Tēafor Motorsport

**Tēafor Motorsport**

Full name	Tēafor Motorsport
Owner/s	Quintin Plane
Base	Norwich, England
Website	Tēafor Motorsport Website
	Tēafor Motorsport Facebook Page
Competitions
Formula Challenge Team	Tēafor Motorsport
Team principal/s	Quintin Plane
Début	2016 Australian Grand Prix
Wins	1
Podiums	1
Fastest Laps	1
2016 position	-
World Sport Series Team	Tēafor Motorsport
Team principal/s	Quintin Plane
Début	2014 German Sport Series

Tēafor Motorsport is a UK based sim-racing team, created in 2014 by Quintin Plane. Known as Tēafor, they currently compete in Formula Challenge with drivers Carlos Fernandez and Mark Hutchinson, alongside entries into all SimLeague.de championships. The team has previously ran in World Sport Series in 2014 and 2015, however dropped the series from its operations in favour of a potential entry to World GT.

History

Tēafor Motorsport started out in Summer 2014 with its first championship entry in GPVWC's World Sport Series. The Tēafor name originates from the Old English translation of Taver [1], which provides the distinctive Tēafor colours too. Hiring two drivers based on their consistency and effort to bring the car home, Alexander van der Woude and Thomas Hinss were signed to lead the team's first campaign. While starting with less than half the WSS season in 2014 to go, our results would never make an impact on the championship. While taking 4 points-finishes in Germany and Belgium, Tēafor Motorsport managed to claim 18th in the constructors, two places above the bottom of the table. The team was happy with this result considering our sudden rush into racing.

After the WSS season finished, 2015 planning was in full swing. However, the team was one of the first to enter into SimLeague.de's FS1 and FS2 championships, signing a strong squad including Sam Howe, Jose Maria Lopez and Michael Baldesarra. Weeks later, the team was granted entry into our first endurance-race championship, the Endurance Pro Series 2015, where the team entered three cars (one independent), however the championship was scrapped due to poor attendance. The team returned to World Sport Series to complete a season in its entirety, finishing 17th in the teams' championship, plagued by numerous late driver changes. Finally, Autumn saw Tēafor enter into SimLeague.de's FS3 series, completing a full house of entries at the league, running with reigning champion Stelios Vantsis and Theo Eziroglou. 2015 became the year of expansion for Tēafor Motorsport, entering more leagues and championships than before.

As 2016 loomed, the team was granted entry in Formula Challenge, signing Mark Hutchinson early on. The final race seat with the team remained empty up until the final week ahead of the Australia Grand Prix, where Carlos Fernandez impressed during Open Series pre-season testing, earning himself a race seat with Tēafor. After two years running in World Sport Series, it was decided to drop the championship, in favour of World GT. In late 2015, Tēafor's SimLeague.de operations had expanded to include a feeder team in FS3, with an all-Greek lineup, who continue to bring in points for the team throughout the 2016 section of the calendar. Finally, after narrowly missing out on the championship to Edonis Engineering in SimLeague.de FS1 series, the team returns for a second season in the hope of going one better than the 2015 season.

Results

GPVWC

Formula Challenge

2016

After being announced as one of fifteen teams on the grid for 2016, Tēafor signed Mark Hutchinson in late December 2015, who would balance his FC race seat alongside testing duties for Red Archer in Superleague. It wasn't until a week before the team made its Formula Challenge debut did the team finally sign a second driver, Carlos Fernandez, who proved the wait was worth it, scoring a win in Tēafor's debut FC event.

Chassis	No.	Drivers	AUS		BAH		RUS		ESP		TUR		MON		CAN		GBR		AUT		NED		HUN		BEL		ITA		JPN		UAE		USA		MEX		BRA		Points	WDC	Team
Tēafor A162	28	Mark Hutchinson	17	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	15th	3rd
Tēafor A162	76	Carlos Fernandez	9	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	32	1st	3rd

World Sport Series

Tēafor Motorsport's 2014 WSS car, named B1149

2014

Tēafor Motorsport joined the 2014 World Sport Series after adopting the vacant team slot, left by SGP Team. With just 4 events left of the season, the team's target was to simply adapt to the series, however in the team's debut event, both drivers brought home a handful of points. With 5 points already collected, it wasn't until the Belgian WSS did the drivers score again, netting an additional 8 points after avoiding the major incidents that occurred at the race. At the season finale, Tēafor Motorsport maintained its 18th position in the constructors championship.

