Hunter Autosport

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Hunter Autosport
Hunter1.png
Motor racing team
Founded 1984
Country Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png United Kingdom
Team Principal(s) Adam Hunter
Deanna McMahon
Current series



Le Mans Cup
FRENCH
AutoReject Super Touring
AutoReject 2.0
Former series



F1RSTC
Rejects-1 World Championship
WTCC
Life Grand Prix Series
Drivers' titles
Teams' titles

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 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png 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
Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png 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
Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Deanna McMahon 36 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret DNQ 3 7 5 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 Ret 21st 30
Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png 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
Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Deanna McMahon 36 16 Ret 5 Ret 1 Ret Ret 7 Ret 2 12 Ret Ret Ret 1 6† Ret 4th 75
Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Thomas Day 37 Ret Ret Ret DNQ 10† Ret 8† Ret 9 38th 6
Flag of Austria svg.png 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
Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Deanna McMahon 36 9 Ret 10 Ret 3 10 12 19 Ret 10† 2 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 19th 34
Flag of Austria svg.png 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 Flag of Japan svg.png Kazuki Hisakawa 98 6 11 11 8 19 15 16 29 27 28 28 21 18th 108 1
Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Peter Oliver 1 33 13th 149 1
Flag of the Netherlands svg.png Thomas Westernberg 99 18 14 20 25 25 36 26 22 30 4 32nd 50
Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Deanna McMahon 7 23 45th 25
Flag of Brazil svg.png 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 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Deanna McMahon 98 28 22 13 40 10 7 14 35 23 34 23 21 19th 74
Flag of Italy svg.pngRaffaele 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 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.pngPeter Oliver 98 4 29th 57 1
Flag of the Netherlands svg.pngThomas 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 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Deanna McMahon 98 26 37 72nd 0
Flag of Italy svg.pngRaffaele 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
Flag of the Falkland Islands svg.png Luke Gilson-Clarke 18 7 3 2 6 3 13 19 13 5 1 8 1 9 2 10 7 4th 92
Flag of Spain svg.png 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 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png James Morgan 9 15 DNPQ DNPQ Ret 4 Ret 3 12 14th 55 10th 60
Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png 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 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png James Morgan 17 16 14 Ret 17 Ret 10 Ret Ret Ret 16 NC 0 13th 15
Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Thomas Wren Ret 9 21† 11 16 18 Ret 14 NC 0
Flag of Japan svg.png 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 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.pngDeanna McMahon
Flag of the United States svg.png David Simmons
Flag of Slovenia svg.png Andraz Velikonja
288 5th 5th
2017 Kyalami 9 Hours Hunter Autosport 100 SEAT Leon TDI Flag of the United Kingdom svg.pngDeanna McMahon
Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Peter Oliver
TC2 277 8th 1st
101 SEAT Leon TDI Flag of the United States svg.pngDavid Simmons
Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png 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 Flag of the Falkland Islands svg.png 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