57-461: TWR may mean: Tom Walkinshaw Racing , a racing team and engineering company founded in 1976 Trans World Radio , a multinational Christian evangelistic broadcaster Traveling wave reactor , a type of nuclear reactor that would convert fertile material into fissile fuel Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit , Japan Thrust-to-Weight Ratio of an aircraft or spaceship engine. Time-weighted return
114-510: A Porsche -powered WSC-95 . However, it was the costs resulting from the purchase of the Formula 1 team Arrows in 1996 that led to the demise of TWR in 2002. The UK assets and facility were bought by Menard Competition Technologies. The facilities were used as Arrows Grand Prix International , Super Aguri and Caterham F1 teams headquarters. The Australian part of the business was sold to Holden . The new TWR business has no connection with
171-567: A US$ 1m prize. The car was also road-legal, the only road-car to be fully designed and built by TWR. In Australia, Walkinshaw Racing competed in the Australian Touring Car Championship , including spells as factory-back teams under the names Holden Racing Team and HSV Dealer Team . TWR modified its XJR-14 design (which had also been used by Mazda in the final years of the World Sportscar Championship as
228-464: A motorcycle. Basing his company in England to take advantage of the Formula 1 industry, Roberts enlisted Tom Walkinshaw Racing to help develop a three-cylinder two-stroke engine. While the motorcycle was never able to win a Grand Prix race, it did manage to win a pole position with rider Jeremy McWilliams taking the top qualifying position at the 2002 Australian Grand Prix . In 1994, TWR returned to
285-511: A much needed boost in international markets. As Bob Tullius ' Group 44 initially ran Jaguar powered cars in IMSA, Jaguar partnered with both Group 44 (for IMSA) and TWR (for WSCC). However, it soon became clear that a single partner could successfully run in both WSCC and IMSA and so by 1988 TWR had secured the contract to run in both series. TWR Jaguar cars won the WSCC outright in 1987, 1988 and 1991 and won
342-463: A pay lease from its own works team, and used Bridgestone tyres. The chassis, SA05 , was an updated version of the 2002 Arrows A23, bought from ex- Minardi principal Paul Stoddart who purchased them when the Arrows team went into receivership. As such, the team's car, infrastructure and even operating base had its origins with TWR Arrows . Underlining the links to the former team, the technical side
399-514: A position as team manager at Ligier , which had been acquired by Briatore. After a failed attempt at purchasing Ligier, Walkinshaw instead bought a majority stake in the Arrows in 1996 . The following year , Arrows surprised the world by signing World Champion Damon Hill and introducing Bridgestone tyres to Formula One. Although the team nearly won the 1997 Hungarian Grand Prix , Arrows continued to have trouble attracting sponsorship, and following
456-569: A relationship which started in 1982 with the successful entry of the Jaguar XJS into the European Touring Car Championship , chalking up a number of wins that year. The relationship continued and by 1988, TWR-Jaguar had taken its first Le Mans victory in a V12-powered XJR-9 . Further success followed with a Le Mans win in 1990. TWR and Jaguar formed JaguarSport initially to build tuned versions of Jaguar road-cars, culminating in
513-591: A single point that year, which was his second full season with the team. In Japan, public pressure and Sato's continued popularity persuaded Honda to help Sato continue to compete in Formula One. This was influential in the creation of Super Aguri's F1 project and the engine supply from Super Aguri's official partner Honda. Talks to start the team began in February 2005, but it was not until September that plans started to take shape. The team registered its intention to enter
570-472: Is a method of calculating investment return. Tuas West Road MRT station , Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore, MRT station abbreviation Tyne and Wear , county in England, Chapman code Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title TWR . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
