List of Formula One constructors
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The following is a list of Formula One constructors which have competed or plan to compete in the FIA World Championship.
Terminology: constructors vs. teams
In Formula One racing the terms "constructor" and "entrant" have specific and differing meanings. An entrant is the person or corporate entity that registers a car and driver for a race, and is then responsible for preparing and maintaining that car during the race weekend. As a result of this preparation role and active involvement in the running of the race, the term "team" has become commonly applied to an entrant organisation.
Constructors
Under Article 6.3 of the FIA Sporting Regulations, "the constructor of an engine or chassis is the person (including any corporate or unincorporated body) which owns the intellectual rights to such engine or chassis."[1] The title of Formula One World Champion Constructor is awarded to the car "make" that has scored the most points during the course of the season, where a car's make takes into account both engine and chassis. Hence, if a car's chassis and engine constructor are the same entity (e.g. Ferrari, Toyota, BRM etc.) then the make is simply the name of that one constructor. However, where the chassis and engine are constructed by different entities the car's make comprises both (e.g. McLaren-Mercedes, Lotus-Climax etc.), with the name of the chassis constructor being placed before that of the engine constructor. As both engine and chassis are included in the make name, chassis run with different engines (e.g. Lotus-Ford, Lotus-BRM) are counted as two separate makes and points are scored separately. The World Constructors' Championship title is awarded to the constructor of the chassis of the make that scores the most points. For this reason, this list only considers chassis constructors. For more information on engines, see Formula One engines.
Teams
Since the early 1980s the FIA have required that Formula One entrants own the intellectual rights to the chassis that they enter, and so the terms "entrant" and "constructor", and hence also "team", have become synonymous. Before this time constructors were free to sell their chassis to as many other teams as they liked. Brabham and Lotus chassis were used extensively by other teams during the 1960s and 1970s and several quite competitive teams never built their own chassis. Rob Walker Racing Team was the most successful example, being responsible for the first victories in Formula One for both Cooper and Lotus. The concept of a "works" or "factory" team (i.e. the official team of the company producing the cars, as opposed to a customer team which buys them off the shelf) therefore applied to chassis in the same way as it does to engines in modern Formula One.
There have been some recent exceptions where a specialist company, not itself entered in the championship, has been commissioned to design and build a chassis for a team; Lola built cars for Larrousse and Scuderia Italia in the late 1980s and early 1990s, for example. Larousse had their points from the 1990 season erased after the FIA decided that they had falsely nominated themselves and not Lola as the chassis constructor. In 1978, the new Arrows team which had been established by former Shadow personnel was sued by Shadow on the grounds that the Arrows FA/1 car was a copy of Shadow's DN9 - a view upheld by the UK High Court, which placed a ban on Arrows racing the FA/1. There have been more recent cases with Ligier (1995), Sauber (2004), Scuderia Toro Rosso (2006 & 2007) and Super Aguri (2007 & 2008) where teams have been accused of using a chassis produced by another constructor (respectively Benetton, Ferrari, Red Bull Racing and Honda). No action was taken against any of these teams, the sporting authorities being satisfied in each case that the team owned the intellectual property to the chassis they raced.
On 29 July 2008, the Formula One Teams Association FOTA was formed at a meeting of the teams competing in the 2008 championship.
2013 constructors' statistics
Key: Races = Number of individual races entered; Drv. = Number of drivers; Entr. = Total number of race entries; Wins = Number of races won; Pts. = Number of Constructors' Championship points scored; PP = Number of pole positions; FL = Number of fastest laps; Pod. = Number of podium finishes; WCC = Constructors Championships won; WDC = Drivers' Championships won.
| Constructor | Engine | Country | Base | Seasons | Races | Drv. | Entr. | Wins | Pts. | PP | FL | Pod. | WCC | WDC | First Grand Prix | Formerly known as |
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| Caterham | Renault | 
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2012-current | 39 | 4 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2012 Australian | Lotus (2010-2011) |
| Ferrari | Ferrari | 
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1950-current | 871 | 78 | 1872 | 221 | 6520.27 | 207 | 229 | 678 | 16 | 15 | 1950 Monaco | |
| Force India | Mercedes | 
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2008-current | 112 | 5 | 224 | 0 | 336 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2008 Australian | Spyker (2007), Midland (2006), Jordan (1991–2005) |
| Lotus | Renault | [2]
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2012-current | 39 | 4 | 78 | 2 | 618 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2012 Australian | Renault (2002-2011), Benetton (1986–2001), Toleman (1981–1985) |
| Marussia | Cosworth |  [3]
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2012-current | 39 | 4 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2012 Australian | Virgin (2010-2011) |
| McLaren | Mercedes |
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1966-current | 742 | 46 | 1557 | 182 | 4832.5 | 155 | 152 | 483 | 8 | 12 | 1966 Monaco | |
| Mercedes | Mercedes | 
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1954-1955, 2010-current |
89 | 10 | 190 | 13 | 881 | 17 | 13 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 1954 French | Brawn (2009), Honda (2006–2008), BAR (1999–2005), Tyrrell (1968–1998) |
| Red Bull | Renault | 
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2005-current | 165 | 6 | 330 | 47 | 2460.5 | 57 | 41 | 104 | 4 | 4 | 2005 Australian | Jaguar (2000–2004), Stewart (1997–1999) |
| Sauber | Ferrari | 
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1993-current | 365 | 24 | 704 | 1 | 771 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1993 South African | |
| Toro Rosso | Ferrari |
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2006-current | 147 | 8 | 294 | 1 | 169 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2006 Bahrain | Minardi (1985–2005) |
| Williams | Renault |
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1978-current | 597 | 36 | 1117 | 114 | 2765 | 127 | 131 | 297 | 9 | 7 | 1978 Argentine |
Former constructors' statistics
Key: Races = Number of individual races entered; Drv. = Number of drivers; Entr. = Total number of race entries; Wins = Number of races won; Pts. = Number of Constructors' Championship points scored; PP = Number of pole positions; FL = Number of fastest laps; Pod. = Number of podium finishes; WCC = Constructors Championships won; WDC = Drivers' Championships won.
