ma-con

ma-con is a German motor racing team. It was founded in 2001 by Marian Hamprecht.[2] The team started racing in the Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup and Formula Renault 2000 Germany in 2002. Currently the team competes in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship. The team always focussed on regional and continental championships in Germany and Europe.

ma-con
Founded2001
Team principal(s)Otto Schwadtke
Current seriesFIA Formula 3 European Championship
Former seriesFormula Renault 2000 Eurocup
Formula Renault 2000 Germany
FIA Formula 3000
Italian F3000 Championship
German Formula 3
Formula 3 Euro Series
Austria Formula 3 Cup
ADAC Formel Masters
Current drivers Julian Hanses[1]
Teams'
Championships		ADAC Formel Masters:
2010
Drivers'
Championships		German Formula 3:
2012: André Rudersdorf (Trophy)
Austria Formula 3 Cup:
2012: André Rudersdorf
ADAC Formel Masters:
2010: Richie Stanaway

Over time, the team entered using different names, namely ma-con Motorsport, ma-con Racing and ma-con Engineering alongside the common ma-con name. For the 2011 ADAC Formel Masters season the team run a second entry named Krafft Walzen.

History

Founded in 2001 by successful German F3 team manager Marian Hamprecht, the team run in multiple Formula 1 feeder series and gained multiple success in the lower categories of open-wheel racing. After an early campaign in the 2002 and 2003 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup seasons, the team bought out the Den Blå Avis outfit and thus appeared on the grid of the 2004 FIA F3000 Championship. Despite finishing third in the team's standings in their rookie season and pushing series veteran Tomáš Enge to fourth in the driver's championship, the team discontinued their entry and rather supported Enge's 2005 IRL entry, while joining the Italian F3000 grid with an all-Czech team.[2] Despite even more success in the Italian F3000, the team took a break from racing after 2005.

In 2008 the team joined the ADAC Formel Masters to built up a junior team spanning different tiers of feeder series, leading into the graduation of André Rudersdorf and Sven Müller within their team onto higher levels of open-wheel racing.

In order to re-gain momentum of their 2012 FIA Formula 3 European Championship campaign the team closed down their ADAC Formel Masters operation despite one driver's and one team's title. The team signed British drivers Emil Bernstorff and Tom Blomqvist.[3] Blomqvist had two podiums, while Bernstorff had only one. The team finished fourth in the teams' championship of 2012 Formula 3 Euro Series.[4] The team also participated with Rudersdorf in Austrian Formula 3 Cup and in the Trophy Class of the German Formula Three Championship. He won both titles.[5][6]

This, however, didn't bring the success the team hoped for and stopped operating after the 2013 season. The team operated Christopher Höher's car in the Most round of the 2015 Remus F3 Cup in order to test Oreca F3 engine in the race conditions.[7] He took one podium, but it was the only weekend for the ma-con crew, as in the Brno round Höher returned to Franz Wöss Racing's Dallara F308 Opel-Spiess.[8]

In 2018 ma-con made the announcement to re-join FIA Formula 3 European Championship with German driver Julian Hanses after four-year break.[1]

Current series results

FIA European Formula 3 Championship
FIA Formula 3 European Championship
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Points D.C. T.C.
2012 Dallara F312-Volkswagen Tom Blomqvist 20 0 0 0 117 7th N/A
Emil Bernstorff 20 0 0 0 66 10th
2013 Dallara F312-Volkswagen Sven Müller 21 0 0 0 122 9th† 8th
André Rudersdorf 30 0 0 0 3 24th
Stefano Coletti 3 0 0 0 0 36th
2018 Dallara F312-Volkswagen Julian Hanses 15 0 0 0 6 19th† 6th

† Shared results with Van Amersfoort Racing

* Season still in progress.

Former series results

Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup/Masters
Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Points D.C. T.C.
2002 Tatuus-Renault Hannes Lachinger 9 0 0 1 20 14th 10th
Jos Menten 2 0 0 0 0 NC
Alexandros Margaritis 2 0 0 0 0 NC
Andre Nicastro 2 0 0 0 0 NC
Ross Zwolsman 2 0 0 0 0 NC
Formula Renault 2000 Masters
2003 Tatuus-Renault Ross Zwolsman 4 0 0 0 16 16th 11th
Marcel Engels 3 0 0 1 4 25th
Takuya Izawa 8 0 0 0 0 27th
Thomas Weiss 2 0 0 0 0 52nd

Formula Renault 2000 Germany
Formula Renault 2000 Germany
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Points D.C.
2002 Tatuus-Renault Ross Zwolsman 12 1 0 2 199 4th
Hannes Lachinger 14 1 1 0 159 6th
Thomas Westarp 12 0 0 0 64 20th
Jos Menten 14 0 0 0 71 18th
Takuya Izawa 2 0 0 0 2 37th
Benjamin Leuenberger 2 0 0 0 2 38th
2003 Tatuus-Renault Ross Zwolsman 8 0 0 0 76 15th
Takuya Izawa 14 0 0 2 145 7th

