Racing Teams

Officine Alfieri Maserati 1952 Formula One Season Maserati was a family affair. Practically everyone of the six sons of Rodolfo and Carolina Maserati were engineers. Their father had worked with the railroad for years and would pass on the love for m..... Officine Alfieri Maserati: 1953 Formula One Season Maserati seemed destined to join the ranks of Alfa Romeo and Ferrari when, in the late 1940s, the manufacturer would produce the 4CLT and the 4CLT/48 and 50. Soon, fields were filled with the chassis...... Officine Alfieri Maserati: 1954 Formula One Season Were it not for the fragility of their cars during the 1953 season, Maserati likely would have earned much better results that the lone victory in the World Championship at the very last round. The A6..... Officine Alfieri Maserati: 1955 Formula One Season Following the departure of the Maserati brothers from their own namesake it was undoubtedly believed the company bearing its name would certainly disappear from the ranks of grand prix elite. And then..... Officine Alfieri Maserati: 1956 Formula One Season If ever there was a factory effort that could claim to be cursed it would have to be Maserati. Not only would its early history be filled with a lot of ill-timing, but its Formula One effort would als..... Officine Alfieri Maserati: 1957 Formula One Season In spite of the factory earning a couple of victories at the hands of Stirling Moss, Maserati would come up short in the World Championship once again. However, 1957 promised Maserati its best opportu.....

Equipe Simca-Gordini Equipe Gordini: 1951 Formula One Season Amedee Gordini was known as 'The Sorcerer'. What he was able to coax out of his small cars and engines was nothing short of miraculous. In an era of large engines and multiple staged superchargers, Go..... Equipe Gordini: 1952 Formula One Season In 1951, Equipe Gordini managed a coupe of surprising results. Using their small T11 and T15 chassis, the team was able to mount big challenges at some of the most demanding events on that year's cale..... Equipe Gordini: 1953 Formula One Season In the early days of the 1952 season, Equipe Gordini mounted the greatest challenge to what would become Scuderia Ferrari's all-conquering Ferrari 500 F2. However, in the later part of the year, that ..... Equipe Gordini: 1954 Formula One Season During the first year of the Formula 2 era in the World Championship the greatest threat Ferrari would face throughout the whole of the season would come from Equipe Gordini. However, Ferrari, and Alb..... Equipe Gordini: 1955 Formula One Season Some minor victories in 1953 would lead to some major troubles by 1954. Fielding cars more than a couple of years old, the Equipe Gordini team would be facing some serious issues heading into 1955, de..... Equipe Gordini: 1956 Formula One Season When the World Championship switched to Formula 2 regulations at the beginning of the 1952 season Equipe Gordini would step up and would become one of the few challengers Ferrari would have over the c.....

Scuderia Achille Varzi

(Equipe Nationale Belge or ENB) 1952 Formula One Season Johnny Claes first experienced the motor racing scene when he served as a translator and general guide for British teams at the 1947 French Grand Prix. This ignited a passion and a desire for motor ra..... Ecurie Belge: 1953 Formula One Season From the smooth jazz sound to the epic roar of grand prix racing engines, Octave John 'Johnny' Claes' move from his early career as a jazz musician to a motor racing driver appeared about as far on op..... Ecurie Nationale Belge: 1955 Formula One Season By the mid-1950s, the return of large factory efforts meant the days of the privateers and small teams had become extinct. Mercedes-Benz dominant return in 1954 more than epitomized this shift. It was..... Ecurie National Belge: 1959 Formula One Season What's in a name? According to the Royal Automobile Club de Belgique, no team name could include the national name as it wouldn't appear right that a couple of individuals would lay claim to be Belgiu.....

Scuderia Ambrosiana Scuderia Ambrosiana: 1951 Formula One Season It should come as little surprise Scuderia Ambrosiana was a successful grand prix team when sports car and grand prix great Luigi Villoresi, and, noted sports car racer Franco Cortese were two of the ..... Scuderia Ambrosiana: 1954 Formula One Season Scuderia Ambrosiana would draw its name from the patron saint of Milan, Saint Ambrose. Ambrose had tremendous influence with emperors and with the masses, so much so that his influence would be far re.....

Ecurie Lutetia

Scuderia Enrico Platé

Scuderia Milano Scuderia Milano: 1951 Formula One Season Few names in Formula One's early history are so well known, and yet, not, as Scuderia Milano and its founder Arnaldo Ruggieri. Scuderia Milano was one of only a couple of teams that had been on either..... Scuderia Milano: 1953 Formula One Season The story of Scuderia Milano stretched back before the start of the World Championship. By 1948, the team had already won a couple of races and had drivers like Luigi Villoresi and 'Nello' Pagani behi.....

Ecurie Rosier 1951 Formula One Season: Ecurie Rosier Louis Rosier was one of France's most famous racing drivers throughout the years after World War II. He achieved many notable wins and was always a consistent driver, which enabled him to snatch good ..... 1952 Formula One Season Throughout his racing career, Louis Rosier proved to be one of a relatively few number of truly competitive private entrants within grand prix racing. Despite offering cars to other drivers for years ..... Ecurie Rosier: 1953 Formula One Season Everything about Louis Rosier's life revolved around automobiles. Rosier had come onto the racing scene at the conclusion of World War II and he would be immediately successful. However, the man from ..... Ecurie Rosier: 1954 Formula One Season Ever since the very beginning of the Formula One World Championship in 1950 Louis Rosier had been one of the most potent of the smaller privateers. Scoring World Championship points in the first two y..... Ecurie Rosier: 1955 Formula One Season Each and every person has a role to play, in times of peace and in war. During World War II, Louis Rosier would play a part in the clandestine French Resistance. Working relatively anonymous, Rosier w..... Ecurie Rosier: 1956 Formula One Season Louis Rosier was practically an institution in motor racing in the years immediately following the end of the Second World War. Still famous for his win with his son in the 1950 24 Hours of Le Mans, R.....

