- Arden International
Motor racing team
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founded = 1997
country = flagicon|UKUnited Kingdom
principal =Christian Horner
current series = GP2,A1 Grand Prix
former series =Formula 3000
Italian Formula 3000
driver titles = 2003Formula 3000 (Wirdheim)
2004Formula 3000 (Liuzzi)
team titles = 2000Italian Formula 3000
2002Formula 3000
2003Formula 3000
2004Formula 3000
folded =Arden International is an international
Formula 3000 /GP2 Series team, created byChristian Horner .Initially created to raise up Horner's career, and then reliant on sponsorship from Viktor Maslov, the team began to get good results and was the best team of Formula 3000 in its last years, showing new talents to motorsport world like
Darren Manning ,Tomáš Enge ,Björn Wirdheim andVitantonio Liuzzi .The team won two titles (2003, with Wirdheim and 2004, with Liuzzi), has scored 334 points, won 15 races and achieved 20
pole position s inFormula 3000 .In 2005, Arden stayed in the series, now rebranded as the GP2 Series and achieved second place in the Constructors' Championship with
Heikki Kovalainen andNicolas Lapierre , and second place in the Drivers' Championship with Kovalainen.In 2006, Arden competed in GP2 with Lapierre and the rookie
Michael Ammermüller (Neel Jani acted as a substitute for Lapierre when the latter was injured in the race at Monaco). This year, Arden suffered a massive drop, and had only 57 points to show, compared to the previous season's 126.For 2007, Arden have signed
Bruno Senna , nephew of tripleF1 championAyrton Senna , andA1 Team South Africa driverAdrian Zaugg .For 2008, the team was renamed Trust Team
Arden , after its Dutch title sponsor Trust.Swiss driver andRed Bull talentSebastien Buemi andDutchman Yelmer Buurman are confirmed as its race line-up.Arden also operated
A1 Team Great Britain in the first season of the A1GP series.Complete series results
* D.C. = Drivers' Championship position, T.C. = Teams' Championship position.
* † Involved as Arden Team Russia
* ‡ Involved as Lukoil Arden Racing
* [1] collaboration with KTR teamSources
External links
* [http://www.arden-motorsport.com/ arden-motorsport.com] , official team website.
* [http://www.gp2series.com/en//website/arden_international/presentation/ gp2series.com] , team info at GP2 Series website.
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