Team Meritus

Meritus is a Malaysian automobile racing team, which is mainly active in Formula racing and 2012 will be active in the JK Racing Asia Series. His seat has it in Kuala Lumpur.

History

The team was founded by the Irish Peter Thompson has its origins in Europe, where he in 1989 as PTM Motorsport in the Formula Opel ( Euro Series and EFDA Nations Cup ) and the Formula Vauxhall Lotus and in 1993 in the International Formula 3000 and 1994 in the British Formula 3 Championship took. 1995 moved the team under the name Meritus Asia Pacific Ltd. to Asia to and participated in the Formula Asia 2000, which was then the only FIA -sanctioned single-seater series in the Southeast Asian region, in part. He remained this championship until its end in 2002 and then went to get the Asian Formula Renault at the start, in which only the Macau races were contested in 2002 and 2003, the victory was won by Jamie Green, 2002. In 2003, the team of the Formula BMW Asia joined and is still active today in their successors Championship JK Racing Asia Series. Also in 2003, it won the Merdeka 12 -hour race at the Sepang International Circuit in a Porsche GT3 in its first participation. From 2000 to 2003, the team was again a car in the British Formula 3. 2005/ 06 and 2006 /07 was represented by a car in the Toyota Racing Series, winning in the first season with Hamad Al Fardan the New Zealand Grand Prix. In the years 2006 to 2008, Team Meritus also the Asian Formula Renault 3.5 Championship committed in the FV6 Asia. From 2008 to 2010, the team performed as Qi - Meritus Mahara - the Arabic expression Mahara means " services in a professional manner ensuring " - in the GP2 Asia Series, reaching 2009/2010 with Luca Filippi a race victory and second place in the drivers' standings.

With Vincenzo Sospiri ( Formula Vauxhall Lotus, 1989), Pedro Lamy ( part of the Portuguese team in the EFDA Nations Cup, 1990 and 1991 ), Ricardo Rosset (Formula Opel Euro Series, 1992) and Narain Karthikeyan and Takuma Satō, of the Macau Race 1999 the formula Asia 2000 won for the team, five were former pilots of the racing to formula 1 drivers. In addition, David Coulthard completed for the team its first test in a Formula car.

The name Meritus is from the Latin word " meritum " ( merit pay ) is derived.

Master

  • Portugal ( with Pedro Lamy and Diogo Castro Santos): EFDA Nations Cup (1990 & 1991)
  • Narain Karthikeyan: Formula Asia 2000 (1996, including Team Championship )
  • Bagoes Hermanto: Formula Asia 2000 (1997, including Team Championship )
  • Nattapong Horthongkum: Formula Asia 2000 (1999, including Team Championship )
  • Ng Wai Leong: Formula Asia 2000 (2000, including Team Championship )
  • Ho -Pin Tung: Formula BMW Asia (2003, including Team Championship )
  • Marchy Lee: Formula BMW Asia (2004, including Team Championship )
  • Earl Bamber: Formula BMW Asia (2006, including Team Championship )
  • James Winslow: Formula V6 Asia (2007, including Team Championship )
  • Jazeman Jaafar: Formula BMW Asia (2007, including Team Championship )
  • James Grunwell: Formula V6 Asia (2008, including Team Championship )
  • Ross Jamison: Formula BMW Pacific (2008, including Team Championship )
  • Rio Haryanto: Formula BMW Pacific (2009, including Team Championship )

In addition, the profits of the team championships in Formula Asia 2000 in 1998 and in Formula BMW Asia 2005.

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