Scuderia Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari: 1951 Formula One Season Some of the stiffest competition comes from those born of the same entity. The toughest competition comes from those who know what the other will do in all situations. In 1950, Alfa Romeo, and its 158..... 1952 Formula One Season While it could be said 1951 was Scuderia Ferrari coming into a place of prominence in Formula One. Then it could be said 1952 was Ferrari coming into a place of absolute dominance. Throughout the late..... Scuderia Ferrari: 1953 Formula One Season The most dominant car throughout the first couple of seasons of the Formula One World Championship had been Alfa Romeo's 158 and 159. Over the course of 1950 and 1951, the two chassis types had been a..... Scuderia Ferrari: 1954 Formula One Season In 1951, at the height of Alfa Romeo's dominance in the newly founded Formula One World Championship, a new team established by a former Alfa employee by the name of Enzo Ferrari was beginning to turn..... Scuderia Ferrari: 1955 Formula One Season After two years of dominating the World Championship it would be hard to imagine Scuderia Ferrari to not be considered amongst the favorites to produce a world champion, but while other manufacturers,..... Scuderia Ferrari: 1956 Formula One Season Over the course of a two year period between 1952 and 1953 Scuderia Ferrari would absolutely dominate the World Championship. However, new regulations catch the Maranello-based team on the back foot. ..... Scuderia Ferrari: 1957 Formula One Season The 1957 season would start out with some bad news and some bad feelings. By the time the season had drawn to a conclusion, Scuderia Ferrari would be struggling to prove itself to be one of Formula On..... Scuderia Ferrari: 1958 Formula One Season Scuderia Ferrari stood at the top at the end of the 1956 season. This would be followed by a truly depressing season in which the car would seemingly lack that the pace to compete. However, toward the.....

Alfa Romeo SpA Alfa Romeo SpA 1951 Something that is truly 'classic' is timeless. It means that it endures. A truly outstanding piece of engineering is capable, within Formula One, to remain competitive for anything from a few months t.....

Ecurie Belgique Ecurie Belgique: 1951 Formula One Season It is important to remain open to new things in life; not to be so set in one direction that turns in the road are missed. Such is the lesson to be learned from the team Ecurie Belgique. Had its found.....

OSCA Automobili OSCA Automobili: 1951 Formula One Season Ever since the death of Alfieri, almost everything the Maserati brothers put their hands to turned to gold, but for the sake of another. On their own, their genius would be overshadowed by external ev..... OSCA: 1953 Formula One Season Maserati had become one of the most profitable and successful family ventures as the brothers Alfieri, Bindo, Ettore and Ernesto established their automotive manufacturing company. Unfortunately, the ..... OSCA Automobili: 1958 Formula One Season By the end of the 1940s, the Maserati brothers appeared to be on their way out of any kind of presence in grand prix racing. By the end of the 1950s, however, it would be their namesake that would be ..... OSCA Automobili: 1959 Formula One Season The very moment the Maserati brothers lost their name to Orsi in the late 1930s, and then into the 1940s, they would suffer much greater. They would lose their identity altogether. Though their last v.....

HW Motors HW Motors: 1951 Formula One Season A quote from Zechariah says, 'Who despises the day of small things?' In every area of life there are these stories of small beginnings; where amazing people and events are birthed from obscurity and h..... HWM-Alta: 1952 Formula One Season During the later part of the 1940s George Abecassis and John Heath came together to form the HWM racing team. The team built streamlined cars for competition in Formula 2 and achieved considerable suc..... HWM-Alta 52 In 1951 HW Motors entered one round of the Formula One World Championship with their HWM-Alta 51, with its 2.0-liter, four-cylinder engine. Against the likes of Alfa Romeo and Scuderia Ferrari it woul..... Hersham and Walton Motors: 1953 Formula One Season George Abecassis' HW Motors team had become a mighty force in Formula 2 throughout the early 1950s. And when the Formula One World Championship switched to Formula 2 regulations for an interim period ..... HW Motors: 1954 Formula One Season The world of Formula One is a constantly changing, evolving affair. One part of a season one team can dominate and then be dominated throughout the later-half. This would seem to be the case of HW Mot.....

Ecurie Siam Ecurie Siam: 1951 Formula One Season Everything about Formula One is elite. It is the racing series with the greatest budgets, most elite performance, highest pay, largest viewing audience. Those who drive in Formula One mingle at times .....

OAK Racing OAK Racing Team Mazda France-Pescarolo LMP2: 2010 Le Mans Series The 2010 Le Mans Series marked a season with numerous and monumental changes for OAK Racing. Change, however, has been something not that new for the French team with heritage that stretches back into.....

Team Oreca-Matmut Team Oreca Matmut: 2010 Le Mans Series In 2009, Team Oreca Matmut introduced its new petrol-powered chassis, the Oreca 01. This proved to be a front-runner amongst the petrol cars. In 2010, Team Oreca would be given the opportunity to reig.....

