Revolution Engineering DMS

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Flag of Japan svg.png/Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Revolution
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Full Name Revolution Engineering DMS
Base Kilmarnock, Scotland
Founder(s) Hagane Shizuka
Team Principal(s) {{{Team Principals}}}
Technical Director {{{Technical Director}}}
Current Drivers #17 - Flag of Slovakia svg.png Andrej Kremnicky
#18 - Flag of Italy svg.png Marco Bizzarri
Other Noted Drivers Hagane Shizuka
Francios Albertini
Shinobu Katayama
Debut 2014 Tasman Grand Prix
Races 23 (72 entries)
Constructors' Championships 0
Drivers' Championships 0
Race Wins 0
Podiums 0
Points 3
Pole Positions 0
Fastest Laps 0


Revolution Engineering DMS, or just Revolution; formerly known as Shonan DMS Racing due to title sponsorship, was a racing team that competed in the AutoReject World Series. Formed by a consortium of businessmen led by Japanese driver Hagane Shizuka towards the end of 2013, the team wass effectively what remained of the former FAT Turbo Racing team that competed in the 2013 season. Revolution Engineering came to an end after the 2018 British Grand Prix, where the team's wheeler-dealering finally caught up to them.

History

The formation of Revolution was a complicated and protracted affair that resulted from Barii Mori's acquisition of the FAT Turbo team following its demise towards the end of the 2013 season. Looking to simply gain advantage from the chassis and engine FAT Turbo had used in 2013 which Mori intended to potentially use for his own team Kamaha Motorsports in 2014, he put the remainder of the team up for sale, and a consortium fronted by Shizuka purchased it, believing they'd have the entry that FAT Turbo had occupied in 2013. Without ownership of the chassis and engine however, under F1RWRS Commission rules, Shizuka's planned entry was void and the Japanese driver was forced to establish his own entry, costing him significantly more money than he'd planned.

The team's unusual 'DMS' abbreviation in its name stands for Dave McFaste-Shizuka, in honour of the late former driver who drove for FAT Turbo, whilst also incorporating Shizuka in the team's name. The origin of the use of Shonan stems from the team's title sponsorship from Japanese radio station Shonan Beach FM, with the cars running with the station's logos throughout 2014. This has led to some confusion as to whether the team's official name is either Revolution or Shonan, despite being confirmed by Shizuka as being the former during the season.

The 2014 season was a very poor one for Revolution Engineering, with the team failing to qualify for a single race all year. Following the third race in Brazil, Shizuka stepped aside from driving duties to allow his team to hire pay driver Gio Van Dycke with the view to building up the team's finances to focus on an improved 2015 car. The HS14 car was often only able to beat the hopelessly slow Tropico Grand Prix cars and never came close to challenging for the much-coveted top slots in pre-qualifying that allowed progression into the main qualifying sessions.

Things however improved by 2015. The team acquired a works deal with Honda and the team started their first race in Australia.

Complete F1RWRS Results

Year Chassis Engine # Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 CC Pts
2014 Revolution HS14 Ford HB I TAS AUS BRA MEX USA MON FRA GBR GER BEL ITA MED NDS MAC CHI JPN =15th 0
38 Flag of Japan svg.png Hagane Shizuka DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ
Flag of Belgium svg.png Gio Van Dycke DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ
39 Flag of Monaco svg.png Francois Albertini DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ
2015 Revolution HS15 Honda RA101E TAS AUS MED MON MEX USA CAN GBR GER BEL AUT ITA NED CHN JPN BRA =15th 0
35 Flag of Belgium svg.png Gia Van Dycke DNPQ 9 DNPQ
Flag of France svg.png Marie Simon DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ Ret
Flag of Japan svg.png Shinobu Katayama DNQ DNPQ Ret DNPQ
36 Flag of Japan svg.png Hagane Shizuka DNPQ 11 DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ Ret 12 DNPQ Ret DNPQ
2016 Revolution HS16 Renault RSXXI-16 AUS NSW GBR ITA AUT CAN SUS NUS GER NDS MON BEL MEX ARG CHN JPN 20th 0
29 Flag of Japan svg.png Shinobu Katayama DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ Ret DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ
Flag of Japan svg.png Barii Mori DNPQ DNPQ
30 Flag of Japan svg.png Hagane Shizuka DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ
Flag of Finland svg.png Miko Fäkkinen DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ
2017 Revolution HS17 Renault RSXXI-17 AUS NSW GBR ITA AUT CAN SUS NUS GER NDS BEL MON MAR ARG JPN CHN 11th 2
33 Flag of Italy svg.png Marco Bizzarri DNPQ DNPQ 13 DNPQ DNPQ 18 DNQ Ret DNPQ DNQ 7 Ret 15 9 Ret 12
34 Flag of Slovakia svg.png Andrej Kremnicky DNPQ DNPQ DNQ DNPQ DNPQ DNQ Ret Ret DNPQ 5 8 13 16 Ret Ret 17
2018 Revolution HS18 Pure-Hart PHWS-18 AUS NSW ITA MOR CAL USA CAN GBR AUT GER SCA BEL MON RSA BRA ARG JPN CHN 13th* 1
17 Flag of Slovakia svg.png Andrej Kremnicky DNQ 13 Ret 6 12† 15 DNPQ 7
18 Flag of Italy svg.png Marco Bizzarri Ret 14 Ret Ret 11 DNQ DNPQ 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