AIX Racing is an Emirati-German auto racing team currently competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship and the FIA Formula 3 Championship. It previously competed under a German license in 2024.[1] It started racing in 2024 after acquiring PHM Racing's Formula 2 and Formula 3 teams.[2][3][4]
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| Founded | 1 May 2024 |
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| Founder(s) | AIX Investment Group |
| Base | Potsdam, Germany |
| Team principal(s) | Morne Reinecke (CEO) |
| Current series | FIA Formula 2 Championship FIA Formula 3 Championship |
| Current drivers | FIA Formula 2 Championship 20. Joshua Dürksen 21. Cian ShieldsFIA Formula 3 Championship  26. Javier Sagrera 27. Nicola Marinangeli 28. Freddie Slater |
| Website | https://aixracing.com/ |
History
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AIX Racing was formed from PHM Racing's Formula 2 and Formula 3 teams. In 2023, PHM had announced a new sponsorship deal with the Dubai-based AIX Investment Group that would see the team renamed PHM AIX Racing for 2024.[5][6] AIX later completed acquisition of the F2 and F3 structures in May 2024 and would compete as AIX Racing from the Imola rounds of the F2 and F3 championships.[7]
At Round 4 of the 2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship in Imola, the team got their first podium with driver Joshua Dürksen finishing in third place in the feature race.[8] At Round 5 in Monaco, Taylor Barnard won his and the team's maiden Formula 2 race victory in the sprint race.[9] In late August 2024, Barnard, who was the reserve and development driver for McLaren in Formula E, was promoted as a full time driver for the 2024–25 season and subsequently ended his Formula 2 campaign. He was replaced by Niels Koolen for Rounds 11 and 12 at Monza and Baku respectively.[10] Ahead of Round 13 at Lusail, the team signed Cian Shields to race for the team until the end of the season at Yas Marina.[11]
Current series results
editFIA Formula 2 Championship
edit| Year | Chassis | Engine | Tyres | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F. Laps | Podiums | D.C. | Pts | T.C. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Dallara F2 2024 |
Mecachrome V634T V6 t |
P | Joshua Dürksen
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28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10th | 87 | 9th | 105 |
| Taylor Barnard
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20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21st | 18 | ||||||
 Niels Koolen
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4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32nd | 0 | ||||||
| Cian Shields
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4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30th | 0 | ||||||
| 2025 | Dallara F2 2024 |
Mecachrome V634T V6 t |
P | Joshua Dürksen
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1st* | 10* | 2nd* | 10* |
| Cian Shields
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18th* | 0* |
* Season still in progress.
In detail
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | T.C. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | BHR SPR |
BHR FEA |
JED SPR |
JED FEA |
ALB SPR |
ALB FEA |
IMO SPR |
IMO FEA |
MCO SPR |
MCO FEA |
CAT SPR |
CAT FEA |
RBR SPR |
RBR FEA |
SIL SPR |
SIL FEA |
HUN SPR |
HUN FEA |
SPA SPR |
SPA FEA |
MNZ SPR |
MNZ FEA |
BAK SPR |
BAK FEA |
LUS SPR |
LUS FEA |
YMC SPR |
YMC FEA |
9th | 105 | |
| Joshua Dürksen
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15 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 17 | Ret | Ret | 3 | 18 | 18† | 10 | Ret | 8 | 6 | 16 | Ret | 18 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | Ret | 1 | |||
| Taylor Barnard
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Ret | 16 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 16 | DSQ | 20 | 1 | 11 | 19 | Ret | 12 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Niels Koolen
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19 | 19 | 20 | Ret | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cian Shields
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18 | 11 | 18 | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | ALB SPR |
ALB FEA |
BHR SPR |
BHR FEA |
JED SPR |
JED FEA |
IMO SPR |
IMO FEA |
MCO SPR |
MCO FEA |
CAT SPR |
CAT FEA |
RBR SPR |
RBR FEA |
SIL SPR |
SIL FEA |
SPA SPR |
SPA FEA |
HUN SPR |
HUN FEA |
MNZ SPR |
MNZ FEA |
BAK SPR |
BAK FEA |
LUS SPR |
LUS FEA |
YMC SPR |
YMC FEA |
2nd* | 10* | |
| Joshua Dürksen
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1 | C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cian Shields
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17 | C |
* Season still in progress.
