Santen Motorsports

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Netherlands Santen Motorsports
Santen Motorsports Logo.png
Full name Santen Motorsports
Base Netherlands Zaanstad, The Netherlands
Team principal/s Netherlands Jan Santen
Race drivers 80. Wales Isaac Morris
90. England Daniel Hurlock
Test drivers
Chassis FC-019
Engine GPVWC
Tyres GPVWC
GPVWC Formula Challenge Career
Début Australia 2019
Latest race TBD
Races competed 27
Constructors' Championships 0
Drivers' Championships 0
Race victories 1
Podiums 1
Pole positions 1
Fastest laps 0
2019 position 14


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

Formula Challenge

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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. Canada marked the team's first GPVWC victory, Daniel Hurlock started from pole position in race 2 and controlled the race from there. Nikodem Wierzbicki and reserve Faraos couldn't race so Santen brought in Jake Denehan. Jake finished 9th on his debut and brought in good points for the team. Soon after the race Denehan signed for Santen as their official reserve driver. After canada Santen Motorsports went from 16 points in the consturctors championship to 57 points, only 2 points behind the next team. The British Grand Prix saw Wierzbicki's return to the 80 car, scoring no points. Hurlock once again brought in some points with a 12th and 8th place finish. Jake Denehan got to drive again in Germany, but as tradition in the 80 car, didn't score any points. The following 2 rounds saw the 80 car with 2 different drivers, Joey Vrolijk & the team's ITC driver Lazaros Filippakos, racing in Spa Francorchamps and Monza respectively. Singapore saw the signing of a brand new driver for the 80 car, GPVWC rookie Isaac Morris signed for the team for the rest of the season. The team only scored 3 points in Singapore, but as later proven, it could get worse... In Japan Daniel Hurlock qualified 4th on the grid, however he was forced to retire after a car spun right in front of him in the closing stages of the race. Morris finished a strong P18 after comming from P29 on the first lap. Race 2 didn't go any better for the 2 drivers and the team left Suzuka without any points.

International Touring Cup (DIV 2)

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Santen Motorsports entered the 2019 ITC2 with Wesley Boekhout in the 32 car, Lazaros Filippakos was later signed just before the first round in Brands Hatch. R1 went well with GPVWC rookie Boekhout scoring 2 podiums and Filippakos scoring 2 points, putting the team in 3rd in the championship. For Germany the tables had turned, Boekhout scored 2 points whilst Filippakos picked up his first podium of the season, but even with the great results the team dropped the 6th in the standings. The 3rd round in Australia saw both drivers score points in all 3 races, for the first time in the season. The subaru's seemed dominant in Japan but that didn't stop Filippakos from scoring his second podium of the season. Yet again both drivers scored points in all 3 races, boosting the team back up to 3rd in the standings.

The special Monaco livery.