Ferrari
Base:Maranello - Italy
Drivers: M SchumacherR Barrichello
Test Drivers: F MassaL Badoer
Chassis: F2003-GA
World Championships: 12
Engine: Ferrari 052
Highest race finish: 1 (x163)
Tyres: Bridgestone
Pole Positions:163
First Season: 1950
Fastest Laps: 164
History
2000 - 2002 Ferrari enter a period of total domination, winning Drivers' and Constructors' titles three years in a row.
1999 Ferrari takes the Constructors' Championship in the last race but Eddie Irvine just falls short of the Drivers'
Championship.
1983 Ferrari wins its eighth Constructors' Championship.
1979 Jody Scheckter wins the Drivers' Championship driving a Ferrari. It will be the last Drivers' title for the team for
21 years.
1975 / 1977 Niki Lauda takes the Drivers' Championship with the team and comes back from his horrific accident in
1976 to grab a second title for the team in 1977.
1964 John Surtees, a former world motorbike champion, takes the Drivers' Championship driving for Ferrari. He
remains the only man to achieve both titles.
1961 Phil Hill leads Ferrari to the 'double' of both Drivers' and Constructors' Championships.
1958 Mike Hawthorn becomes the third Ferrari driver to win the Drivers' Championship.
1956 Juan-Manuel Fangio wins the his fourth Drivers' Championship with the Scuderia.
1952 / 1953 Alberto Ascari wins back to back Drivers' Championships in a Ferrari.
1951 Jose Frolian Gonzalez records Ferrari's first victory at the British Grand Prix.
Williams
Base:Grove, UK
Drivers: J MontoyaR Schumacher
Test Drivers: M Gene
Chassis: FW25
World Championships: 9
Engine:BMW P83
Highest race finish: 1 (x109)
Tyres: Michelin
Pole Positions: 121
First Season: 1975
Fastest Laps: 122
History
2000 - 2002 Despite winning races, the Williams team does not mount a serious Championship challenge to the
dominant Ferrari team.
1997 Jacques Villeneuve takes his first and so far only Drivers' Championship and Williams takes the Constructors'
Championship for a ninth time.
1996 Damon Hill wins the Drivers' Championship for Williams and the team takes their eighth Constructors' title.
1994 The season sees the Williams team suffer its first fatality when Ayrton Senna is killed at Imola. In a sombre
season the team wins the Constructors' Championship.
1993 Alain Prost wins his fourth Drivers' Championship with Williams and announces his retirement from the sport.
1992 Nigel Mansell wins the first five rounds of the season for Williams, the team goes on to take both Drivers' and
Constructors' titles. Mansell leaves the sport to compete in IndyCar.
1986 Team owner Frank Williams is seriously injured in a car accident. In typically determined fashion, he continues
to lead the team.
1980 Alan Jones wins the Drivers' Championship and Williams takes the Constructors' Championship.
1979 Clay Regazzoni wins the British Grand Prix to give Williams its first ever victory.
1978 Williams Grand Prix Engineering founded. Alan Jones is signed to drive for the team.
1975 Williams team debut season. Six Constructors' Championship points give it ninth position.
McLaren
Base:Woking, UK
Drivers: D CoulthardK Räikkönen
Test Drivers: P de la RosaA Wurz
Chassis: MP4-17D
World Championships: 8
Engine: Mercedes 3.0 V10
Highest race finish: 1 (x137)
Tyres: Michelin
Pole Positions: 112
First Season: 1966
Fastest Laps: 110
History
2002 McLaren are pushed down to third place in the Constructors' Championship, behind Ferrari and Williams. David
Coulthard takes fifth place in the Drivers' Championship.
2000 / 2001 McLaren finish second in both Drivers' and Constructors' Championships, two years in a row.
1998 / 1999 McLaren dominate after successfully adapting to rule changes. Mika Hakkinen takes the Drivers'
Championship in both seasons with McLaren taking the Constructors' Championship in 1998.
1988 - 1991 A period of total McLaren dominance. In 1988 Ayrton Senna takes the title from his team mate Alain Prost,
with honours reversed in 1989. In 1990 Senna takes back the title and retains it in 1991.
