Pinnacle Motorsport (Filipino auto racing team)

For the inaugural season using their own name, the team ran as Cebu Pacific Air by PRT, with three cars initially announced for the first round of the 2016 season driven by Kim Jeong-tae, Nick Rowe and "Jeffrey" Ye Junhui.^[6] They would take all 3 victories at the opening round at Shanghai,^[13] as well as further podium appearances at Zuhai,^[14] Buriram^[15] and Sepang.^[16] Rowe would only partake in the opening round due to illness and scheduling conflicts,^[14][15] being partially replaced by Thomas Swift,^[14] and Ye would leave after the two Chinese rounds, leaving Kim Jeong Tae as the team's only full time driver.^[17] He would achieve three more podiums at the final round at Penbay, ending the season 4th in the drivers championship and 2nd in the team's championship,^[18] before tragically losing his life in road accident in South Korea.^[19]

The 2017 season would see the rebrand to Pinnacle Motorsport, retaining the Cebu Pacific Air sponsorship, and again beginning the season with three cars piloted by Taylor Cockerton, Antolin Gonzales, and Ben Grimes.^[20] Cockerton started the season strongly at the first Sepang round with a win and two podiums,^[21] and was a consistent podium finisher throughout the second Sepang^[22] and both Zuhai rounds,^[23][24] whereas Grimes and Gonzales were often point scorers, the former also grabbing a double podium at Zhuhai.^[24] Gonzales would not return for the second Zhuhai round,^[23] and a three car entry was restored for the Shanghai finale with the addition of "Billy" Zheng Jiannian.^[25] Here, Cockerton clinched the driver's title, winning three out of the four races that weekend as well as four fastest laps and two poles, to overturn his closest rival Daniel Lu by a margin of three points.^[26][27]

PRT Racing entered into both the 2016 Asian Le Mans Sprint Cup, and the 2016-17 Endurance Series, with team owner Ate de Jong and Ginetta factory driver Charlie Robertson driving the #67 Ginetta in the LMP3 category.^[7][28] In the three rounds and six races held at Sepang in the Sprint Cup, the team achieved a win and two other podiums,^[29][30] finishing 2nd in the LMP3 standings.^[31]The same car and driver lineup was retained for the Endurance Series, with the addition of Martin Rump for the first two rounds.^[32] The team would not have much success, with a retirement at Zuhai,^[33] points finishes at Fuji^[34] and Buriram,^[35] before another retirement in the final round at Sepang ended their campaign.^[36]

Having contested the first round of the 2018 US F4 Championship with two retirements and a DNS,^[37] Jordan Dempsey made the switch to China F4 with Pinnacle Motorsport.^[9] Despite another retirement in Race 1, he achieved two second place finishes at Zuhai,^[38] before going on a run of seven wins in nine races at Chengdu,^[39] Ningbo^[40] and Shanghai.^[41] Points and a podium at Wuhan,^[42] before another win and two podiums at the final round back at Ningbo sealed the driver's title^[43][44] by 50 points^{[citation needed]} even after missing the first round.^[38]

Following the replacement of the Formula Masters China series with the F3 Asian Championship, Pinnacle were one of several teams to sign up for the inaugural season in 2018.^[45][46] The team announced Daniel Cao for the first round at Sepang,^[47] as well as collaborating with B-Max Racing to provide a car for "Dragon".^[10] This collaboration would continue at Shanghai^[48] and again at the final round returning to Sepang, where he was joined by Tairoku Yamaguchi, as well as Liam Lawson driving the Pinnacle team branded car.^[49][50] Lawson would take the final round’s three wins,^[51][52] and the team would finish 5th in the standings.

In 2019, F3 Asia ran two championships, the winter series^[53] and the main championship in the summer. Pinnacle’s line up for the former was David Schumacher, Amaury Cordeel and Akash Nandy.^[54] Schumacher and Cordeel would leave after the second round, being replaced by Victor Martins and Christian Lundgaard.^[55] Season highlights included a Schumacher podium at Buriram,^[56] and two podiums for guest driver Martins at Sepang^[57] ending up 3rd in the team standings. The relationship with B-Max and "Dragon" continued, alongside Tairoku Yamaguchi,^[10][11] as well as Motoyoshi Yoshida^[58] and Miki Koyama.^[59]

The summer series line-up consisted of the team’s Chinese F4 champion Jordan Dempsey and Tommy Smith,^[60] with Ayrton Simmons replacing Dempsey for round 2 and driving alongside him in round 4.^[61] Highlights for Dempsey would be two podiums at Suzuka^[62] and Shanghai^[63] to finish 7th in the standings, along with the points finishes of Simmons and Smith to help the team to 4th in the teams’ championship.

