Carlin, formerly Carlin Motorsport, is a motor racing team based in the United Kingdom.
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20 Facts About Carlin Motorsport
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In 2009, Carlin Motorsport was reborn as Carlin, part of the Capsicum Motorsport Group headed up by Grahame Chilton and Rupert Swallow.
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Carlin Motorsport entered the 2012 FIA European Formula 3 Championship, where Sainz finished fifth and Buller sixth.
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However, in 2017, Lando Norris won the FIA European Formula 3 Championship as a rookie driver with Carlin Motorsport, making Carlin Motorsport the only team other than Prema to ever win the title in this series.
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Carlin Motorsport has entered the Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix since 1998.
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Carlin Motorsport took a year sabbatical in 2014 due to driver and budgetary issues.
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Carlin Motorsport were fourth in the teams' standings at the end of the 2013 season whilst Arden's Daniil Kvyat claimed the Driver's Championship.
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Carlin Motorsport soon ran out of financial support and was replaced by Oliver Turvey, who made a one-off appearance before being replaced in turn by Alvaro Parente.
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Carlin Motorsport's teammate was Rio Haryanto, promoted from the Marussia-backed Manor Motorsport GP3 Series team.
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Carlin Motorsport finished 14th in the championship with a pole position and a fastest lap, and Carlin improved to fifth place in the teams' championship.
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Carlin Motorsport signed Marvin Kirchhofer and Sergio Canamasas for the 2016 season and finished tenth in the standings.
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On 1 November 2014, Carlin Motorsport announced that the team would be joining the US IndyCar feeder series, Indy Lights.
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Carlin Motorsport was joined in Carlin's debut season by former Formula 1 drivers and Carlin graduates Max Chilton and temporarily Nelson Piquet Jr.
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In 2014, Carlin Motorsport announced that they had teamed up with Surrey-based simulator experience company, Lets Race.
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In December 2017, Carlin Motorsport announced it would enter the IndyCar Series beginning with the 2018 season with two full-time entries that would be driven by two of its former drivers from Formula 3, Max Chilton and Charlie Kimball.
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In 2018, Carlin Motorsport joined FIA Formula 2 Championship, after withdrawing from the year before.
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In October 2018, Carlin Motorsport was listed as one of ten teams that would participate in the inaugural FIA Formula 3 Championship.
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In January 2019, Carlin Motorsport entered into a partnership with Japanese investment firm Buzz, with the Honda-backed Teppei Natori joining their Formula 3 team as part of the deal, and partook in the Japanese Formula 3 Championship in collaboration with OIRC team YTB, fielding French driver Charles Milesi.
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In 2020 Carlin Motorsport achieved their first podium in F3 with Clement Novalak who finished 12th in the standings.
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Carlin Motorsport became the first team to announce their participation in the eSkootr Championship, an international electric racing scooter series, and the team's first involvement in a two-wheeled series.
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