# Tekno Autosports

Tekno Autosports was an Australian motor racing team, established in the 1990s initially for the motor racing activities of Stephen Webb, and later his son Jonathon Webb. The team competed in the Supercars Championship using two Holden ZB Commodores built by Triple Eight Race Engineering. Fabian Coulthard and Garry Jacobson are the team's current drivers. At the end of 2021, the Supercars team was sold to Peter Xiberras and rebranded PremiAir Racing.
In 2016, the team won both the Bathurst 12 Hour and Bathurst 1000.

## History

Formed originally as a Porsche team running in the Australian Porsche Cup by Steve Webb, having previously raced Kaditchas in the Australian Sports Car Championship and Ralts in the Australian Drivers' Championship. Webb raced Porsches with modest success for several seasons, moving into the Australian Nations Cup Championship, a GT based racing series, in 2000. Gradually as the 2000s progressed the team's emphasis shifted from Steve to Jonathon as he emerged through the ranks of Australian motor racers. Jonathon Webb joined the Australian Carrera Cup Championship when it was formed in 2003 and finished third in his best ever season in 2005.

### V8 Supercar Development Series

For 2007, Tekno moved into the second-tier Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series and operated a Ford BA Falcon in the series with the assistance of Stone Brothers Racing. Under the racing number of #94, Webb placed fourth for the season. This relationship continued into 2008, with Webb placing third. In 2009, Tekno wound down as an operational racing team with Webb moving to the MW Motorsport team.

### Supercars Championship

In 2010 Tekno entered what was then known as the V8 Supercar Championship Series with a Racing Entitlement Contract (REC) purchased from Tasman Motorsport. It linked up with veteran Queensland Ford racing team, Dick Johnson Racing with Webb racing a former Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford FG Falcon as #19. Mid-season, the team attained a title sponsor, Mother Energy Drinks. David Russell joined the team for the endurance events, the Phillip Island 500 and Bathurst 1000. Sebastian Bourdais joined the team for the Gold Coast 600. At the final event of the year, the 2010 Sydney Telstra 500, the team recorded their first win, with Webb winning the rain-affected Saturday race.
Tekno severed their relationship with Dick Johnson Racing in 2011 and became an independent single car team, still utilising the #19. The team maintained the sponsorship links with Mother Energy Drinks and had their engines built by InnoV8 Race Engines. Richard Lyons was the endurance co-driver for Phillip Island and Bathurst, with Gil de Ferran joining Webb for the Gold Coast 600.
The 2012 season saw the team expand to two cars which included a move to Holden and becoming a Triple Eight Race Engineering customer. Webb continued to drive the #19 car, with Michael Patrizi recruited to drive the #91 Commodore with a REC leased from Paul Morris Motorsport. Scott McLaughlin and Jonny Reid were the endurance drivers for Sandown and Bathurst, with Marc Lieb and Lucas di Grassi joining Webb and Patrizi respectively on the Gold Coast. Webb finished the 2012 season in 12th Position, with Patrizi in 18th despite competing without a full-time title sponsor all year.
Michael Patrizi was replaced in 2013 with Shane van Gisbergen, in a controversial move after van Gisbergen was granted a release from his Stone Brothers Racing contract on the basis he wanted time away from the sport. Both entries acquired new sponsors, with Darrell Lea sponsoring Webb's car #19 and VIP Petfoods van Gisbergen's #97 entry. Van Gisbergen quickly established himself a race winning threat in the team's new Triple Eight constructed Holden VF Commodore taking victory at Race 2 at the 2013 Clipsal 500 and Sydney 500. Webb also won the Skycity Triple Crown event despite not winning a race over the weekend. For the newly introduced Enduro Cup, Marc Lieb returned to join Webb, with Jeroen Bleekemolen joining van Gisbergen.
For 2014, the team returned to a single car operation with the leased REC returned to Paul Morris Motorsport and van Gisbergen driving the single entry to finish second in the championship. Webb joined van Gisbergen in the Enduro Cup, and after starting from pole, the pair were leading the 2014 Bathurst 1000 in the closing stages before a starter motor failed, leaving the car stuck in the pits for several minutes. In both 2014 and 2015, van Gisbergen and Webb won one race of the Gold Coast 600. Van Gisbergen finished fourth in the 2015 championship, only adding another race win at the Sydney 500 to his Gold Coast victory.
In 2016, Will Davison replaced van Gisbergen. The move brought near-immediate success, with the team winning the second round of the year, the Tasmania SuperSprint. After a lean patch in the middle of the year, Davison, partnered with Webb, returned to form at the Enduro Cup. After finishing third at Sandown, at the Bathurst 1000, Davison achieved an even better result, capitalising on late drama between the race leaders to take his second Bathurst crown, despite not leading any laps, only one tenth of a second ahead of van Gisbergen.
In 2020, the team will return to a two-car operation and relocate to Western Sydney.
In January 2022 the team was sold to Peter Xiberras and rebranded PremiAir Racing.

