| Trident Racing | |
|---|---|
| Motor racing team | |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Country | |
| Team Principal(s) | Allessandro Alunni Bravi |
| Current series | GP2 |
| Former series | None |
| Drivers' titles | None |
| Teams' titles | None |
Trident Racing is a motor racing team that competes in single seater formula racing. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest For the article about the Asian version of the GP2 series see GP2 Asia Series. Open-wheel car (Often single-seater car, in UK English describes cars with the wheels outside the car's main body and in most cases one seat Formula racing is a term that refers to various forms of open wheeled single seater motorsport. It was founded in 2006 in order to compete in the GP2 championship, which is Europe's highest-ranking single-seater formula below Formula One. For the article about the Asian version of the GP2 series see GP2 Asia Series. GP2 functions as an official support championship to Formula One and thus shares the latter championship's European dates and venues. Trident is headquartered at San Pietro Mosezzo in the Piedmont region of Italy. San Pietro Mosezzo is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km northeast Piedmont ( Piemonte; Piedmontese and Occitan: Piemont; French: Piémont) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest
After a rapid formation, Trident secured a place on the 2006 GP2 entry list, represented by former Formula One driver Gianmaria Bruni from Italy and Andreas Zuber from Austria. Gianmaria "Gimmi" Bruni (born May 30, 1981 in Rome) is an Italian racing driver who in 2004 drove in Formula One Andreas "Andi" Zuber (born 9 October, 1983 in Judenburg, Austria) is a Race car driver. Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich It was one of three teams that had lodged requests for the thirteenth entry that was made available for that season onwards. GP2's organiser Burno Michel commented: "Trident Racing put forward a proposal which promised strong sporting and engineering excellence. "
Trident's first year of competition was competitive against more experienced opposition. Bruni provided two race wins, together with three pole positions and two fastest race laps. The term " pole position " comes from the Horse racing term where the number one starter starts on the inside next to the inside pole The rookie Zuber secured a single race win. In the teams' championship standings, Trident ended the year in sixth place overall.
For the 2007 season, Trident has chosen F3 Euroseries race winner Kohei Hirate from Japan and World Series by Renault front-runner Pastor Maldonado from Venezuela. The Formula Three Euroseries is a European-based junior single seater formula for Formula Three chassis that was launched (in its current form in 2003 Kohei Hirate (born 24 March 1986) is a Japanese Race car driver For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Renault_World_Series_Donington_2007jpg|left|thumb|World Series by Renault at Donington Park in 2007 Pastor Maldonado (born March 9 1985 in Maracay) is a racing driver from Venezuela, whose career has thus far centred around single-seater Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the
(key) (results in bold indicate pole position)
| Year | Chassis | Engine | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Points | Pos. | |
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| 2006 GP2 Series season | Dallara | Renault 4. The 2006 GP2 Series season began at Valencia, Spain on April 8, 2006 and ended in Monza, Italy on September Dallara Automobili is an Italian Chassis manufacturer for various Motor racing series being most notable for its near- Monopoly in Formula 3 This is about the company for other uses see Renault (disambiguation. 0 Litre V8 engine | B | SPA | SPA | ITA | ITA | GER | GER | BAH | BAH | MON | GBR | GBR | FRA | FRA | GER | GER | HUN | HUN | TUR | TUR | ITA | ITA | 45 | 6th | |
| Gianmaria Bruni | 6 | 5 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 16 | Ret | 17 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 10 | R | 1 | 6 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 15 | R | 9 | ||||||
| Andreas Zuber | Ret | 13 | Ret | 8 | 14 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 5 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 14 | Ret | 16 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 1> | 12 | R |
GP2 official site: Trident Racing profile
Details of Trident's entry into GP2
Trident signs Kohei Hirate