Chassis	No.	Drivers	BHR	BHR	ESP	ESP	MON	MON	CAN	CAN	AUT	AUT	GBR	GBR	GER	GER	HUN	HUN	BEL	BEL	ITA	ITA	WDC	Points	WCC
Tēafor B1149	36	Alexander van der Woude	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	20	RET	22	21	11	24	22	45th	8	18th
Tēafor B1149	37	Thomas Hinss	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	RET	14	20	20	13	RET	25	24	51st	5

2015

After a relatively short 2014 campaign, Tēafor was able to complete an entire World Sport Series in 2015 after entering the grid from the very beginning of the season. However, the points were few and far between for team, collecting 22 points over the course of 10 events, with many driver changes throughout the season.

Chassis	No.	Drivers	ESP	ESP	POR	POR	TUR	TUR	MON	MON	CAN	CAN	GBR	GBR	WDC	Points	WCC
Tēafor B1150	24	Alexander van der Woude	25	RET	22	19	26	RET	23	8					8	34th	17th
		Jack Mayor									23	18	21	24	-	0
	25	Benediktas Sinkevičius	30	17											-	0
		Mateusz Bogusz			RET	15									41st	1
		Wesley Morris											20	21	-	0
		Menno Klont							16	5	16	RET			25th	14

SimLeague

FS1

2015

With the World Sport Series team struggling, the SimLeague.de FS1 team excelled. Having signed former champion, Sam Howe, alongside Michael Baldesarra, the team looked good to reach its target of a top 3 position at the end of the year. For much of the first half of the season, the team led the championship, however it slipped away from the team in the final few races. The team remained relatively stable through the year, with just two driver changes, Baldesarra replaced by Plane, who was replaced by Anderson in the final race.

Chassis	No.	Drivers	AUS	MAL	BHR	POR	MON	AUT	USA*	CAN	GER*	FRA	GBR	ITA*	BEL	ITA	SIN	USA	JPN	BRA	WDC	Points	WCC
Tēafor A150A	15	Michael Baldesarra	RET	6	8	4	6	10	RET	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th	31	1st
Tēafor A150A	24	Sam Howe	3	1	1	2	1	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1st	128

^* Indicates Special Event

Pre-Season

Chassis	No.	Drivers	AUT	AUT	Points	WCC
Tēafor A150A	15	Michael Baldesarra	5	5	20	1st
	24	Sam Howe		1	25
	N/A	Quintin Plane	3		15

FS2

2015

Alongside the Tēafor's entry into FS1, the team ran a sister team in the FS2 series - acting as a potential feeder team for FS1. As a result, a number of drivers swaps took place throughout the season, offering the chance to numerous drivers in 2015. The team was to go on and finish 5th in the championship.

Chassis	No.	Drivers	TUR	CHN	ESP	MON	GER	FRA	CAN	CAN	HUN	GBR	BEL	ITA	UAE	USA	JPN	WDC	Points	WCC
Tēafor A150B	34	Andrew Sumnall	RET		RET				-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25th	0	4th
	37	Jose Maria Lopez							-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	N/A	Quintin Plane	3		4	10	RET	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7th	31
	15	Michael Baldesarra		10	3		2	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	44	4th

FS3

2015-2016

As FS3 introduced a teams' championship to the series, Tēafor Motorsport became one of the first to sign up for the season, opting to run reigning champion Stelios Vantsis and Theo Eziroglou.

SimRacingPro

Endurance Pro Series

2015

While entry to the championship was granted, the lack of drivers and teams to compete against led to the decision of the championship being scrapped after just the first round.