# Tech 1 Racing

Tech 1 Racing is a racing team based in Toulouse, France. Founded in 2000 by racing driver Simon Abadie and his sister Sarah, it has garnered success in the World Series by Renault, the Eurocup Mégane Trophy and the GP3 Series, most notably winning the 2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series with Álvaro Parente.
More recently, Tech 1 operated the racing programmes of Panis Racing and its predecessor Panis Barthez Compétition from 2016 to 2023. These included entry to the European Le Mans Series and Asian Le Mans Series's LMP2 class, as well as the GT World Challenge Europe, where they ran a Lexus RC F GT3. Ultimate, a small outfit owned by brothers Jean-Baptiste and Matthieu Lahaye, also partnered Tech 1 for their LMP2 efforts in the ELMS in 2021 and the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2022.

## Career
### French Formula Renault 2.0

The team was founded in 2000 by French racing driver Simon Abadie. They joined the French Formula Renault 2.0 championship the same year, with Abadie finishing as runner-up in the standings. They also finished as runner-up in the series in 2003 before leaving the championship at the end of the 2005 season.

### Eurocup Mégane Trophy

In 2005, Tech 1 joined the newly formed Eurocup Mégane Trophy, with Matthieu Lahaye and Simon Abadie finishing ninth and tenth respectively in the championship. The following year they finished second in the Drivers' championship with Lahaye and also claimed the Teams' title, the first of three consecutive Teams' championships. In 2007, they claimed a one-two finish in the drivers' championship, with Portuguese driver Pedro Petiz taking the title ahead of team-mate Dimitri Enjalbert.

### World Series by Renault

2006 saw Tech 1 Racing join the World Series by Renault championship with drivers Jérôme d'Ambrosio and Ryo Fukuda. Tech 1 took over Saulnier Racing's single-seater racing structure and equipment. After a steady first season the team finished twelfth in the Teams' standings, with Fukuda taking their best race result of fourth place at both Donington Park and Le Mans.
In 2007 the team fielded former British Formula 3 champion Álvaro Parente and Frenchman Julien Jousse. Parente took two victories during the season (at Monaco and Spa-Francorchamps) to claim the title ahead of Ben Hanley, with Jousse finishing in tenth position. Tech 1 also secured the Teams' title, ahead of International DracoRacing and Carlin Motorsport.
Jousse remained with the team for the 2008 season, where he was joined by Formula Renault graduate Charles Pic. After taking six podium places – including a win at Barcelona – Jousse finished second in the championship behind Giedo van der Garde, whilst Pic took wins at Monaco and Le Mans to finish in sixth place. The team also won their second consecutive Teams' title.
Pairing the drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Brendon Hartley at the start of the season (the latter would be replaced by 2010 British Formula 3 season champion Jean-Éric Vergne), Tech 1 secured the 2010 season title.
The team claimed just one more team title in 2012 season, with Jules Bianchi finishing vice-champion in the standings, before withdrawing from the sport three seasons later.

