Downton eVirtual Team
Downton McLaren eVirtual Team
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The Downton McLaren eVirtual Team is a British virtual racing team which competes in eVirtual. The team made it's debut at the series' inaugural race, the start of the 2020 season and is currently the series' most successful team.
Origins
In October 2019, the Downton Formula Virtual team announced they would split with current manufacturer partner DS Automobiles at the end of the season, and instead start up a deal with McLaren. As a part of this, it was announced shortly after that the pair would jointly enter the new eVirtual Series, beginning in 2020.
Downton run the daily operations of the team while McLaren build and develop the powertrain, while also providing additional technical support. As such, the teams base is in Amesbury - alongside the base of the Formula Virtual outfit - while McLaren operate out of their Woking base. Team founder Bradley Downton appointed his former FV driver and friend Scott Parsons as the team principal.
Ownership
Team logo and identity
Racing history - eVirtual
2020 season
2021 season
2022 season
2023 season
Other Virtual Motorsport
Complete eVirtual results
(results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Manufacturer | Powertrain | Tyres | No. | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Points | TC |
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2020 | Downton | McLaren eV-Motor20 | D | AUS | SIN | MAC | CHN | AZE | GER | MON | GBR | MOR | BRA | AME | USA | 280 | 1st | ||
13 | Kip Maxwell | Ret | Ret | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | Ret | Ret | ||||||
94 | Brock Kidd | 3 | Ret | 1 | 3 | Ret | 3 | 2 | Ret | 1 | Ret | 1 | 3 | ||||||
2021 | Downton | McLaren eV-Motor21 | D | AUS | CHN | MAC | JAP | ITA | NED | MON | GBR | MOR | MEX | AME | USA | 235 | 1st | ||
13 | Kip Maxwell | Ret | Ret | 4 | 92 | 6 | 16 | 153 | Ret | 11 | 13 | 23 | 4 | ||||||
94 | Oleksandr Zozulya | 9 | 2 | 1 | Ret | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | Ret | 5 | 7 | 3 | ||||||
2022 | Downton | McLaren eV-Motor22 | D | AUS | CHN | MAC | JAP | ITA | NED | MON | GBR | MOR | MEX | AME | USA | 210 | 2nd | ||
13 | Marcus Thunder | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | Ret | 24 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 3 | ||||||
94 | Kip Maxwell | 5 | 10 | 17 | 18 | 14 | Ret | 81 | 22 | 4 | 9 | 24 | Ret | ||||||
2023 | Downton | McLaren eV-Motor23 | D | AUS | IND | MAC | JPN | GBR | GER | MON | FRA | COL | AME | CAN | MOR | 232* | 3rd* | ||
13 | Ethan Matthews | 18 | 7 | Ret | 154 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 21 | Ret | 4 | ||||||
94 | Oleksandr Zozulya | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | Ret | 54 | 6 | 5 | 8 | Ret | 2 |
* Season in progress.