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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.

This list is accurate as of December 30, 2007. For a list of currently active constructors, see 2008 Formula One season.

Constructors and 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.

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. In these cases, the World Champion title is awarded to the constructor of the chassis. For this reason, this list only considers chassis constructors. For more information on engines, see Formula One engines.

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. This new organisation gives a united voice in ongoing discussion regarding the future of Formula One with the FIA and Bernie Ecclestone's Formula One Group. Headed by Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo ² , the first task of the FOTA will be to negoiate the terms of the new Concorde Agreement, the commercial contract which governs the championship, with the FIA and Bernie Ecclestone.

2008 Formula One Season constructors

Name	Nationality	Base
BMW Sauber	German	Hinwil, Switzerland
Ferrari	Italian	Maranello, Italy
Force India	Indian	Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
Honda	Japanese	Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
McLaren	British	Surrey, United Kingdom
Red Bull	Austrian	Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
Renault	French	Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Super Aguri†	Japanese	Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Toro Rosso	Italian	Faenza, Italy
Toyota	Japanese	Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Williams	British	Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

^† Super Aguri F1 closed down on May 6, 2008, between the Spanish Grand Prix and Turkish Grand Prix.

Defunct constructors

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	Last Grand Prix
AFM (Alex von Falkenhausen Motorenbau)		1952-19533	4	6	9	0	n/a	0	0	0	n/a	0	1952 Swiss	1953 Italian
AGS (Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives)		1986-1991	80	10	124	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1986 Italian	1991 Monaco
Alfa Romeo		1950-1951 1979-1985	110	18	237	10	504	12	14	26	05	2	1950 British	1985 Australian
Alta		1950-19526	5	4	6	0	n/a	0	0	0	n/a	0	1950 British	1952 British
Amon		1974	4	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1974 Spanish	1974 Italian
Andrea Moda		1992	9	4	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1992 S. African	1992 Italian
Apollon		1977	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1977 Italian	1977 Italian
Arrows a		1978-2002	393	36	783	0	167	1	0	8	0	0	1978 Brazilian	2002 German
Arzani-Volpini		1955	1	1	1	0	n/a	0	0	0	n/a	0	1956 Italian	1956 Italian
Aston Butterworth		1953	4	2	4	0	n/a	0	0	0	n/a	0	1952 Belgian	1952 Italian
Aston Martin		1959-1960	6	3	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1959 Dutch	1960 British
ATS (Automobili Turismo e Sport)		19637	5	2	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1963 Belgian	1964 Italian
ATS (Auto Technisches Spezialzubehör)		1977-1984	107	15	146	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1978 Argentine	1984 Portuguese
BAR (British American Racing) b		1999-2005	118	7	236	0	227	2	0	15	0	0	1999 Australian	2005 Chinese
Behra-Porsche		1960	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1960 Argentine	1960 Monaco
Bellasi		1970-1971	6	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1970 Dutch	1971 Italian
Benetton c	/8	1986-2001	260	17	520	27	851.5	15	36	102	1	2	1986 Brazilian	2001 Japanese
Boro		1976-1977	8	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1976 Spanish	1977 Italian
Brabham		1962-1987, 1989-1992	402	39	995	35	843	39	42	124	2	4	1962 German	1992 Hungarian
BRM (British Racing Motors)		1951, 1956-1977	208	71	559	17	385	11	15	61	1	1	1951 British	1977 Italian
BRP (British Racing Partnership)		1963-1964	13	2	19	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1963 Belgian	1964 Mexican
Bugatti		1956	1	1	1	0	n/a	0	0	0	n/a	0	1956 French	1956 French
Cisitalia		1952	1	1	1	0	n/a	0	0	0	n/a	0	1952 Italian	1952 Italian
Coloni d		1987-1991	65	8	81	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1987 Italian	1991 Australian
Connaught		1952-1959	18	29	52	0	09	0	0	1	0	0	1952 British	1959 United States
Connew		1972	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1972 Austrian	1972 Austrian