Notes:
- a Arrows were known as Footwork from 1991 to 1996.
- b BAR formerly Tyrrell; subsequently became Honda, then Brawn, then Mercedes.
- c Benetton formerly Toleman; subsequently became Renault F1.
- d Coloni later became Andrea Moda.
- e Frank Williams Racing Cars includes Politoys (1972), Iso Marlboro (1973-1974) and Wolf-Williams (1976) cars. Prior to 1972 FWRC ran customer chassis. Subsequently became Wolf. Williams Grand Prix Engineering, now WilliamsF1, was a new constructor established by Frank Williams and Patrick Head after Williams left Wolf-Williams.
- f Jaguar formerly Stewart Grand Prix. Subsequently became Red Bull Racing.
- g Jordan subsequently became Midland F1 Racing, then Spyker, then Force India.
- h Does not include Kurtis' Indianapolis 500 (1950−1960) entries.
- i Leyton House formerly March Engineering.
- j Ligier subsequently became Prost Grand Prix.
- k Lola includes Larrousse (1990) and Mastercard Lola (1997) entries.
- l March subsequently became Leyton House Racing, later reappearing as March for one final season.
- m Midland formerly Jordan Grand Prix; subsequently became Spyker F1, then Force India.
- n Minardi subsequently became Scuderia Toro Rosso.
- o Osella subsequently became Fondmetal.
- p Prost formerly Ligier.
- q Sauber subsequently became BMW works team BMW Sauber, then reverted back to Sauber.
- r Spyker formerly Jordan Grand Prix and Midland F1 Racing; subsequently became Force India.
- s Stewart subsequently became Jaguar Racing.
- t Toleman subsequently became Benetton Formula.
- u Tyrrell subsequently became British American Racing.
- v Virgin subsequently became Marussia F1.
- w Wolf formerly Frank Williams Racing Cars.
Indianapolis 500 only
Constructors whose only World Championship participation was in the Indianapolis 500 from 1950 to 1960. All were American-based.
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Privateer teams
The following are teams which never built their own chassis, and thus were not "constructors":
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See also
- List of Formula One World Constructors' Champions
- List of Grand Prix winners (constructors)
- List of automobile manufacturers
Notes
- ^ "2007 Formula One Sporting Regulations" (PDF). FIA. Retrieved 2008-04-11. (.pdf)
- ^ a b Noble, Johnathan (2011-01-13). "Renault to switch to British licence". Autosport. Autosport. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
- ^ a b "F1 Marussia Virgin Racing team to compete under Russian flag". RIA Novosti. 3 February 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
- ^ In 1949 and 1950, AFM participated in the German Formula 2 championship.
- ^ Points awarded from seasons 1979-1985.
- ^ The first Constructors' World Championship was not held until 1958.
- ^ From 1950 to 1957, Alta was also an engine manufacturer for teams HWM, Cooper and Connaught.
- ^ In 1964 and 1967, ATS was an engine manufacturer for teams Derrington-Francis and Cooper, racing at the 1964 Italian and 1967 British Grands Prix with Mário de Araújo Cabral and Silvio Moser.
- ^ From 1986 to 1995 Benetton F1 Team had a United Kingdom license; from 1996 to 2001, an Italian one.
- ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=19951129&id=FWoWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3B4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=3285,4122386
- ^ Points not awarded prior to 1958.
- ^ http://allamericanracers.com/gurney_grand-prix/eagle_f1-story.html
- ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20070527061529/http://www.itv-f1.com/Feature.aspx?Type=General&PO_ID=39312
- ^ http://www.racingsportscars.com/covers/_Watkins_Glen-1974-10-06e.jpg
- ^ http://www.racingsportscars.com/covers/_Watkins_Glen-1973-10-07e.jpg
- ^ http://www.racingsportscars.com/covers/_Watkins_Glen-1978-10-01e.jpg
- ^ From 1973 to 1975 Shadow had an American license; from 1976 to 1980, a British one.
- ^ http://www.racingsportscars.com/covers/_Watkins_Glen-1979-10-07e.jpg
References
All statistics and other data drawn from:
- "ChicaneF1.com". Retrieved 2008-04-11.
- "StatsF1.com". Retrieved 2008-04-11.
- "All Formula One Info". Retrieved 2008-04-11.