## Results
### Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0

| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
| 2010 | Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0-10 | Arthur Pic | 16 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 123 | 3rd | 1st |
| 2010 | Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0-10 | Hugo Valente | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 12th | 1st |
| 2010 | Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0-10 | Aaro Vainio | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 101 | 4th | 1st |
| 2010 | Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0-10 | Carlos Sainz, Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | NC | 1st |
| 2011 | Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0-10 | Javier Tarancón | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 78 | 8th | 4th |
| 2011 | Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0-10 | Paul-Loup Chatin | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 9th | 4th |
| 2011 | Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0-10 | Grégoire Demoustier | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41st | 4th |
| 2011 | Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0-10 | Mitchell Gilbert | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30th | 4th |
| 2011 | Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0-10 | Miki Weckström | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 18th | 4th |
| 2012 | Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0-10 | Paul-Loup Chatin | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 77 | 6th | 4th |
| 2012 | Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0-10 | Matthieu Vaxivière | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29th | 4th |
| 2012 | Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0-10 | Óscar Tunjo | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 7th | 4th |
| 2012 | Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0-10 | Roman Mavlanov | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33rd | 4th |
| 2012 | Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0-10 | Felipe Fraga | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 18th | 4th |
| 2013 | Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0-10 | Pierre Gasly | 14 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 195 | 1st | 1st |
| 2013 | Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0-10 | Egor Orudzhev | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 7th | 1st |
| 2013 | Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0-10 | Matthieu Vaxivière | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 57 | 10th | 1st |
| 2014 | Tatuus FR 2.0-13 | Anthoine Hubert | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 15th | 8th |
| 2014 | Tatuus FR 2.0-13 | Vasily Romanov | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25th | 8th |
| 2014 | Tatuus FR 2.0-13 | George Russell | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | 8th |
| 2014 | Tatuus FR 2.0-13 | Egor Orudzhev | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 83 | 8th | 8th |
| 2014 | Tatuus FR 2.0-13 | Luke Chudleigh | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | 8th |
| 2014 | Tatuus FR 2.0-13 | Hugo de Sadeleer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | 8th |
| 2014 | Tatuus FR 2.0-13 | Akash Nandy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | 8th |
| 2014 | Tatuus FR 2.0-13 | Philo Paz Armand | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | 8th |
| 2015 | Renault FR 2.0-10 | Hugo de Sadeleer | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24th | 5th |
| 2015 | Renault FR 2.0-10 | Simon Gachet | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 16th | 5th |
| 2015 | Renault FR 2.0-10 | Anthoine Hubert | 17 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 172 | 5th | 5th |
| 2016 | Renault FR 2.0-10 | Dorian Boccolacci | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 200 | 2nd | 2nd |
| 2016 | Renault FR 2.0-10 | Hugo de Sadeleer | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 6th | 2nd |
| 2016 | Renault FR 2.0-10 | Sacha Fenestraz | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 119.5 | 5th | 2nd |
| 2016 | Renault FR 2.0-10 | Gabriel Aubry | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 12th | 2nd |
| 2017 | Renault FR 2.0-10 | Gabriel Aubry | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 128 | 5th | 3rd |
| 2017 | Renault FR 2.0-10 | Max Fewtrell | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 7th | 3rd |
| 2017 | Renault FR 2.0-10 | Thomas Maxwell | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14th | 3rd |
| 2017 | Renault FR 2.0-10 | Thomas Neubauer | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25th | 3rd |

### Formula Renault 2.0 NEC

| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
| 2016 | Renault FR 2.0-10 | Dorian Boccolacci | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 226 | 3rd | 3rd |
| 2016 | Renault FR 2.0-10 | Hugo de Sadeleer | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 162 | 9th | 3rd |
| 2016 | Renault FR 2.0-10 | Sacha Fenestraz | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 207 | 5th | 3rd |
| 2016 | Renault FR 2.0-10 | Gabriel Aubry | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 18th | 3rd |
| 2017 | Renault FR 2.0-10 | Gabriel Aubry | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 115 | 5th | 4th |
| 2017 | Renault FR 2.0-10 | Thomas Neubauer | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 11th | 4th |
| 2017 | Renault FR 2.0-10 | Max Fewtrell | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 12th | 4th |
| 2017 | Renault FR 2.0-10 | Thomas Maxwell | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 17th | 4th |

