Strakka Racing

[3] The team was founded by Peter Hardman in 2007 to provide a platform for Nick Leventis to compete in contemporary GT racing.

The team made its début at the 1000 km of Spa with Nick Leventis and Peter Hardman partnering up.

For the race, Leventis and Hardman were joined by Aston Martin works driver Darren Turner.

At the following race, they produced the slowest time of any car in qualifying but managed to finish 17th overall and 12th in class at the 1000 km of Spa.

Following the Le Mans 24 hours, Hardman decided to stepped down from both driving and his team principal role and sold his interest in Strakka Racing to Leventis.

The 1000 km of Nürburgring saw the team qualifying fourth and the Ginetta-Zytek was still running with an hour and a half left, and 141 laps completed when Danny Watts crashed into a barrier to avoid colliding with a slower GT2 car.

[8] At the 1000 km of Silverstone the team were unable to participate in qualifying meaning the car had to start from the back of the grid.

Peter Hardman left the team but Jonny Kane was signed in time for the first round, the 8 Hours of Le Castellet.

It was clear that the HPD ARX-01C was the dominant car as Strakka and Highcroft were for a long time battling themselves for LMP2 lead, but the Highcroft car suffered mechanical problems resulting in Strakka finishing six laps ahead of the next nearest LMP2 class finisher, the OAK Racing entry.

[13] Strakka secured its 4th consecutive pole at the 1000 km of Algarve with Watts qualifying 0.6 seconds faster than the other LMP2 cars.

Strakka overtook the Oreca Peugeot whilst it was in the pits and went on to win overall, the first time in LMS history that an LMP2 car had won outright.

Strakka joined the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship with a LMP1 class HPD ARX-03a with drivers Jonny Kane, Danny Watts and Leventis.

They debuted the Strakka Dome S103 at the 2015 6 Hours of Silverstone, claiming a third place, after which they switched to a Gibson-Nissan, finishing sixth in the LMP2 teams championship.

[17] Nick Leventis (2007–2019) Peter Hardman (2007–2009) Alexandre Negrão (2008) Darren Turner (2008) Danny Watts (2009–2016) Jonny Kane (2010–2016) Lewis Williamson (2016–2019)

Strakka Racing HPD ARX-03a-Honda at the 2012 6 Hours of Shanghai