International Formula 3000 Series
International Formula 3000
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Points D.C. T.C.
2004 Lola-Zytek Judd Tomáš Enge 10 0 0 2 38 4th 3rd
Tony Schmidt 9 0 0 0 11 10th

Italian Formula 3000 Championship
Italian Formula 3000 Championship
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Points D.C. T.C.
2005 Lola-Zytek Judd Jarek Janis 7 1 2 0 43 2nd 2nd
Jan Charouz 6 0 0 0 10 11th
Michael Vorba 2 0 0 0 1 22nd†

† Shared results with Sighinolfi

ADAC Formel Masters
ADAC Formel Masters
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Points D.C. T.C.
2008 Dallara Formulino-Volkswagen Marco Sørensen 8 4 5 3 125 4th 5th
Liam Kenney 1 0 0 0 4 20th
Ashwin Sundar 14 0 0 0 3 22nd
2009 Dallara Formulino-Volkswagen Adrian Campfield 16 4 3 2 187 3rd 2nd
Richie Stanaway 6 0 1 0 52 8th
Liam Kenney 10 0 2 0 44 9th
2010 Dallara Formulino-Volkswagen Richie Stanaway 18 12 2 8 315 1st 1st
Mario Farnbacher 21 3 1 1 231 3rd
William Vermont 21 0 1 1 165 4th
Christina Nielsen 6 0 0 0 1 17th
2011 Dallara Formulino-Volkswagen Sven Müller 24 4 1 1 296 3rd 2nd
Mario Farnbacher 24 1 0 3 173 6th†
Maximilian Buhk 24 0 0 1 87 9th†
Dennis Lind 10 0 0 0 83 10th
André Rudersdorf 24 0 0 0 12 19th
Niklas Brinkmann 12 0 0 0 9 21st
Nick Cassidy 3 0 0 0 8 22nd
Christina Nielsen 24 0 0 0 4 24th
  • Notes: Brinkmann, Rudersdorf and Nielsen competed for ma-con's second entry, Krafft Walzen. However, they had to switch to ma-con's main team for the Austrian round, as the deal with Krafft Walzen didn't include races in another country and thus are all included in ma-con's statistics.

† Shared results with other teams

Formula 3 Euro Series
Formula 3 Euro Series
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Points D.C. T.C.
2012 Dallara F312-Volkswagen Tom Blomqvist 24 0 0 0 157.5 7th 4th
Emil Bernstorff 24 0 0 0 91 10th

German Formula 3 Trophy Class
German Formula Three Championship Trophy Class
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Points D.C.
2012 Dallara F305-Volkswagen[9] André Rudersdorf 24 14 0 0 377 1st

Austria Formula 3 Cup/Remus F3 Cup
Austria Formula 3 Cup
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Points D.C.
2012 Dallara F305-Volkswagen André Rudersdorf 12 7 7 0 212 1st
Remus F3 Cup
2015 Dallara F312-Oreca[7] Christopher Höher 8 2 1 1 113 5th†

† Shared results with the other team

Timeline
Current series
FIA Formula 3 European Championship 2012–2013, 2018
Former series
Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup 2002–2003
Formula Renault 2.0 Germany 2002–2003
International Formula 3000 2004
Italian Formula 3000 2005
ADAC Formel Masters 2008–2011
Formula 3 Euro Series 2012
German Formula Three Championship 2012
Austria Formula 3 Cup 2012, 2015
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References
  1. Wood, Elliot (14 February 2018). "Ma-con makes surprise European F3 return with F4 graduate Hanses". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  2. "Erfolge". macon-motorsport.de (in German). Jegasoft Media e.K. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  3. O'Leary, Jamie (18 April 2012). "Emil Bernstorff joins European F3 series with ma-con Motorsport". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  4. "2012 Formula 3 Euro Series". formel3guide.com. formel3guide.com. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  5. "AUSTRIA FORMEL 3 CUP 2012" (PDF). formel3guide.com (in German). formel3guide.com. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  6. "Punktestand 2012 ATS Formel-3-Cup". formel3guide.com (in German). formel3guide.com. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  7. Simmons, Marcus (11 August 2015). "Ma-Con Motorsport and ORECA debut new Formula 3 engine". Autosport. Marcus Simmons. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  8. "Remus Formel 3 Pokal 2015" (PDF). formel3guide.com (in German). formel3guide.com. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  9. "Dallara". formel3guide.com (in German). formel3guide.com. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
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