuki Hisakawa	98	6	11	11	8	19	15	16	29	27	28	28	21									18th	108 1
		Peter Oliver														1	33							13th	149 1
		Thomas Westernberg	99	18	14			20	25	25	36	26	22	30	4									32nd	50
		Deanna McMahon				7	23																	45th	25
		Mineiro														6	38							40th	28
				AUS	BAT	ITA	FRA	SPA	GBR	EUR	ILL	WIS	NY	CAN	RSA	FIN	GER	PAR	HUN	CZE	PAC	JPN	HKG	POS	Pts
2018	Infiniti G35	Template:GBR Deanna McMahon	98	28	22	13	40	10	7	14	35	23	34	23	21									19th	74
		Raffaele Modena	99	17	11	17	10	11	21	6	40	20	10	30	10									16th	140

Championship Class

Year	Car	Drivers	No.	AUS		BAT	GBR		FRA		SPA	CAN	USE		USW	RSA		ITA	BEL	CZE	JPN	HKG		POS	Pts
2017	Triumph 2000	Peter Oliver	98																		4			29th	57 1
		Thomas Westernberg	99																	22				59th	0
				AUS		BAT	ITA	FRA	SPA	GBR	EUR		ILL	WIS	NY		CAN	RSA		FIN	GER	PAR		CZE	HUN		PAC	JPN	HKG		POS	Pts
2018	Infiniti G35	Template:GBR Deanna McMahon	98						26	37																					72nd	0
		Raffaele Modena	99					24			27	26			11	7		24	38												43rd	32

• 1 - Includes points scored with Rick Miller Racing

Hunter Maple Racing Results

Complete AutoReject 2.0NA Series Results

Year	Car	Driver	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	POS	Pts	TC	Pts
2017	Dallara AR2/17			LSE		MON		QUE		WGI		IND		ATL		FUN		MEX				2nd	148
		Luke Gilson-Clarke	18	7	3	2	6	3	13	19	13	5	1	8	1	9	2	10	7	4th	92
		Carmen Álvarez Torrente	19	18	15	14	22	Ret	17	2	1	7	8	7	5	4	9	11	14	8th	56

Hunter Autosport Japan results

Complete SANDWICH Result

Year	Chassis	Driver	No.	AUT	OKY	SUZ	YEO	MOT	SUG	MOT	FUJ											POS	Pts	TC	Pts
2016-2017	Swift Nissan	James Morgan	9	15	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	4	Ret	3	12											14th	55	10th	60
		Chelsie Knight	10	21	DNPQ	DNPQ	9	8	Ret	15	14											23rd	5
Year	Chassis	Driver	No.	FUJ		SUG		MOT		MOT		YEO		OKA		SEN		AUT		SUZ		POS	Pts	TC	Pts
2018	Swift Honda	James Morgan	17	16	14	Ret	17	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	16									NC	0	13th	15
		Thomas Wren												Ret	9	21†	11	16	18	Ret	14	NC	0
		Osumu Takahashi	18	15	18	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	8†	Ret	17	11	Ret	13	Ret	10	10	Ret	19th	15

Other Results

Endurance Results

Event	Entrant	No	Car	Drivers	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2016 Aston 12 Hours	Hunter Autosport	90	FZ50 GTR	Deanna McMahon David Simmons Andraz Velikonja		288	5th	5th
2017 Kyalami 9 Hours	Hunter Autosport	100	SEAT Leon TDI	Deanna McMahon Peter Oliver	TC2	277	8th	1st
		101	SEAT Leon TDI	David Simmons Chelsie Knight	TC2	276	17th	10th

Macau Junior Masters

Macau Junior Masters results
Year	Entrant	Car	Driver	Qualifying	Pos	Drivers' Series
2017	Hunter-Maple Racing	TBA	Luke Gilson-Clarke			2017 AutoReject 2.0 North America season
		TBA

Timeline

Type	1980s						1990s										2000s										2010s
	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Formulas									British Formula Three Championship
								British Formula Ford																					Formula 3 Euro
										Life GP	Rejects-1
Touring car	BTCC				WTCC	BTCC											BTCC																	ARST
																						WTCC											F1RSTC
Endurance																							British GT			LMS		WEC				TUSCC		LMC
																										Le Mans 24 Hour								LM24H