List of Formula One constructors
The following is a list of Formula One constructors. These are constructors which have competed or plan to compete in the FIA World Championship.
Terminology: constructors vs. teams
[change | change source]In Formula One racing the terms "constructor" and "entrant" do not mean the same thing. A constructor builds a car or engine. An entrant is the person or corporate entity that enters a race. They register a car and driver with the FIA. They are responsible for making the car ready to race, and keeping the car in good condition during the race weekend. Because of the role and activity of the entrant, the term team is often used when talking about an entrant.
Constructors
[change | change source]Under the FIA rules, "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] Basically, who ever builds an engine or a chassis in the constructor. The title of Formula One World Champion Constructor is given to the car make that scores the most points during the season. The "make" of a car includes both the chassis and engine.
If a car's chassis and engine are made by the same entity, then the constructor is the car make. For example Ferrari makes both the chassis and the engine. So the make is Ferrari. If the chassis and engine are made by different entities, the car's make is both constructor names put together. For example McLaren builds a chassis that uses a Mercedes engine. So the make is McLaren-Mercedes. The name of the chassis constructor is always placed before the engine constructor.
Because both engine and chassis are included in the make name, chassis run with different engines are counted as two separate makes. For example, Lotus-Ford is a make different from Lotus-BRM. Each make would be scored separately. The World Constructors' Championship title is awarded to the constructor of the chassis of the make that scores the most points. This list only shows chassis constructors for that reason. For more information on engines, see Formula One engines.
Teams
[change | change source]Since the early 1980s, the FIA requires that Formula One entrants own the intellectual rights to the chassis that they enter. Basically, that means that teams must build their own chassis. Since this time, the terms entrant, constructor, and team now mean the same thing. Before this time, constructors were free to sell their chassis to other teams. Brabham and Lotus chassis were used by many other teams during the 1960s and 1970s. Several teams than compeated with the front-runners never built their own chassis. Rob Walker Racing Team was the most successful example. They earned the first victories in Formula One for both Cooper and Lotus.
In those days, the concept of a "works" or "factory" team was the official team of the company producing the cars. Customer teams were entrants that purchased their cars off the shelf. In modern Formula One, the team must build their own car. The term customer only applies to engines now.
There have been some cases since the 1980s where one company built cars for another team. Lola designed and built cars for Larrousse and Scuderia Italia in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
2011 Constructors Statistics
[change | change source]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 | Country | Seasons | Races | Drv. | Entr. | Wins | Pts. | PP | FL | Pod. | WCC | WDC | First Grand Prix | Previously known as |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferrari |  |
1950-current | 823 | 78 | 1778 | 216 | 5606.27 | 205 | 226 | 649 | 16 | 15 | 1950 Monaco | |
| Force India |  |
2008-current | 65 | 4 | 130 | 0 | 107 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2008 Australian | Spyker (2007), Midland (2006), Jordan (1991-2005) |
| HRT |  |
2010-current | 30 | 7 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2010 Bahrain | Campos* |
| Lotus |  |
2010-current | 30 | 2 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2010 Bahrain | |
| McLaren |  |
1966-current | 695 | 45 | 1463 | 173 | 4090.5 | 146 | 146[a] | 436 | 8 | 12 | 1966 Monaco | |
| Mercedes |  |
1954-1955, 2010-current |
42 | 9 | 98 | 9 | 292 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1954 French | Brawn (2009), Honda (2006-2008), BAR (1999-2005), Tyrrell (1968-1998) |
| Red Bull |  |
2005-current | 118 | 6 | 236 | 21 | 1137.5 | 31 | 17 | 55 | 1 | 1 | 2005 Australian | Jaguar (2000-2004), Stewart (1997-1999) |
| Renault | |
1977-1985, 2002-current |
295 | 19 | 572 | 35 | 1291 | 51 | 31 | 100 | 2 | 2 | 1977 British | Benetton (1986-2001), Toleman (1981-1985) |
| Sauber |  |
1993-current | 306 | 22 | 611 | 1 | 579 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1993 South African | BMW Sauber (2006-2009) |
| Toro Rosso | |
2006-current | 100 | 6 | 200 | 1 | 91 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2006 Bahrain | Minardi (1985-2005) |
| Virgin | |
2010-current | 30 | 3 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2010 Bahrain | Manor GP* |
| Williams | |
1978-current | 550 | 34 | 1023 | 113 | 2673 | 126 | 130 | 296 | 9 | 7 | 1978 Argentine |
* Constructor's name changed before the team entered a race.
