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Peak Aeroracing Engineering
Full Name	Peak Aeroracing Engineering
Base	Coventry, England
Founder(s)	Phoenix McAllister Evgeny Romanov Philip Neumann
Team Principal(s)	Edward Summers Philip Neumann
Technical Director	Philip Neumann
Current Drivers	#5 - Ashley Watkinson #6 - Renaldo Jiménez / Daniel Martins
Other Noted Drivers	Pippa Mann The Stig Kay Lon Alexey Buyvolov
Debut	2015 Tasman Grand Prix
Races	48
Constructors' Championships	0
Drivers' Championships	0
Race Wins	9
Podiums	26
Points	211
Pole Positions	9
Fastest Laps	1

Peak Aeroracing Engineering (formerly Aeroracing Engineering) is a British motorsport team formed by Spanish racing driver Phoenix McAllister, Russian entrepreneur Evgeny Romanov and renowned German engineer Philip Neumann in 2015. The team's base is located in Coventry, England, a city with a long history of automotive design and manufacturing.

The team was bought out by the Peak Motorsport Group at the conclusion of the 2017 season due to financial difficulties. Thus, it underwent a name change to Peak Aeroracing Engineering. For the 2018 ARWS season, PAE's drivers are Ashley Watkinson and Daniel Martins.

History

Aeroracing was formed in 2015 and replaced McAllister's former Team Phoenix which had existed since 2011 but had become hampered by poor results and a lack of organisation. Starting afresh, McAllister and his partners stated Aeroracing would be, "a serious concern focused almost solely on the engineering side and in producing as fast a car as possible".

2015-17: Aeroracing

The Aeroracing logo

Wasting no time having established the new team, McAllister and the rest of the team set about acquiring the assets of Team Phoenix which had been shut down at the conclusion of the 2014 season. The entries for all three series, plus the cars, equipment and contracts were all transferred over smoothly, with everything moved from Phoenix's old base in Madrid to Coventry by mid-January, allowing Aeroracing to start preparation for the upcoming year almost immediately. Chassis designs for new F1 and F3RWRS cars were already well advanced from the previous year, and McAllister maintained the links with Audi that he'd established under the team's former guise, thus providing Aeroracing with strong factory support for its engines. Using his still large presence in Spain, McAllister was able to secure a significant sponsorship deal with Repsol, as well as energy drinks company Dark Dog, whilst tobacco brand Camel carried over its support from Team Phoenix. This all combined to give the team it's striking yellow/orange/white livery.

Pre-season testing for the F1RWRS delivered promising results, and the ARE-01 car looked quick. It was a massive improvement on the cars ran by Team Phoenix in previous years, and it looked likely that Aeroracing would even be able to challenge for race wins on occasion. For the first race of the year in Adelaide, Douglas Mann drove alongside The Stig as the new team made their debut. Pippa was driving for her own Foxdale team for the first race to help establish the team for the season, and from the second race at Bathurst onwards, she drove for Aeroracing, with Douglas driving for Foxdale. The team's debut was somewhat overshadowed by the double retirement, and The Stig's nasty crash, but he'd proven the potential of the car by running in second for most of the race and was certain to finish on the podium.

2018-: Peak Aeroracing

PAE's livery for 2018

After a highly successful 2017 season, the team were preparing for 2018. However, McAllister made the decision to put the team up for sale as the team desperately needed an influx of capital that he himself was unable to find. The Peak Motorsport Group would take over the team for the 2018 season and beyond, with Philip Neumann keeping a small stake and retaining his role as Technical Director.

Kay Lon would retire from F1RWRS competition to compete in the International Pro Car Championship for his brand Best In The World while Alexey Buyvolov would compete in the Race of Rejects after his management surprisingly dropped him. He would later be picked up by the Dacia F1RWRS Team.

This left PAE to hurriedly secure two new race drivers for the upcoming season. They would ultimately sign Ashley Watkinson, who returns to the series after a 1 year sabbatical to IWC in the States; and former Mecha pay driver Renaldo Jiménez, who also did not race in the 2017 season. A new chassis has been built (the PAE Mk.1) and contracts with engine supplier Audi and tyre supplier Bridgestone have been renewed.

Former Sunshine driver Daniel Martins and F3RWRS driver Tommi Hämäläinen will be the team's testers.

Jiménez would be replaced by Martins from Italy onwards due to poor qualifying efforts.

Complete F1RWRS Results

Year	Chassis	Engine	#	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Points	CC
2015	Aeroracing ARE01-1	Audi AF1-3			TAS	AUS	MED	MON	MEX	USA	CAN	GBR	GER	BEL	AUT	ITA	NED	CHN	JPN	BRA			59	4th
			19	The Stig	Ret	DNQ	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	13*	Ret	Ret	1	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret
			20	Douglas Mann	Ret
				Pippa Mann		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	1	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	2	3
2016	Aeroracing ARE01-2	Audi AF1-4			AUS	NSW	GBR	ITA	AUT	CAN	SUS	NUS	GER	NSE	MON	BEL	MEX	ARG	CHN	JPN			60	3rd
			5	Pippa Mann	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	11†	4	1	5	Ret	Ret
				Barii Mori															Ret	Ret
			6	Nicolas Steele	6
				Kay Lon		3	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	2	4	8	Ret	Ret
2017	Aeroracing Clipper ARE01-3	Audi AF1-4B			AUS	NSW	GBR	ITA	AUT	CAN	SUS	NUS	GER	NDS	BEL	MON	MAR	ARG	JPN	CHN			92	3rd
			5	Alexey Buyvolov	1	13	1	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	3	2	Ret	Ret	2	5	Ret	2	9
			6	Kay Lon	2	Ret	3	3	10	4	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	7	Ret	1	4
2018	PAE Mk.1	Audi AF1-5			AUS	NSW	ITA	MOR	CAL	USA	CAN	GBR	AUT	GER	SCA	BEL	MON	RSA	BRA	ARG	JPN	CHN
			5	Ashley Watkinson
			6	Renaldo Jiménez
				Daniel Martins