Vandervell Products 1951 Formula One Season To be successful in motor racing requires an attitude of 'I can do this, or make that, better'. Guy Anthony 'Tony' Vandervell had exactly that attitude, and it would lead to a number of innovations th..... 1954 Vanwall 01 ^Special^ Enthusiastically British, Tony Vandervell would be one of the first supporters of Raymond May's dream of a dominant British grand prix team from the same vein as Auto Union and Mercedes prior to World..... G.A. Vandervell, Vandervell Products: 1954 Formula One Season Fed up with the seemingly inept and costly BRM project Tony Vandervell began looking into starting his own team. In 1951, Vandervell would field a team under his own name. The team would use Ferraris ..... Vandervell Products Ltd: 1955 Formula One Season During the early days of the BRM project, Guy Anthony Vandervell acted as something of a spy procuring a Ferrari 125 for use and evaluation. Though intended to help the BRM project, disagreements in t..... Vandervell Products: 1956 Formula One Season The 1955 season would see Vandervell Products embroiled in an internal storm. Tensions would rise and would spill over seemingly pointing to a stormy future. However, by the end of the 1956 season it ..... Vandervell Products: 1957 Formula One Season By the end of the 1956 season Vandervell Products had proven itself to be the greatest threat from Britain in the Formula One World Championship. With performances at Reims and Monza, it seemed just a..... Vandervell Products: 1958 Formula One Season For Tony Vandervell and his team in 1958 it quite literally would be the best of times and the worst of times. But, there would be no denying that when it was all said and done, the team's Vanwall's p..... Vandervell Products: 1959 Formula One Season Tony Vandervell's team had come away from the 1958 season the inaugural constructors' World Champions. They had barely missed out on the drivers' title as well. It had been a good season, but it had c.....

Quifel ASM Quifel ASM Team: 2010 Le Mans Series In 2009, Ginetta-Zytek introduced its very competitive customer Le Mans prototype chassis, the GZ09S/2. Able to be entered in either LMP1 or LMP2, the new chassis offered adaptability and potential. O.....

Ecurie Ecosse 1952 Formula One Season Edinburgh-born David Murray formed the interestingly French-named Ecurie Ecosse. There are a number of logical explanations that make a Scottish racing team with a French name not all that unusual. Fo..... Ecurie Ecosse: 1953 Formula One Season David Murray began his racing career during the late 1940s. The Edinburgher businessman's passion for motor racing was incredibly evident as he wouldn't just take part in a race here and there. Instea..... Ecurie Ecosse: 1954 Formula One Season David Murray would come to start his own racing team in 1951. He would name the team 'Ecurie Ecosse'. This French flair was intentional given his keen interest in everything French. He also believed i.....

ERA Ltd 1952 Formula One Season Raymond Mays and Peter Berthon had always been patriotic racing drivers and engineers. However, between their two racing endeavors, ERA holds a much more loving place in many hearts than the burdensom.....

Audi Sport 2006 American Le Mans Series After dominating Le Mans and American Le Mans Series racing from 2000 to 2005, Audi Sport announced it would continue to exert its dominant form in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) into the 2006 sea..... 2010 Le Mans Series One of Audi's special strengths has been its ability to take innovative technology and make it into a incredibly reliable machine. This special strength of Audi had been a point of dominance in sports.....

Beechdean Mansell Motorsport 2010 Le Mans Series It can be difficult to make sense of things some times. However, there are times when things are so abundantly clear that it almost seems too simple. For Andrew Howard, Beechdean Mansell Motorsport's .....

Kolles Racing 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans In 2009, Kolles took over the ever-successful Audi R10 and competed in its first Le Mans Series season. Proving the petrol-powered cars had closed some of the performance gap, Kolles could only manage.....

Racing Box SRL 2010 Le Mans Series After making its first appearance in Le Mans Series racing in 2008, Racing Box has become a regular in the LMP2 category. Having fulfilled the dream of Ferdinando Geri to enter Le Mans Series racing, .....

Gerard Welter Racing WR/Salini Racing: 2010 Le Mans Series Gerard Welter is practically a tradition around Le Mans and prototype racing. The long-time designer and engineer with Peugeot has been part of, or, engineered many historic moments around the 8.46 mi.....

Team Felbermayr-Proton Team Felbermayr-Proton: 2010 Le Mans Series Longtime GT competitor Felbermayr-Proton, with its two-toned blue livery Porsches, prepared to fight it out amongst the ultra-competitive GT2 class for the 2010 Le Mans Series. It hoped to retain its .....

Bruichladdich 2010 Le Mans Series Part of successful motor racing is being able to recognize opportunities when they are presented, and, to remain flexible so to adapt in order to provide one's self more opportunities. Heading into 20.....

Scuderia Franera 1952 Formula One Season The Frazer-Nash name has been in and around automobile history ever since its inception back in 1922. While never achieving the reputation of Mercedes-Benz, Ferrari or Jaguar, Frazer-Nash would emerge.....

Drayson Racing 2010 American Le Mans Series Lord Paul Drayson, the former Minister for Science and Innovation in the United Kingdom, has never been one that enjoyed the quiet life. Despite losing his ministerial positions in the 2010 general el.....

BMS Scuderia Italia SpA 2010 Le Mans Series Over the better part of thirty years, BMS Scuderia Italia has been competing in motor racing in all forms and styles. The team's involvement included everything from rally racing, superturismo, to spo.....

Ecurie Richmond 1952 Formula One Season There are team owners and enthusiasts, and then there are real team owners and enthusiasts. Jimmy Richmond was the later. Though physically at a disadvantage due to his size, and therefore not a compe..... Ecurie Richmond: 1954 Formula One Season In the early 1950s a very interesting partnership would be struck between a gentlemen in electrical goods, an automotive sales representative and a public works contractor and hauler from Northampton......

Scuderia Enrico Plate 1952 Formula One Season Throughout the early post-war years, Scuderia Enrico Plate had been an influential racing team that had even provided the great Tazio Nuvolari his last victory. However, when Formula One came into exi.....

Ecurie Espadon 1952 Formula One Season Rudolf Fischer had two insatiable appetites. One was for food. The other was for motor racing. He would use his career as a restaurant owner to help fund his other career, that of a grand prix driver...... Ecurie Espadon: 1953 Formula One Season Rudolf Fischer and a few other gentlemen Swiss drivers would create the race team 'Ecurie Espadon'. The 'Stable of the two-handed Sword' would debut in 1951. But it would be in 1952, when it began to .....

