Teams

This forum is for all dedicated past and present Formula One team discussions. New threads cannot be started in this forum, so if you wish to start a discussion about a particular team, post it in the main F1 discussion forum and click on Report, asking to have it moved here. The title of the thread should just be the team name. Only one thread per team is permitted. Please remember the site rules when posting here, as team threads in particular have a tendency to attract strong opinions.

Sauber FIA Entry: Sauber F1 Team Car 16: Kamui Kobayashi Car 17: Sergio Perez Engine: Ferrari V8 Team Principal: Peter Sauber Technical Director: James Key Race Engineer Car 16: Francesco Nenci Race Engineer Car 17:Marco Schupbach Stats as of end 2010 First Entered 1993 Races Entered 296 Race Wins 1 Pole Positions 1 Fastest Laps 2 Driver World Championships 0 Constructor World Championships 0 The Beginning Following success in sports car racing Peter Sauber, in collaboration with Mercedes Benz, moved into Formula 1 in 1993. With Ilmor engines Sauber entered the C12 car (the C prefix for Sauber cars coming from Peter Sauber’s wife Christine) driven by Mercedes sports car drivers JJ Lehto and Karl Wendlinger. Lehto finished a...

Toro Rosso FIA Entry: Scuderia Toro Rosso Car 18: Sebastien Buemi Car 19: Jamie Alguersuari Engine: Ferrari V8 Team Principa:l Franz Tost Technical Director: Giorgi Ascanelli Race Engineer Car 18: Riccardo Adami Race Engineer Car 19:Andrea Landi Stats as of end 2010 First Entered 2006 Races Entered 90 Race Wins 1 Pole Positions 1 Fastest Laps 0 Driver World Championships 0 Constructor World Championships 0 The Beginning Toro Rosso took over the Minardi entry in F1 in 2006. Minardi took part in 345 Grands Prix between 1985 and 2005 without a single win, podium, pole or fastest lap but were the starting point for double World Champion Fernando Alonso and race winners Mark Webber and Jarno Trulli. Red Bull Takeover At the end of...

Lotus Renault GP FIA Entry: Renault F1 Car 9: Nick Heidfeld Car 10: Vitaly Petrov Engine: Renault V8 Team Principal: Eric Boullier Technical Director: James Allison Race Engineer Car 9: Simon Rennie Race Engineer Car 10: Ayao Komatsu Stats at end 2010 First Entered 1977 Races Entered 285 Race Wins 35 Pole Positions 51 Fastest Laps 31 Driver World Championships 2 Constructor World Championships 2 Team History Renault first entered F1 as a constructor in 1977 at the British Grand Prix. At the height of the “garagiste” and Cosworth engines Renault entered a single car, driven by Jean-Pierre Jabouille, powered by a 1.5 litre turbo charged engine. Renault’s experiment with turbo charging probably changed F1 more than any other single...

As we have a place for past teams now I thought I'd open the forum by doing a thread on who I consider to be the worst F1 team ever! Andrea Sassetti bought the old Coloni team, did a deal with Simtek for the unused 1990 Brabham Chassie and set about starting a bright future for his new Andra Moda Formula One team with drivers Alex Caffi and Enrico Bertaggia at the helm for the 1992 season They turn up in South Africa the first race and oh dear the cars aren't built yet. Oh well use the old ones! "ermmmm Mr Sassetti you owe us $100,000 for entering a new team." "We're not a new team argues we just have new cars, new engines, new owners, new colours and a new name thats all!" "Yeah whatever your excluded." "Crumbs!" Oh well not a great...

The Aston Martin F1 Team, formerly known as Racing Point, formerly known as Force India, formerly known as Spyker F1, formerly known as Midland F1, formerly known as Jordan Grand Prix, is a formula 1 team based just outside the gates of the Silverstone race circuit in Northamptonshire, UK. Despite the numerous name changes the team are still based in the very same factory created by Eddie Jordan decades ago. The Aston Martin name returns to F1 as a team name for the first time since 1960. Aston Martin competed in six World Championship Grand Prix between 1959 and 1960 and scored no points. Team owner Lance Stroll will be hoping for more of a return on his investment this time. Coming off the back of the 2020 season where the team...

