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EspañolLIST OF FORMULA ONE CONSTRUCTORS
The following is a 'list of constructors' which have competed or plan to compete in the FIA World Championship.
''This list is accurate as of July 1, 2007. For a list of currently active constructors, see Formula One season.''
The constructors entered in the constructors championship consist of the manufacturer of the car ''and'' the make of engine used. Hence, "McLaren-Mercedes" is the constructor. Where different engine manufacturers have been used during the year, the combinations are counted as different constructors in the championship. The most recent occurrence of this was in 1991 when Porsche's 3.5 litre V12 engine proved to be a disaster for the Footwork team. From mid season the team reverted to using Cosworth DFR engines and thus there are two entries in the 1991 constructors championship: Footwork-Porsche and Footwork-Cosworth.
The team refers to the organization which enters and manages the cars and drivers at each race. Hence McLaren usually refers to the team.
In modern Formula One teams must own the intellectual property rights to their own chassis, so "team" and "constructor" are usually synonymous. 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. There have been more recent cases with Ligier (1995), Sauber (2004) and Scuderia Toro Rosso (2006), where teams have been accused of using a chassis produced by another constructor (respectively Benetton, Ferrari and Red Bull Racing). 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.
The limitation on teams using another constructors' chassis has only been in place since the early 1980s. Before then, teams 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 the Cooper Car Company and Team Lotus constructors. 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.
As of 2006 it is proposed that starting in 2008 teams will once again be able to buy chassis from other teams.
Constructors whose only World Championship participation was in the Indianapolis 500 from 1950 to 1960. All were American-based.
The following are teams which never built their own chassis, and thus were not "constructors":
★ List of Formula One World Constructors' Champions
★
★ List of Formula One World Constructors' Runners-up
★ List of Grand Prix winners (constructors)
★ List of automobile manufacturers
1. In 1949 and 1950, AFM participated in the German Formula 2 championship.
2. Points awarded from seasons 1979-1985.
3. From 1950 to 1957 Constructor World Championship is not awarded.
4. Awarded in seasons 1950 and 1951.
5. From 1948 to 1957, Alta was also an engine manufacturer for teams HWM, Cooper and Connaught.
6. 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.
7. From 1986 to 1995 Benetton F1 Team had a United Kingdom license; from 1996 to 2001, an Italian one.
8. In 1952 and 1953 Scuderia Platé built their own engines for the Maserati-Platé 4CLT.
''This list is accurate as of July 1, 2007. For a list of currently active constructors, see Formula One season.''
| Contents |
| Constructors and teams |
| Active constructors |
| Defunct constructors |
| Indianapolis 500 only |
| Privateer teams |
| See also |
| Notes |
Constructors and teams
The constructors entered in the constructors championship consist of the manufacturer of the car ''and'' the make of engine used. Hence, "McLaren-Mercedes" is the constructor. Where different engine manufacturers have been used during the year, the combinations are counted as different constructors in the championship. The most recent occurrence of this was in 1991 when Porsche's 3.5 litre V12 engine proved to be a disaster for the Footwork team. From mid season the team reverted to using Cosworth DFR engines and thus there are two entries in the 1991 constructors championship: Footwork-Porsche and Footwork-Cosworth.
The team refers to the organization which enters and manages the cars and drivers at each race. Hence McLaren usually refers to the team.
In modern Formula One teams must own the intellectual property rights to their own chassis, so "team" and "constructor" are usually synonymous. 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. There have been more recent cases with Ligier (1995), Sauber (2004) and Scuderia Toro Rosso (2006), where teams have been accused of using a chassis produced by another constructor (respectively Benetton, Ferrari and Red Bull Racing). 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.
The limitation on teams using another constructors' chassis has only been in place since the early 1980s. Before then, teams 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 the Cooper Car Company and Team Lotus constructors. 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.
As of 2006 it is proposed that starting in 2008 teams will once again be able to buy chassis from other teams.
Active constructors
| Name | Nationality | BMW Sauber | Ferrari | Honda | McLaren-Mercedes | Red Bull-Renault | Renault | Scuderia Toro Rosso-Ferrari | Spyker-Ferrari | Super Aguri Honda | Toyota | Williams-Toyota |
|---|
Defunct constructors
Indianapolis 500 only
Constructors whose only World Championship participation was in the Indianapolis 500 from 1950 to 1960. All were American-based.
★ Adams ★ Bromme ★ Christensen ★ Deidt ★ Del Roy ★ Dunn ★ Elder | ★ Epperly ★ Ewing ★ Hall ★ Kuzma ★ Langley ★ Lesovsky | ★ Marchese ★ Meskowski ★ Moore ★ Nichels ★ Olson ★ Pankratz | ★ Pawl ★ Phillips ★ Rae ★ Schroeder ★ Sherman ★ Snowberger | ★ Stevens ★ Sutton ★ Trevis ★ Turner ★ Watson ★ Wetteroth |
Privateer teams
The following are teams which never built their own chassis, and thus were not "constructors":
★ British F1 Racing ★ BS Fabrications ★ Camoradi International ★ DW Racing Enterprises ★ Ecurie Belge ★ Ecurie Bleue ★ Ecurie Bonnier ★ Ecurie Ecosse ★ Ecurie Espadon ★ Ecurie Leutitia ★ Ecurie Maarsbergen | ★ Ecurie Rosier ★ Enrico Platé[8] ★ FR Gerard Cars ★ Goldie-Hexagon Racing ★ John Willment Automobiles ★ Mecom Racing Team ★ North American Racing Team ★ Otelle Nucci ★ Reg Parnell Racing ★ Rob Walker Racing Team ★ Scuderia Achille Varzi | ★ Scuderia Ambrosiana ★ Scuderia Centro Sud ★ Scuderia Filipinetti ★ Scuderia Italia ★ Scuderia Milano ★ Scuderia Sant'Ambroeus ★ Silvio Moser ★ Taso Mathieson ★ Team Gunston |
See also
★ List of Formula One World Constructors' Champions
★
★ List of Formula One World Constructors' Runners-up
★ List of Grand Prix winners (constructors)
★ List of automobile manufacturers
Notes
1. In 1949 and 1950, AFM participated in the German Formula 2 championship.
2. Points awarded from seasons 1979-1985.
3. From 1950 to 1957 Constructor World Championship is not awarded.
4. Awarded in seasons 1950 and 1951.
5. From 1948 to 1957, Alta was also an engine manufacturer for teams HWM, Cooper and Connaught.
6. 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.
7. From 1986 to 1995 Benetton F1 Team had a United Kingdom license; from 1996 to 2001, an Italian one.
8. In 1952 and 1953 Scuderia Platé built their own engines for the Maserati-Platé 4CLT.
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