Rebellion Racing 2010 Le Mans Series It is an insult to say to someone, 'You drive like an old lady'. In the case of Rebellion Racing, they would take that as a compliment. SEBAH Racing began in 2001 with a single Porsche 996 G.....

Horschell Racing Corporation

Automobiles Talbot-Darracq SA

Ecurie Bleue Ecurie Bleue: 1959 Formula One Season In the history of grand prix racing there are very few privateers teams that last, let alone stretch decades or generations. Ecurie Bleue is one of those few notable exceptions. And it is probably one.....

British Racing Motors

LD Hawthorn

AHM Bryde 1952 Formula One Season Too often in motor racing it is the driver and the car that gets a great majority of the attention and the credit. This is not without reason. Without a good driver behind the wheel and a good car the.....

Connaught Engineering 1952 Formula One Season The McAlpine name is famous in Britian for engineering and building some of the most influential arenas of public life. Known for building railways, roads and even stadiums, the McAlpine name seems al..... Connaught Engineering: 1953 Formula One Season Connaught Engineering made its debut during the 1952 season. Amongst the other Formula 2 cars competing in the World Championship, their A-Type chassis would prove to be competitive and capable, but m..... Connaught Engineering: 1955 Formula One Season When Connaught Engineering debuted its single-seater A-Type during the late spring of the 1952 season the car would achieve some tremendous results and would attract a number of customers during the F..... Connaught Engineering: 1956 Formula One Season By the end of the 1955 season British marques were beginning the rise to the top of grand prix significance. Long dominated by Italian efforts, grand prix racing would see more than one British manufa..... Connaught Engineering: 1957 Formula One Season It was now more than a year before Connaught had made its mark in Formula One racing. The victory by Tony Brooks at Syracuse seemed to signal Connaught's rise to prominence. But 1956 would be another .....

AFM

Scuderia Marzotto 1952 Formula One Season Motor racing consists of a tight-knit community of individuals all working for different teams, but striving for the same goal. Up and down the pitlane there will be drivers of one team that were team.....

G Caprara 1952 Formula One Season The private lives of public figures are rather non-existent. In many instances, what happens in private seems to be made public before those involved even come to know about it. One rather private, an.....

Motor-Presse-Verlag Motor-Presse-Verlag: 1952 Formula One Season Rarely does an individual get to make a career of something he or she loves. Even rarer still is the opportunity to do it for all of one's life. There is a time and a season for everything. Those who .....

Escuderia Bandeirantes 1952 Formula One Season Brazilians are usually a very patriotic lot. Chico Landi, Brazil's first driver to take part in the Formula One World Championship, helped to establish a team with a very patriotic emphasis. Bandeiran..... Escuderia Bandeirantes: 1953 Formula One Season When Francisco 'Chico' Landi first appeared in Europe he would receive strong support from Scuderia Ferrari. However, when he decided to establish his own team, his own flag to follow he would soon se.....

WS Aston 1952 Formula One Season William 'Bill' Aston was a very prominent figure in Formula 2 and the lower formulas of racing throughout his career which would span over three decades. Aston was a pioneer in almost every sense of t.....

Ecurie Francorchamps 1952 Formula One Season Shakespeare asked his audience in Romeo and Juliet, 'What's in a name?' A name is meaningless proposed Juliet. According to the Royal Automobile Club de Belgique (R.A.C.B), it meant everything. As a r..... Ecurie Francorchamps: 1953 Formula One Season In 1952, the warm relationship between the Belgian Jacques Swaters and Enzo Ferrari would pay dividends as the Ecurie Francorchamps team would be one of the very few teams other than Scuderia Ferrari ..... Ecurie Francorchamps: 1954 Formula One Season Jacques Swaters had always dreamed of being able to purchase a Ferrari to use for his own racing team. In 1953, the dream had come true and would end in a fairy tale result at Avus. However, the seaso.....

Patron Highcroft Racing 2010 American Le Mans Series Highcroft Racing has been around the American Le Mans Series now for the better part of a decade. In that short time, the Connecticut-based team has come to be one of the teams to be beat in Le Mans p..... 2010 American Le Mans Series : Part 2 With only five minutes remaining in the race, Cocker would push hard from 4th and would end up getting by Guy Smith going into turn five after getting a good run down the Moraine Sweep. One lap later,.....

Rennkollektiv EMW Rennkollektiv EMW: 1953 Formula One Season Heinrich Ehrhardt would establish Fahrzeugfabrik Eisenach all the way back in the 19th century. Soon the Ehrhardt name would become as prominent as some of the others in Europe. This empire of a compa.....

Rob Walker Racing Team Rob Walker Racing Team: 1953 Formula One Season The heir of the Johnnie Walker Whisky empire, Rob Walker would use the fortune gained from the widely distributed Scotch whisky label to become the most widely successful privateer in grand prix racin..... R.R.C. Walker Racing Team: 1954 Formula One Season Rob Walker Racing Team had made an impressive run in Formula 2 during the 1953 season. Besides the retirement in its one and only World Championship race of the season, the team had been amongst the t..... R.R.C. Walker Racing Team: 1957 Formula One Season The brand name Johnnie Walker was practically a household name throughout the British Isles. Born into the family, it would have been easy for Rob Walker to assume the famous lineage and live out an u..... R.R.C. Walker Racing Team: 1958 Formula One Season After having taken part in three seasons of Formula One, the only result Rob Walker's privateer had to show for itself would come in the very last race of the 1957 season. By this time Walker had made.....

Cooper Car Company Cooper Car Company: 1953 Formula One Season Change is the portal to new possibilities, new opportunities. The change, the switch from Formula One to Formula 2 regulations in the World Championship opened up the door to many teams and manufactur..... Cooper Car Company: 1955 Formula One Season In 1952, during the Formula 2 era of the World Championship, Mike Hawthorn would come to show his talent. At a rain-soaked Spa-Francorchamps circuit, his Formula One debut, he would make it through th..... Cooper Car Company: 1957 Formula One Season At the 1955 British Grand Prix, at the tail-end of the grid, there would be a curious but overlooked Cooper chassis driven by Jack Brabham. The car looked unlike any other and, before the crowd had an..... Cooper Car Company: 1958 Formula One Season Throughout the decade of the 1950s, there was really only one national that was routinely successful within the new Formula One World Championship. Those cars would come adorned in red. However, a sma.....

