Swiss Racing Team

Swiss Racing Team (SRT) is an auto racing team based in Inwil, Lucerne, Switzerland. Formed by Othmar Welti and Erich Kolb in 2000, Swiss Racing Team initially competed in the German Formula Three Championship before also joining the Formula Three Euroseries from 2003 to 2004. Frédéric Vervisch won the German Championship in 2008 earning SRT their only championship. In 2007 the team also explored grand tourer racing, providing technical aid to Jetalliance Racing and KplusK Motorsport in the FIA GT Championship.[1]

Swiss Racing Team
Founded2000
Team principal(s)Othmar Welti
Erich Kolb
Former seriesGerman Formula Three Championship
Formula 3 Euro Series
FIA GT1 World Championship
Drivers'
Championships		German Formula 3:
2008: Frédéric Vervisch
A Nissan GT-R entered by Swiss Racing Team in the 2010 FIA GT1 World Championship

In 2010 Swiss Racing Team entered a partnership with Nissan to be one of two teams to race the Nissan GT-R in the inaugural FIA GT1 World Championship.[1] SRT's drivers for the World Championship include Karl Wendlinger, former FIA GT Championship race winner with both Jetalliance and KplusK, former SRT Formula Three driver Max Nilsson, Le Mans winner Seiji Ara, and Henri Moser.

In 2011, the team announced they will be racing a pair of Lamborghini Murciélago's for the upcoming season, replacing the Nissan GT-R's. Karl Wendlinger[2] and Max Nilsson[3] are currently the only confirmed drivers to be signed with SRT for their upcoming 2011 programme.

Former series results

Formula 3 Euro Series
Formula 3 Euro Series
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Points D.C.
2003 Dallara F302-Opel Gilles Tinguely 5 0 0 0 0 33rd
Dallara F302-Opel César Campaniço 14 0 0 0 13 16th†
Dallara F302-Opel James Manderson 8 0 0 0 0 29th
Stefano Proetto 4 0 0 0 0 30th
Dallara F302-Opel Marcel Lasée 8 0 0 0 3 23rd
2004 Dallara F302-Opel Fernando Rees 2 0 0 0 0 NC
Peter Elkmann 12 0 0 0 0 30th
Dallara F302-Opel Dennis Furchheim 4 0 0 0 5 18th
Alejandro Núñez 10 0 0 0 0 31st

† Shared results with Signature Plus

German Formula 3
German Formula 3
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Points D.C.
2000 Dallara F399-Opel Giorgio Mecattaf 18 0 0 0 2 27th
Dallara F399-Opel Armin Pörnbacher 17 0 0 0 16 19th
2001 Dallara F399-Opel Andrew Kirkaldy 2 0 0 0 3 27th
Kari Mäenpää 16 0 0 0 32 16th
Gilles Tinguely 2 0 0 0 0 40th
Dallara F399-Opel João Paulo de Oliveira 20 1 3 1 116 7th
2002 Dallara F302-Opel Norbert Siedler 18 1 0 0 28 6th
Dallara F302-Opel Marc Benz 13 0 0 0 0 23rd
Stefano Proetto 4 0 0 0 0 30th
Dallara F302-Opel Gilles Tinguely 18 0 0 0 0 29th
2005 Dallara F302-Opel Dominik Schraml 16 0 0 0 7 13th
Dallara F302-Opel Radi Müller 10 0 0 0 0 37th
2006 Dallara F305-Opel Dominik Schraml 4 0 0 0 8 16th
Max Nilsson 12 0 0 0 0 30th
Dallara F305-Opel
Dallara F302-Opel		 Hiroyuki Matsumura 6 0 0 0 3 21st
SLC R1-Opel Marcello Thomaz 14 0 0 0 17 12th
Dallara F302-Opel Michael Klein [T] 6 0 0 0 18 9th [T]
2007 Dallara F305-OPC-Challenge Max Nilsson 16 0 0 0 15 8th
Dallara F305-OPC-Challenge Patrick Cicchiello 4 0 0 0 3 14th
Marcello Thomaz 2 0 0 0 6 13th
Dominick Muermans 9 0 0 0 12 10th
2008 Dallara F306-Mercedes Karline Stala 6 0 0 0 0 17th†
Dallara F305-OPC-Challenge Max Nilsson 17 0 0 0 20 10th
Dallara F305-OPC-Challenge Frédéric Vervisch 10 1 0 2 120 1st†
Tomi Limmonen [G] 2 0 0 0 0 NC‡
2009 Dallara F305-OPC-Challenge Max Nilsson 18 0 0 0 30 10th

† – Shared results with other teams ‡ – As Limmonen was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

British Formula 3
British Formula 3
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Points D.C.
2007 Dallara F305-OPC-Challenge Dominick Muermans 2 0 0 0 0 NC‡

‡ – As Muermans was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

References
  1. Marcel ten Caat (2009-11-05). "Swiss Racing Team to run Nissan GT-R". Planet Le Mans. planetlemans.com. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
  2. "Wendlinger signs for Swiss Racing Lamborghini". gt1world.com. 2011-02-28. Archived from the original on 2011-03-03. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
  3. "Nilsson remains at Swiss Racing Team". gt1world.com. 2011-03-04. Archived from the original on 2011-03-17. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
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