Trinity

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Trinity is the brand name of the supplier branch developed by Woods Racing. The brand was launched at the beginning of the 2013 season, and its first product was the 'Trinity TRIN001' engine, which powered Woods, ST Racing and Nijo Racing. The 'TRIN002' engine was developed for the 2014 season, powering Woods, Nijo, Torrent Motorsports and newcomers Target Racing. Nijo's victory at the 2014 Malaysian Grand Prix was the only time a non-Potentia engined car won a race that year.

At the start of the 2015 season the engine-bidding process led to major controversy and an unprecedented 5 teams with Trinity TRIN003 engines: Woods, Nijo, Target, Kernow Sport and Phoenix F1. This was one of several factors that led to a sweeping reform of engine regulations, including the nullification of customer teams aiding engine development. This has arguably hampered Trinity, statistically the weaker of the four engines in 2015. The season saw only one podium finish for the engine, scored by Target Racing at Monaco. Target stopped competing after the following race but by being classified 9th in the teams' championship, still finished the year higher than any other Trinity-powered team; in deed, of the teams that finished lower than Target, only one was not powered by Trinity.

At the start of the 2016 season, Trinity was unable to secure any customer teams, powering Woods alone. Its commercial fortunes were shared by Martex, who were without customers for a second year.

Trinity secured Green Stripes Racing as a customer team in 2017. Green Stripes eventually took over development of the units following the withdrawl of Woods Racing. At the end of the season, the Trinity name would be no more, being replaced by Quasar on the grid.

Engine deals

Team Season(s) Total Wins First Win Last Win
England Woods Racing 20132017 0 - -
England Nijo Racing 20132015 6 2013 Korean Grand Prix 2014 Malaysian Grand Prix
England ST Racing 2014 0 - -
Norway Target Racing 20142015 0 - -
United States Torrent Motorsports 2014 0 - -
England Kernow Sport 2015 0 - -
England Phoenix F1 2015 0 - -
Germany Green Stripes Racing 2017 0 - -
Total 20132017 6 2013 Korean Grand Prix 2014 Malaysian Grand Prix


See also