F2 2021 is taking shape. The Roman, fielded by HWA Racelab, was forced to start from the pit-lane due to an issue. Marcus Simmons, 'FIA Formula 3 2019 team list revealed, including Mercedes ally HWA'. Formula 2 is the last class before Formula 1 and is considered the ideal gauge for young talent. By: Charles Bradley. Matteo Nannini (HWA Racelab F2) The Italian will be a part of HWA Racelab for the 2021 F2 season but will be lining up under the double-duty category. ... after leaving the HWA Racelab squad. [6], HWA's first venture in the FIA Formula 2 Championship came during the 2019 season, with the German squad partnering with Arden International as a research project with a view to a future entry. The F2 2020 championship is entering its closing phase with multiple drivers still in the fray to challenge Mick Schumacher and claim the crown. Because of that success, HWA would become the de facto factory team of Mercedes in a variety of series, building race engines for Formula 3 and race cars for V8 Supercars. 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship - 7th. Hughes finished seventh in FIA F3 this year, taking a brace of victories in the second half of the season. F2 | Matteo Nannini e HWA Racelab insieme anche in F2. Haydn Cobb, 'HWA takes over Arden’s Formula 2 entry from 2020'. HWA AG was founded in 1999, and takes its name from Hans-Werner Aufrecht, who established AMG in 1967. BWT HWA Racelab Team - F2 2020 liveries #16 Artem Markelov #17 Giuliano Alesi v1.3 Color correction and matte finish on black pieces Another adjustment on pink saturation, shadow map applied and matte finish on black pieces [3], Aufrecht would retain ownership of most of the racing team, and duly founded HWA AG on 30 October 1998 as a means to continue his desire to go racing. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. With technical know-how and many years of motorsport expertise, we contribute to our joint success in the all-electric racing series. HWA Racelab (otherwise known as HWA Team or simply HWA), officially entered as BWT HWA Racelab, is a German based racing team, that competes in the 2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship with Artem Markelov and Giuliano Alesi. Markelov is unsure if he will race full-time in 2021 after two troubled years in 2019 and 2020 in two different championships. It will be still be one hour long or 170 kilometres (whichever comes first) and will keep a compulsory pitstop, in which all four tyres must be changed. Alesi's place at HWA at Sochi will be occupied by Jake Hughes, who moves up from the team's F3 outfit to make his debut at F2 level. For the past three seasons, HWA and its predecessors Arden had cars painted in the pink of title sponsors BWT. In the 2021 season, HWA AG will contest the FIA Formula 2 Championship with its own team for the second year running. The races in 2021 will take place on different weekends. HWA AG © 2018  •  Imprint  •  Privacy  •  Raffle: Terms and Conditions. Theo Pourchaire will make his Formula 2 debut with HWA Racelab next month in Bahrain, joining the team for the final two rounds of the season. HWA was responsible for managing the AMG Mercedes team in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM). “We are pleased to have another very talented youngster on board, in Matteo,” said HWA team principal Thomas Strick. In the 2021 season, HWA AG will contest the FIA Formula 2 Championship with its own team for the second year running. Aaron Gillard, 'ARTEM MARKELOV AGREES TO RACE IN FIA FORMULA 2 FOR SEVENTH SEASON'. HWA Racelab announced on Wednesday that Pourchaire would be taking over the seat vacated by Giuliano Alesi after Mugello and taken by Jake Hughes at the last race in Sochi. Giuliano Alesi will switch to the MP Motorsport team from this weekend’s FIA Formula 2 round in Sochi, replacing Nobuharu Matsushita, after leaving the HWA Racelab squad. The field of participants for the 2021 Formula 2 season is starting to fill up. HWA Racelab has revealed Alessio Deledda and Matteo Nannini as the two drivers for its second season in Formula 2, with Nannini also doubling up in the FIA Formula 3 Championship. Two sprint races will take place on Saturday and will both consist of 120 kilometres or 45 minutes, whichever comes first. La HWA Racelab avrà una coppia piloti interamente italiana, con Nannini che sarà impegnato anche in Formula 3 sempre con il team tedesco. HWA Racelab confirmed on Wednesday that Pourchaire will drive alongside Markelov for the final four races of the F2 season in the seat which was occupied by previous F3 Jake Hughes in Sochi, following Giuliano Alesi’s departure after Mugello. Latest News . [3] AMG's success would ultimately draw the attention of Mercedes' owners Daimler AG, which bought a controlling share of the engine and tuning side of the company on 1 January 1999. The table below gives an overview of HWA Racelab's entries in Formula 