### Endurance/GT racing

Tekno Autosports campaigned two McLaren 650S GT3 cars in the 2016 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour. Shane van Gisbergen, Jonathon Webb and Álvaro Parente won the race, with the sister car of Will Davison, Robert Bell and Andrew Watson finishing 9th. With a third car this relationship continued into the 2016 Australian GT Championship.

## Supercars Results
### Car No. 19 results

| Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | Position | Pts |
| 2010 | Jonathon Webb | 19 | Ford | YMC R1 8 | YMC R2 18 | BHR R3 14 | BHR R4 16 | ADE R5 15 | ADE R6 15 | HAM R7 13 | HAM R8 10 | QLD R9 10 | QLD R10 12 | WIN R11 26 | WIN R12 11 | HDV R13 24 | HDV R14 13 | TOW R15 16 | TOW R16 9 | PHI QR 18 | PHI R17 6 | BAT R18 19 | SUR R19 8 | SUR R20 16 | SYM R21 18 | SYM R22 16 | SAN R23 20 | SAN R24 9 | SYD R25 1 | SYD R26 10 | | | | | | | | | | | 13th | 1852 |
| 2011 | Jonathon Webb | 19 | Ford | YMC R1 20 | YMC R2 6 | ADE R3 14 | ADE R4 11 | HAM R5 Ret | HAM R6 12 | BAR R7 20 | BAR R8 15 | BAR R9 23 | WIN R10 24 | WIN R11 12 | HID R12 22 | HID R13 16 | TOW R14 21 | TOW R15 Ret | QLD R16 26 | QLD R17 20 | QLD R18 22 | PHI QR 13 | PHI R19 18 | BAT R20 13 | SUR R21 9 | SUR R22 13 | SYM R23 21 | SYM R24 9 | SAN R25 11 | SAN R26 16 | SYD R27 Ret | SYD R28 4 | | | | | | | | | 21st | 1493 |
| 2012 | Jonathon Webb | 19 | Holden | ADE R1 23 | ADE R2 DNS | SYM R3 Ret | SYM R4 9 | HAM R5 19 | HAM R6 13 | BAR R7 14 | BAR R8 21 | BAR R9 20 | PHI R10 7 | PHI R11 7 | HID R12 9 | HID R13 15 | TOW R14 19 | TOW R15 8 | QLD R16 Ret | QLD R17 Ret | SMP R18 9 | SMP R19 17 | SAN QR 9 | SAN R20 10 | BAT R21 6 | SUR R22 2 | SUR R23 14 | YMC R24 10 | YMC R25 9 | YMC R26 EX | WIN R27 7 | WIN R28 7 | SYD R29 4 | SYD R30 6 | | | | | | | 12th | 1987 |
| 2013 | Jonathon Webb | 19 | Holden | ADE R1 8 | ADE R2 10 | SYM R3 10 | SYM R4 11 | SYM R5 7 | PUK R6 10 | PUK R7 11 | PUK R8 8 | PUK R9 18 | BAR R10 16 | BAR R11 22 | BAR R12 19 | COA R13 7 | COA R14 4 | COA R15 4 | COA R16 9 | HID R17 4 | HID R18 6 | HID R19 4 | TOW R20 22 | TOW R21 12 | QLD R22 26 | QLD R23 15 | QLD R24 14 | WIN R25 20 | WIN R26 24 | WIN R27 22 | SAN QR 23 | SAN R28 13 | BAT R29 12 | SUR R30 10 | SUR R31 17 | PHI R32 18 | PHI R33 18 | PHI R34 Ret | SYD R35 2 | SYD R36 23 | 12th | 1901 |
| 2016 | Will Davison | 19 | Holden | ADE R1 11 | ADE R2 9 | ADE R3 15 | SYM R4 3 | SYM R5 1 | PHI R6 16 | PHI R7 9 | BAR R8 4 | BAR R9 10 | WIN R10 6 | WIN R11 17 | HID R12 4 | HID R13 4 | TOW R14 5 | TOW R15 11 | QLD R16 7 | QLD R17 17 | SMP R18 21 | SMP R19 26 | SAN QR 10 | SAN R20 3 | BAT R21 1 | SUR R22 16 | SUR R23 13 | PUK R24 10 | PUK R25 6 | PUK R26 8 | PUK R27 13 | SYD R28 7 | SYD R29 8 | | | | | | | | 5th | 2589 |