627-965: The 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans , Nissan was able to achieve considerable success with all four of their cars finishing the race, placing 3rd, 5th, 6th, and 10th overall. During this period, TWR worked with many of the world's leading drivers, including Win Percy , Martin Brundle , John Watson , Armin Hahne , Steve Soper , Jeff Allam , John Goss , Jean-Louis Schlesser , Gianfranco Brancatelli , Denny Hulme , Raul Boesel , David Coulthard , Jan Lammers , Johnny Dumfries , Larry Perkins , Patrick Tambay , David Leslie , Andy Wallace , John Nielsen , Davy Jones , Alexander Wurz , Manuel Reuter , Derek Warwick , David Brabham , Michele Alboreto , Stefan Johansson , Denis Lian , Tom Kristensen amongst others. Raul Boesel (1987), Martin Brundle (1988) and Teo Fabi (1991) each won
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#1732855703263684-660: The British Touring Car Championship . The TWR developed RX-7 , with Win Percy in the driving seat, won the title in both 1980 and 1981. Walkinshaw himself also took a win in the Spa 24 Hours . After preparing the Dakar -winning Range Rover for René Metge in 1982, TWR began an association with British Leyland , preparing the Jaguar XJS and Rover 3500 Vitesse for both the BTCC and European Touring Car Championship . Success in
741-518: The European Grand Prix and subsequent races, after Ide's Super Licence was revoked after a clash with Christijan Albers . The team made it onto the grid for the start of the season. In its debut race at Bahrain, Sato successfully completed the Grand Prix while Ide retired on lap 35 with a mechanical failure and after nearly running over his pit crew. Suzuki deemed this race to be a good test for
798-497: The Istanbul Park for the 2008 Turkish Grand Prix , Super Aguri's trucks and motorhomes were denied entry to the circuit, because Honda Racing CEO Nick Fry reportedly told the race organizers that Super Aguri would not be taking part. On 6 May 2008, team founder and principal Aguri Suzuki announced that they were to withdraw from the 2008 FIA Formula One World Championship with immediate effect due to financial problems, citing
855-497: The 3.5-litre turbocharged cars defunct within just one season of the WSCC and so TWR developed the all-new XJR-14 for 1991 – the first full car designed by Ross Brawn – for the final year of Jaguar racing in WSCC. Although this car won both the WSCC Drivers' and Teams' championship, Jaguar (along with almost all other manufacturers) decided that it no longer had any interest in WSCC due to unfair rule changes. For IMSA in 1991, TWR ran
912-540: The BTCC, allied with Volvo . This partnership was responsible for the 850 Estate racing car, which was only rendered uncompetitive when the FIA allowed the use of aerodynamic aids in 1995. TWR then built and ran the works 850 Saloon with six wins in 1995 and five wins in 1996, and S40 securing one win in 1997 in the BTCC. In 1998, TWR Volvo won the British Touring Car Championship with Rickard Rydell driving
969-690: The Driver's championship (Davy Jones) and third in the Manufacturer's Championship. In 1991, in parallel with production of the XJR-14, TWR also developed the £500,000 XJR-15 for a select group of customers, based on the Le Mans winning XJR-9. This was raced in its own series, the Jaguar Intercontinental Challenge, supporting F1 races at Monaco, Silverstone and Spa. The winning driver, Armin Hahne, took
1026-634: The FIA Permit Office revoked Ide's Super Licence , thus preventing his return to an F1 seat until at least the 2007 season. Montagny raced until and including the French Grand Prix , and on 8 June 2006 Sakon Yamamoto became Super Aguri's third driver. Montagny and Yamamoto swapped roles for the German Grand Prix , with Yamamoto taking over Super Aguri's second car. When the updated car (the SA06)
1083-570: The Formula One World Championship to the FIA , Formula One's governing body, on 1 November (ahead of the governing body's 15 November deadline). However, the FIA's official press release of the entry list for 2006 confirmed that it had not approved Super Aguri's entry: this was reported to be due to the team's failure to produce the required $ 48 million entry bond on time. The team re-applied for entry in 2006, and continued to prepare cars for
