Trident Racing
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| Founded | 2006 |
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| Founder(s) | Maurizio Salvadori |
| Base | Milan, Italy |
| Team principal(s) | Maurizio Salvadori |
| Current series |
FIA Formula 2 Championship GP3 Series |
| Former series |
GP2 Series International Formula Master Auto GP GP2 Asia Series |
| Current drivers |
 Sergio Canamasas Nabil Jeffri Giuliano Alesi Dorian Boccolacci Kevin Jörg Ryan Tveter |
| Website | http://www.tridentmotorsport.com/ |
Trident Racing is a motor racing team that competes in single-seater formula racing. It was founded in 2006 in order to compete in the GP2 championship, which is Europe's highest-ranking single-seater formula below Formula One. GP2 functions as an official support championship to Formula One and thus shares the latter championship's European dates and venues. Trident is headquartered at San Pietro Mosezzo in the Piedmont region of Italy.
After a rapid formation, Trident secured a place on the 2006 GP2 entry list, represented by former Formula One driver Gianmaria Bruni and rookie Andreas Zuber. It was one of three teams that had lodged requests for the thirteenth entry that was made available for that season onwards. GP2's organiser Bruno Michel commented: "Trident Racing put forward a proposal which promised strong sporting and engineering excellence."
Trident's first year of competition was competitive against more experienced opposition. Bruni provided two race wins, together with three pole positions and two fastest race laps, whilst Zuber secured a single race win. In the teams' championship standings, Trident ended the year in sixth place overall. For the 2007 season, Trident chose F3 Euro Series race winner Kohei Hirate from Japan and World Series by Renault front-runner Pastor Maldonado from Venezuela, who suffered a training injury mid-season and was replaced by Ricardo Risatti and then Sergio Hernández. Before his injury, Maldonado secured pole position and the race victory in the series' single race at Monaco, and secured eleventh place in the drivers' championship despite missing the final eight races of the season. His team-mates struggled, however, dropping Trident to tenth in the teams' championship.
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