### Formula Renault 3.5 Series

| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
| 2006 | Dallara T05-Renault | Ryō Fukuda | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 16th | 12th |
| 2006 | Dallara T05-Renault | Patrick Pilet | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21st | 12th |
| 2006 | Dallara T05-Renault | Marco Bonanomi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 31st | 12th |
| 2006 | Dallara T05-Renault | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36th | 12th |
| 2007 | Dallara T05-Renault | Álvaro Parente | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 129 | 1st | 1st |
| 2007 | Dallara T05-Renault | Julien Jousse | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 62 | 10th | 1st |
| 2008 | Dallara T08-Renault | Julien Jousse | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 106 | 2nd | 1st |
| 2008 | Dallara T08-Renault | Charles Pic | 17 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 69 | 6th | 1st |
| 2009 | Dallara T08-Renault | Brendon Hartley | 13 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 15th | 4th |
| 2009 | Dallara T08-Renault | Edoardo Mortara | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 24th | 4th |
| 2009 | Dallara T08-Renault | Daniel Ricciardo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34th | 4th |
| 2009 | Dallara T08-Renault | Charles Pic | 17 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 94 | 3rd | 4th |
| 2010 | Dallara T08-Renault | Daniel Ricciardo | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 136 | 2nd | 1st |
| 2010 | Dallara T08-Renault | Jean-Éric Vergne | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 8th | 1st |
| 2010 | Dallara T08-Renault | Brendon Hartley | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 10th | 1st |
| 2011 | Dallara T08-Renault | Kevin Korjus | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 120 | 6th | 6th |
| 2011 | Dallara T08-Renault | Arthur Pic | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 23rd | 6th |
| 2012 | Dallara T12-Zytek | Jules Bianchi | 17 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 185 | 2nd | 1st |
| 2012 | Dallara T12-Zytek | Kevin Korjus | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 10th | 1st |
| 2012 | Dallara T12-Zytek | Daniel Abt | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34th | 1st |
| 2013 | Dallara T12-Zytek | Nigel Melker | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 136 | 6th | 5th |
| 2013 | Dallara T12-Zytek | Mikhail Aleshin | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 12th | 5th |
| 2014 | Dallara T12-Zytek | Marco Sørensen | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 12th | 9th |
| 2014 | Dallara T12-Zytek | Nicholas Latifi | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20th | 9th |
| 2014 | Dallara T12-Zytek | Alfonso Celis Jr. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27th | 9th |
| 2015 | Dallara T12-Zytek | Roy Nissany | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 13th | 7th |
| 2015 | Dallara T12-Zytek | Aurélien Panis | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 12th | 7th |

### GP3

| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
| 2010 | Dallara GP3/10-Renault | Doru Sechelariu | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29th | 6th |
| 2010 | Dallara GP3/10-Renault | Daniel Juncadella | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 14th | 6th |
| 2010 | Dallara GP3/10-Renault | Stefano Coletti | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 9th | 6th |
| 2010 | Dallara GP3/10-Renault | Jean-Éric Vergne | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 17th | 6th |
| 2010 | Dallara GP3/10-Renault | Jim Pla | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36th | 6th |
| 2011 | Dallara GP3/10-Renault | Aaro Vainio | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 15th | 6th |
| 2011 | Dallara GP3/10-Renault | Andrea Caldarelli | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 10th | 6th |
| 2011 | Dallara GP3/10-Renault | Thomas Hylkema | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34th | 6th |
| 2011 | Dallara GP3/10-Renault | Tamás Pál Kiss | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 16th | 6th |