1140-633: The Jaguar XJ-S. Designated XJR-S, the cars benefited from the racing experience in European Touring Cars, featuring improved aerodynamics; uprated suspension and brakes; tuned engine and detail changes. The success of TWR Sport led to the formalising of a joint venture (50/50) in 1988 called 'Jaguar Sport'. Jaguar Sport would initially focus on building tuned versions of Jaguar road cars (the XJR-S coupe and XJR saloon). However, with overwhelming demand to put
1197-655: The Renault Clio V6 , and the Saab 9-3 Viggen . TWR were also involved in MG Rover 's attempt to develop a replacement for the elderly Rover 45 / MG ZS ; they were contracted to re-engineer the Rover 75 / MG ZT into a smaller car. However, the demise of Arrows and TWR meant that RD/X60 , as this project was known, never reached production. In 1997 , former motorcycle world champion Kenny Roberts formed his own racing team and manufactured
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#17328557032631254-1069: The S40. TWR also aided in designing the road-going Volvo C70 coupe and convertible. Winner: 24-hours Daytona (Brundle, Boesel, Nielsen) 8th in Drivers championship (Tambay); 4th in Teams Championship 3rd (Cobb) and 4th (Nielsen) in Driver's Championship. 2nd in Manufacturer's Championship Winner: 24-hours Le Mans (Brundle, Nielsen, Cobb) in XJR-12; 2nd in Teams Championship; 4th in Drivers Championship (Wallace) Winner: Teams Championship; Winner, Drivers Championship (Farbe); 2nd, 3rd, 4th at Le Mans 24 hours 2nd in 24 hours Daytona; 3rd in Driver's Championship (Jones); 2nd in Manufacturer's Championship 2nd in 24 hours Daytona; 2nd in Driver's Championship (Jones); 3rd in Manufacturer's Championship Result: 10th Super Aguri Super Aguri F1
1311-573: The WSCC Driver's Championship, driving for TWR-Jaguar. TWR secured victory at Le Mans in 1988 for Andy Wallace, Johnny Dumfries and Jan Lammers; in 1990 for Brundle, Nielsen and Cobb; in 1996 for Davy Jones, Alexander Wurz and Manuel Reuter and in 1997 for Michele Alboreto, Stefan Johansson and Tom Kristensen. A number of prominent motor-racing engineers made careers at TWR, including Roger Silman (Operations Director); Tony Southgate (engineering director) and Ross Brawn (engineering director). Ian Callum
1368-467: The XJ220C racing car) and stripping out the interior. A tuned J-V6 engine rated at 680 PS (500 kW; 671 hp) completed the package. In 1987, Walkinshaw established a partnership with General Motors ' Australian division Holden , re-creating the former Holden Dealer Team performance and tuning division, Holden Special Vehicles . TWR undertook work for other manufacturers including development of
1425-497: The XJR-16, a development of the XJR-10. In spite of six wins in fourteen races, TWR-Jaguar was placed second overall to the more consistent Nissan team. For IMSA in 1992, Jaguar's last season in sportscar racing, XJR-14 was brought to America, but lack of development to deal with tighter, bumpier US circuits meant that it could not repeat the result of the previous year in WSCC, taking second in
1482-569: The XJR-9. He decided (initially outside of Jaguar's knowledge) to put a modified version of the XJR-9 into production, initially designated R-9R but ultimately designated Jaguar XJR-15 , a limited-edition road-going racing car. The XJR-15 was produced in 1991 at Bloxham, alongside the XJ220. TWR then took on the design and development role for the new Aston Martin DB7 . This car was designed by Ian Callum and built at
1539-525: The authority to act on the Concorde Agreement without the matter already being resolved in court. However, Super Aguri (as well as the Red Bull teams) stated that they were in compliance with the sport's regulations, though the matter was still of great contention. Super Aguri announced on 15 November 2006 that Takuma Sato and Anthony Davidson (previously Honda third and test driver) would be driving for
1596-473: The breach of contract by the promised partner SS United Group Oil & Gas Company resulting in the loss of financial backing as putting the team into financial difficulties. It was confirmed on 7 May that Super Aguri had gone into administration, after a team of corporate recovery partners was appointed to seek a buyer for the operation. In spite of the fact that it is mentioned the Magma Group pulled out, it
