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Zedderick Racing

Full name	A Team Called Zedderick
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.

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

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  Roy Verzijl

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  Pedro Gomes

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  Sandeep Chodha at Canada

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  Andrejs Pestovs at Austria

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  Roy Verzijl at Australia, in the team's original livery. (Unfortunately the livery wasn't original enough!)

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  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
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

Zedderick Racing ITC

Full name	An ITC Team Called Zedderick
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
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.

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External links

• Zedderick Racing on Facebook