Super Nova Racing was a British racing team that has competed in Formula 3000/GP2 and the A1 Grand Prix series. Super Nova first entered racing in 1991. Super Nova was a new incarnation of the pre-existing David Sears Motorsport, sponsored by the Nova chain of Japanese English schools and also ran the Danish Den Blå Avis outfit.
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| Founded | 1991 |
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| Founder(s) | Nozomu Saruhashi David Sears |
| Folded | 2015 |
| Base | Griston, Norfolk, England |
| Team principal(s) | David Sears |
| Former series | Auto GP Formula E[a] Formula 3000 A1 Grand Prix[b] GP2 Series GP2 Asia Series |
| Teams' Championships | International Formula 3000: 2000 A1 Grand Prix: 2006-07[b] Auto GP: 2012, 2013 |
| Drivers' Championships | International Formula 3000: 1995: Vincenzo Sospiri 1997: Ricardo Zonta 1998: Juan Pablo Montoya 2002: Sébastien Bourdais Auto GP: 2012: Adrian Quaife-Hobbs 2013: Vittorio Ghirelli |
| Website | http://www.supernovainternational.com/ |
In July 2007, naming sponsor Nova's legal problems became the subject of intense media coverage in Japan, and by the end of September 2007 the company was reported to be unable to pay staff salaries or rent, being declared bankrupt in November 2007 amidst a widening scandal about business improprieties, but SuperNova continued to list Nova as a sponsor.[1] On 24 June 2008, President Saruhashi of the Nova chain of English schools was taken into police custody and faced charges of embezzlement.[2] In August 2009, Saruhashi was convicted and sentenced to a 42-month jail term.
In February 2012, it was announced that Super Nova would withdraw from the GP2 Series. They were replaced by the Italian team Lazarus.[3]
On 1 July 2014 Super Nova announced that it will be competing in the FIA Formula E Championship under the Trulli GP name.
| Auto GP Results | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F.L. | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
| 2010 | Lola B05/52–Zytek |  Jonny Reid
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12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 10th | 3rd |
 Giorgio Pantano†
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6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13th† | |||
 Jake Rosenzweig
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2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17th | |||
| Luca Filippi†
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4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5th† | |||
| 2011 | Lola B05/52–Zytek |  Adrian Zaugg
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2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 19th | 4th |
 Jon Lancaster
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4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 11th | |||
| Luca Filippi
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12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 127 | 2nd | |||
| 2012 | Lola B05/52–Zytek | Adrian Quaife-Hobbs
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14 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 221 | 1st | 1st |
 Victor Guerin
|
10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 8th | |||
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F.L. | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Dallara GP2/05–Mecachrome | Giorgio Pantano
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23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 6th | 3rd |
| Adam Carroll
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23 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 5th | |||
| 2006 | Dallara GP2/05–Mecachrome |  José María López
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21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 10th | 8th |
 Fairuz Fauzy
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21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24th | |||
| 2007 | Dallara GP2/05–Mecachrome | Luca Filippi
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21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 59 | 4th | 4th |
| Mike Conway
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21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 14th | |||
| 2008 | Dallara GP2/08–Mecachrome |  Christian Bakkerud
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27th | 7th |
 Andy Soucek
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16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 141 | 14th1 | |||
 Álvaro Parente
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20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 8th | |||
| 2009 | Dallara GP2/08–Mecachrome | Luca Filippi
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20 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 5th | 3rd |
| Javier Villa
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20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 10th | |||
| 2010 | Dallara GP2/08–Mecachrome |  Josef Král
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10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24th | 9th |
| Luca Filippi
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10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20th | |||
 Marcus Ericsson
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20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 17th | |||
| 2011 | Dallara GP2/11–Mecachrome | Fairuz Fauzy
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18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18th | 9th |
| Luca Filippi
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10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2nd2 | |||
| Adam Carroll
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8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17th |
Notes:
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F.L. | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Dallara GP2/08–Mecachrome | Christian Bakkerud
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10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27th | 6th |
| Fairuz Fauzy
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10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 4th | |||
| 2008-09 | Dallara GP2/08–Mecachrome | Javier Villa
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11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 10th | 7th |
| James Jakes
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11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 16th | |||
| 2009-10 | Dallara GP2/08–Mecachrome | James Jakes
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2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14th | 6th |
| Marcus Ericsson
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2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24th† | |||
| Jake Rosenzweig
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4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30th | |||
| Josef Král
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8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11th | |||
| 2011 | Dallara GP2/11–Mecachrome | Fairuz Fauzy
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4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14th | 11th |
 Johnny Cecotto Jr.
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4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15th |
They have competed for all seasons in A1 Grand Prix since series debuts in 2005-06, fielding entries for both A1 Team Germany[5] and A1 Team Pakistan[6] and later for A1 Team New Zealand.[7]In2006-07, the both managed team, Germany and New Zealand finishing 1st and 2nd in the Championship overall.
| A1 Grand Prix results[8] | ||||||||
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| Year | Car | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F.L. | Points | T.C. |
| 2005–06 | Lola B05/52–Zytek |  A1 Team Germany
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22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 15th |
 A1 Team Pakistan
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16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20th | ||
| 2006–07 | Lola B05/52–Zytek | A1 Team Germany
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22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 128 | 1st |
| A1 Team New Zealand
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22 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 93 | 2nd | ||
| 2007–08 | Lola B05/52–Zytek | A1 Team Germany
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20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 83 | 8th |
| A1 Team New Zealand
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20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 127 | 2nd | ||
| 2008–09 | Ferrari A1 08 | A1 Team Brazil
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11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 15th |
| A1 Team New Zealand
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14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 7th | ||
| Former series | |
|---|---|
| All-Japan Formula Three Championship | 1992–1993 |
| International Formula 3000 | 1994–2004 |
| GP2 Series | 2005–2011 |
| A1 Grand Prix | 2005–2009 |
| GP2 Asia Series | 2008–2011 |
| Auto GP | 2010–2014 |
| Formula E | 2014–2015 |
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| Achievements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by none |
International Formula 3000 Teams' Champion 2000 |
Succeeded by Nordic Racing |
| Preceded by | Auto GP Teams' Champion 2012-2014 |
Succeeded by Torino Squadra Corse |