| 2017 | Will Davison | 19 | Holden | ADE R1 Ret | ADE R2 13 | SYM R3 Ret | SYM R4 DNS | PHI R5 9 | PHI R6 Ret | BAR R7 8 | BAR R8 5 | WIN R9 5 | WIN R10 9 | HID R11 13 | HID R12 11 | TOW R13 19 | TOW R14 8 | QLD R15 17 | QLD R16 Ret | SMP R17 12 | SMP R18 12 | SAN QR 25 | SAN R19 12 | BAT R20 14 | SUR R21 20 | SUR R22 14 | PUK R23 12 | PUK R24 23 | NEW R25 9 | NEW R26 9 | | | | | | | | | | | 15th | 1659 |
| 2018 | Jack Le Brocq | 19 | Holden | ADE R1 20 | ADE R2 22 | MEL R3 20 | MEL R4 22 | MEL R5 22 | MEL R6 21 | SYM R7 10 | SYM R8 5 | PHI R9 20 | PHI R10 18 | BAR R11 16 | BAR R12 9 | WIN R13 15 | WIN R14 17 | HID R15 18 | HID R16 Ret | TOW R17 22 | TOW R18 18 | QLD R19 21 | QLD R20 10 | SMP R21 9 | BEN R22 16 | BEN R23 18 | SAN QR 20 | SAN R24 22 | BAT R25 15 | SUR R26 16 | SUR R27 C | PUK R28 22 | PUK R29 23 | NEW R30 19 | NEW R31 18 | | | | | | 19th | 1673 |
| 2019 | Jack Le Brocq | 19 | Holden | ADE R1 20 | ADE R2 21 | MEL R3 20 | MEL R4 20 | MEL R5 15 | MEL R6 23 | SYM R7 22 | SYM R8 22 | PHI R9 20 | PHI R10 20 | BAR R11 20 | BAR R12 22 | WIN R13 20 | WIN R14 20 | HID R15 Ret | HID R16 21 | TOW R17 23 | TOW R18 14 | QLD R19 22 | QLD R20 23 | BEN R21 21 | BEN R22 25 | PUK R23 21 | PUK R24 23 | BAT R25 17 | SUR R26 13 | SUR R27 13 | SAN QR 24 | SAN R28 19 | NEW R29 Ret | NEW R30 17 | | | | | | | 22nd | 1277 |
| 2020 | James Courtney | 19 | Holden | ADE R1 Ret | ADE R2 15 | MEL R3 | MEL R4 | MEL R5 | MEL R6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 23rd | 794 |
| 2020 | Alex Davison | 19 | Holden | ADE R1 | ADE R2 | MEL R3 | MEL R4 | MEL R5 | MEL R6 | SMP1 R7 Ret | SMP1 R8 17 | SMP1 R9 21 | SMP2 R10 20 | SMP2 R11 23 | SMP2 R12 20 | HID1 R13 16 | HID1 R14 17 | HID1 R15 24 | HID2 R16 18 | HID2 R17 22 | HID2 R18 20 | TOW1 R19 18 | TOW1 R20 22 | TOW1 R21 20 | TOW2 R22 13 | TOW2 R23 19 | TOW2 R24 15 | BEN1 R25 22 | BEN1 R26 20 | BEN1 R27 18 | BEN2 R28 22 | BEN2 R29 DNS | BEN2 R30 DNS | BAT R31 12 | | | | | | | | | 23rd | 794 |
| 2021 | Fabian Coulthard | 19 | Holden | BAT R1 14 | BAT R2 22 | SAN R3 21 | SAN R4 17 | SAN R5 20 | SYM R6 21 | SYM R7 Ret | SYM R8 13 | BEN R9 20 | BEN R10 Ret | BEN R11 17 | HID R12 Ret | HID R13 16 | HID R14 13 | TOW R15 21 | TOW R16 Ret | TOW2 R17 Ret | TOW2 R18 21 | TOW2 R19 20 | SYD1 R20 11 | SYD1 R21 23 | SYD1 R22 Ret | SYD2 R23 17 | SYD2 R24 14 | SYD2 R25 19 | SYD3 R26 16 | SYD3 R27 17 | SYD3 R28 22 | SYD4 R29 21 | SYD4 R30 NC | BAT R31 19 | | | | | | | 24th | 936 |

