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Simtek

British · raced 1994–1995

20Races
0Wins
0Podiums
3Top 10s
12.73Avg Position
23.76Avg Grid Pos

Simtek was a British constructor founded by Nick Wirth that raced in Formula 1 in 1994 and 1995. David Brabham, Jean-Marc Gounon, Domenico Schiattarella and Roland Ratzenberger drove for the team, and Ratzenberger was killed in qualifying at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. Gounon took ninth place at the 1994 French Grand Prix, the best result, and Simtek started 20 Grands Prix before running out of money in 1995.

Top Drivers

Driver
Wins
Pod.
Pts
Jean-Marc Gounon000
Roland Ratzenberger000
David Brabham000
Domenico Schiattarella000
Taki Inoue000
Andrea Montermini000
Jos Verstappen000

Top Circuits

Circuit
Wins
Avg pts
No matches for “”.

Points are Grand Prix points as awarded at the time (sprints excluded); average points are per race started.

Most wins for the team, then most races.

Simtek season-by-season championship record
SeasonConstructors' positionWinsPoints
1995—00
1994—00
Teammate head-to-head battles at Simtek
SeasonMatchupRace
1995Schiattarella vs Verstappen2–2
1994Brabham vs Gounon3–4
Drivers who have raced for Simtek
DriverSeasonsRacesWins
D. Brabham1994160
D. Schiattarella1994–199570
J. Gounon199470
J. Verstappen199550
R. Ratzenberger199430
A. Montermini199410
T. Inoue199410

How Simtek did in every Grand Prix it started: the best grid slot and finish of its cars, the points it scored and each car’s result. Races in which no car took the start are left out unless the team scored sprint points.

19954 races▾

Drivers: D. Schiattarella, J. Verstappen

Simtek race results in 1995
Grand PrixResultPts
4Spanish Grand PrixP120
3San Marino Grand PrixDNF0
2Argentine Grand PrixP90
1Brazilian Grand PrixDNF0
Earlier seasons1994 (1 season)▾
199416 races▾

Drivers: D. Brabham, J. Gounon, D. Schiattarella, R. Ratzenberger, T. Inoue

Simtek race results in 1994
Grand PrixResultPts
16Australian Grand PrixDNF0
15Japanese Grand PrixP120
14European Grand PrixP196 places worse than the team’s season average (P12.6)0
13Portuguese Grand PrixP150
12Italian Grand PrixDNF0
11Belgian Grand PrixP110
10Hungarian Grand PrixP110
9German Grand PrixDNF0
8British Grand PrixP150
7French Grand PrixP90
6Canadian Grand PrixP140
5Spanish Grand PrixP100
4Monaco Grand PrixDNF0
3San Marino Grand PrixDNF0
2Pacific Grand PrixP110
1Brazilian Grand PrixP120