FIA Formula 3 Championship
edit| Year | Chassis | Engine | Tyres | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F. Laps | Podiums | D.C. | Pts | T.C. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Dallara F3 2019 |
Mecachrome V634 V6 |
P |  Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak
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20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24th | 9 | 9th | 35 |
| Nikita Bedrin
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20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19th | 25 | ||||||
 Joshua Dufek
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20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28th | 1 | ||||||
| 2025 | Dallara F3 2025 |
Mecachrome V634 V6 |
P | Javier Sagrera
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2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22nd* | 0* | 3rd* | 17* |
| Nicola Marinangeli
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2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28th* | 0* | ||||||
| Nikita Bedrin
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2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4th* | 17* |
* Season still in progress.
In detail
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | T.C. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | BHR SPR |
BHR FEA |
ALB SPR |
ALB FEA |
IMO SPR |
IMO FEA |
MCO SPR |
MCO FEA |
CAT SPR |
CAT FEA |
RBR SPR |
RBR FEA |
SIL SPR |
SIL FEA |
HUN SPR |
HUN FEA |
SPA SPR |
SPA FEA |
MNZ SPR |
MNZ FEA |
9th | 35 | |
| Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak
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16 | 19 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 27 | 17 | 18 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 14 | 29 | 15 | 21 | 11 | |||
| Nikita Bedrin
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13 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 30 | Ret | 24 | Ret | 30† | 13 | Ret | 13 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 20 | Ret | 13 | |||
| Joshua Dufek
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24 | 27 | 22 | 22 | 16 | 22 | Ret | 20 | 17 | 17 | 25 | Ret | 23 | Ret | 22 | 22 | 24 | 14 | Ret | 10 | |||
| 2025 | ALB SPR |
ALB FEA |
BHR SPR |
BHR FEA |
IMO SPR |
IMO FEA |
MCO SPR |
MCO FEA |
CAT SPR |
CAT FEA |
RBR SPR |
RBR FEA |
SIL SPR |
SIL FEA |
SPA SPR |
SPA FEA |
HUN SPR |
HUN FEA |
MNZ SPR |
MNZ FEA |
3rd* | 17* | |
| Javier Sagrera
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Ret | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nicola Marinangeli
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20 | 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nikita Bedrin
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6 | 4 |
* Season still in progress.
Timeline
edit| Current series | |
|---|---|
| FIA Formula 2 Championship | 2024–present |
| FIA Formula 3 Championship | 2024–present |
References
edit- ^ Series, Feeder (14 May 2024). "AIX acquires PHM Racing: What you need to know". Feeder Series. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "PHM AIX Racing rebrands as AIX Racing – AIX Racing". Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ Gascoigne, Roger (13 May 2024). "AIX Investment Group completes acquisition of F2 team PHM Racing". Formula Scout. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ Gascoigne, Roger (18 September 2024). "AIX sees early return on investment in F2 and F3, but "F1 is the goal"". Formula Scout. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ "2023 Yas Marina Event - F2 Entry List - Yas Marina 2023" (PDF). fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 23 November 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ^ Overkamp, Marc (10 January 2024). "PHM Racing becomes PHM AIX Racing". PHM AIX Racing. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ Gascoigne, Roger (13 May 2024). "AIX Investment Group completes acquisition of F2 team PHM Racing". Formula Scout. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ Allen, Peter (19 May 2024). "Hadjar wins another F2 feature race after Bearman suffers disaster stop". Formula Scout. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ Hall, Sam (25 May 2024). "F2 Monaco: Maiden win for Barnard in chaotic sprint race". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ Wood, Ida (29 August 2024). "FE-bound Barnard ends F2 programme, Koolen signed as replacement". Formula Scout. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "AIX Racing confirm Cian Shields for the rest of the 2024 Formula 2 season". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
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