Galatasaray S.K. (Superleague Formula team)
| Galatasaray S.K. SF Racing Team | |||||||||||
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| Founded | 2008 | ||||||||||
| Country |  Turkey
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| Driver(s) | Alessandro Pier Guidi (2008) Duncan Tappy (2009) Scott Mansell (2009) Ho-Pin Tung (2009) Tristan Gommendy (2010) Andy Soucek (2010) Giacomo Ricci (2010) Chris van der Drift (2010) | ||||||||||
| First race | 2008 Donington | ||||||||||
| Last race | 2010 Navarra | ||||||||||
| Rounds | 24 | ||||||||||
| Ch'ships | 0 | ||||||||||
| Total points | 874 (including Super Finals) | ||||||||||
| 2010 position | 13th (358 pts) | ||||||||||
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| NOTE - Data not including Super Finals | |||||||||||
Galatasaray S.K. Superleague Formula team is the Superleague Formula racing team of Galatasaray SK, a multisports club, famous for its football section that competes in Turkey in the Süper Lig. The team competes in the Superleague Formula. It was operated in 2008 by Scuderia Playteam but in 2009 Ultimate Motorsport will run the team.
Galatasaray belongs to French Barazi-Epsilon race team in 2010 season and the race driver will be Tristan Gommendy from France.
2008 season
editIn the 2008 Superleague Formula season Galatasaray finished a respectable 8th place in the standings. Alessandro Pier Guidi drove the car in all rounds. The best finish for Galatasaray was 3rd which they posted 3 times.
| SF Round | Country | Location | Date | Driver | Race 1(pts) | Race 2(pts) | Race Total(pts) |
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| 1 |  England |
Donington Park | 30–31 August 2008 | Alessandro Pier Guidi | 12 | 12 | 24 |
| 2 |  Germany |
Nürburgring | 20–21 September 2008 | Alessandro Pier Guidi | 40 | 26 | 90 |
| 3 |  Belgium |
Zolder | 4–5 October 2008 | Alessandro Pier Guidi | 10 | 14 | 114 |
| 4 |  Portugal |
Estoril Circuit | 18–19 October 2008 | Alessandro Pier Guidi | 26 | 40 | 180 |
| 5 |  Italy |
Vallelunga Circuit | 1–2 November 2008 | Alessandro Pier Guidi | 40 | 16 | 236 |
| 6 |  Spain |
Circuito Permanente de Jerez | 1–2 November 2008 | Alessandro Pier Guidi | 5 | 36 | 277 |
2009 season
editFor the 2009 Superleague Formula season Duncan Tappy has been announced the driver.
| SF Round | Country | Location | Date | Driver | Race 1(pts) | Race 2(pts) | Race 3 | Race Total(pts) |
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| 1 |  France |
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 28 June 2009 | Duncan Tappy | 32 | 16 | DNQ | 48 |
| 2 | Belgium |
Zolder | 19 July 2009 | Duncan Tappy | 20 | 7 | N/A | 75 |
| 3 | England |
Donington Park | 2 August 2009 | Scott Mansell | 12 | 14 | DNQ | 101 |
| 4 | Portugal |
Estoril Circuit | 6 September 2009 | Ho Pin Tung | 17 | 7 | DNQ | 133 |
| 5 | Italy |
Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 4 October 2009 | Ho Pin Tung | 8 | 7 | N/A | 182 |
| 6 | Spain |
Circuito Permanente Del Jarama | 8 November 2009 | Ho Pin Tung | 16 | 1 | 4 | 239 |
Record
edit(key)
2008
edit| Operator(s) | Driver(s) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Points | Rank | ||||||
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| DON | NÜR | ZOL | EST | VAL | JER | ||||||||||
| Scuderia Playteam | Alessandro Pier Guidi
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13 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 277 | 8th |
2009
edit- Super Final results in 2009 did not count for points towards the main championship.
| Operator(s) | Driver(s) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Points | Rank | ||||||||||||
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| MAG | ZOL | DON | EST | MOZ | JAR | ||||||||||||||||
| Ultimate Motorsport |  Duncan Tappy
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5 | 11 | X | 9 | 16 | – | 239 | 11th | ||||||||||||
| Scott Mansell
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13 | 12 | X | ||||||||||||||||||
 Ho-Pin Tung
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17 | 7 | X | 8 | 7 | – | 16 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||
2010
edit| Operator(s) | Driver(s) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | NC | 11 | Points | Rank | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| SIL | ASS | MAG | JAR | NÜR | ZOL | BRH | ADR | POR | ORD | BEI | NAV | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Barazi-Epsilon | Tristan Gommendy
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14 | 14 | X | 8 | 8 | X | 14 | 9 | X | 13 | 14 | X | 9 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | X | 9 | 13 | X | 358 | 13th | ||||||||||||||
| GU-Racing International | Andy Soucek
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9 | 5 | X | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Giacomo Ricci
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13 | DN | X | 12 | 12 | C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drivex |  Chris van der Drift
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17 | 7 | X | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gallery
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2008 Season Donington Park -
2008 Season Donington Park - Alessandro Pier Guidi -
2008 Donington Park -
2008 Donington Park Video
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2008 Jason Tahincioglu -
2008 Pit -
Scott Mansell's Galatasaray car retrieved during practice at Donington Park (2009) -
Some Galatasaray carbon-fibre car parts in the garage at Silverstone Circuit (2010)
