Arena Motorsport

United Kingdom Arena Motorsport
Founded1999
Founder(s)Mike Earle
Folded2012
BaseLittlehampton, West Sussex, England
Team principal(s)Mike Earle
Former series12 Hours of Sebring
24 Hours of Le Mans
European Le Mans Series
BTCC
Le Mans Series
A1 Grand Prix
British F3
WTCC
Noted driversUnited Kingdom Tom Chilton
Sweden Stefan Johansson
United Kingdom Alan Morrison
United Kingdom Tom Onslow-Cole
United Kingdom Matt Neal
United Kingdom Andy Priaulx
United Kingdom Guy Smith
Teams'
Championships
2001 ELMS
2010 BTCC Ind. Team.
Drivers'
Championships
2010 Ind. BTCC(Chilton)

Arena International Motorsport was a British motor racing team founded by Mike Earle. Earle originally ran the Onyx Formula One team from the same base in Littlehampton, before selling the team. At the end of 2012 the team's new owners, Capsicum Racing Limited, placed the company into CVA.[1]

Earle also created 3001 International and Grand Prix Design, which later morphed into Arena International Motorsport. The team made their racing debut in the British Touring Car Championship in 1999, where they ran for many years before moving to become a factory-supported Zytek sports car team in the Le Mans Series in 2007. They returned to the BTCC running the Team Aon operation, until switching to the World Touring Car Championship for the 2012 season.

  1. ^ Hudson, Neil (5 January 2013). "Arena International Motorsport closes its doors". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 7 January 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2013.