Founded | 2004 |
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Folded | 2014 |
Team principal(s) | Paul Jackson |
Former series |
GP2 Series GP2 Asia Series |
Noted drivers |
Sam Bird Karun Chandhok Marcus Ericsson Timo Glock Bruno Senna Scott Speed Oliver Turvey Davide Valsecchi Giedo van der Garde Ernesto Viso Andreas Zuber |
Teams' Championships |
GP2 Series: 2007 GP2 Asia Series: 2009-10 |
Drivers' Championships |
GP2 Series: 2007: Timo Glock GP2 Asia Series: 2009-10: Davide Valsecchi |
iSport International was a British motor racing team that competes in the GP2 Series. The team was founded by Paul Jackson and Gavin Bickerton-Jones and former members of the Petrobras Junior Team in 2004, ahead of the inaugural GP2 season. Their factory is based in Carleton Rode near Norwich in the United Kingdom.
iSport's most successful season in GP2 came in 2007, when they won the teams' title, with Timo Glock winning the drivers' championship. The team finished second in 2008, and won the 2009–10 GP2 Asia Series drivers' and teams' championship. They pulled out of the GP2 series before the 2013 season, after encountering financial difficulties. iSport returned to motorsport in 2014, running a GP2 team for Russian Time.
The inaugural season of the GP2 series saw iSport take the fastest time in the shoot-out for race numbers, giving drivers Scott Speed and Can Artam numbers 1 and 2 for the season. While the team was regularly fast at races, neither driver was able to win a race. Nevertheless, Speed finished third in the championship with consistent points-scoring finishes, whilst Artam was 22nd overall with two points. iSport finished the season in fourth place in the teams' championship. For 2006, Speed graduated to Formula One with a drive at Scuderia Toro Rosso and Artam left the series. iSport filled its seats with Ernesto Viso and Tristan Gommendy, the latter of whom was later replaced by Timo Glock at the mid-season point. Viso took the team's first two victories in the category and Glock added two more; the part-season driver overhauling his team-mate's points tally to finish the year fourth overall in the drivers' standings, with Viso sixth and Gommendy 20th. iSport improved to third in the teams' championship.