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FSK
Full Name	Finanz-Sichereit Konglomerat Racing
Base	Switzerland
Founder(s)	Mr. Rappen
Team Principal(s)	Mr. Rappen
Technical Director	Walther Rench
Current Drivers	Nathan Nurmester Dietrich Anger
Other Noted Drivers	Niko Nurminen
Debut	2001 Prost GP season
Races	13
Constructors' Championships	0
Drivers' Championships	0
Race Wins	0
Podiums	1
Points	22
Pole Positions	0
Fastest Laps	0

FSK Racing is a Swiss racing team, founded by Finanz-Sichereit Konglomerat, best known as the investment company behind the Life GP Series. The team made its international debut in the 2001 Prost GP season.

Prost GP Series

FSK Racing were the first team to sign up for the Prost GP Series, a new single-make single-seater series which consisted entirely out of Prost AP03s, one of the worst modern F1 cars to date.

2001

For their first season the team's cars sported a white-red livery inspired by the Swiss flag and numerous Swiss and Italian sponsors on board, as reportedly the Finanz-Sichereit Kongloerat was unwilling to pay for any more than the naming rights to the team and the initial cost of the two cars. For the first car they signed Nathan Nurmester, who was signed after Mr. Rappen traveled to England to find a cheap, yet effective driver. When his rental car broke down near Scarborough, Nurmester came to repair it. After having heard why Rappen was in England, Nurmester told that he was an amateur driver himself. By now Rappen was completely fed up with the search and signed him immediately.

As time was running out and they needed a second driver, they went on to sign Dietrich Anger, who had some minor hillclimbing experience. He was well known to the company, having formerly worked as the chief steward of the Life GP Series before being fired due to his overly strict ruling. FSK bought him a poorly-fitting set of a second-hand racing helmet and suit so that he could race, having sold his own gear to get more money for booze after being unemployed.

The team headed on to Australia's Adelaide street circuit for the first round of the season. There Nurmester immediately impressed with a second place, while Anger quietly retired early on in the race. Two double retirements followed in Mexico and Canada, before Anger managed his first finish at Mugello with 13th place while Nurmester retired again. At Jerez, Nurmester returned to the points with 7th while Anger was again in the lower midfield, finishing 14th. Another double retirement followed in Austria, followed by a double points finish in Scotland. Great Britain was a disappointment with a 15th and another retirement, and after yet another double retirement in the English GP the team decided to pour all their resources into car reliability.

This didn't yet have any effect in France where both cars retired again. But in the Netherlands Nurmester managed more points with 5th, while Anger's car once again failed to finish. Reliability still remained an issue, and both cars again retired in Germany due to mechanical problems. At Nürburgring Nurmester qualified second, but collided with Ralf Alden and eventually finished 16th, while Anger retired yet again. After the race Nurmester was found quilty of dangerous driving and banned from the next round in Italy. Nurmester's manager Niko Nurminen was drafted in as his replacement.

Complete Prost GP Results

Year	#	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	TC	Pts
2001			AUS	MEX	CAN	SMR	ESP	AUT	SCO	GBR	ENG	FRA	NED	GER	LUX	ITA	JAP	USA	CAL	BRA	BEL	11th*	22*
	54	Nathan Nurmester	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	6	15	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	16
		Niko Nurminen
	56	Dietrich Anger	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	14	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	12†	Ret	Ret

* Season in progress
† Did not finish, but was classified due to completing more than 90% of race distance.