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{{short description|Sports car racing team}}
[[Image:Creation 03S.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Creation's original DBA 03S at the [[2005 1000km of Spa]].]]▼
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'''Creation Autosportif, Ltd.''' is a [[sports car racing]] team founded by Ian Bickerton and Mike Jankowski, and based out of [[Oxford]], [[England]]. It was founded in [[2003]] and has raced in the [[FIA GT Championship]], [[FFSA GT Championship]], [[American Le Mans Series]], [[Le Mans Series|Le Mans Endurance Series]], as well as the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]]. Their cars are known for their blue and yellow paint schemes.▼
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▲'''Creation Autosportif, Ltd.'''
==Naming==
Creation Autosportif gets its name from the [[Pillars of Creation]], a formation in the [[Eagle Nebula]]. Company founder Mike Jankowski, as an astronomy fan and not wanting to create a team name composed of an acronym, selected the name Creation and based the team's logo around the idea of pillars
==Racing history==
In 2003, Creation Autosportif purchased a [[Lister Storm]] chassis SA9STRM1BYB053119 GTM002 from the Lister factory for use in the [[FIA GT Championship]], with backing from [[Stuff (magazine)|Stuff magazine]] as a major sponsor. By the seventh round at Anderstorp, the team purchased a second Storm for use in the championship. The team took their best result at [[Motorsport Arena Oschersleben]], with a second
Creation continued in FIA GT in 2004, but decided to switch back to a one car team. They achieved a best finish of fourth at [[Hockenheimring]] before the team dropped out of FIA GT after the round at Imola, due to various problems with their Lister Storms.
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Creation instead chose to concentrate on their new endeavour, a [[Le Mans prototype]] the team had purchased from RN Motorsport known as a [[DBA 03S]], which was in fact a modified [[Reynard 02S]]. The team would use their 03S in the newly founded [[Le Mans Series|Le Mans Endurance Series]], managing to take two third
Creation continued with their DBA 03S in the Le Mans Endurance Series in 2005, improving with a best finish of second at the home race at [[Silverstone Circuit]]. The team eventually finished 5th in the teams championship. The team also received their first ever invitation to the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]], successfully bringing their 03S home 14th overall.
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For 2006, Creation's 03S was no longer legal and had to be modified in order to meet Le Mans Prototype regulations. With the assistance of engineering firm KWM, the DBA 03S was upgraded and [[homologation|rehomologated]] as the [[Creation CA06/H]]. The team also switched from their older [[Zytek]] engines to newer and larger [[Judd (engine)|Judd]]s. With this new car, the team continued in the Le Mans Endurance Series (now renamed the Le Mans Series), taking another best finish of second at the [[Nürburgring]]. A second CA06/H was added to the team at [[Donington Park]], where the team managed to take both second and third. At the end of the season, the team finished second in the teams championship, earning themselves an automatic invitation to the [[2007 24 Hours of Le Mans]].
Elsewhere in 2006, Creation returned again to Le Mans to attempt to finish the classic [[
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In 2007, in order to meet new [[Le Mans prototype]] regulations, Creation will construct an all new chassis, known as the CA07, with plans for a two car team and possibly even customer chassis to be sold in the future. The team will again concentrate on the [[Le Mans Series]] and [[24 Hours of Le Mans]], with possibly participation in [[American Le Mans Series]] events.
The team has also made an agreement with Japanese firm AIM to use their new V10 motors in 2008, replacing their aged Judds.
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==References==
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==External links==
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