When you consider the names of Formula One teams that are not in Formula One anymore, the entry list has a few glaring omissions. Lotus really should be one of them but Formula One is missing the name of one of its great teams and one of its great champions. Brabham's history can be split into three sections. The first was the time of the man himself, Sir Jack. They won a couple of titles in the mid-60s, with Sir Jack the only man to win a World Title with his own team, and it seems unlikely that will ever be repeated. Denny Hulme is the only man to literally beat his boss to the world title in 1967, and unsatisfied he moved to McLaren to try again! The second is Bernie's Brabham, which had run Niki Lauda up to his retirement but is...

Team Lotus FIA Entry: Team Lotus Car 20: Heikki Kovaleinen Car 21: Jarno Trulli Engine: Renault V8 Team Principal: Tony Fernandes Technical Director: Mike Gascoyne Race Engineer Car 20: Juan Pablo Ramirez Race Engineer Car 21: Gianluca Pisanello Stats as of end 2010 First Entered 2010 Races Entered 20 Race Wins 0 Pole Positions 0 Fastest Laps 0 Driver World Championships 0 Constructor World Championships 0 Team Lotus Tony Fernandes' 1Malaysia F1 team lay claim to one of the most iconic names in F1, Team Lotus. Team Lotus, under the guidance of one of the greatest innovators in F1 Colin Chapman, was in F1 from 1958 to 1994. They took part in 491 Grands Prix, winning 73 races, 7 Constructors Titles, 6 Drivers Championships, 102 poles...

Ferrari FIA Entry: Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Drivers Car 5: Fernando Alonso Car 6: Felipe Massa Engine: Ferrari V8 Chairman: Luca di Montezemolo Team Principal: Stefano Domenicali Technical Director: Aldo Costa Race Engineer Car 5: Andrea Stella Race Engineer Car 6: Rob Smedley Stats as of end 2010 Season First Entered: 1950 Races Entered: 813 Race Wins: 215 Pole Positions: 205 Fastest Laps: 224 Driver World Championships: 15 Constructor World Championships: 16 Team History Ferrari are the only team to have taken part in the F1 World Championship since it's inception in 1950. They are synonymous with F1 and, for many, the reason why they follow the sport. Ferrrai fans, or Tifosi, have clubs across the World and can be see...

Force India FIA Entry: Force India F1 Team Car 14: Adrian Sutil Car 15: Paul di Resta Engine: MercedesV8 Team Principal: Vijay Mallya Technical Director: Andrew Green Race Engineer Car 14: Brad Joyce Race Engineer Car 15:Gianpiero Lambiano Stats as of end 2010 First Entered 2008 Races Entered 55 Race Wins 0 Pole Positions 1 Fastest Laps 1 Driver World Championships 0 Constructor World Championships 0 Team History In 1991 Eddie Jordan made the leap from the lower formulae to F1 with the Jordan Grand Prix Team. Jordan Grand Prix raced with varying degrees of success until 2005, taking part in 250 Grand Prix, winning 4. In 2006 Jordan was sold to Canadian businessman Alex Shnaider and was rebadged as Midland F1 –...

From the start of the 2016 season we will be able to welcome the Haas F1 Team into the F1 fold. They have just announced one of their drivers in a live stream on their website a really good signing with the talent that is Roman Grosjean. No word of the second driver as yet. Stewart Haas Racing in NASCAR already stands the team in good stead to getting off to a flying start. These guys know how to race. In turn they also have one of the best wind tunnels in the world and CNC factories at their beck and call as part of the Haas empire. They seem to think they can hit the ground running and score points in their first season. I say good luck to them.

Will their ever be back in F1? Maybe not as a team but an engine supplier or something? Just been wondering about this over the week that's all after seeing a documentary on them :).

Hispania FIA Entry: HRT F1 Team Car 22: Narain Karthikeyan Car 23: Vitantonio Liuzzi Engin:e Cosworth V8 Team Principal: Colin Kolles Technical Director: Geoff Willis Race Engineer Car 22: Angel Baena Race Engineer Car 23 Richard Connell Stats as of end 2010 First Entered 2010 Races Entered 19 Race Wins 0 Pole Positions 0 Fastest Laps 0 Driver World Championships 0 Constructor World Championships 0 Campos Racing Having run cars in lower formulae former F1 driver Adrian Campos secured one of the 3 places for new teams in F1 for 2010. He commissioned Dallara to build a chassis and signed a deal to use Cosworth engines and Xtrac gearboxes. They also announced that Bruno Senna, nephew of Ayrton, would drive for them. Struggling for...