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EGP

Full name	Enterprise GP
Owner/s	James Kirk
Base	England
Competitions
Formula Challenge Team	None
Début	2014 Challenge Australian Grand Prix
Supercup Team	Jonathan Holmes Rait Tuulikas Hansko Mebius
Début	2015 Supercup Australian Grand Prix
Masters Series Team	None
Début	2014 24 Hours of Le Mans
World Sport Series Team	Kevin Siggy Rasmus Salo Argo Teder
Début	2013 Turkish Sport Series
International Touring Cup Team	Kevin Siggy Daniel Cziranku Wopke Hoekstra
Début	2013/14 San Marino Touring Cup

Enterprise GP is an English sim-racing team based in South London, England. The team is managed by James Kirk, co-founder and ex-co-team principal of TheSixthAxis Racing. Currently, Formula 1 event specialists FMCG are the team's title sponsor.

History

Born as Scuderia L'Asse Sesto (which, co-incidentally, translates to TheSixthAxis Racing), Enterprise GP was initially planned to be a new driver feeder team for TheSixthAxis Racing. Poised for entry into the proposed fifteenth season of the Gentlemens Racing Club Touring Car Championship alongside the GPVWC 2013 World Sport Series season, the team's debut into racing was delayed due to internal politics at TSA Racing. The transformation into Enterprise GP was completed when it was agreed that the team should be a separate entity to TSA Racing and was soon entered for the 2013 Turkish Sport Series with drivers Scott Berrisford and Matthew Allington.

Despite its change to a completely independent team, Enterprise GP's aim remained to help develop newer drivers to sim-racing, though the initial reluctance to sign experienced drivers was soon dropped.

World Sport Series

2013 Season

Despite joining the season late, Enterprise GP became a strong force in 2013 embedding themselves in the battle for the 'best of the rest'. Independent GRC drivers Scott Berrisford and Matthew Allington were signed to the team, with no clear lead driver.

EGP's first competitive season saw more success than anticipated. The team quickly established themselves as top ten runners with Berrisford particularly impressing due to his consistency. The Englishman took the team's first podium at the 2013 Belgian Sport Series - though Allington stole some of the limelight after qualifying a team best of third at the 2013 British Sport Series. Finishing seventh in the Teams' championship, overall the team scored 152 points; 109 for Berrisford and 43 for Allington (who missed the 2013 Italian Sport Series).

At the end of the season, Berrisford revealed he would not be continuing in the World Sport Series in order to focus on his single-seater efforts, though he continued to work with the team - joining EGP's International Touring Cup team as reserve driver.

International Touring Cup

2013/2014 Season

On the back of their impressive showing in the World Sport Series, EGP were selected as one of twenty teams to take part in the debut season of the International Touring Cup. Ben Hackeson was revealed as the first signing for the team; sticking to the tradition of taking in newer drivers - though the signing of Tom Parker would prove to be a significant departure for the team. Team Principal Kirk believed that Hackeson "needed a mentor" and he saw no better option than Parker.

Formula Challenge

2014 Season

EGP were chosen as one of twenty teams to enter the 2014 Formula Challenge season, the first year in which the series had an entry cap. The team's lineup initially consisted of Berrisford and Hansko Mebius, although David Carter stood in for him in the second round. Berrisford left after the Austrian round, and was replaced by Eric Stranne. The team finished 3rd in the Teams' championship, just 2 points behind Tanskanen Racing.

Supercup

2015 Season

The team were granted entry into the 2015 Supercup, after their success in the 2014 Formula Challenge season and other series in GPVWC. Jonathan Holmes and Morten Wernersen have been confirmed as the team's race drivers, with Teemu Valkeejärvi as the team's reserve driver.

Complete results

Formula Challenge

(results in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Car No. Drivers Races Wins Poles Fastest Laps Podiums Points D.C. T.C. 2014 FC-014 30 Scott Berrisford 1 14 2 0 1 5 192 7th 3rd David Carter 2 0 0 0 0 10 51st Eric Stranne 2 16 4 0 3 12 320 4th 31 Hansko Mebius 32 0 0 0 1 139 11th 1 Scott Berrisford left Enterprise GP for one round to join Smile Power Racing before heading up to Supercup halfway through the season. His final points total and position in the Drivers' Championship represents his time at both teams 2 Before joining Enterprise GP, Eric Stranne competed for one round with Smile Power Racing. His final points total and position in the Drivers' Championship represents his time at both teams. World Sport Series (results in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Fastest Laps Podiums Points D.C. T.C. 2013 Porsche Carrera 911 GT3 Scott Berrisford 12 0 0 0 1 109 6th 7th Matthew Allington 10 0 0 0 0 43 19th 2014 Flat 6 Matthew Allington 6 0 0 0 0 11 39th 8th Rasmus Salo 4 0 0 0 1 24 26th Harley Hamnett 2 0 0 0 0 0 EX Tobias Olsson 8 0 0 0 0 17 32nd Agustin Canapino 1 10 0 0 2 1 157 8th Harley Hamnett 8 0 0 0 0 0 EX Joonas Raivio 2 0 0 0 0 9 41st 1 Agustin Canapino left Enterprise GP halfway through the season for Midnight Motorsport. His points total and position in the Drivers' Championship represent his time at both teams. International Touring Cup (results in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Car No. Drivers Races Wins Poles Fastest Laps Podiums Points D.C. T.C. 2013/14 Ford Focus ST 28 Scott Berrisford 3 0 0 0 0 8 44th 11th Tom Parker 14 0 0 1 1 82 15th Jesper Taulborg 6 0 1 1 1 48 24th 29 Ben Hackeson 24 0 0 0 0 21 36th 2014 Audi RS4 18 Sven de Vries 1 18 2 0 0 5 323 5th 6th Tobias Olsson 2 3 0 0 0 0 62 23rd Joonas Raivio 11 1 0 0 2 47 27th 19 Mikael Tuomaala 24 0 0 0 0 49 26th Tobias Olsson 2 3 0 0 0 0 62 23rd Kevin Siggy 9 1 1 3 4 124 14th 1 Sven de Vries left Enterprise GP halfway through the season for Aurora Motorsports. These are his final points total and position in the Drivers' Championship. 2 Tobias Olsson left Enterprise GP halfway through the season for YTF1. These are his final points total and position in the Drivers' Championship. Masters Series (results in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Car No. Drivers Races Wins Poles Fastest Laps Podiums Points D.C. 2014 1 Flat 6 7 Ruud Heesterbeek 1 0 0 0 1 20 11th Eric Stranne 1 0 0 0 1 25 10th Boyd Bryson 1 0 0 0 1 27 7th 1 As the 2014 season only saw a Drivers' Championship being contested, the final points totals and positions of the drivers are representative of their own efforts. SimRacingPro TopStep (results in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Car No. Drivers Races Wins Poles Fastest Laps Podiums Points D.C. T.C. 2014/Season 2 Lexus SC430 7 Boyd Bryson 12 0 0 0 0 83 7th 5th 8 Andreas Wauters 1 2 0 0 0 0 21 22nd Tobias Olsson 8 0 1 0 0 25 17th 1 Throughout the season, Andreas Wauters also drove for Smile Power Racing, Cosmo Autosport and Nijo Racing besides Enterprise GP. His final points total and position in the Drivers' Championship represents his time with all four teams. TouringProSeries Virtual Carrera Cup (results in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Car No. Drivers Races Wins Poles Fastest Laps Podiums Points D.C. T.C. 2014/15 Flat6 7 Kevin Siggy 2 0 0 0 1 34 6th 5th 14 Fran Lopez 2 0 0 0 0 10 14th