Santen Motorsports
Santen Motorsports, is a Dutch sim racing team. It was founded in 2016 by Jan Santen. The team has previously competed in small rFactor 1 series, Formula Challenge is the first big step for the team.
2018
In 2018 Jan Santen entered Santen Motorsports into GPVWC hoping to participate in the 2019 Formula Challenge season. To Santen's delight the team got accepted and in December the team finalized its lineup, Diogo Moscato in the 80 car, Dionysis Faraos in the 90 car and Alastair Khan as Reserve. Both drivers having experience in GPVWC, Moscato having driven in the Academy series and Faraos in the 2018 Formula Challenge season.
2019
The year started off with Moscato leaving the team, this promoted Alastair Khan to main driver and allowed Jake Denehan to become the team's new reserve driver, however, after pre-season Denehan left feeling as if he wasn't ready for FC. With round 1 just around the corner Alastair Khan broke his pedals only a few days before the race, this left the team with only Dionysis Faraos able to race. Faraos scored 1 point for the team in the second race in Australia. Soon Jan Santen signed Guiseppe Saracino as the teams new reserve driver, Saracino performed well but in the following 2 rounds he attended he suffered from game issues and left after Bahrain. With the departure of Saracino Jan Santen signed Daniel Hurlock in the 90 car, demoting Dionysis Faraos to the reserve spot. Together with the signing of Hurlock Alastair Khan also returned, he was fast but also unlucky in Baku. Hurlock secured the team's best position in Baku, soon to be improved on in Spain. Round 6 in Monaco was disasterous for Santen Motorsports, with Hurlock suffering from internet issues and Khan having other problems right before the race, reserve Faraos wasn't avaliable on such short notice. In a rush Santen signed Ryan Elliott (2018 ITC Div. 2 Champion) as emergency driver with only 3 minutes before the start of race 2. Monaco also saw the team running a special livery in memory of Santen's grandfather. In the week between R6 and R7 in Turkey Alastair Khan left the team, Santen soon signed Polish touringcar driver Nikodem Wierzbicki to drive the 80 car. Wierzbicki had his GPVWC debut in Turkey, despite not finishing in the points he was happy with the way his debut went. Daniel Hurlock had a not so lucky weekend finishing outside of the points for the first time in the team.