RJ Chase RJ Chase: 1953 Formula One Season The racing community is and has always been something of a small tight-knit community where many know each other's name. However, during the 1952 and 1953 seasons of the World Championship there would.....

Atlantic Stable Atlantic Stable: 1953 Formula One Season Ever since the 1930s, Peter Whitehead had used the wealth from the family wool business to fund his racing. The business had provided him the opportunity to travel across Europe and Asia to Australia......

Equipe Anglaise Equipe Anglaise: 1953 Formula One Season In 1952, Alan Brown stunned many when he would find himself scoring 2 points in the Swiss Grand Prix with a Cooper-Bristol T20. It was perhaps the greatest moment in the history of the small Ecurie Ri..... R.J. Chase/Equipe Anglaise: 1954 Formula One Season 1953 would see Alan Brown join Bob Chase for the season. In the team's one and only World Championship race, Brown would be running well but eventually would have to retire before the end. The 1954 se.....

Scuderia Lancia Scuderia Lancia: 1954 Formula One Season There are many constants in life but one of those that has existed since the dawn of mankind has been the child's rebellion against the parents' wishes. In the case of Lancia, Gianni Lancia's rebellio..... Scuderia Lancia: 1955 Formula One Season Around the turn of the 20th century, Vincenzo Lancia would be left weeping bitterly as a failed radiator would foil an attempt to power his proud Italian car across the finish line. Unfortunately, abo.....

Owen Racing Organisation Owen Racing Organization: 1954 Formula One Season It would only be fitting that the leading supplier of steel components and car bodies to the booming British motor industry of the first half of the 20th century would become itself involved in motor ..... Owen Racing Organization: 1955 Formula One Season Nothing, when it comes to British Racing Motors, or BRM, can be straightforward. There is always something to cause embarrassment and to be on the back foot. This was the case with the overly ambitiou..... Owen Racing Organization: 1956 Formula One Season Following those embarrassing first couple of years of the World Championship when Mays and Berthon thought they would take the grand prix world by storm with its problematic T15, British Racing Motors..... Owen Racing Organization: 1957 Formula One Season Finally, Owen Racing's new BRM P25 began to show promise. More than a couple of times throughout the 1956 season the car would show superior pace to the competition. There was still one big problem an..... Owen Racing Organization: 1958 Formula One Season The 1957 season would end up being a tale of two halves. Heading into 1958, Owen Racing would hope the narrative would follow the latter instead of the former. The departure of Maserati from the scene.....

Gilby Engineering Gilby Engineering: 1954 Formula One Season Though nicknamed the 'Wingless Wonder', the handicaps Sid Greene experienced in his life on fueled his desire to see his racing team, Gilby Engineering Co Ltd. to really take off. As a young man, S..... Gilby Engineering: 1955 Formula One Season In April of 1954, Gilby Engineering would take delivery of its Maserati 250F chassis. This was the first 250F to become the property of a private owner and it would prove to be very successful in the ..... Gilby Engineering: 1956 Formula One Season Sid Greene could not emulate the same kind of achievements behind the wheel of his racing car as he had while serving in the military during the Second World War. However, when he decided to make the ..... Gilby Engineering: 1957 Formula One Season Gilby Engineering's owner, Sid Greene, had made a huge investment in his racing interests. Purchasing a Maserati 250F in 1954, Gilby Engineering would go from small-time privateer to a consistent thre.....

Daimler-Benz Daimler Benz AG: 1954 Formula One Season Recognizing his short-comings as a racing driver, Alfred Neubauer would invent the role of the team manager. Besides introducing such innovations as pit boards and signals to let the driver know their..... Daimler Benz AG: 1955 Formula One Season Much has be written and recorded about Mercedes-Benz return to grand prix racing. And while it would seem a subject overdone, it can never be overstated just how incredible the manufacturer's achievem.....

Goulds Garage Gould^s Garage: 1954 Formula One Season In the minds of many, life of a Formula One racing driver is already larger than life. Driving the best cars on the absolute limit seems like the ultimate adventure but it requires a commitment, a des..... Gould^s Garage: 1955 Formula One Season Larger-than-life in both stature and enthusiasm, Horace Gould would literally squeeze his frame into a Formula 2 Cooper-Bristol T23 in order to take part in his first Formula One World Championship ra..... Gould^s Garage: 1956 Formula One Season It's not unheard of for an individual to move closer to a loved one. In 1955 Horace Gould would do his best to cozy up to Maserati by moving to Italy. Using every bit of his larger than life personali..... Gould^s Garage: 1957 Formula One Season Success can only be found when an individual well and truly commits themselves to the task at hand. There can be no second thoughts, no straddling of the fence. And, when Gould finally threw his sizab.....

Sir Jeremy Boles Sir Jeremy Boles: 1954 Formula One Season Motor racing, especially grand prix racing, has always been attractive to the wealthy and affluent. Of course, it would take the fortune of royalty to be able to pay for it and be competitive. Fortuna.....

Scuderia Arzani-Volpini 1955 Formula One Season: Scuderia Arzani-Volpini There is a saying 'out with the old and in with the new', but what if the old could be turned into something new? This experiment would make its presence known during the 1955 Formula One season and w.....

Stirling Moss Ltd Stirling Moss Ltd: 1955 Formula One Season Even during the early days of Formula One, being fiercely patriotic had its disadvantages, unless one happened to be Italian. To be successful really tested a driver's loyalty. Stirling Moss would go .....

