1. Tio Ellinas was the winner of Grand Prix Shootout in the UK in 2009 competing against 50 other top young drivers from all over the world.
17 Facts About Tio Ellinas
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Tio Ellinas won three races and finished fourth in the championship, the highest placing for a novice driver since Jenson Button in 1998, earning him "Rookie Of The Year" honors.
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In 2011, Ellinas raced in the UK Formula Renault 2.0 championship for the Atech Reid GP Team, finishing third overall.
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Tio Ellinas joined Marussia Manor Racing for the 2012 GP3 Series season.
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Tio Ellinas competed in 131 races, winning 101 of them with 20 further podium finishes.
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Tio Ellinas was assessed by the world-famous driving coach Rob Wilson in September 2009 as part of the competition.
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Tio Ellinas then completed a number of sessions in a Double R Racing Formula BMW car at the Pembrey Circuit in Wales.
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In January 2010, Ellinas was announced as the first Grand Prix Shootout winner at the Autosport International exhibition.
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Tio Ellinas had taken on fifty other karters and drivers with over 100 major racing titles between them, and in the end was the runaway winner.
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Tio Ellinas competed in the MSA Dunlop Formula Ford Championship of Great Britain with the JTR team.
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Tio Ellinas was only the second driver since the legendary Ayrton Senna to start on the front row of a British Formula Ford race in his car racing debut, and was the fastest driver at every wet test during that first year.
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Tio Ellinas competed in the Formula Renault UK championship with the Atech Reid GP team and finished third overall.
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Tio Ellinas contested the 2012 GP3 Series season debut with Marussia Manor Racing.
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Tio Ellinas finished the season eighth overall, recording one win and one podium finish in the season finale at Monza.
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Tio Ellinas returned to the championship for the 2013 GP3 Series season, with Marussia Manor Racing.
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Tio Ellinas finished fourth in the standings, winning both the first and last races of the season.
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On 17 June 2013, it was announced that Ellinas would carry out a scheduled straightline aerodynamic evaluation test session with the Marussia Formula One team at Kemble airfield in Gloucestershire, England.