Simpson Motorsports

From Formula Rejects Wiki
Revision as of 23:22, 19 December 2016 by Wizzie (talk | contribs)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to: navigation, search
Simpson Motorsports
Simpsonmotorsportslogo.png
Full Name Dacia F1RWRS Team
Base Gold Coast, Australia
Founder(s) Dave Simpson
Team Principal(s) Dave Simpson
Technical Director James Key
Current Drivers #9 - Alexey Buyvolov
#10 - Jean-Luc Schiller
Other Noted Drivers Daniel Melrose
Mitchell Macklin
Michael Cameron
Du Lei
Dave Simpson
Wouter Lamberigts
Debut 2015
Races 37 (64 entries)
Constructors' Championships 0
Drivers' Championships 0
Race Wins 0
Podiums 2
Points 43
Pole Positions 4
Fastest Laps 0


Simpson Motorsports is a Rejects World Racing Series team owned by former F1RWRS driver Dave Simpson. Since the 2015 season Simpson Motorsports has teams in F1RWRS, F2RWRS and F3RWRS. The team is currently sponsored by Dacia, with both the F1RWRS and F2RWRS teams running under the title sponsorship of the Romanian car-maker.

Formation

The team was formed in late 2013 when the F2RWRS was originally announced as the first RWRS junior series by at the time Prospec driver, Dave Simpson. It was his second foray into team ownership, after co-owning the Australian Minardi team with Paul Stoddart.

2014 season

F2RWRS

The team started the 2014 season quietly, with the team having not yet found a major sponsor and running a bare carbon fibre livery with minor sponsorship from a budget priced variety store in Australia called The Reject Shop. Michael Robertson and Dave Anderson were the two drivers for the team, both completing a full season.

Very promising signs were shown at the first race of the season in Turkey, when Robertson brought the car home in the points with 7th place even after a puncture while running second. The next two races weren't as good, with retirements and midpack results. Throughout the next few rounds the team's strongest point was shown - their amazing strategist, who helped Robertson into 5 consecutive points finishes, including a podium at Zandvoort. Anderson wasn't as lucky, retiring 3 times in those 5 races and scoring a 15th place, though he scored a single point with 8th at Zandvoort. These promising results were enough to lure Gulf into sponsoring the team. With a major sponsor looking to support the team over the long term, focus was shifted toward the 2015 season. This was apparent with the results dropping off over the rest of the season, with Robertson only scoring two more points finishes (a 6th and a 7th) while Anderson's bad luck continued to haunt him, only scoring one more point for an 8th place. At the end of the season the team had scored 32 points to take out 9th place in the constructors championship.

Even though the 2014 championship was over, there was still the Invitational race at the Nurburgring, specifically for up and coming drivers who hadn't yet driven in F2RWRS. All teams who entered had to have a version of their 2015 car ready for the race. The drivers for this race were Michael Cameron, who had already been signed by the team for 2015, and Markus Van de Schoot. Cameron started 3rd behind the MRT's while van de Schoot was only 17th, still adapting to the car. Cameron passed the MRT's before the end of lap 1 and led for the rest of the race, barring pit-stop periods, to take Simpson Motorsports' first race win, while van de Schoot retired with engine troubles.

2015 Season

F1RWRS

Simpson Motorsports stepped up to the main series in 2015, with many expecting team owner Dave Simpson to race alongside F2RWRS champion Mitchell Macklin under the Gulf Racing guise. The team then shocked many pundits as Simpson managed to snare free agent Daniel Melrose to spearhead the team's campaign for 2015.

F2RWRS

Rebranded as Gulf M/Power Racing for the second year in F2RWRS, with F3RWRS runner-up and F2RWRS Invitational winner Michael Cameron racing alongside Dave Anderson who remained at the team for a second season after Anderson failed to sign with another team.

F3RWRS

The F3RWRS team ran older spec BMW engines as MINI's and were known as Gulf JCW Juniors, saw an all British line-up with rookies Roland Davidson and Tyler Buckley. The F3RWRS branch of the team folded after one largely unsuccessful season.

Complete F1RWRS/ARWS 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 Simpson GSM-010 BMW P89/NA TAS AUS MED MON MEX USA CAN GBR GER BEL AUT ITA NED CHN JPN BRA 0 =15th
37 Flag of Australia svg.png Daniel Melrose DNQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ
Flag of Saudi Arabia svg.png Saeed Al Faisal DNPQ DNQ Ret DNQ DNPQ DNQ
Flag of Australia svg.png Dave Simpson DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ
38 DNQ
Flag of Australia svg.png Mitchell Macklin EX DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNPQ DNQ
2016 Simpson GSM-020 Renault RSXXI-16 AUS NSW GBR ITA AUT CAN SUS NUS GER NED MON BEL MEX ARG CHN JPN 0 16th
33 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Michael Cameron Ret DNPQ Ret DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ 8 DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNQ 10†
34 Flag of Australia svg.png Dave Simpson Ret DNPQ
Flag of China svg.png Du Lei Ret INJ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNQ DNQ
Flag of Finland svg.png Miko Fäkkinen DNPQ
2017 Dacia DSM-030 Dacia RSXXI-17 AUS NSW GBR ITA AUT CAN SUS NUS GER NED MON BEL MOR ARG JPN CHN 18 6th
29 Flag of Australia svg.png Dave Simpson Ret 9 12† Ret 2 11 Ret 5 8 Ret Ret 9 8
Flag of France svg.png Phillippe Nicolas 4 6 Ret
30 Flag of Belgium svg.png Wouter Lamberigts Ret Ret 7 9 4 Ret 10 7 Ret Ret Ret Ret 13 5 9 15
2018 Simpson DSM-040 Yamaha OX64 AUS NSW ITA MOR CAL USA CAN GBR AUT GER SCA BEL MON RSA BRA ARG JPN CHN 25* 6th*
9 Flag of Russia svg.png Alexey Buyvolov Ret 8 Ret 5 8 Ret 9 4 11 6 Ret 10 Ret Ret 4 10†
10 Flag of Switzerland svg.png Jean-Luc Schiller 2 5 Ret Ret 15 8 14 Ret 7 5 Ret 4 9 6 6 Ret
ARWS Constructors
2019 Season ARWS Constructors
Aeroracing Blokkmonsta Euromotor Fusion Gillet ENB Jones Kamaha Kjellerup Lomas
Mecha MRT Nurminen Simpson USD Venturi Voeckler Vincent
Former ARWS Constructors
Acuri - AMR - ARC - ArrowTech - Autodynamics - Bangelia - Boxtel - Calinetic - CR - DGNgineering - Dofasco - FAT - Flying Fish - Foxdale - Gauthier - Hemogoblin - HRT - Horizon
IBR - JLD - Kingfisher - KQ - Lotus - MAN - Minardi - Mitie - Pacchia - Phoenix - Prospec - Revolution - Rosenforth - SOTL - Sunshine - Tassie - Tropico - Trueba - Virgin - West Cliff - ZimSport