2: Listed below are the full career results of HWA Racelab: Formula 2 Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. In 2018 HWA would move into the FIA Formula E Championship as an entrant, forming the foundation for Mercedes-Benz move into the series ahead of the 2019/20 season. “45 gare sono tante, ma sono pronto” Marco Passoni 22/01/2021 Per il diciassettenne di Forlì l’impegno col Team di Affalterbach sarà parallelo alla stagione di Formula 3, sempre coi colori di HWA. Matteo Nannini, the nephew of F1 winner Alessandro Nannini, will compete in both F2 and F3 this season with HWA Racelab. [3] HWA would retain AMG's close ties to Mercedes, however, with Aufrecht's firm duly winning a contract to run Mercedes cars in the revived DTM in 2000. Nannini finished 18th in FIA F3 last year with one podium finish, while … 2018 GP3 Series - 8th F3 Asian Championship certified by FIA - 2nd Suncity Group Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix, FIA F3 World Cup - 4th Towards the end of 1998 Aufrecht sold a majority interest in AMG to DaimlerChrysler AG. The Feature Race will now take place on Sunday morning ahead of the Formula 1 Grand Prix. But there will be three races per weekend in the coming season. 2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship - 7th Formula Regional European Championship Certified by FIA - 12th Suncity Group Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix, FIA F3 World Cup - 17th. Artem Markelov doesn’t have any racing plans for 2021 season for now, as he talks about the 2020 F2 troubles with HWA Racelab. [1] Making their debut in the series as an official entrant, HWA, named for their founder Hans Werner Aufrecht, took over the entry of Arden International in F2, having partnered with them throughout the 2019 season. The weekend format is also new: There will be no changes to the Friday sessions, with one Free Practice session of 45 minutes and one Qualifying session of 30 minutes. HWA Racelab will replace Arden in the Formula 2 championship from 2020. HWA Racelab has pulled back the covers on what is a different livery for the team’s second season of Formula 2. [3] Those two, together, would create AMG Motorenbau und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (Aufrecht Melcher Großaspach), which specialised in the tuning Mercedes engines for racing. Interview “When you make a mistake, it’s more punishing,” says Hughes on F2 debut. News. Alessio Deledda faced bad luck in the second race held by the FIA Formula 2 Championship at Sakhir. Why Hughes’ F2 debut was so significant . However, there are several innovations: The FIA Formula 2 and FIA Formula 3 will not hold their races together at the same locations and weekends in the coming season as before. HWA-BWT-Racelab – 10th in the Teams Championship 13 points, no race wins or podiums With a new name and a new line up, HWA-Racelab could put a traumatic 2019 behind them and move forward in the championship under new ownership in 2020. HWA RACELAB will compete in the eight events of the season with the drivers Matteo Nannini (Italy) and Alessio Deledda (Italy). The races will also take place in 2021 as part of the Formula 1 World Championship. With the entry into the ABB FIA Formula E Championship, HWA has started a new era - 2018/19 as own team HWA RACELAB and from 2019/20 on as operational team of the Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team. HWA Racelab. HWA Racelab’s FIA Formula 3 Championship driver Jake Hughes will graduate to Formula 2 with the team this weekend in Sochi, after Giuliano Alesi left to join MP Motorsport. Giuliano Alesi (born 20 September 1999) is a French racing driver who competes with BWT HWA Racelab in the 2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship. The tables below show HWA Racelab's full record in the FIA Formula 2 Championship. 'Arden International Motorsport and HWA RACELAB to initiate Formula 2 co-operation'. As part of the process, the motor racing department and parts of the customised vehicles construction business were spun off and transferred to HWA AG. Matteo took to the track in an HWA RACELAB car for the first time at the F2 post-season tests at Sakhir early December. The races will also take place in 2021 as part of the Formula 1 World Championship. F3 vice-champion Pourchaire set for F2 debut in Rounds 11 and 12. https://www.crash.net/f2/news/931359/1/hwa-takes-over-arden-s-formula-2-entry-2020, https://www.arden-motorsport.com/press/arden-international-motorsport-and-hwa-racelab-to-initiate-formula-2-co-operation, http://www.hwaag.com/en/company-en/meilensteine-hwa-ag-en.html, http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2018/october/paffett-to-drive-for-hwa-racelab/, https://www.autosport.com/f3/news/139333/mercedes-partner-hwa-for-new-fia-f3-series, https://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2019/11/artem-markelov-agrees-to-race-in-fia-formula-2-for-seventh-season/, http://www.fiaformula2.com/News-Room/News/2019/11_November/Alesi-completes-HWA-line-up-for-2020/, https://f2.fandom.com/wiki/HWA_Racelab?oldid=8201. [5] After