Team Principal | Jonathon Webb Kobe Webb Stephen Webb |
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Debut | 2010 |
Final Season | 2021 |
Round wins | 5 |
Pole positions | 10 |
2021 position | 11th (1720 pts) |
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.
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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.[1] 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.[2] Webb continued to drive the #19 car, with Michael Patrizi recruited to drive the #91 Commodore with a REC leased from Paul Morris Motorsport.[3] 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.[4] The move brought near-immediate success, with the team winning the second round of the year, the Tasmania SuperSprint.[5] 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.[6]
In 2020, the team will return to a two-car operation and relocate to Western Sydney.[7][8]
In January 2022 the team was sold to Peter Xiberras and rebranded PremiAir Racing.[9]
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.
Results
Supercars Results
Car No. 19 results
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 | 40 | Position | Pts |
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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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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<br/>R13 |
HID1<br/>R14 |
HID1<br/>R15 |
HID2<br/>R16 |
HID2<br/>R17 |
HID2<br/>R18 |
TOW1<br/>R19 |
TOW1<br/>R20 |
TOW1<br/>R21 |
TOW2<br/>R22 |
TOW2<br/>R23 |
TOW2<br/>R24 |
BEN1<br/>R25 |
BEN1<br/>R26 |
BEN1<br/>R27 |
BEN2<br/>R28 |
BEN2<br/>R29 |
BEN2<br/>R30 |
BAT R31 |
20th | 866 | ||||||||||
2021 | Garry Jacobson | BAT R1 Ret |
BAT R2 20 |
SAN<br/>R3 20 |
SAN<br/>R4 20 |
SAN<br/>R5 19 |
SYM<br/>R6 20 |
SYM<br/>R7 19 |
SYM<br/>R8 24 |
BEN<br/>R9 24 |
BEN<br/>R10 14 |
BEN<br/>R11 Ret |
HID R12 18 |
HID R13 Ret |
HID R14 18 |
TOW R15 20 |
TOW R16 19 |
TOW2<br/>R17 18 |
TOW2<br/>R18 17 |
TOW2<br/>R19 17 |
SYD1 R20 17 |
SYD1 R21 22 |
SYD1 R22 21 |
SYD2<br/>R23 20 |
SYD2<br/>R24 23 |
SYD2<br/>R25 12 |
SYD3<br/>R26 15 |
SYD3<br/>R27 24 |
SYD3<br/>R28 18 |
SYD4<br/>R29 22 |
SYD4<br/>R30 NC |
BAT R31 14 |
22nd | 1003 |
Bathurst 1000 results
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
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The McLaren 650S GT3 of Álvaro Parente, Shane van Gisbergen and Jonathon Webb which won the 2016 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour.
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The Holden VF Commodore of Will Davison at the 2016 Red Rooster Sydney SuperSprint
References
- ^ Third DJR entry for Webb finalised
- ^ Webb confirms switch to Holden in 2012
- ^ "Patrizi joins expanded Tekno Autosports". V8X Magazine. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
- ^ "Davison Joins Tekno". V8Supercars. 23 October 2015.
- ^ Bartholomaeus, Stefan (3 April 2016). "Davison wins after late drama at Symmons". Speedcafe. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ^ Bartholomaeus, Stefan (9 October 2016). "Davison/Webb win controversial Bathurst 1000". Speedcafe. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ^ "Courtney wants Perkins for Team Sydney". Supercars Championship. 5 November 2019.
- ^ "teamSYDNEY w JC". Tekno Autosports.
- ^ PremiAir Racing Officially Purchase Team Sydney Auto Action 13 January 2022