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Meritus.GP

{{Short description|Malaysian motor racing team}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}

{{Infobox motor racing team

| name = {{flagicon|MYS}} Team Meritus

|logo =

|founded = 1983{{cite web|url=http://meritus.gp/meritus-asia-motorsport-race-team/|title=Meritus Profile|publisher=meritus.gp|accessdate=29 September 2013}}

|folded =

|principal = Sean Thompson

|current series = F4 Saudi Arabia Championship

|former series = British F3
GP2 Asia Series
JK Racing Asia Series
Formula V6 Asia
Formula Masters China
Asia Cup
Formula 4 South East Asia Championship

|drivers = {{flagicon|AUS}} Jake Parsons
{{flagicon|MYS}} Daniel Woodroof

|driver titles = Formula BMW Asia:
2003 : Ho-Pin Tung
2004 : Marchy Lee
2006 : Earl Bamber
2007 : Jazeman Jaafar
2008 : Ross Jamison
2009 :Rio Haryanto
Formula V6 Asia:
2007 : James Winslow
2008 : James Grunwell
Formula Masters China:
2013: Aidan Wright

|team titles = Formula BMW Asia:
2003- 2004

2006-2009
Formula V6 Asia:
2007 - 2008
Formula Masters China:
2013

}}

File:Alex Yoong.jpg drive Meritus's car at the 2008 Chinese GP2 Asia Series round.]]

Meritus.GP (racing as Altawkilat Meritus.GP for sponsorship reasons) is a Malaysian motor racing team, which organizes the F4 Saudi Arabian Championship. The team is owned by Peter Thompson and Firhat Mokhzani, and managed by engineer Sean Thompson. The team was founded as Marlboro Castrol Meritus in 1996.

F4 SEA was a one-team arrive and drive championship, ran by MERITUS.GP in its first 4 seasons. A premium race engineering services provider, MERITUS.GP have 36 Championship titles competing in GP2, Lamborghini Super Trofeo, Formula Renault V6, Formula Masters and Formula BMW.

MERITUS.GP drivers like Earl Bamber, Luca Filippi, Alex Yoong, Afiq Ikhwan, Narain Karthikeyan, Alexander Rossi, Takuma Sato, Jazeman Jaafar & Rio Haryanto have gone on to Formula 1, Le Mans and Indy Car.

Results

= GP2 Asia Series =

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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! Year

! Chassis
Engine
Tyres

! Drivers

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! {{Tooltip|T.C.|Teams' Championship position}}

! Points

rowspan=3| 2008

|rowspan=3| GP2/05
Renault
{{Bridgestone}}

|

|DUB1
FEA

|DUB1
SPR

|SEN
FEA

|SEN
SPR

|SEP
FEA

|SEP
SPR

|BHR
FEA

|BHR
SPR

|DUB2
FEA

|DUB2
SPR

|

|

!rowspan=3| 9th

!rowspan=3| 17

align=left| {{flagicon|JPN}} Hiroki Yoshimoto

|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| 6

|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| 4

|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| Ret

|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| 20

|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| Ret

|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| 10

|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| 12

|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| 4

|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| 5

|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| 13

|

|

align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Luca Filippi

|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| 5

|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| Ret

|style="background:#000000; color:white"| DSQ

|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| 21

|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| Ret

|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| Ret

|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| Ret

|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| 11

|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| 12

|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| Ret

|

|

rowspan=5| 2008–09

|rowspan=5| GP2/05
Renault
{{Bridgestone}}

|

|SHI
FEA

|SHI
SPR

|DUB3
FEA

|DUB3
SPR

|BHR1
FEA

|BHR1
SPR

|LSL
FEA

|LSL
SPR

|SEP
FEA

|SEP
SPR

|BHR2
FEA

|BHR2
SPR

!rowspan=5| 10th

!rowspan=5| 9

align=left| {{flagicon|MYS}} Alex Yoong

|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| 14

|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| 9

|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| Ret

|bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| C

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Marco Bonanomi

|

|

|

|

|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| 20

|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| 10

|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| 16

|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| 11

|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| Ret

|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| 14

|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| 14

|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| 8

align=left| {{flagicon|NZL}} Earl Bamber

|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| 6

|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"| 2

|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| Ret

|bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| C

|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| 11

|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| 7

|

|

|

|

|

|

align=left| {{flagicon|POR}} Alvaro Parente

|

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|

|

|

|

|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| 17

|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| 16

|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| 11

|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| 9

|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| Ret

|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| 13

rowspan=4| 2009–10

|rowspan=4| GP2/05
Renault
{{Bridgestone}}

|

|YMC1
FEA

|YMC1
SPR

|YMC2
FEA

|YMC2
SPR

|BHR1
FEA

|BHR1
SPR

|BHR2
FEA

|BHR2
SPR

|

|

|

|

!rowspan=4| 4th

!rowspan=4| 34

align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Luca Filippi

|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"| 2

|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| 8

|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| 14†

|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| 17

|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"| 2

|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| 18

|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"| 1

|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| 8

|

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|

|

align=left| {{flagicon|BRA}} Diego Nunes

|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| Ret

|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| 13

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align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Alexander Rossi

|

|

|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| 6

|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| 9

|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| Ret

|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| Ret

|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| 11

|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| 5

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Timeline

class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:85%;"

!colspan=2| Current series

F4 Saudi Arabian Championship

|2023–present

colspan=2| Former series
Formula V6 Asia

| 2006-2008

GP2 Asia Series

| 2008-2010

Formula BMW Asia

| 2003-2012

Formula Masters China

| 2012-2015

Formula 4 South East Asia Championship

| 2016–2019

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{Official website|http://www.meritusracing.com/}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Meritus}}

Category:Malaysian auto racing teams

Category:GP2 Series teams

Category:Formula BMW teams

Category:British Formula Three teams

Category:Auto racing teams established in 1983

Category:1983 establishments in the United Kingdom

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