Arden International
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Arden International is an international Formula 3000 team, created by Christian Horner.
Initially created to raise up Horner's career, and then reliant on sponsorship from Viktor Maslov, the team began to get good results and was the best team of Formula 3000 in its last years, showing new talents to motorsport world like Darren Manning, Tomas Enge, Björn Wirdheim and Vitantonio Liuzzi.
The team won two titles (2003, with Wirdheim and 2004, with Liuzzi), has scored 334 points, won 15 races and achieved 20 pole positions in Formula 3000.
In 2005, Arden stayed in the series, now rebranded as the GP2 Series and achieved second place in the Constructors' Championship with Heikki Kovalainen and Nicolas Lapierre, and second place in the Drivers' Championship with Kovalainen.
In 2006, Arden competed in GP2 with Lapierre and the rookie Michael Ammermüller (Neel Jani acted as a substitute for Lapierre when the latter was injured in the race at Monaco). This year, Arden suffered a massive drop, and had only 57 points to show, compared to the previous season's 126.
[edit] Team History
2006
Drivers: Nicolas Lapierre, Michael Ammermüller, Neel Jani
Main Sponsor: Red Bull
Final results: 9° with Lapierre, 11° with Ammermüller, =24° with Jani
Points: 57
2005
Drivers: Heikki Kovalainen, Nicolas Lapierre
Main Sponsor: Red Bull
Final results: 2° with Kovalainen, 11° with Lapierre
Points: 126
2004
Drivers: Vitantonio Liuzzi, Robert Doornbos
Main Sponsor: Red Bull
Final results: Title with Liuzzi, 3° with Doornbos
Wins: 8
Poles: 9
Points: 114
2003
Drivers: Björn Wirdheim, Townsend Bell
Main Sponsor: Yacco
Final results: Title with Wirdheim, 9° with Bell
Wins: 3
Poles: 5
Points: 95
2002
Drivers: Tomas Enge, Björn Wirdheim
Main Sponsor: Yacco
Final results: 3° with Enge, 4° with Wirdheim
Wins: 4
Poles: 5
Points: 79
2001
Drivers: Darren Manning, Viktor Maslov
Main Sponsor: Россия (de facto Lukoil)
Final results: 11° with Manning, no points with Maslov
Wins: 0
Poles: 0
Points: 9
2000
Drivers: Darren Manning, Viktor Maslov
Main Sponsor: Россия (de facto Lukoil)
Final results: 8° with Manning, no points with Maslov
Wins: 0
Poles: 1
Points: 10
1999
Drivers: Viktor Maslov, Marc Goossens
Main Sponsor: Lukoil
Final results: no points with both drivers
Wins: 0
Poles: 0
Points: 0
1998
Drivers: Christian Horner, Kurt Mollekens
Main Sponsor: ?
Final results: no pointsa with Horner, 6° with Mollekens
Wins: 0
Poles: 0
Points: 19
1997
Drivers: Christian Horner
Main Sponsor: ?
Final results: 21° with Horner
Wins: 0
Poles: 0
Points: 1
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