### Car No. 22 results

| Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | Position | Pts |
| 2012 | Michael Patrizi | 91 | Holden | ADE R1 | ADE R2 | SYM R3 | SYM R4 | HAM R5 | HAM R6 | BAR R7 | BAR R8 | BAR R9 | PHI R10 | PHI R11 | HID R12 | HID R13 | TOW R14 | TOW R15 | QLD R16 | QLD R17 | SMP R18 | SMP R19 | SAN QR | SAN R20 | BAT R21 | SUR R22 | SUR R23 | YMC R24 | YMC R25 | YMC R26 | WIN R27 | WIN R28 | SYD R29 | SYD R30 | | | | | | | | | 18th | 1397 |
| 2013 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 97 | Holden | ADE R1 Ret | ADE R2 1 | SYM R3 7 | SYM R4 12 | SYM R5 9 | PUK R6 4 | PUK R7 6 | PUK R8 2 | PUK R9 11 | BAR R10 9 | BAR R11 7 | BAR R12 6 | COA R13 26 | COA R14 5 | COA R15 5 | COA R16 3 | HID R17 2 | HID R18 8 | HID R19 6 | TOW R20 17 | TOW R21 3 | QLD R22 12 | QLD R23 17 | QLD R24 11 | WIN R25 13 | WIN R26 5 | WIN R27 5 | SAN QR 14 | SAN R28 12 | BAT R29 11 | SUR R30 2 | SUR R31 Ret | PHI R32 7 | PHI R33 3 | PHI R34 10 | SYD R35 3 | SYD R36 1 | | | 5th | 2508 |
| 2014 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 97 | Holden | ADE R1 3 | ADE R2 16 | ADE R3 3 | SYM R4 11 | SYM R5 11 | SYM R6 7 | WIN R7 2 | WIN R8 20 | WIN R9 12 | PUK R10 2 | PUK R11 5 | PUK R12 1 | PUK R13 4 | BAR R14 25 | BAR R15 19 | BAR R16 20 | HID R17 3 | HID R18 7 | HID R19 2 | TOW R20 5 | TOW R21 4 | TOW R22 3 | QLD R23 10 | QLD R24 4 | QLD R25 10 | SMP R26 1 | SMP R27 1 | SMP R28 7 | SAN QR 2 | SAN R29 6 | BAT R30 16 | SUR R31 1 | SUR R32 5 | PHI R33 24 | PHI R34 17 | PHI R35 5 | SYD R36 6 | SYD R37 2 | SYD R38 1 | 2nd | 2781 |
| 2015 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 97 | Holden | ADE R1 6 | ADE R2 13 | ADE R3 2 | SYM R4 4 | SYM R5 8 | SYM R6 3 | BAR R7 4 | BAR R8 24 | BAR R9 14 | WIN R10 8 | WIN R11 5 | WIN R12 23 | HID R13 12 | HID R14 5 | HID R15 4 | TOW R16 10 | TOW R17 20 | QLD R18 4 | QLD R19 Ret | QLD R20 21 | SMP R21 20 | SMP R22 5 | SMP R23 4 | SAN QR 4 | SAN R24 3 | BAT R25 8 | SUR R26 1 | SUR R27 5 | PUK R28 2 | PUK R29 5 | PUK R30 9 | PHI R31 4 | PHI R32 9 | PHI R33 7 | SYD R34 2 | SYD R35 6 | SYD R36 1 | | | 4th | 2712 |
| 2020 | Chris Pither | 22 | Holden | ADE R1 | ADE R2 | MEL R3 C | MEL R4 C | MEL R5 C | MEL R6 C | SMP1 R7 | SMP1 R8 | SMP1 R9 | SMP2 R10 | SMP2 R11 | SMP2 R12 | HID1 R13 | HID1 R14 | HID1 R15 | HID2 R16 | HID2 R17 | HID2 R18 | TOW1 R19 | TOW1 R20 | TOW1 R21 | TOW2 R22 | TOW2 R23 | TOW2 R24 | BEN1 R25 | BEN1 R26 | BEN1 R27 | BEN2 R28 | BEN2 R29 | BEN2 R30 | BAT R31 | | | | | | | | | 20th | 866 |
| 2021 | Garry Jacobson | 22 | Holden | BAT R1 Ret | BAT R2 20 | SAN R3 20 | SAN R4 20 | SAN R5 19 | SYM R6 20 | SYM R7 19 | SYM R8 24 | BEN R9 24 | BEN R10 14 | BEN R11 Ret | HID R12 18 | HID R13 Ret | HID R14 18 | TOW R15 20 | TOW R16 19 | TOW2 R17 18 | TOW2 R18 17 | TOW2 R19 17 | SYD1 R20 17 | SYD1 R21 22 | SYD1 R22 21 | SYD2 R23 20 | SYD2 R24 23 | SYD2 R25 12 | SYD3 R26 15 | SYD3 R27 24 | SYD3 R28 18 | SYD4 R29 22 | SYD4 R30 NC | BAT R31 14 | | | | | | | | | 22nd | 1003 |

