Team History

Status Grand Prix secures one of 10 team entries for the new GP3 Series. From a new race workshop in Silverstone, it runs three cars in the Formula One support race championship across Europe.

Drivers: Daniel Morad, Robert Wickens and Ivan Lukashevich

A1 Team Ireland and Adam Carroll win the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport with the new Ferrari-powered A1GP car, scoring five race victories en route to the title. Status GP’s engineering personnel also work with the A1 Team Netherlands squad and take two races victories with Robert Doornbos and Jeroen Bleekemolen.

Drivers: Adam Carroll, Niall Quinn
Pos: A1 Team Ireland 1st in A1GP Championship

Status GP takes over the running of the A1 Team Canada franchise to give it a second entry alongside its A1 Team Ireland car. Robert Wickens and James Hinchcliffe are drafted in to drive the Canadian entry, while Adam Carroll makes his A1GP debut in the Irish car. The team score their historic first victories with both cars, Wickens winning for Canada in Durban and Ireland taking the chequered flag in Mexico City.

Drivers: Adam Carroll, Ralph Firman Jr, Niall Quinn, Robert Wickens, James Hinchcliffe, Daniel Morad
Pos: A1 Team Ireland 6th in A1GP Championship, A1 Team Canada 9th in A1GP Championship

Status GP runs A1 Team Ireland franchise for a second season of A1GP, competing for the 2006-07 championship with ex-Formula Nippon champion Richard Lyons driving.

Status GP personnel also ran Team Modena Aston Martin DBR9 in the GT1 class at the famed Le Mans 24 Hours race, driven by Brabham/Piquet/Garcia. Together they scored a 10th place overall finish and 3rd in class.

Drivers: Richard Lyons, Michael Devaney. John O’Hara
Pos: A1 Team Ireland 19th in A1GP Championship

Status GP founded and competes in new A1GP World Cup of Motorsport through the winter of 2005-06 with the A1 Team Ireland franchise, with ex-Formula One driver Ralph Firman Jr taking the lead role behind the wheel, and scoring a podium finish at Estoril.

Drivers: Ralph Firman Jr, Michael Devaney
Pos: A1 Team Ireland 8th in A1GP Championship