Emeryson Cars Emeryson Cars Ltd.: 1956 Formula One Season Interests certainly can be generational. Fathers and sons working side by side have the potential of leading to great and wonderful memories. Such times can not only foster great family memories, but .....

Automobiles Bugatti Automobiles Bugatti: 1956 Formula One Season The name Bugatti and motor racing were practically one in the same throughout the first couple of decades of the 20th century. Whether it was sportscar endurance racing or single-seaters, Bugatti was .....

Scuderia Centro Sud Scuderia Centro Sud: 1956 Formula One Season Privateer grand prix teams in England were numerous, but, against the backdrop of such factory efforts as Scuderia Ferrari and Officine Alfieri Maserati, an Italian privateer would likely never even b..... Scuderia Centro Sud: 1957 Formula One Season Scuderia Centro Sud would make its Formula One debut at the 1956 Belgian Grand Prix with the old master Luigi Villoresi behind the wheel of an ex-factory Maserati 250F. The debut would be quite succes..... Scuderia Centro Sud: 1958 Formula One Season Scuderia Centro Sud, or the 'Team South Central', would have its beginnings in 1956 as a small privateer team created by Guglielmo Dei. The outfit would be established close to the aerodrome in Modena.....

Porsche KG Dr Ing F. Porsche KG: 1957 Formula One Season By the mid-1950s Porsche was beginning to really assert itself in sportscar racing. The introduction of the 550 in 1953 would signal the beginning of success in sportscar racing that continues to this..... Dr Ing F. Porsche KG: 1958 Formula One Season While the spectators present would be enraptured with Fangio's incredible march back to the top to take a remarkable victory around the twists and turns of the Nurburgring, many would keep track of a .....

Ridgeway Managements Ridgeway Management: 1957 Formula One Season The 1957 season would see the beginnings of Formula 2's influence in the World Championship once again. Back in 1952 and 1953 the World Championship would be conducted to Formula 2 regulations. In the.....

Dyson Racing 2010 American Le Mans Series Dyson Racing started as the result of a dream lost in the mystique of the Indianapolis 500 and Formula One. Inspired by the men and machines of Formula One that raced at the picturesque Watkins Glen c.....

Scuderia Sud Americana Scuderia Sud Americana: 1958 Formula One Season By the end of the 1957 season Juan Manuel Fangio had earned his fifth World Championship, but he was also 46 years of age. It was clear Fangio could still deliver behind the wheel, but, it was becomin.....

High Efficiency Motors High Efficiency Motors: 1958 Formula One Season C.T. 'Tommy' Atkins would start out his career as a motorcycle racer riding Douglas motorcycles in the early 1930s. By the time the mid-to-late '50s rolled around, Atkins had moved on from racing, but..... High Efficiency Motors: 1958 Formula One Season C.T. 'Tommy' Atkins had more than made a name for himself in motorcycle racing in the years leading up to the Second World War. Following the war, Atkins would return to motorcycle racing. However, it.....

Ecurie Eperon d^Or Ecurie Eperon d^Or: 1958 Formula One Season In 1958, Christian Goethals would try his hand at single-seater Formula One racing. That one attempt would come on a day of tragedy and would lead the Belgian driver to feel much safer giving the spur.....

Team Lotus Team Lotus: 1958 Formula One Season Colin Chapman would come to be the benchmark of Formula One that would last for more than two decades. Borrowing liberally from aviation influences, Chapman would seemingly instigate revolution after .....

Ecurie Demi Litre Ecurie Demi-Litre: 1958 Formula One Season Ivor Bueb would earn his fame for winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans twice, once at the ill-fated 1955 Le Mans and then, again, in 1957. What is most interesting is that the man from London was never rea.....

Ecurie Maarsbergen Ecurie Maarsbergen: 1957 Formula One Season The days of the privateer racer were quickly coming to an end. To compete against the large factory efforts meant being a factory effort as well—professional, stern and somewhat dictatorial. At least ..... Ecurie Maarsbergen: 1958 Formula One Season From an office within the Hotel Maarsbergen, and from a small garage around back, Ecurie Maarsbergen would launch its assault on the 1957 German Grand Prix. From those minimal and quaint surroundings .....

Leader Cards Inc. Leader Cards Inc: 1959 Formula One Season Bob Wilke had a passion for motor racing. He would find another passionate soul and these two would combine to try and take on the best of the world. They would find a whole new world instead. .....

Camoradi International

Blanchard Automobile Co

David Brown Corporation David Brown Corporation: 1959 Formula One Season David Brown's concerted efforts in sportscar racing would make Aston Martin among the best. However, Brown had his sights set on something more. The foundation had already been laid for a successful s.....

Paul Emery Connaught Cars

Dorchester Service Station

Scuderia Ugolini Scuderia Ugolini: 1959 Formula One Season While the name Ferrari is recognized the world-over, Ugolini, on the other hand, is only a name recognized by those very knowledgeable of motor racing and football. However, the name is nearly as vita.....

Monte Carlo Auto Sport

Ace Garage

Equipe Alan Brown Alan Brown Equipe: 1959 Formula One Season All the way back in 1952, Alan Brown would help a young car manufacturer from Surbiton to score its first points in Formula One. This would eventually lead to a couple of World Championships and a par.....

