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− | '''Zedderick Racing''', which could also be known as '''A Team Called Zedderick''', is a | + | '''Zedderick Racing''', which could also be known as '''A Team Called Zedderick''', is a team based in Portishead, England and competes in the [[2015 Formula Challenge season]], its second season of competition, as well as competing for the first time in the [[2015 International Touring Cup season]]. It is ran by driver/liveryist [[Doug Hilliard]] as an extension of his "Zedderick" brand (Long story). The team's Formula Challenge drivers in 2015 are presently Finnish driver [[Joonas Raivio]] in car number 85 and English man [[Ben Willis]] in car number 86. Latvian veteran [[Andrejs Pestovs]], competed in #85 for most of the season before stepping back following the Italian Grand Prix; he remains as the team's principle reserve and test driver. Spaniard [[Eduard Batalla]] and Dutchman [[Tim Straub]] have also driving for the team in 2015. |
== History == | == History == | ||
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|Drivers = 40. {{LAT}} [[Andrejs Pestovs]]<br>41. {{ESP}} [[Gerard Batalla]] | |Drivers = 40. {{LAT}} [[Andrejs Pestovs]]<br>41. {{ESP}} [[Gerard Batalla]] | ||
|Test_drivers = {{ESP}} [[Eduard Batalla]] | |Test_drivers = {{ESP}} [[Eduard Batalla]] | ||
− | |Vehicle = Volvo S60 | + | |Vehicle = [[Volvo S60]] |
|Tyres = GPVWC | |Tyres = GPVWC | ||
|Debut = <span style="white-space:nowrap;">[[2015 Portuguese Touring Cup]]</span> | |Debut = <span style="white-space:nowrap;">[[2015 Portuguese Touring Cup]]</span> |
Revision as of 08:40, 30 August 2015
Full name | A Team Called Zedderick |
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Base | Portishead, England |
Team principal/s | Doug Hilliard |
Race drivers | 85. Joonas Raivio 86. Ben Willis |
Test drivers | Andrejs Pestovs |
Chassis | FC-015 |
Engine | Valiant |
Tyres | GPVWC |
GPVWC Formula Challenge Career | |
Début | 2014 Australian Grand Prix |
Latest race | 2015 Brazilian Grand Prix |
Races competed | 34 |
Constructors' Championships | 0 |
Drivers' Championships | 0 |
Race victories | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 1 |
2014 position | 12th |
Zedderick Racing, which could also be known as A Team Called Zedderick, is a team based in Portishead, England and competes in the 2015 Formula Challenge season, its second season of competition, as well as competing for the first time in the 2015 International Touring Cup season. It is ran by driver/liveryist Doug Hilliard as an extension of his "Zedderick" brand (Long story). The team's Formula Challenge drivers in 2015 are presently Finnish driver Joonas Raivio in car number 85 and English man Ben Willis in car number 86. Latvian veteran Andrejs Pestovs, competed in #85 for most of the season before stepping back following the Italian Grand Prix; he remains as the team's principle reserve and test driver. Spaniard Eduard Batalla and Dutchman Tim Straub have also driving for the team in 2015.
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History
2014 season
The team's first season was highly remarkable, vastly exceeding owner Hilliard's expectations, even though at the end of the season the team slipped out of the top 10 in the standings. The team had a best result of 4th, twice, at the second races of the Malaysian and Chinese rounds; the latter represents the team's best overall result, with both cars finishing in the top 6. The team also picked up its first Fastest Lap, at the 2nd race of the Austrian round.
The team's drivers at the end of the season were German Sven Schubert and Pestovs, who joined the team from the United States and Austrian rounds onwards respectively. The team's original line-up was Dutchman Roy Verzijl, who scored most of the team's points but would leave to drive in the Supercup, and Portuguese driver Pedro Gomes, who retired from the league after the Monaco round due to increasing real-life commitments. Indian driver Sandeep Chodha made his league début driving for the team at Canada round, on a one-off appearance due to Pestovs not being available until June. Neither Schubert or Pestovs could take part in the Abu Dhabi and Tobias Olsson from Sweden and Belgium's Andreas Wauters filled in for the race. Olsson's 10th place in the second race at Abu Dhabi would be the last points the team scored that year.
Zedderick Racing ended up 12th in the championship, having scored a total 149 points. The team tied with Velocity Racing, who equaled Zedderick at the final race but moved ahead due to a podium finish counting in their favour.
2015 season
Zedderick announced the retention of Pestovs for a second season, although Sven Schubert left the team to drive in the Supercup. Ben Willis was brought in as Pestovs' teammate for 2015. Both drivers worked hard and were very consistent, however the results were not kind, and it was not until the fifth round at Turkey that the team scored its first points, with a 15th-placed finish for Pestovs. Willis matched that result at the following round at Monaco, but still points were elusive.
