NEXTEV Team China Racing

NEXTEV TCR Formula E Team
Founded	2004
Team principal(s)	Steven Lu Yu Liu
Current series	FIA Formula E
Former series	A1 Grand Prix Superleague Formula FIA GT1 World Championship
Current drivers	Ho-Pin Tung Nelson Piquet, Jr. Antonio García^[1] Charles Pic Oliver Turvey
Drivers' Championships	FIA Formula E: 2014–15: Nelson Piquet, Jr.

The NEXTEV TCR Formula E Team, formerly known as China Racing Formula E, is a Chinese motor racing team founded by the Ministry of Sports of China in 2004 to compete in A1 Grand Prix. Owned by Steven Lu and operated by Campos Racing,^[2] the team currently competes in the FIA Formula E Championship, an electric racing series.^[3] The team has also previously competed in Superleague Formula, and the FIA GT1 World Championship.^[4]

In 2014–15, China Racing finished fourth in the teams' championship, while one of the team's drivers – Nelson Piquet, Jr. – became the inaugural drivers' championship winner.^[5]

Results

Year	Chassis	Tyres	No.	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Points	T.C.
2014–15	Spark-Renault SRT 01E	M			BEI	PUT	PDE	BNA	MIA	LBH	MON	BER	MSC	LON		152	4th
			88	Ho-Pin Tung	16	11		11
				Antonio García			11						19
				Charles Pic					17	16	8	15*
				Oliver Turvey										9	9
			99	Nelson Piquet, Jr.	8	Ret	2	3	5	1	3	4	1	5	7
2015–16	Spark-NEXTEV TCR FormulaE 001	M			BEI	PUT	PDE	BNA	MEX	LBH	PAR	BER	MSC	LON		14*	9th*
			1	Nelson Piquet, Jr.	15†	8	15†	12	13
			88	Oliver Turvey	6	Ret	12	9	11

* Season still in progress.

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed ~90% of the race distance.

References

↑ "Garcia joins China Racing in Uruguay". Formula E Operations. FIA Formula E Championship. 1 December 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
↑ "Campos to run Team China Formula E squad". Autosport (Haymarket Publications). 18 July 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
↑ "China Racing announced as second Formula E team". Formula E Operations. FIA Formula E Championship. 27 February 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
↑ Beer, Matt (27 February 2013). "China Racing becomes second team to commit to Formula E". Autosport (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 7 July 2014.
↑ Chowdhury, Saj (28 June 2015). "Nelson Piquet Jr wins championship in London". BBC Sport (BBC). Retrieved 19 July 2015.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to China Racing Formula E Team.

Official website
NEXTEV TCR team page at FIA Formula E website

China Racing / NEXTEV TCR Formula E Team

Personnel	Steven Lu (CEO) Yu Liu Gerry Hughes

Former personnel	Adrián Campos

Race drivers	1. Nelson Piquet, Jr. 88. Oliver Turvey

Former drivers	Antonio García Ho-Pin Tung Charles Pic

FIA Formula E cars	SRT 01E

Related	Campos Racing A1 Team China Superleague Formula Team China

Teams and drivers that are competing in the 2015–16 Formula E season

NEXTEV TCR	DS Virgin Racing	Venturi	Dragon Racing	Renault e.dams

1. Nelson Piquet, Jr. 88. Oliver Turvey	2. Sam Bird 25. Jean-Éric Vergne	4. Stéphane Sarrazin 12. Mike Conway	6. Loïc Duval 7. Jérôme d'Ambrosio	8. Nicolas Prost 9. Sébastien Buemi

Trulli GP	Audi Sport ABT	Mahindra Racing	Amlin Andretti	Team Aguri

N/A N/A	11. Lucas di Grassi 66. Daniel Abt	21. Bruno Senna 23. Nick Heidfeld	27. Robin Frijns 28. Simona de Silvestro	55. António Félix da Costa 77. Salvador Durán

Other drivers: Nathanaël Berthon (Team Aguri)
Salvador Durán (Trulli GP)
Vitantonio Liuzzi (Trulli GP)
Jarno Trulli (Trulli GP)
Oliver Rowland (Mahindra Racing)
Jacques Villeneuve (Venturi)

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