Downton High Performance Engines
Downton High Performance Engines is a British Formula Virtual engine manufacturer, owned by Downton. The company began making their own engines for Formula Virtual in 2014 with support from DS Automobiles. This ceased at the conclusion of the 2019 season, and from 2020 they are in a partnership with McLaren.
The company have powered the Downton factory team since 2014, and Team 23 during the 2014 season, Mathershaw from 2015 to 2018, Ocelot from 2015 to 2016, Lopez from 2016 to 2019, Lucas from 2019 to 2022 and currently supply Phoenix (since 2020) and AMR (since 2023).
Their engines have won six Formula Virtual Constructors' Championships and five Drivers' Championships.
Formula Virtual engine results
Summary
Constructor | Season(s) | Wins | Poles | Fastest Laps | Podiums | Points | WCC | WDC | First win | Last win |
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Downton | 2014–2023 | 58 | 57 | 46 | 145 | 3532 | 5 (2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023) | 4 (2017, 2018, 2020, 2021) | 2015 Brazilian V-Prix | 2023 Turkish V-Prix |
Team 23 | 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 81 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Mathershaw | 2015–2018 | 25 | 15 | 20 | 58 | 1551 | 2 (2016, 2018) | 1 (2016) | 2015 South African V-Prix | 2018 Mexican V-Prix |
Ocelot | 2015–2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Lopez | 2016–2019 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 137 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Lucas | 2019–2022 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 278 | 0 | 0 | 2021 United States V-Prix | 2021 United States V-Prix |
Phoenix | 2020–2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 381 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
AMR | 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 174 | 0 | 0 | 2023 Emirates V-Prix | 2023 Emirates V-Prix |
Total | 2014–2023 | 85 | 75 | 73 | 222 | 6143 | 7 | 5 | 2015 Brazilian V-Prix | 2023 Turkish V-Prix |
Bold indicates a team that currently uses Downton engines.
Complete Formula Virtual results as engine supplier
- For Downton's Complete Formula Virtual results as a manufacturer, see here: Downton Manufacturer Results
(results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Tyre | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Points | WCC |
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2014 | KLM Team 23 | T23/2 | B | AUS | MAL | BHR | GBR | CAN | USA | ESP | POR | FRA | GER | AUT | BEL | ITA | CHN | JPN | BRA | MEX | 81 | 8th | ||
Jean Mattson | 6 | Ret | 20 | Ret | 3 | 10 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 15 | Ret | Ret | 12 | 14 | 10 | |||||||||
Jarod Lindsey | Ret | Ret | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Elroy Wagner | 13 | 8 | 15 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 6 | 13 | Ret | 8 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 6 | Ret | Ret | 19 | |||||||
2015 | Liverpool V-Prix Racing | RJM-003 | M | AUS | MAL | BRA | RSA | ESP | POR | FRA | GBR | CAN | USA | GER | BEL | ITA | MEX | CHN | JPN | 286 | 3rd | |||
Karl Beckenbauer | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | Ret | 3 | Ret | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
Kip Maxwell | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | Ret | 8 | Ret | ||||||||||||||||
Adrien Simon | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | Ret | 4 | 7 | 6 | 12 | ||||||||
Ocelot Japan Racing | TK-81 | F | Scott Parsons | Ret | Ret | DSQ | 4 | 10th | ||||||||||||||||
Judson Sikes | 18 | Ret | 14 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 18 | Ret | 11 | 17 | 14 | 14 | Ret | 17 | ||||||||||
Hugh Dwyer | 14 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 10 | Ret | 16 | 15 | Ret | 10 | 16 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | |||||||||
2016 | DS Automobiles Team Mathershaw | RJM-004 | M | AUS | MAL | CHN | JPN | FRA | ESP | GBR | GER | NED | BEL | ITA | TUR | BHR | CAN | USA | MEX | POR | BRA | 484 | 1st | |
Adrien Simon | 24 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 2 | 1 | DSQ | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 2 | 11 | 1 | ||||||
Olen Inman | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | Ret | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
Lopez FV Team | L01-DS | F | James Harding | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 | Ret | 11 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 88 | 6th | |
Jochem van Snelheid | 5 | Ret | 4 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 11 | ||||||
Ocelot Japan Racing | WANDA | Karl Beckenbauer | 14 | 9 | 13 | 11 | Ret | 15 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 17 | Ret | 11 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 10th | ||
Puccio Giodano | 9 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 21 | Ret | 14 | 16 | 20 | Ret | 16 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 17 | |||||||||
Hilario Bull | 18 | 18 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2017 | DS Automobiles Team Mathershaw | RJM-005 | G | AUS | MAL | JPN | CHN | FRA | ESP | GER | AUT | GBR | BEL | ITA | POR | TUR | BHR | CAN | USA | MEX | BRA | 307 | 2nd | |