United Racing Stable

Taylor-Crawley Racing Team

Robert Bodle Ltd

Reventlow Automobiles Inc

Fred Tuck Cars

Yeoman Credit Racing

Scuderia Castellotti

CT Atkins

Scuderia Colonia

Equipe Prideaux

Gauloises Prost Peugeot

Orange Arrows

Lucky Strike British American Racing Honda

Mild Seven Benetton Playlife

Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro

Jaguar Racing

Benson and Hedges Jordan

West McLaren Mercedes

Fondmetal Minardi

Sauber Petronas

BMW WilliamsF1 Team

European Minardi F1

Prost Acer

Go KL Minardi Asiatech

Panasonic Toyota Racing

Jordan Ford

Minardi Cosworth

Mild Seven Renault F1 Team

Red Bull Racing

Jordan Racing

Team McLaren Mercedes

WilliamsF1 Team

Lucky Strike Honda Racing F1 Team

BMW Sauber F1 Team

Midland F1 Racing

Scuderia Toro Rosso

Super Aguri F1 Team

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes

ING Renault F1 Team

Honda Racing F1 Team

AT&T Williams

Etihad Aldar Spyker F1 Team

Force India Formula One Team

Brawn GP F1 Team

Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team

Renault F1 Team

Lotus Racing

Virgin-Racing

Hispania Racing F1 Team (HRT)

Canon Williams Team

EuroBrun Racing

Leyton House Racing

Moneytron Onyx Formula One

Automobiles Gonfaronaise Sportive

Life Racing Engines

Subaru Coloni Racing

Footwork Arrows Racing

Benetton Formula Ltd.

Motor Racing Developments

SCM Minardi Team SpA

Ligier Gitanes

Espo Larrousse F1

Honda Marlboro McLaren

Camel Team Lotus

Osella Squadra Corse

Tyrrell Racing Organisation

Braun Tyrrell Honda

Footwork Grand Prix International

Fondmetal F1 SpA

Camel Benetton Ford

Minardi Team

Larrousse F1

Coloni Racing Srl

Modena Team SpA

Team 7UP Jordan

Footwork Mugen Honda

March Engineering

Central Park Venturi Larrousse

Sasol Jordan Yamaha

Andrea Moda Formula

Marlboro McLaren

Sasol Jordan

Sauber

Rothmans Williams Renault

Mild Seven Benetton Ford

Footwork Ford

Tourtel Larrousse F1

Broker Sauber Mercedes

MTV Simtek Ford

Pacific Grand Prix Ltd

Nokia Tyrrell Yamaha

Footwork Hart

Total Jordan Peugeot

Parmalat Forti Ford

Red Bull Sauber Ford

B&H Total Jordan Peugeot

Forti Grand Prix

Danka Arrows Yamaha

Prost Gauloises Blondes

Red Bull Sauber Petronas

PIAA Tyrrell

HSBC Malaysia Stewart Ford

MasterCard Lola F1 Team

Winfield Williams

Danka Zepter Arrows

Repsol Arrows

Candy Team Tyrrell

Parmalat Racing Team

Team ATS

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Unipart Racing Team

Equipe Renault Elf

Theodore Shadow

Skol Fittipaldi Team

Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo

Equipe Ligier Gitanes

Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team

Albilad Williams Racing Team

Brands Hatch Racing

RAM – Penthouse Rizla Racing

TAG Williams Racing Team

John Player Team Lotus

Ensign Racing

Fittipaldi Automotive

Equipe Talbot Gitanes

Ragno Arrows Beta Racing Team

Theodore Racing Team

Candy Toleman Motorsport

Rothmans March Grand Prix Team

Arrows Racing Team

Fila Sport

RAM Racing Team March

Spirit Racing

MRD International

Williams Grand Prix Engineering

Skoal Bandit Formula 1 Team

Barclay Nordica Arrows BMW

Toleman Group Motorsport

Benetton Team Alfa Romeo

Ligier Loto

West Zakspeed Racing

Team Haas (USA) Ltd

Team El Charro AGS

Data General Team Tyrrell

USF&G Arrows Megatron

Enzo Coloni Racing Car System

Rial Racing

Scuderia Serenissima

Scuderia Settecolli

Isobele de Tomaso

UDT Laystall Racing Team

J Wheeler Autosport

H&L Motors

Pescara Racing Team

Momo Corporation

Silvio Moser Racing Team

STP Corporation

Antique Automobiles Racing Team

Colin Crabbe Racing

Equipe Matra Elf

Team Surtees

Ecurie Bonnier

Team Gunston

Tom Wheatcroft Racing

Gold Leaf Team Lotus

Garvey Team Lotus

World Wide Racing

Scuderia Scribante

Pete Lovely Volkswagen Inc.

Yardley Team BRM

Frank Williams Racing Cars

Jolly Club Switzerland

Gene Mason Racing

Jo Siffert Automobiles

Clarke-Mordaunt-Guthrie Racing

Shell Arnold Team

Elf Team Tyrrell

Bruce McLaren Motor Racing

Penske-White Racing

Ecurie Evergreen

Equipe Matra Sports

Stichting Autoraces Nederland

Marussia Virgin Racing

Otelle Nucci

Scuderia De Tomaso

Brabham Racing Organisation

Ecurie Nationale Suisse

Ecurie Filipinetti

Autosport Team Wolfgang Seidel

Ecurie Excelsior

Scuderia Jolly Club

Dupont Team Zerex

Mecom Racing Team

Ecurie Galloise

Anglo-American Equipe

Porsche System Engineering

British Racing Partnership British Racing Partnership: 1958 Formula One Season By the end of the 1950s, Stirling Moss was well and truly the face of motor racing. Large teams like Vandervell and Aston Martin were fully capable of taking care of their driver and providing him wit..... British Racing Partnership: 1959 Formula One Season Ken Gregory had great plans for 1958 and beyond. But despite the team's beginnings being strong, they would end with the shock and grief of Stuart Lewis-Evans' death in Morocco. However, instead of fa.....

Reg Parnell Racing R.H.H. Parnell: 1959 Formula One Season In 1951, Reg Parnell pulled off a huge upset surviving an absolute deluge of rain that flooded the Silverstone circuit during the BRDC International Trophy race. Parnell would manage to keep his Ferra.....