1985 / 1986 Alain Prost takes back to back Drivers' Championships for McLaren.
1984 Niki Lauda, now driving for McLaren, takes the Drivers' Championship by half a point from team mate Alain Prost.
1976 McLaren's James Hunt takes the Drivers' Championship by a single point from Niki Lauda.
1970 Bruce McLaren is killed at the Goodwood circuit while testing a Can-Am sportscar.
1968 Bruce McLaren wins in Belgium, giving his own team its first Grand Prix victory. McLaren finishes second in the
Constructors' Championship.
1963 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd founded.
Renault
Base:Enstone, UK
Drivers:J TrulliF Alonso
Test Drivers: A McNishF Montagny
Chassis: R23
World Championships: 0
Engine: Renault RS23
Highest race finish: 1 (x15)
Tyres: Michelin
Pole Positions: 32
First Season: 1977
Fastest Laps: 19
History
2002 Renault enjoys a strong debut season with a run of points finishes giving it fourth place in the Constructors'
Championship.
2000 Benetton announces that it will be renamed Renault from 2002.
1996 Renault decides to withdraw from the sport again, although the company begins negotiations to buy-out an
existing team.
1992 Renault engines dominate the Championships of the mid 1990s, powering Williams and Renault to all
Constructors' Championships between 1992 and 1997.
Sauber
Base:Hinwil, Switzerland
Drivers:N HeidfeldH Frentzen
Test Drivers: n/a
Chassis:Sauber C22
World Championships: 0
Engine: Petronas 03A
Highest race finish: 3 (x5)
Tyres: Bridgestone
Pole Positions: 0
First Season: 1993
Fastest Laps: 0
History
2002 11 points is enough to give Sauber fifth place in the Constructors' Championship. The best result of the season is
fourth and fifth in the Spanish Grand Prix.
2001 The team's best ever season with fourth place in the Constructors' Championship.
2000 Sauber finishes eighth in the Constructors' Championship with only six points. The highest finishes were two fifth
places in Germany and Monaco. Both cars are withdrawn from the Brazilian Grand Prix after spectacular
rear wing failures.
1997 The team's best performance of the season is Herbert's third in the Hungarian Grand Prix.
1996 Johnny Herbert finishes third for the team at the Monaco Grand Prix, team mate Frentzen taking fourth place. The
team finishes seventh in the Constructors' Championship.
1995 The team achieves its first podium as Heinz-Harald Frentzen finishes third at Monza.
1993 The Sauber team manages a scoring finish in its first Grand Prix with J. J. Lehto taking fifth in South Africa. The
team end the season sixth in the Constructors' Championship with 12 points.
Jordan
Base:Silverstone, UK
Drivers:G FisichellaR Firman
Test Drivers:n/a
Chassis:EJ13
World Championships: 0
Engine: Ford Cosworth RS
Highest race finish: 1 (x4)
Tyres:Bridgestone
Pole Positions: 2
First Season: 1991
Fastest Laps: 2
History
2002 Jordan finishes sixth in the Constructors' Championship with only nine points. The team narrowly avoids collapse
due to a mid-season financial crisis.
2001 Jordan finishes fifth in the Constructors' Championship with 19 points. Dispute between the team and
Heinz-Harald Frentzen sees the German replaced by Jean Alesi mid-season.
2000 Jordan finishes sixth in the Constructors' Championship.
1999 Jordan's best season to date, two victories for Heinz-Harald Frentzen putting the team third in the Constructors'
Championship - behind Ferrari and McLaren, but ahead of Williams.
1998 The team switches to Mugen-Honda engines. After a slow start to the season, Jordan claims a one-two victory at
the Belgian Grand Prix.
1995 The team switches to Peugeot engines.
1991 Jordan scores its first Championship points, Andrea de Cesaris taking fourth place at the Canadian Grand Prix.
1990 Jordan's Formula One team is formed.
1980 Eddie Jordan forms the Jordan Motor Racing Team.
Jaguar
Base:Milton Keynes, UK
Drivers:M WebberA Pizzonia
Test Drivers: n/a
Chassis: Jaguar R4
World Championships:0
Engine: Cosworth CR5
Highest race finish: 3 (x2)
Tyres: Michelin
Pole Positions: 0
First Season: 2000
Fastest Laps: 0
History
2002 The R3 suffers from chassis flex and poor aerodynamics. Mid-season revisions improve it, with Irvine scoring a
fine third place at the Italian Grand Prix. The team finishes the Constructors' Championship in seventh place.