1653-400: The concept Jaguar XJ220 into production, it was decided that Jaguar Sport would design and develop the new sports car, for which a new facility was secured at Bloxham, Oxfordshire. Production commenced in 1990 and continued til 1993. Following TWR's success with Jaguar at Le Mans in 1988, Tom Walkinshaw had been pressed by a number of wealthy enthusiasts to build them a road legal version of
1710-460: The final pre-season tests because some parts had not arrived, it expected to compete at the first race of the 2008 season in Australia. However, Magma pulled out of their proposed takeover, leaving Super Aguri's future in doubt again. The Super Aguri F1 Team travelled to Barcelona and competed in the 2008 Spanish Grand Prix , allegedly aided by financial support from Bernie Ecclestone . On arrival at
1767-547: The former Jaguar Sport facility at Bloxham. In 1996 TWR designed, engineered and built the Volvo C70 Coupé , launched with the 2.3 T5 engine used as the basis for the touring cars. TWR's final fully developed road car was the XJ220S, limited edition racing version of the XJ220, built between 1996 and 1997. TWR took the standard XJ220, lightened it considerably by fitting carbon-fibre bodywork, an aerodynamic body kit, (derived from
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1824-547: The high attrition rate which saw cars usually in the points from Ferrari , BMW Sauber , Toyota and Williams drop out. At the Canadian Grand Prix the team scored its highest finish to that date, with Takuma Sato finishing 6th and garnering 3 points, passing defending world champion Fernando Alonso on track en route. ITV commentators mention that had it not been for a botched pit stop, Sato may have finished as high as fourth. Teammate Davidson also looked set to finish in
1881-424: The initial race drivers for the team in the 2006 season, with Franck Montagny as the third driver. Ide's selection was puzzling due to his age (the oldest F1 rookie at 31 years), lack of European racing experience, and not speaking English; nonetheless, Aguri Suzuki was initially adamant on promoting Japanese talent. On 4 May, after four races, the team announced that Montagny would be replacing Ide as race driver in
1938-758: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=TWR&oldid=1069825005 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Tom Walkinshaw Racing Tom Walkinshaw Racing ( TWR ) was a motor racing team and engineering firm founded in 1976, in Kidlington , near Oxford , England, by touring car racer Tom Walkinshaw . The company initially handled privateer work before entering works touring car racers for manufacturers such as Mazda and Rover . However, TWR became most closely associated with Jaguar ,
1995-519: The latter series (as well as the French championship) with both cars led to a partnership to develop a Jaguar prototype for Group C racing, for use in both the World Sportscar Championship (WSCC) and the IMSA GT Championship (IMSA). John Egan , Jaguar chairman, was keen to put Jaguar back on the map after Jaguar was privatised in 1984 and felt that a return to sports-car racing would give Jaguar
2052-431: The liquidation of Arrows, TWR being the major shareholder of the outfit, soon followed suit, closing its doors in 2002 with no major success with the team. TWR Australia was quickly acquired by Holden. The TWR technical centre at Leafield was sold and would later become the headquarters of the now defunct Super Aguri F1 and later Caterham F1 teams. TWR created 'TWR Sport' in 1984 to develop heavily modified versions of
2109-476: The points until he hit a gopher which ran across the track, forcing him to pit and leaving him out of the points. After the European Grand Prix , Sakon Yamamoto was signed up by the Spyker F1 team for the remainder of the season, filling in the seat left vacant by Christijan Albers . Super Aguri kept their 2007 drivers Takuma Sato and Anthony Davidson , following the acquisition of an unspecified portion of
2166-559: The prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1988 and 1990 . The series started in 1985 with XJR-6 (Group 44 used the XJR-5 and XJR-7), designed by Tony Southgate , with a chassis built from carbon-fibre and power provided by a highly tuned Jaguar V12 engine. This was followed by XJR-8, which won the WSCC Team's Championship in 1987, then XJR-9 which won the WSCC Team's Championship in 1988 and also secured victory at Le Mans