Selby Auto Spares

Scuderia Lupini

DW Racing Enterprises

Scirocco Racing Cars

Automobili Turismo e Sport

Ian Raby Racing

Canadian Stebro Racing

Siffert Racing Team

John Willment Automobiles

Bob Gerard Racing Bob Gerard: 1954 Formula One Season Garage owner known as Mr. Bob, Bob Gerard had become well known for his impeccable car preparation during the years following the end of the Second World War. Driving ERAs, Gerard would often earn res..... Bob Gerard: 1956 Formula One Season Even by the end of the 1955 season, Gerard was still challenging the front-runner with his 2.3-liter Cooper-Bristol. His tenacity and determination seemed to defy reality. However, heading into the 19..... Bob Gerard: 1957 Formula One Season It had become increasingly clear over the course of the previous couple of seasons that the day of the privateer entry in a Formula One World Championship race were numbered. Without factory support t.....

Fabre Urbain

Equipe Scirocco Belge

Derrington-Francis Racing Team

(NART)

Lawson Organisation

Shannon Racing Cars

Matra Sports

Anglo American Racers

Team Chamaco Collect

Bernard White Racing

Joakim Bonnier Racing Team

Caltex Racing Team

Roy Winkelmann Racing

J.A. Pearce Engineering Ltd

Charles Vögele Racing

Castrol Oils Ltd

Ecurie Ford-France

Ron Harris Racing Team

Team Pretoria

Matra International (Tyrrell Racing)

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

Tecno Racing Team

Ahrens Racing Team

Squadra Tartaruga

Felday Engineering Ltd

Team Lawson

Darnval Connew Racing Team

Martini Racing

Team Eifelland Caravans

Brooke Bond Oxo Team Surtees

Champcarr Inc.

Marlboro BRM

Scribante Lucky Strike Racing

Team Williams Motul

Yardley Team McLaren

Blignaut Lucky Strike Racing

STP March Racing Team

LEC Refrigeration Racing

Hesketh Racing

Team Pierre Robert

Team Ensign

Blignaut Embassy Racing

John Goldie Racing with Hexagon

Scuderia Finotto

The Chequered Flag

Team Canada F1 Racing

Allied Polymer Group

Dempster Internacional Racing Team

Team Motul BRM

UOP Shadow Racing Team

AAW Racing Team

Dempster Internacional Team Surtees

Trojan-Tauranac Racing

Maki Engineering

Embassy Racing with Graham Hill

Chris Amon Racing

Pinch Plant Ltd

Token Racing

Vel^s Parnelli Jones Racing

Penske Cars

Lucky Strike Racing

Lexington Racing

Beta Team March

Stanley BRM

Custom Made Harry Stiller Racing

Copersucar-Fittipaldi

HB Bewaking Alarm Systems

Scuderia Gulf Rondini

OASC Racing Team

Heroes Racing

RAM Racing

Shellsport/Whiting

Team Norev / B&S Fabrications

Shadow Racing Team

Team P R Reilly

Walter Wolf Racing

Mapfre-Williams

Penthouse Rizla Racing with Hesketh

Citibank Team Penske

F&S Properties

Kojima Engineering

Marlboro Team Texaco

Chesterfield Racing

Iberia Airlines

Meiritsu Racing Team

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Team Rothmans International

Team Merzario

British Formula One Team

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ATS Racing Team

Team Tissot Ensign with Castrol

Team Rebaque

Centro Asegurador F1

BS Fabrications

Liggett Group/BS Fabrications

Melchester Racing

Durex Team Surtees

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Team Tissot Ensign

Olympus Cameras/Hesketh Racing

Automobiles Martini

Theodore Racing Hong Kong

Willi Kauhsen Racing Team

ATS Wheels

Samson Shadow Racing Team

Interscope Shadow Racing Team

Olympus Cameras Wolf Racing

Albilad-Saudia Racing Team

Autodelta

Wynns Friction

Haas-Hall Racing

Carl Haas Racing

Team VDS

Galles Racing

Canadian Tire

Norwood/Walker

Mosquito Autosport

Kroll Racing

Ecurie Carabine

John Mecom Racing

Hilton Racing Team

All American Racers

Motschenbacher Racing Enterprises

Alderman Auto Service

Comstock International

Hollywood Sports Cars

Autodynamics Corporation

Haskell Automotive

The Canadian Motoring Scene

Nickey Chevrolet

Pacesetter Racing

Chaparral Cars, Midland Texas

Young B.A.R.F. Inc. Racing Team

Ringfree Oil

Jackie Epstein

Drummond Racing

Schroeder Racing

Mike Goth Racing

Nickey-Vinegaroon Racing

Gammino Construction Co.

Charles Hayes Racing

Racing Partners Ltd.

Eve & Jones Racing

Ecurie Green Inc.

Sidney Taylor Racing

Wilson Racing

Auto-World, Inc.

R.B. Galloway

McCaig Racing

Northwest American Racing

Peckham Racing

Brumos Racing

Lancer

Dana Chevrolet Racing

Entin Brothers Racing Team

Caldwell Autodynamics

Heimrath Racing

Holman & Moody

Jack Nethercutt

Ecurie Soucy

Peyton A. Cramer

Ecurie Greene Inc

Veedol Racing Team

Shelby American Racing

Bill Harrah

Leadus

Salyer Racing

American Racing Motors

Bignotti Enterprises

Agapiou Brothers

Young American Racing

Belond AP

Bowes Seal Fast Racing

Jones & Maley Cars

Novi Racing

Caterham F1 Team

Scuderia Guastalla Scuderia Guastalla: 1956 Formula One Season Following World War II, Milan, Italy would make a quick recovery from all of the destruction as a result of a wave of industry would move through the city. The home of Alfa Romeo, one of Milan's resid.....

Manor Motorsport

McLaren-Renault

Racing Point

Scuderia AlphaTauri

Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team

Alpine F1 Team