With F3 Asia fully committing to a winter series format for 2019-20,^[64] the team contested the season with 2019 Summer series runner up Jack Doohan^[65] and Pietro Fittipaldi^[66] as full time drivers. Sebastián Fernández would appear in the third car at both UAE rounds,^[67] and Dominic Ang entered for the fourth round at Sepang.^[68] Doohan would pick up a win at Sepang^[69] and Dubai,^[70] as well as all three wins at the second visit to Sepang,^[71] ultimately finishing as championship runner up.^[72] Fernandez also had success in his brief time with the team, taking two podiums in Dubai^[70] and a race win in Abu Dhabi,^[73] Fittipaldi was a consistent point scorer, clinching 5th,^[72] and Ang retired and failed to start in his entered races.^[71]For the 2021 season, all rounds were held in the UAE because of travel restrictions put in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[74] The lineup for the condensed season would be rookies Pierre-Louis Chovet, Alexandre Bardinon and Matthias Lüthen, and returning to the championship to join Pinnacle would be Alessio Deledda.^[75] Chovet would be the surprise package of the series, picking up 6 wins and finishing 2nd in the standings.^[76] Deledda would record two points finishes, both at Dubai,^[77][78] whereas Bardinon and Lüthen did not score.^[79]

For the 2021 season, Pinnacle announced they were joining the F4 Spanish Championship grid with Alex Dunne.^[80] Together, they achieved a pole and podium in their opening weekend at Spa,^[81][82] though prior to round 4 Dunne announced he had parted ways with both Pinnacle and KCMG due to circumstances beyond his control.^[83]

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F.Laps	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2018	Tatuus F3 T-318	Liam Lawson	3	3	2	3	3	75	8th	5th
		Daniel Cao	3	0	0	0	0	7	19th
2019	Tatuus F3 T-318	Jordan Dempsey	12	0	0	0	2	83	7th	4th
		Ayrton Simmons	6	0	0	0	0	40	10th
		Tommy Smith	15	0	0	0	0	11	18th
2019-20	Tatuus F3 T-318	Jack Doohan	15	5	4	5	10	229	2nd	2nd
		Pietro Fittipaldi	15	0	0	0	1	119	5th
		Sebastián Fernández	6	1	1	1	2	96	8th
		Dominic Ang	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2021	Tatuus F3 T-318	Pierre-Louis Chovet	15	6	2	3	7	241	2nd	4th
		Alessio Deledda	15	0	0	0	0	9	15th
		Alexandre Bardinon	15	0	0	0	0	0	20th
		Matthias Lüthen	9	0	0	0	0	0	26th
2022	Tatuus F3 T-318	Pepe Martí	15	0	0	2	5	158	2nd	3rd
		Dilano van 't Hoff	12	0	1	0	1	51	13th
		Ayato Iwasaki	15	0	0	0	0	0	27th
		Salih Yoluç	15	0	0	0	0	0	36th

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F.Laps	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2023	Tatuus F3 T-318	Pepe Martí	12	2	0	0	2	79	7th	4th
		Rafael Villagómez	12	0	0	0	1	44	13th
		Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	14	0	0	0	1	19	19th
		Niels Koolen	15	0	0	0	0	0	31st
		Ayato Iwasaki	3	0	0	0	0	0	37th
2024	Tatuus F3 T-318	Mari Boya	15	0	0	2	3	112	5th	4th
		Alexander Abkhazava	15	0	0	0	0	20	15th
		Giovanni Maschio	15	0	0	0	0	2	21st
		Finley Green	11	0	0	0	0	0	34th

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F.Laps	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2019	Tatuus F3 T-318	Akash Nandy	9	0	0	0	0	62	7th	3rd
		David Schumacher	6	0	0	0	1	43	8th
		Amaury Cordeel	6	0	0	0	0	22	10th
		Victor Martins	3	0	0	0	2	0	NC†
		Christian Lundgaard	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC†

^† As Martins and Lundgaard were guest drivers, they were ineligible for points.

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F.Laps	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2021	Tatuus F4-T014	Alex Dunne	9	0	1	0	1	30	17th	8th
2022	Tatuus F4-T421	Ricardo Escotto	17	0	0	0	0	4	22nd	9th
		Anshul Gandhi	12	0	0	0	0	0	28th
		Nelson Neto	3	0	0	0	0	0	33rd
		Gianmarco Pradel	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC
		Francisco Soldavini	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F.Laps	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2022	Tatuus F4-T421	Robert de Haan	12	0	0	0	0	0	30th	12th
		Jules Castro	8	0	0	0	0	0	33rd
		Jef Machiels	12	0	0	0	0	0	39th
2023	Tatuus F4-T421	Brando Badoer	9	0	0	1	1	69	6th	6th
		Hiyu Yamakoshi	6	0	0	0	0	8	22nd
		Jack Beeton	15	0	0	0	0	6	23rd
		Kai Daryanani	15	0	0	0	0	0	36th
2024	Tatuus F4-T421	Kai Daryanani	15	0	0	0	0	2	25th	10th
		Hiyu Yamakoshi	3	0	0	0	0	0	32nd
		Fu Yuhao	15	0	0	0	0	0	37th

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F.Laps	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2023	Tatuus F4-T421	Kai Daryanani	6	0	0	0	1	36	10th	7th
		Liu Kaishun	6	0	0	0	0	20	17th
		Fu Yuhao	6	0	0	0	0	10	23rd
		"Dragon"	3	0	0	0	0	2	27th	10th[a]

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