2223-559: The production of the XJ220 and XJR-15 sports cars at a new facility at Bloxham . With Jaguar bought by Ford in 1989, its relationship with TWR faded and by 1994, JaguarSport had been liquidated, with the Bloxham factory being overhauled for production of Aston Martin automobiles which was also at the time under Ford's ownership. TWR had continued to achieve racing success with other manufacturers, notably winning Le Mans again in 1996 and 1997 in
2280-531: The rear of the car being destroyed more than is allowed. On 2 March, Super Aguri pushed back the launch of its new car by two days, with the SA07 unveiled less than 48 hours before the first practice session for the Australian Grand Prix. Team's drivers Davidson and Sato shocked many people with getting 10th and 11th place in qualifying for Australian GP. Until this, the best result in qualification set by this team
2337-569: The rebadged Mazda MXR-01 ) into the TWR WSC-95 for Porsche . Porsche decided against using it in 1995 due to a sudden rule change, but in 1996 it was entered at Le Mans by Joest Racing and won the race, a feat it repeated the following year at the 1997 24 Hours of Le Mans . In 1997, Nissan Motorsports turned to Tom Walkinshaw Racing to help them develop the Nissan R390 GT1 race car (a re-bodied XJR-15) to compete in sports car racing . In
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2394-490: The same year, returning in much the same form as the XJR-12 to win Le Mans again in 1990. TWR developed its own engine for the next series of cars, the XJR-10 (for IMSA) and XJR-11 (for WSCC) of 1989 and 1990, employing a 3.5 litre twin-turbocharged V6, which was capable of far more power than the V12 but was less suited to 24 hour racing (hence the XJR-12 being deployed at Le Mans and the 24 hours of Daytona). However, rule changes made
2451-496: The team announced SS United Group Oil & Gas Company as its title sponsor. Also in 2007 Super Aguri signed an official supplier agreement with Speakerbus to supply race intercom. However, SS United Group defaulted on sponsorship payments, forcing the team to cut as many as 30 staff. At the Spanish Grand Prix the team scored its first point ever, when Takuma Sato finished in 8th place. The Japanese driver benefited from
2508-584: The team as the car had only done a maximum of 10 laps during pre-season testing. The team's second race (in Malaysia ) was little better, with again only Sato finishing the race. Super Aguri's third race, the Australian Grand Prix , saw significant improvement. Ide said "This is the first time that both Taku and I have finished a race, so I am happy about that." At the San Marino Grand Prix , Ide
2565-723: The team by the Magma Group . Luca Filippi was once linked to a drive in 2008. However, he then signed to the GP2 team ART Grand Prix partnering Romain Grosjean . On 8 January 2008 the team announced that the SA08 would be launched in Barcelona , Spain. On 12 February Super Aguri postponed the SA08 launch and did not announce for how long due to their uncertainty of the future of the team. The team then said that although it had cancelled its attendance at
2622-449: The team in 2007. Super Aguri also confirmed, on 15 December, that Giedo van der Garde would be their third driver in the 2007 season. However, the Dutchman left for Spyker F1 before the season began. Sakon Yamamoto, who was a second driver in late 2006, went back to being a test driver in 2007. The team suffered a major setback when their car for 2007 failed the FIA crash test, with
2679-430: The team withdrew from F1 after 4 races in the 2008 season due to financial difficulties. Throughout the team's time in the sport, it scored four points, all of which were scored by Takuma Sato during the 2007 season. Honda had completed the buyout of British American Racing at the end of 2005, keeping Jenson Button as lead driver, but displacing Takuma Sato in favor of Rubens Barrichello after Sato scored only
2736-477: The team would be using the works Honda chassis of 2006 came under intense resistance by rival teams Williams and Spyker, who contested that the practice was against Formula One regulations. The teams cited the fact that the Concorde Agreement mandated a car may not use any parts designed or constructed by another manufacturer of Formula One cars. Super Aguri (as well as Scuderia Toro Rosso and Red Bull) seemed to be in violation about this. The FIA however did not have
