R-Tek was formed at the end of 2006 by former Australian Formula 2 Champion Ian Richards.

Richards, a talented engineer joins Sir Jack Brabham as one of very few drivers to win a Championship in a car of his own design and construction.

He was contracted by the South Australian Government to contribute to the TAFE program to design and race a car of its own design, the SHRIKE project.

R-Tek has its own Formula 3 team complete with two Dallara F304 Dallara Spiess race cars purchased from former Formula 1 World Champion Kimi Raikkonen’s British based Formula 3 team.