### Bathurst 1000 results

| Year | No. | Car | Drivers | Position | Laps |
| 2010 | 19 | Ford Falcon FG | Jonathon Webb David Russell | 19th | 161 |
| 2011 | 19 | Ford Falcon FG | Jonathon Webb Richard Lyons | 13th | 161 |
| 2012 | 19 | Holden Commodore VE | Jonathon Webb Scott McLaughlin | 6th | 161 |
| 2012 | 91 | Holden Commodore VE | Michael Patrizi Jonny Reid | DNF | 19 |
| 2013 | 19 | Holden Commodore VF | Jonathon Webb Marc Lieb | 12th | 161 |
| 2013 | 97 | Holden Commodore VF | Shane van Gisbergen Jeroen Bleekemolen | 11th | 161 |
| 2014 | 97 | Holden Commodore VF | Shane van Gisbergen Jonathon Webb | 16th | 158 |
| 2015 | 97 | Holden Commodore VF | Shane van Gisbergen Jonathon Webb | 8th | 161 |
| 2016 | 19 | Holden Commodore VF | Will Davison Jonathon Webb | 1st | 161 |
| 2017 | 19 | Holden Commodore VF | Will Davison Jonathon Webb | 14th | 159 |
| 2018 | 19 | Holden Commodore ZB | Jack Le Brocq Jonathon Webb | 15th | 161 |
| 2019 | 19 | Holden Commodore ZB | Jack Le Brocq Jonathon Webb | 17th | 160 |
| 2020 | 19 | Holden Commodore ZB | Alex Davison Jonathon Webb | 12th | 161 |
| 2020 | 22 | Holden Commodore ZB | Chris Pither Steve Owen | 16th | 159 |
| 2021 | 19 | Holden Commodore ZB | Fabian Coulthard Jonathon Webb | 19th | 156 |
| 2021 | 22 | Holden Commodore ZB | Garry Jacobson Dylan O'Keeffe | 14th | 161 |

## Supercars Championship drivers

The following is a list of drivers who have driven for the team in the Supercars Championship, in order of their first appearance. Drivers who only drove for the team on a part-time basis are listed in italics.
* Jonathon Webb (2010–21)
* David Russell (2010)
* Sébastien Bourdais (2010)
* Richard Lyons (2011)
* Gil de Ferran (2011)
* Michael Patrizi (2012)
* Scott McLaughlin (2012)
* Jonny Reid (2012)
* Marc Lieb (2012–13)
* Lucas di Grassi (2012)
* Shane van Gisbergen (2013–15)
* Jeroen Bleekemolen (2013)
* Will Davison (2016–17)
* Jack Le Brocq (2018–19)
* James Courtney (2020)
* Chris Pither (2020)
* Alex Davison (2020)
* Steve Owen (2020)
* Fabian Coulthard (2021)
* Garry Jacobson (2021)
* Dylan O'Keeffe (2021)

## Gallery

* The Ford FG Falcon of Jonathon Webb at the 2011 Clipsal 500 Adelaide.
* The Holden VE Commodore of Michael Patrizi at the 2012 Coates Hire Ipswich 300.
* The Holden VF Commodore of Shane van Gisbergen at the 2013 Clipsal 500 Adelaide.
* The McLaren 650S GT3 of Álvaro Parente, Shane van Gisbergen and Jonathon Webb which won the 2016 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour.
* The Holden VF Commodore of Will Davison at the 2016 Red Rooster Sydney SuperSprint