Willis would miss a total of four races; at the Portuguese round he was replaced by Spaniard Eduard Batalla who produced the team's best result to that point, 16th, and would go on to find success with Viking Racing. Dutchman Tim Straub joined the team in Willis' seat from the Hungarian through to Italian rounds. Straub would then prove instrumental in securing Finn Joonas Raivio to drive in place of Pestovs at the Italian race as Pestovs was unavailable. Raivio was a sensation, battling in the front runners in his first race finishing 5th, the team's best result in over a year. With Raivio eager to stay on, Pestovs elected to give up his seat and instead moved to the team's sister outfit in the International Touring Cup.
Gallery
2014
Sandeep Chodha at Canada
Andrejs Pestovs at Austria
Roy Verzijl at Australia, in the team's original livery. (Unfortunately the livery wasn't original enough!)
Doug Hilliard driving his own car at the pre-season test in Turkey.
2015
Complete Formula Challenge results
(key) (results in bold indicate pole position) (results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Chassis | Engine | Tyres | Drivers | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | Points | Pos |
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2014 | FC-014 | GPVWC | G | AUS |
MYS |
BAH |
CHN |
ESP |
MON |
CAN |
AUT |
GBR |
GER |
HUN |
BEL |
ITA |
USA |
UAE |
JPN |
BRA |
149 | 11th | |||||||||||||||||||
Roy Verzijl | 20 | 27 | Ret | 10 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 4 | Ret | 16 | Ret | Ret | 6 | Ret | 7 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 25 | 17 | Ret | 14 | 26 | ||||||||||||||||
Sven Schubert | 11 | 9 | 23 | 16 | DNS | DNS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Andreas Wauters | 30 | 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pedro Gomes | 21 | 15 | 10 | 32 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sandeep Chodha | 18 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Andrejs Pestovs | 30 | 28 | 26 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 29 | 25 | 22 | 24 | 16 | Ret | 19 | 30 | 26 | 27 | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Tobias Olsson | 26 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | FC-015 | Valiant | G | AUS |
BAH |
ESP |
POR |
TUR |
MON |
CAN |
GBR |
AUT |
HUN |
BEL |
ITA |
SGP |
USA |
UAE |
JPN |
BRA |
25* | 19th* | |||||||||||||||||||
Andrejs Pestovs | 85 | Ret | 18 | 34† | 26 | 33 | 29 | 27 | 21 | 25 | 15 | 33† | Ret | 23 | 24 | 26 | Ret | 23 | 16 | 26 | 23 | Ret | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
Joonas Raivio | 5 | 10 | 11 | Ret | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ben Willis | 86 | 31 | 28 | 23 | 19 | 29 | 31 | 21 | Ret | 31 | 15 | 25 | 26 | 23 | 23 | 29 | 15 | 25 | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Eduard Batalla | 16 | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tim Straub | 23 | 25 | 27 | Ret | 30 | Ret |
† Car did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
* Season in progress.
International Touring Cup
Full name | An ITC Team Called Zedderick |
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Base | Portishead, England |
Team principal/s | Doug Hilliard |
Race drivers | 40. Andrejs Pestovs 41. Gerard Batalla |
Test drivers | Eduard Batalla |
Vehicle | Volvo S60 |
Tyres | GPVWC |
GPVWC International Touring Cup Career | |
Début | 2015 Portuguese Touring Cup |
Latest race | 2015 Belgian Touring Cup |
Races competed | 22 |
Constructors' Championships | 0 |
Drivers' Championships | 0 |
Race victories | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
2014 position | N/A |
2015 season
In 2015 Zedderick expanded outside the Career Ladder and into the International Touring Cup, fielding a Volvo S60.
The team initially ran with Spaniard Gerard Batalla and Irishman Thomas Keaveney though the later would pull out after the first round. The team ran Scotty Moore for one round t hen struggled somewhat to find drivers, eventually having Gerard partnered with his own brother Eduard Batalla on a quasi-permanent basis as Eduard could not race full-time. Together, the two battled on but, unfortunately akin to the team's efforts in Formula Challenge that year, points finishes were elusive.
Aptly, at the Spanish round, the two brothers then both finished in top 15 in the second and third races that evening, scoring a nice horde of points and generating a huge boon for the team.
Unfortunately neither brother was available for the next round at Belgium meaning the team skipped a round for the first time in its history.
However, following Andrejs Pestovs' decision to step back from full-time driving in Formula Challenge, Pestovs was eager to race in ITC and took over the #40 car full-time, just in time for the Austrian round.
Gallery
2015
Complete International Touring Cup results
(key) (results in bold indicate pole position) (results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Vehicle | Tyres | Drivers | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | Points | Pos |
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2015 | Volvo S60 | G | POR |
FIN |
UK |
IDN |
NZL |
JPN |
ESP |
BEL |
AUT |
ITA |
CAN |
USA |
11* | 19th* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thomas Keaveney | 40 | 30 | Ret | 29 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scotty Moore | 30 | 25 | 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eduard Batalla | Ret | 28 | 20 | 26 | 33 | Ret | Ret | 15 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Andrejs Pestovs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gerard Batalla | 41 | 29 | 26 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 18 | 23 | 27 | 21 | Ret | 24 | Ret | 26 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 12 | WD | WD | WD |
† Car did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
* Season in progress.