![]() Wirdheim stayed in 2003, with Enge replaced by Townsend Bell. The team took five victories (four for Enge, one for Wirdheim), and Enge won the title that year, but was demoted to third after a failed drug test, handing the title to Sébastien Bourdais. Darren Manning was signed to replace Goossens for the 2000–2001 season, scoring one pole and two podium finishes.Īrden also competed in Italian F3000 in 2000 winning three races and finishing second in the Championship with Warren Hughes.Īfter parting company with Lukoil, a new driver line-up was recruited for 2002, with Tomáš Enge and Björn Wirdheim who were brought in to replace Manning and Maslov. Horner bought back Prodrive's share in Arden after one season. ![]() Before the start of that year Dave Richards' Prodrive organisation bought a 50 percent stake in Arden on behalf of Russian oil company Lukoil, whose boss was Maslov's father. Īfter retiring from competitive driving at the age of 25, Horner signed Viktor Maslov and Marc Goossens for the 1999 FIA F3000 season. As a result, he decided to step back from driving at the conclusion of the season in order to focus on developing the Arden team. During a pre-season test at Estoril, Horner followed Juan Pablo Montoya through the circuit's high-speed first corner and realised that he was "not capable of replicating the level of commitment" shown by the Colombian driver. He stayed in F30 and was joined at Arden by Kurt Mollekens, who showed good pace and led the championship at one stage. He bought a second-hand trailer for the team from Helmut Marko, who as head of the Red Bull Junior Team was one of Horner's main rivals as a manager in F3000, and with whom he would later work closely at Red Bull. According to Horner he set the team up with borrowed money, including a loan from his father, and persuaded P1 Motorsport founder Roly Vincini to take on the role of his race engineer. Horner moved up to Formula 3000 in 1997, founding the Arden team. ![]() In 1996 he also raced in British Formula Two. He then moved up to British Formula Three for 1993, finishing second in the Class B Championship for P1 Motorsport and winning five races before moving to the Fortec and ADR teams in 19, and then to the TOM'S team in 1996. He competed in the 1992 British Formula Renault Championship with Manor Motorsport, finishing that season as a race winner and the highest placed rookie. Having started his racing career in karts, Horner's career in car racing started after he won a Formula Renault scholarship in 1991. Horner driving for Alan Docking Racing at Silverstone during the 1995 British Formula Three Championship season ![]()
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