#### In detail

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Chassis Engine Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | T.C. | Points |
| 2010 | GP3/10 Renault P | | CAT FEA | CAT SPR | IST FEA | IST SPR | VAL FEA | VAL SPR | SIL FEA | SIL SPR | HOC FEA | HOC SPR | HUN FEA | HUN SPR | SPA FEA | SPA SPR | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR | 6th | 36 |
| 2010 | GP3/10 Renault P | Doru Sechelariu | 22 | Ret | 9 | 9 | Ret | 20 | Ret | 17 | 10 | DSQ | 14 | 21 | Ret | 20 | 21 | 18 | 6th | 36 |
| 2010 | GP3/10 Renault P | Daniel Juncadella | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6th | 36 |
| 2010 | GP3/10 Renault P | Stefano Coletti | | | 24$^†$ | 14 | 10 | 6 | 10 | Ret | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Ret | 24 | 16 | 20 | 6th | 36 |
| 2010 | GP3/10 Renault P | Jean-Éric Vergne | 5 | 21 | | | 4 | 17 | | | | | | | | | | | 6th | 36 |
| 2010 | GP3/10 Renault P | Jim Pla | | | Ret | 20 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6th | 36 |
| 2010 | GP3/10 Renault P | Daniel Juncadella | | | | | | | Ret | Ret | 8 | 2 | | | 5 | DSQ | 22 | Ret | 6th | 36 |
| 2011 | GP3/10 Renault P | | IST FEA | IST SPR | CAT FEA | CAT SPR | VAL FEA | VAL SPR | SIL FEA | SIL SPR | NÜR FEA | NÜR SPR | HUN FEA | HUN SPR | SPA FEA | SPA SPR | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR | 6th | 43 |
| 2011 | GP3/10 Renault P | Aaro Vainio | 15 | Ret | 3 | 20 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 13 | Ret | 22$^†$ | 8 | 6th | 43 |
| 2011 | GP3/10 Renault P | Andrea Caldarelli | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6th | 43 |
| 2011 | GP3/10 Renault P | Thomas Hylkema | | | | | Ret | Ret | 20 | 21 | 18 | 24$^†$ | 27 | Ret | 22 | 21 | 14 | Ret | 6th | 43 |
| 2011 | GP3/10 Renault P | Tamás Pál Kiss | 16 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 13 | Ret | 20 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 17 | 14 | Ret | 12 | 6th | 43 |

### 24 Hours of Le Mans

| Year | Entrant | No. | Car | Drivers | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
| 2016 | Panis Barthez Compétition | 23 | Ligier JS P2-Nissan | Fabien Barthez Timothé Buret Paul-Loup Chatin | LMP2 | 347 | 12th | 8th |
| 2017 | Panis Barthez Compétition | 23 | Ligier JS P217-Gibson | Fabien Barthez Nathanaël Berthon Timothé Buret | LMP2 | 296 | DNF | DNF |
| 2018 | Panis Barthez Compétition | 23 | Ligier JS P217-Gibson | Timothé Buret Julien Canal Will Stevens | LMP2 | 352 | 13th | 9th |
| 2019 | Panis Barthez Compétition | 23 | Ligier JS P217-Gibson | René Binder Julien Canal Will Stevens | LMP2 | 362 | 13th | 8th |
| 2020 | Panis Racing | 31 | Oreca 07-Gibson | Julien Canal Nico Jamin Matthieu Vaxivière | LMP2 | 368 | 7th | 3rd |
| 2021 | PR1 Motorsports Mathiasen | 24 | Oreca 07-Gibson | Gabriel Aubry Patrick Kelly Simon Trummer | LMP2 (Pro-Am) | 261 | DNF | DNF |
| 2021 | Panis Racing | 65 | Oreca 07-Gibson | James Allen Julien Canal Will Stevens | LMP2 | 362 | 8th | 3rd |
| 2022 | Ultimate | 35 | Oreca 07-Gibson | Jean-Baptiste Lahaye Matthieu Lahaye François Heriau | LMP2 (Pro-Am) | 335 | 48th | 8th |
| 2022 | Panis Racing | 65 | Oreca 07-Gibson | Julien Canal Nico Jamin Job van Uitert | LMP2 | 366 | 16th | 12th |
| 2023 | Panis Racing | 65 | Oreca 07-Gibson | Tijmen van der Helm Manuel Maldonado Job van Uitert | LMP2 | 316 | 25th | 14th |

## Timeline

Former series :
| French Formula Renault Championship | 2000–2005 |
| Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup | 2001, 2003-2004 |
| Eurocup Mégane Trophy | 2005-2009 |
| Formula Renault 3.5 Series | 2006–2015 |
| GP3 Series | 2010–2011 |
| Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | 2010–2018 |
| Formula Renault 2.0 Alps | 2011–2015 |
| Formula Renault 2.0 NEC | 2016–2018 |
| European Le Mans Series | 2016–2023 |
| GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | 2019–2020 |
| GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup | 2019–2020 |
| FIA World Endurance Championship | 2022 |