2793-401: The thriving Melbourne-based Walkinshaw Group run by Tom’s eldest son, Ryan, which grew out of Walkinshaw’s Holden Special Vehicles operation. Ryan Walkinshaw has since built a business employing 1500 people that builds a wide range of specialist vehicles including models for five global OEMs. TWR started by modifying BMW 3.0 CSLs , but soon was contracted to head Mazda 's works program in
2850-506: The upcoming season. Having missed the initial registration, the team needed to convince the existing ten teams to unanimously agree to its entry. It appeared that the Midland team was blocking on the grounds of potentially reduced TV revenue, but it was eventually granted the necessary unanimous agreement and the team's entry was confirmed by the FIA on 26 January 2006. In 2006 , the cars were powered by customer Honda engines (RA806E 2.4 V8) by
2907-431: Was 17th place (by Takuma Sato). Sato dropped to 12th by the race's end, while Anthony Davidson 's race was ruined on the first lap when Spyker's Adrian Sutil collided with him after a failed passing move. Davidson's car was thrown into the air, severely jarring his back upon landing. He drove through the pain to finish 16th and was taken to hospital following the race. Shortly before the 2007 Australian Grand Prix ,
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#17328557032632964-552: Was a Formula One team that competed from 2006 to 2008 . The team, founded by former F1 driver Aguri Suzuki , was based in Tokyo, Japan, but operated from the former Arrows factory at the Leafield Technical Centre , Oxfordshire, England. The cars were referred to as Super Aguri Hondas, with the team functioning to some degree as an unofficial Honda 'B'-team. After participating in the championship for 2 years and 4 months,
3021-599: Was design director from 1991 to 1999. TWR was also associated with Peter Stevens , who was a director of TWR Design and designer of the Jaguar XJR-15 . Tom Walkinshaw Racing was involved in Formula One from 1992 to 2002 . At first, Walkinshaw became Benetton 's engineering director, and was instrumental in developing the car that took Michael Schumacher to his first World Championship title in 1994 . A falling out with Benetton boss Flavio Briatore saw Walkinshaw move to
3078-449: Was down to Nick Fry not accepting the 3-year debt payment plan Magma Group proposed. Fry wanted the whole payment at once or he would not allow the team to compete. The team's assets were bought by German businessman Franz Hilmer ( Formtech GmbH ), who applied unsuccessfully to enter the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship using the Brabham name. The intellectual property of the team
3135-609: Was first raced in the German Grand Prix, it managed to impress, with decent qualifying positions (managing to outperform the Midland F1 Team), although failing to finish the race. The team's improving form culminated with an impressive tenth place at the Brazilian Grand Prix from Sato, whilst Yamamoto set the seventh-fastest fastest lap , less than a second behind most of the points-finishers. Reports suggesting that
3192-426: Was involved in a collision with Midland driver Christijan Albers , sending Albers into a series of spectacular rolls although incredibly he was unharmed. Ide was reprimanded by the race stewards. For the European Grand Prix , Ide and Montagny swapped roles within the team with Ide being demoted to test driver, at the request of the FIA, who felt Ide needed more experience outside of the Grand Prix. On 10 May 2006,
3249-555: Was overseen by former Arrows engineer Mark Preston, who brought many of the old Arrows mechanics back with him. The team had announced plans to produce a new in-house chassis later on in the 2006 season, possibly for the European races, but this never came into fruition. Instead, the team updated their older chassis to become the SA06 – a change which was visible from the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim, onwards. Takuma Sato and Yuji Ide were
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