Martini Paddock Racing

Martini Paddock Racing, also known as Paddock Team Racing or by its abbreviation MPR, is a British former GPGSL racing team. It was founded by team owner Dan Paddock. The team entered the GPGSL in Season 1, as one of the founders teams. It stayed in the series until Season 11 when Paddock decided to close the team to switch his efforts to the smaller racing series Formula 1.

Martini Paddock Racing has recorded 24 victories, 29 pole positions, and 24 fastest laps in its time racing in the GPGSL.

Racing History[]

Season 1[]

The team was initially established by Mike Seymour as one of the 11 founding members of the GrandPrixGames Super League (GPGSL) in July 2008.

The team held the official entry name of Scuderia Seymour Racing (SSR) and was assigned the numbers 16 and 17. Two young British drivers were signed to the fledgling team. Dan Paddock would drive the #16 car and Ross Cartwright would pilot the #17 machine. Seymour signed a sponsorship deal with British American Tobacco, with the SSR unveiled in the colours of the firm's Lucky Strike brand. Honda and Bridgestone would supply engines and tyres to the team respectively.

In a shock move, Seymour announced that he would be quitting the GPGSL with immediate effect just days before the start of the opening round, transferring ownership of the team to lead driver Paddock. His first move was to rename the team, which debuted under its new guise as Paddock Team Racing at the second round of the season in Brazil.

Despite the promising pre-season build up for PTR, solid results proved hard to come by amid the flurry of changes going on within the team. While the team did pick up its first points in only it's second ever race, the season would ultimately be a disappointment. The high points of the year would be Cartwright's fifth place finish in Monaco and Paddock's eighth place finish in Adelaide, Australia which saved him the ignominy of ranking last in the drivers' standings.

PTR would finish the season in 11th place in the teams' championship. Cartwright ranked 19th in the drivers' table with 16 points and Paddock 21st with 13 points.

Late in the season Paddock announced the team would join forces with the Martini & Rossi distillery from Season 2 onwards, which would see the team re-branded as Martini Paddock Racing (MPR). The team would also be supplied with Porsche engines, renewing the famous link between Martini and Porsche, last seen to devastating effect the 1980s.

In a major coup, PTR confirmed it had signed the Slovenian, Marko Aleksander, to drive for the team in Season 2. Aleksander was classified third in the opening season of the GPGSL, narrowly missing out on a maiden title.

Season 2[]

Season 3[]

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Season 7[]

Season 8[]

Complete GrandPrixGames Super League Results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap; underlined races indicate most places gained)

Season	Engine	Tyres	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Points	WCC
1	Honda	B		AUT	BRA	MON	CAN	GBR	GER	BEL	ITA	JPN	AUS									29	11th
			Dan Paddock	14	12	Ret	Ret	12	7	Ret	Ret	20	8
			Ross Cartwright	13	9	5	18	14	Ret	Ret	15	9	13
2	Porsche	B		AUS	MON	BEL	ESP	BRA	JPN	AUT	USA	NED	CAN	ITA	GER	SAM	CZE	TUR	GBR			108	4th
			Dan Paddock	5	9	14	11	8	14	16	12	18	7	7	Ret	17	16	18	Ret
			Marko Aleksander	7	Ret	13	3	2	11	12	11	19	8	Ret	8	5	5	7	7
3	Lancia	B		AUS	GER	USA	CAN	EUR	SAM	NED	BEL	MAL	ENG	HUN	ITA	JPN	SMR	BRA	MON	GBR		209	2nd
			Marko Aleksander	15	2	4	4	6	7	6	3	9	5	1	1	5	2	5	Ret	8
			Monil Santilal	17	8	5	2	14	17	10	Ret	3	13	Ret	7	3	13	9	10	10
4	Lancia	D		AUS	ITA	BEL	JPN	EUR	MON	PAC	RSA	HUN	GER	BRA	UAE	MAL	USA	CAN	NED	GBR		254	2nd
			Marko Aleksander	18	5	16	2	4	1	4	4	2	3	1	8	5	8	3	16	6
			Monil Santilal	11	3	5	6	Ret	4	2	3	10	4	10	1	1	18	12	5	Ret
5	Lancia	D		AUS	FRA	JPN	BEL	ESP	BRA	GER	NED	EUR	ITA	CAN	UAE	PAC	USA	MON	TUR	GBR		183	4th
			Matt Houston	19	2	2	Ret	6	12	3	1	1	2	13	21	Ret	11	Ret	5
			Adam Davies																	10
			Monil Santilal	2	16	15	15	Ret	11	2	15	19	7	8	Ret	8	3
			Adam Davies															2
			Ben Johnson																7	2
6	Lancia	D		AUS	ITA	CAN	HUN	USA	NED	SMR	GER	JPN	SAM	ATL	AUT	MON	FRA	BEL	BRA	GBR		148	5th
			Matt Houston	12	7	1	Ret	17	Ret	11	5	Ret	13	7	17	11	7	Ret	Ret
			Owen Edwards																	2
			Charrel Jalving	2	1	17	Ret	12	8	2	3	16	Ret	5	21	2	Ret	8	8	20
7	Lancia	D		AUS	GCO	JPN	CAN	USA	FRA	NED	BEL	SUI	ITA	SMR	BRA	OCE	AUT	HUN	GER	GBR		187	3rd
			Charrel Jalving	18	3	1	7	11	16	5	2	6	14	11	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	6	5
			John Maverick	4	7	17	3	5	6	10	11	3	19	9	4	1	Ret	6	15	4
8	Lancia	P		AUS	SOA	SIN	MAL	JPN	CAN	SAM	BRA	BEL	GER	AUT	SMR	ITA	MON	FRA	LUX	GBR		454	4th
			Charrel Jalving	3	7	15	4	1	5	7	20	17	3	9	3	7	11	18	10	Ret
			Jack Hunsley	4	14	12	5	Ret	13	6	11	3	13	7	4	16	15	11	6	14
9	Lancia	P		AUS	JPN	MAL	RSA	ESP	CAN	USA	BRA	BEL	EUR	NED	ITA	AUT	CZE	GER	FRA	GBR		263	1st
			Ed Greenhalgh	12	9	7	6	8	2	1	2	2	7	1	2	13	5	6	1	17
			Charrel Jalving	6	3	6	2	3	12	6	1	15	19	3	1	5	6	4	14	15
10	Lancia	P		AUS	PAC	MAL	JPN	UAE	ITA	AUT	EUR	CAN	USA	BRA	RSA	OCE	GER	BEL	NED	GBR	FLE	212	2nd
			Ed Greenhalgh	14	6	4	17	Ret	4	16	1	6	2	5	8	1	3	Ret	Ret	14	9
			Charrel Jalving	9	Ret	8	7	4	7	15	5	1	19	14	16	Ret	1	1	5	15	2
11	Lancia	P		AUS	MAL	JPN	ITA	ESP	RSA	BRA	USA	CAN	GER	AUT	BEL	GBR	NED					112	4th
			Charrel Jalving	15	7	Ret	3	3	2	19	2	1	3	Ret	16	Ret	11
			Carlos Rodríguez	13	11	11	7	2	5	21	Ret	9	9	Ret	7	10	8