Adrien Simon | 2 | 1 | 2 | Ret | 3 | 6 | 2 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 6 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||||||
Allar Kangur | 3 | Ret | 3 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 3 | Ret | 11 | 6 | 8 | 14 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 1 | 16 | Ret | ||||||
Lopez FV Team | DL-02 | Elroy Wagner | 8 | Ret | 5 | 9 | 12 | 11 | Ret | 16 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 21 | 22 | 9th | ||
James Harding | Ret | 8 | 15 | Ret | PO | 14 | 18 | Ret | 14 | 14 | Ret | 16 | Ret | 18 | 25 | 14 | 17 | 19 | ||||||
Viktor Östberg | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | DS Automobiles Team Mathershaw | RJM-006 | G | AUS | JPN | CHN | MAL | GBR | FRA | ESP | AUT | GER | SVK | CAN | USA | BHR | TUR | BEL | ITA | MEX | BRA | 474 | 1st | |
Adrien Simon | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | Ret | 8 | ||||||
Allar Kangur | 8 | 2 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
Lopez FV Team | DL-03 | Elroy Wagner | 21 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 13 | Ret | 11 | 17 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 9 | Ret | 14 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 9th | ||
Viktor Östberg | 18 | 15 | 13 | Ret | 16 | 9 | Ret | 15 | 12 | Ret | 17 | Ret | 11 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 15 | ||||||
2019 | Lopez FV Team | DL-04 | G | AUS | JPN | CHN | MAL | GBR | FRA | ESP | CAN | USA | AUT | GER | BHR | TUR | ITA | BEL | MEX | BRA | 14 | 9th | ||
Elroy Wagner | 6 | 14 | 10 | Ret | 12 | 15 | Ret | 13 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 16 | Ret | 16 | 10 | |||||||
Viktor Östberg | Ret | 10 | 11 | Ret | 17 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 17 | 16 | Ret | 13 | 10 | Ret | |||||||
Lucas V-Prix | LW-4GPR | Arden Hutchinson | DNQ | 25 | Ret | Ret | DNQ | 22 | 15 | 17 | 21 | DNQ | 15 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | 8 | 10th | |||
Marcus Thunder | 15 | 24 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||
Carson Davenport | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | 25 | 19 | 17 | Ret | DNQ | 6 | |||||||||||||||
2020 | Lucas V-Prix | LW-5 | G | JPN | MAL | AUS | RSA | GBR | FRA | ESP | GER | USA | CAN | BHR | TUR | BEL | ITA | MEX | BRA | 16 | 10th | |||
Carson Davenport | 19 | 20 | 22 | 16 | Ret | DNQ | 10 | 21 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 18 | Ret | Ret | 16 | 15 | ||||||||
Marcus Thunder | 18 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 22 | 17 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 10 | 8 | 5 | 13 | ||||||||
XXX Energy Phoenix Motorsport | PX3 | Sergio Álvarez | 8 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | Ret | 13 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 8 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 13 | 9 | 37 | 9th | ||||
Thierry Xylander | 11 | Ret | 16 | 14 | Ret | Ret | 19 | 15 | Ret | 10 | 11 | 13 | Ret | 9 | 17 | |||||||||
James Thompson | 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | Johnnie Walker Lucas V-Prix | LW-6 | G | JPN | MAL | AUS | RSA | GBR | FRA | ESP | GER | UAE | TUR | BEL | ITA | CAN | USA | MEX | BRA | 161 | 5th | |||
Marcus Thunder | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 4 | Ret | 4 | 18 | 8 | 3 | ||||||||
Maximilian Thunström | 10 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 15 | Ret | 13 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 5 | ||||||||
Royal Phoenix Motorsport | PX4 | Sergio Álvarez | 14 | 17 | 12 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 13 | Ret | 10 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 31 | 9th | |||||
James Thompson | WD | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dominic Hanson | 26 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Thierry Xylander | 16 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 13 | 8 | Ret | 4 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 20 | 25 | |||||||||
2022 | Lucas V-Prix | LW-7 | G | JPN | AUS | MAL | RSA | FRA | GBR | GER | CZE | TUR | UAE | BEL | ITA | CAN | USA | BRA | MEX | 93 | 5th | |||
Nathaniel Powers | 5 | 2 | 8 | 22 | Ret | 7 | 5 | 6 | EX | |||||||||||||||
Maximilian Thunström | 3 | 5 | 17 | 25 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 20 | EX | |||||||||||||||
Royal Phoenix Motorsport | PX5 | Allar Kangur | 9 | Ret | Ret | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 214 | 3rd | ||||
Will Taylor | 8 | Ret | 2 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 4 | Ret | 4 | 7 | Ret | |||||||||
James Thompson | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | Phoenix Motorsport | PX6 | G | AUS | MAL | JPN | RSA | UAE | FRA | GBR | GER | BEL | ITA | TUR | CAN | USA | MEX | ARG | BRA | 129* | 6th* | |||
Will Taylor | 7 | Ret | 10 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 13 | Ret | 21 | ||||||||
Ott Eskola | 8 | 14 | Ret | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 7 | Ret | Ret | ||||||||
Arnello Milner & Ronson Autosport | AMR-FV-9 | Nathaniel Powers | 5 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 19 | Ret | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 236* | 3rd* | ||||
Finn Schnyder | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 24 | 4 | Ret | 10 | 7 | 12 | 7 | Ret |
* Season in progress.