Hexis Racing
Hexis Racing is a French motor racing team, which is active in the area of Gran Turismo and 2010 took part in the FIA GT1 World Championship until 2012. The team had a close connection to the car manufacturer Aston Martin and therefore joined a long time as Hexis Aston Martin Racing (short Hexis AMR ) to.
- 3.1 FIA GT1 World Championship
History
Team founder and owner is the French businessman Michel Mateu, its group of companies Hexis is also present as a sponsor on the vehicles: mainly with the film manufacturer Hexis, but also with the energy drink Hexis Energy. The GT cars of the team can often be seen at Silver Foil.
Beginnings in Formula racing
After the founding of the team in the winter of 2001, the season of 2002 was the first intervened in the Hexis Racing in the race. From 2002 to 2005 it was active in the French Formula Renault Championship. Best result was a third place in the team standings in 2005.
Gran Turismo
Since 2006, Hexis Racing is engaged exclusively in GT racing. In 2005 and 2006 the team played with a Porsche 996 Cup, the French FFSA GT Championship. As of 2007, drove Hexis Racing Aston Martin DBRS9 with the GT3 category and put them in the same year in the French GT Championship and the FIA GT3 European Championship in. From then on, up to and including 2010, the team in the FIA GT3 European Championship was active. In 2008, the team finally started to runner-up of the team standings, 2009 champion. In both years, Thomas Accary finished tied for second place in the drivers' championship: 2008 together with Pierre -Brice Mena, 2009, together with Julien Rodrigues.
In 2008, Hexis Racing from starting up in the French GT Championship, but moved to the ADAC GT Masters. Christian High nobility was championship fifth in the drivers' standings, Hexis Racing third in the team standings. The following year, the team went to no longer in the ADAC GT Masters, but continued an Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 category sporadically in the FIA GT Championship in. 2011 Hexis Racing entered two DBRS9 in the Blancpain Endurance Series.
FIA GT1 World Championship
Hexis Racing is together with Munnich Motorsport is one of two teams that played all three seasons of the FIA GT1 World Championship. In addition, it is one of the most successful: in 2010 and 2012, Hexis Racing Vice World Champion and 2011 World Champion team score.
In 2010, Hexis Racing Aston Martin DBR9 two of the specification GT1 in the FIA GT1 World Championship in. Frédéric Makowiecki a vehicle with Jean -Denis Delétraz should share, but which did not compete. Makowiecki drove up at various events with Philippe Dumas, Thomas Accary, Stéphane Sarrazin and Yann Clairay. Clivio Piccione and Jonathan Hirschi drove the other DBR9. Makowiecki was with three wins while the team was second in the team standings third in the drivers' championship, and thus contributed to winning the trophy for manufacturer Aston Martin.
In 2011, the driver pairings remained the same season: Clivio Piccione and Stef Dusseldorp drove an Aston Martin DBR9 of the team, European Champion Christian High nobility and Andrea Piccini the other. High nobility and Piccini were jointly third in the drivers' standings, Hexis Racing overtook the season finale Young Driver AMR and JR Motorsports and so won the world title the team classification.
With the change of the technical regulations of the FIA GT1 World Championship on the Group GT3 Hexis Racing joined in 2012 the use of the vehicle: the two McLaren MP4 -12C were GT3 of the pairings Stef Dusseldorp and Frédéric Makowiecki and Grégoire Demoustier and McLaren works driver Álvaro Parente down. Dusseldorp and Makowiecki achieved at the Circuito de Navarra the world's first victory of a McLaren MP4 -12C GT3.
Achievements
2008
- Runner of the team standings of the FIA GT3 European Championship.
- 3 of the team standings of the ADAC GT Masters.
2009
- Master of the team standings of the FIA GT3 European Championship.
2010
- Vice World Champion team standings of the FIA GT1 World Championship.
2011
- World Champion of the team standings of the FIA GT1 World Championship.
2012
- Vice - champion of the team standings of the FIA GT1 World Championship.
Results
FIA GT1 World Championship
Gallery
An Aston Martin DBR9 Hexis AMR of the FIA GT1 World Championship 2010.
An Aston Martin DBRS9 Hexis AMR in the Blancpain Endurance Series in 2011.
An Aston Martin DBRS9 Hexis AMR in the Blancpain Endurance Series in 2011.
An Aston Martin DBR9 Hexis AMR of the FIA GT1 World Championship 2011.