2001 Jaguar finishes eighth in the Constructors' Championship with nine points, Eddie Irvine managing third place in
Monaco. Team principal Bobby Rahal leaves.
2000 Jaguar Cosworth formed from the successful Stewart team, which had taken fourth place in the 1999
Constructors' Championship. The team, finishes ninth in the Constructor's Championship having scored only four
points.
BAR
Base:Brackley, UK
Drivers:J VilleneuveJ Button
Test Drivers: T SatoA Davidson
Chassis: BAR 005
World Championships: 0
Engine: Honda RA003E
Highest race finish: 3 (x2)
Tyres: Bridgestone
Pole Positions: 0
First Season: 1999
Fastest Laps: 0
History
2002 At the launch of the BAR004, WRC guru David Richards is appointed the team's new principal, replacing team
founder Craig Pollock. Richards spends most of the year restructuring BAR and building a foundation for 2003.
BAR finishes eighth in the Constructor's Championship, having scored seven points.
2001 Ricardo Zonta is replaced by Olivier Panis. Villeneuve grabs the team's first podium finishes with third places in
both Spain and Germany, and finishes seventh in the Drivers' Championship. 17 points is enough to earn BAR
sixth place in the Constructors' Championship.
2000 New Honda engines help the team to dramatically improve its performance, scoring 20 points to finish the
Constructors' Championship in fifth position.
1999 British American Racing is formed under the leadership of Craig Pollock with Jacques Villeneuve (1997 World
Champion) as lead driver. Villeneuve retires from 11 consecutive races - and fails to score a single point. The
team's second driver, Ricardo Zonta, is injured in a mid-season accident. Mika Salo takes his seat for three
Grands Prix.
Minardi
Base:Faenza, Italy
Drivers: J WilsonJ Verstappen
Test Drivers: S ZlobinM Bobbi
Chassis: Minardi PS03
World Championships: 0
Engine:Cosworth CR3
Highest race finish: 4 (x3)
Tyres: Bridgestone
Pole Positions: 0
First Season: 1985
Fastest Laps: 0
History
2002 Rookie Mark Webber takes fifth place in his first race and his home country at the Australian Grand Prix.
2001 No points for Minardi. Last in the Constructors' Championship.
2000 The team finishes tenth in the Constructors' Championship having scored no points.
1999 Mark Gene finishes sixth in the European Grand Prix. It is the only point Minardi scores all season.
1995 Pedro Lamy takes Minardi's only point of the season in the final Grand Prix in Australia.
1993 Christian Fittipaldi scores a fourth place for Minardi at the South African Grand Prix. Minardi finishes the
Constuctors' Championship in eighth place with seven points, its best performance to date.
1990 Minardi records its only front-row start, Martini lining up next to Gerhard Berger's McLaren at the USA Grand Prix.
1988 Martini picks up Minardi's first point with sixth place at the Canadian Grand Prix.
1985 Minardi makes its debut in Brazil. The car is driven by Pierluigi Martini. He fails to finish.
Toyota
Base:Koln, Germany
Drivers:O PanisC da Matta
Test Drivers:R Zonta
Chassis:TF103
World Championships:0
Engine:Toyota RVX-03
Highest race finish: 6 (x3)
Tyres: Michelin
Pole Positions: 0
First Season: 2002
Fastest Laps: 0
History
2002 The team's debut year. The team finishes in tenth position in the Constructors' Championship having scored two
points. The team announces that drivers Mika Salo and Allan McNish are to be replaced for the 2003 season.
2001 The test car is launched at the Paul Ricard Circuit in France. An extensive test programme commences.
2000 Creation of the Toyota team. New R&D facility opens in Cologne and the company's first V10 engine is fired up
for the first time.
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