the end of their FE programme HWA announced that they would move into the junior single-seater ladder, signing up to the FIA Formula 3 Championship. Feature. Following announcements from Red Bull and Ferrari, HWA Racelab has now also announced their line-up for the new Formula 2 season. HWA Racelab announced on Wednesday that Pourchaire would be taking over the seat vacated by Giuliano Alesi after Mugello and taken by Jake Hughes at the last race in Sochi. HWA Racelab. HWA RACELAB News. Hilarious scenes in F2 Bahrain as the unmanned BWT HWA Racelab car of F2 veteran Artem Markelov hit the barriers shortly after he spun while inside it. [4] The German firm were then commissioned to run Mercedes new sportscar campaign with the SLS and Mercedes-AMG GT3s, culminating in a clean sweep of the podium in the 2016 Nürburgring 24 Hours. The son of former Formula One racer Jean Alesi, Giuliano Alesi arrived in F2 in 2019 as a Ferrari Driver Academy member, having completed several seasons in the GP3 Series.. Alesi's rookie F2 campaign would be a difficult one, with the Frenchman's … "Many thanks to BWT HWA Racelab for giving me this chance. Feature. positive F2 race 2 for Deledda. Pourchaire, 17, finished second in the FIA Formula 3 championship during his rookie season in the category, scoring two wins and six further podiums, and outlined his intention to move up to F2 for 2021. The field were only just completing their installation laps when F2 veteran Artem Markelov spun his HWA Racelab car at the final corner, and could not get going again. Hence, Nannini will compete both in F3 and F2 this season. He ended his debut in the top ten in the final session of the three-day test. 2019/20 F3 Asian Championship Certified by FIA - 14th. [4] Indeed, the only significant Mercedes project that HWA would not be involved in was Mercedes' Formula One return in 2010, which was instead developed "in-house" by AMG. The inside scout: Théo Pourchaire. [5] They duly signed ex-F1 and GP2 Series Champion Stoffel Vandoorne to race for them alongside Gary Paffett, with the team ultimately replaced by a factory Mercedes team in 2019. Lo sorprendente de este anuncio es que sus dos pilotos para la F2 serán italianos como son: Alessio Deledda y Matteo Nannini.Además en el caso de Mateo, tendrá más trabajo de lo habitual ya que estará formando parte de la F3 con HWA, y seguir trabajando en mejorar como piloto. HWA RACELAB will compete in the eight events of the season with the drivers Matteo Nannini (Italy) and Alessio Deledda (Italy). Il 17enne forlivese, che correrà con la scuderia HWA Racelab, farà il salto di categoria in F.2, parallelamente a una seconda stagione in F.3 dopo un primo … [4] It was incredibly successful period for HWA, with themselves and Mercedes claiming five of the first six DTM titles between 2000 and 2006.[4]. “I am really looking forward to my first races in Formula 2," said Hughes. The Italian will be joining the HWA Racelab alongside fellow Italian and rookie driver, Matteo Nannini. [2] That partnership went well, resulting in HWA formally buying Arden's entry into the Championship when the British effort announced their withdrawal from the competition at the end of 2019. [1] HWA quickly signed a deal with BWT as their title sponsor, before signing Artem Markelov and Giuliano Alesi to be their drivers for their debut season in 2020.[1][7][8]. Nannini to contest 45 races in dual F2 and F3 2021 season with HWA … Thanks to an early safety-car, Deledda caught up with the pack and defended himself while managing the tyres. Gonzalo Forbes F2 Twitter:@hwaag_official 「昨年F2に初エントリーしたHWA Raelabは、その初年度において大きく苦戦する事となった。多種多様な経験値を持つアルテム・マルケロフをもってしても、特別な何かを残す事ができていない。 HWA Racelab aura l’opportunité de mettre à l’essai ses deux nouveaux pilotes du 9 au 11 mars prochain à l’occasion des essais de F2 à Bahreïn. HWA Racelab became the third F2 team to confirm its full line-up for 2021 season with the signing of Matteo Nannini and Alessio Deledda, where the former is to dovetail his rookie year with F3, with the same outfit – he becomes the first to do so. HWA Racelab (otherwise known as HWA Team or simply HWA), officially entered as BWT HWA Racelab, is a German based racing team, that competes in the 2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship with Artem Markelov and Giuliano Alesi.1 Making their debut in the series as an official entrant, HWA, named for their founder Hans Werner Aufrecht, took over the entry of Arden International in F2, having … [2], HWA's history can be traced back beyond its foundation, for its founder Hans Werner Aufrecht, in partnership with Erhard Melcher, had a history of building engines as early as 1967. Alesi replaces Matsushita at MP, Hughes takes HWA F2 seat for Sochi.