BCN COMPETICION

'BCN Competición' is a GP2 Series and Italian F3000 team placed on Barcelona, Spain, managed by Argentinian engineer Enrique Scalabroni and Jaime Pintanel.
The team was created on 2002 and their debut season was at World Series by Nissan lower 2-litre series, with Andrea Belicchi and Carlos Martin as drivers.
For 2003, they stepped up to International Formula 3000. In their first year on that series, was known as a rent-a-drive team due to high number of drivers who passed by team that year (drivers such as Will Langhorne, Alessandro Piccolo, Ferdinando Monfardini and Rob Nguyen). This year, it had many financial difficults and virtually didn't have a big sponsor.
In 2004, the situation got better with coming of veteran driver Enrico Toccacelo alongside argentinian new-star Esteban Guerrieri. So, with the same drivers along the year, the team has established itself and got a superb 2nd place in the Teams' Championiship, with 84 points (56 from Toccacelo and 28 from Guerrieri) just behind Arden.
This great 2004 year put BCN Competición in the circle of top teams. BCN became a threat for the new GP2 Series, alongside other top teams like Supernova and Arden. In 2005, the team hired Venezuelan star Ernesto Viso and Japanese Hiroki Yoshimoto, anticpating at least, some victories and many points.
But, compared to the previous year, 2005 was a great disappointment. BCN couldn't threaten teams like Arden and ART. The team ended the year with 35 points and a bad 9th place in the Teams' Championiship.
In 2006, Scalabroni's team continued as midfield team, scoring point occasionally. Yoshimoto continued with the team, first paired with Timo Glock (who brough DHL as sponsor), but German driver wasn't comfortable with the team and moved to iSport International at mid-season. Glock's place was filled by Luca Filippi. The team finished again 9th in the Teams' Championship, with 22 points.
BCN will affront 2007 championship hiring new Asian talents, like Super Aguri F1 test driver Sakon Yamamoto and 2006 German F3 Cup champion Ho-Pin Tung. When Yamamoto stepped up to F1, his place was taken by Finnish driver Markus Niemelä.
'HISTORY OF THE TEAM'
'2007'

Drivers: Sakon Yamamoto, Ho-Pin Tung, Markus Niemelä

Main Sponsor: Sanho Human Services

Wins: 0

Poles: 0

Points: 0

'2006'

Drivers: Hiroki Yoshimoto, Timo Glock, Luca Filippi

Main Sponsor: Direxiv, DHL

Final results: 4th with Glock, 14th with Yoshimoto, 19th with Filippi. Glock scored only 5 points for BCN; the rest, with iSport team.

Wins: 0

Poles: 3

Points: 22

'2005'

Drivers: Ernesto Viso, Hiroki Yoshimoto

Main Sponsor: DirecTV, Direxiv

Final results: 12th with Viso, 16th with Yoshimoto

Wins: 0

Poles: 2

Points: 35

'2004'

Drivers: Enrico Toccacelo, Esteban Guerrieri

Main Sponsor: Gesco

Final results: 2nd with Toccacelo, 7th with Guerrieri

Wins: 1

Poles: 1

Points: 84

'2003'

Drivers: Rob Nguyen, Valerio Scassellati, Alessandro Piccolo, Will Langhorne, Ferdinando Monfardini, Giovanni Berton

Main Sponsor: -

Final results: 15th with Nguyen. No classification for other drivers.

Wins: 0

Poles: 0

Points: 5