About Carlin Motorsport
With over 50 years experience in motorsport between them, from the lowest levels of the sport to F1, Trevor Carlin and Martin Stone have taken Carlin Motorsport from an eight man pit crew to one of the largest single seater teams outside F1.
Founded in 1996 to operate a pit-stop challenge around Europe for the Williams F1 team, Carlin Motorsport has expanded rapidly to compete in nearly all levels of single-seater motorsport.
The team entered its first full season of racing in 1999, with Narain Karthikeyan in British F3. The team went on to win six races that season, signalling the potential that would make Carlin the most successful team in British F3 history.
Since then, Carlin has gone on to compete in Porsche Supercup, Nissan World Series, Formula BMW UK and World Series by Renault, all with race winning success.
With an enviable reputation across all levels of single seater racing, Carlin is the team of choice for tomorrow's racing stars - providing a well-trodden staircase to F1.
In just eight years of competition, Carlin Motorsport have won 134 races, claimed 284 podium positions and won three British F3 championships. A key theme at Carlin Motorsport is the development and training of young drivers. Whatever the level of motorsport or the age of the driver, Carlin always aim to give their race drivers the equipment to be able to challenge for race wins.
Over 150 drivers have passed through the doors of Carlin Motorsport - many on their way to the highest echelons of the sport. Carlin has played an integral role in the careers of F1 drivers such as Takuma Sato, Narain Karthikeyan, Anthony Davidson, Nico Rosberg, Robert Kubica and Sebastian Vettel.
The team continued to grow and expand in 2007; the purchase of the former Brabham F1 factory at Chessington, Surrey, adding an important new element to Carlin Motorsport. The impressive facility features a wind tunnel and is the base for Carlin Advanced Technologies, an associate company which focuses on the team's technological development. Chessington is also home to the team's World Series by Renault cars.