Former Constructors Statistics
[change | change source]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.
Indianapolis 500 only
[change | change source]Constructors whose only entry in the World Championship was in the Indianapolis 500 from 1950 to 1960. All were American-based.
Privateer teams
[change | change source]The following teams never built their own chassis. They are not considered "constructors":
Related pages
[change | change source]Notes
[change | change source]a. ^ Includes John Surtees' fastest lap in the 1970 South African Grand Prix in a non-works McLaren.
b. ^ In 1949 and 1950, AFM participated in the German Formula 2 championship.
c. ^ Constructors' World Championship points not awarded prior to 1958.
d. ^ From 1950 to 1957, Alta was also an engine manufacturer for teams HWM, Cooper and Connaught.
e. ^ Arrows was renamed Footwork for 1991 to 1996. In 1997 they returned to Arrows.
f. ^ 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.
g. ^ BAR was formerly Tyrrell; it later became Honda, then Brawn, then Mercedes GP.
h. ^ Benetton was formerly Toleman; it later became Renault F1.
i. ^ From 1986 through 1995 Benetton F1 Team had a United Kingdom license; from 1996 through 2001, an Italian one.
j. ^ Coloni later became Andrea Moda.
k. ^ The nationality of Eagle, Penske, Shadow and Wolf is questioned.
l. ^ Frank Williams Racing Cars includes Politoys (1972), Iso Marlboro (1973-1974) and Wolf-Williams (1976) cars. Prior to 1972 FWRC ran customer chassis. Later became Wolf. Williams Grand Prix Engineering, now WilliamsF1, was a new constructor established by Frank Williams and Patrick Head after Williams left Wolf-Williams.
m. ^ Jaguar was formerly Stewart Grand Prix; it later became Red Bull Racing.
n. ^ Jordan later became Midland F1 Racing, then Spyker, then Force India.
o. ^ Does not include Kurtis' Indianapolis 500 (1950-1960) entries.
p. ^ Leyton House was formerly March Engineering.
q. ^ Ligier later became Prost Grand Prix.
r. ^ Lola includes Larrousse (1990) and Mastercard Lola (1997) entries.
s. ^ March later became Leyton House Racing. In 1992 March returned for one final season.
t. ^ Midland was formerly Jordan Grand Prix; it later became Spyker F1, then Force India.
u. ^ Minardi later became Scuderia Toro Rosso.
v. ^ Monteverdi was formerly Onyx Grand Prix.
w. ^ Onyx later became Monteverdi.
x. ^ Osella later became Fondmetal.
y. ^ Prost was formerly Ligier.
z. ^ Sauber later became the BMW works team as BMW Sauber. In 2011 they returned to Sauber.
aa. ^ Spyker was formerly Jordan Grand Prix and Midland F1 Racing; it later became Force India.
ab. ^ Stewart later became Jaguar Racing.
ac. ^ Toleman later became Benetton Formula.
ad. ^ Tyrrell later became British American Racing.
ae. ^ Wolf was formerly Frank Williams Racing Cars.
af. ^ In 1952 and 1953 Scuderia Platé built their own engines for the Maserati-Platé 4CLT.
References
[change | change source]All statistics and other data drawn from:
- "ChicaneF1.com". Retrieved 2008-04-11.
- "StatsF1.com". Retrieved 2008-04-11.
- "All Formula One Info". Archived from the original on 2013-06-27. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
- ↑ "2007 Formula One Sporting Regulations" (PDF). FIA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-04. Retrieved 2008-04-11. (.pdf)