Cooper		1950, 1952-1969	129	111	528	16	301	11	14	58	2	2	1950 Monaco	1969 Monaco
Dallara		1988-1992	80	6	144	0	15	0	0	2	0	0	1988 Brazilian	1992 Australian
Derrington-Francis		1964	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1964 Italian	1964 Italian
De Klerk		1963, 1965	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1963 South African	1965 South African
De Tomaso		1961-1963, 1970	15	8	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1961 French	1970 United States
Eagle (Anglo American Racers)		1966-1969	26	7	35	1	17	0	0	4	0	0	1966 Belgian	1969 Canadian
Eifelland		1972	8	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1972 South African	1972 Austrian
Emeryson		1956, 1961-1962	6	6	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1956 British	1962 Italian
EMW (Eisenacher Motorenwerk)		1953	1	1	1	0	n/a	0	0	0	n/a	0	1953 German	1953 German
ENB (Ecurie Nationale Belge)		1962	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1962 German	1962 German
Ensign		1973-1982	134	25	154	0	19	0	1	0	0	0	1973 French	1982 Caesars Palace
ERA (English Racing Automobiles)		1950-1952	7	7	12	0	n/a	0	0	0	n/a	0	1950 British	1952 Dutch
EuroBrun	/	1988-1990	46	5	76	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1988 Brazilian	1990 Spanish
Ferguson		1961	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1961 British	1961 British
FIRST		1989	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-
Fittipaldi (Copersucar)		1975-1982	120	8	156	0	44	0	0	3	0	0	1975 Argentine	1982 Caesars Palace
Fondmetal		1991-1992	29	4	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1991 United States	1992 Italian
Forti		1995-1996	27	4	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1995 Brazilian	1996 British
Frank Williams Racing Cars e		1972-1976	61	25	112	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1972 British	1976 Japanese
Frazer-Nash		1952	4	2	4	0	n/a	0	0	0	n/a	0	1952 Swiss	1952 Dutch
Fry		1959	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1959 British	1959 British
Gilby		1961-1963	6	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1961 British	1963 Italian
Gordini		1952-1956	33	23	101	0	n/a	0	1	2	n/a	0	1952 Swiss	1956 Italian
Greifzu		1952	1	1	1	0	n/a	0	0	0	n/a	0	1952 German	1952 German
Hesketh		1974-1978	60	15	97	1	48	0	1	7	0	0	1974 South African	1978 Belgian
Hill		1975	12	6	21	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1975 South African	1975 United States
HWM (Hersham and Walton Motors)		1951-1955	16	15	48	0	n/a	0	0	0	n/a	0	1951 Swiss	1955 Monaco
Jaguar f		2000-2004	85	8	170	0	49	0	0	2	0	0	2000 Australian	2004 Brazilian
JBW		1959-1961	6	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1959 British	1961 Italian
Jordan g		1991-2005	250	30	500	4	291	2	2	19	0	0	1991 United States	2005 Chinese
Kauhsen		1979	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1979 Spanish	1979 Belgian
Klenk		1954	1	1	1	0	n/a	0	0	0	n/a	0	1954 German	1954 German
Kojima		1976-1977	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1976 Japanese	1977 Japanese
Kurtis h		1959	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1959 United States	1959 United States
Lambo (Modena Team)		1991	16	2	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1991 United States	1991 Australian
Lancia		1954-1955	4	4	10	0	n/a	2	1	1	n/a	0	1954 Spanish	1955 Belgian
Larrousse		1993-1994	32	7	64	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1993 South African	1994 Australian
LDS		1962-1963, 1965, 1967-1968	5	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1962 South African	1968 South African
LEC		1977	5	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1977 Spanish	1977 British
Leyton House i		1990-1991	32	3	64	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	1990 United States	1991 Australian
Life		1990	14	2	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1990 United States	1990 Spanish
Ligier j		1976-1996	330	28	612	9	388	9	9	50	0	0	1976 Brazilian	1996 Japanese
Lola k		1962-1963, 1967-1968, 1974-1975, 1985-1991, 1997	152	27	280	0	45	1	0	3	0	0	1962 Dutch	1997 Australian
Lotus		1958-1994	493	122	1332	79	1332	107	70	172	7	6	1958 Monaco	1994 Australian
Lyncar		1974-1975	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1974 British	1975 British
Maki		1974-1976	8	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1974 British	1976 Japanese
March l		1970-1978, 1981-1982, 1987-1989, 1992	208	54	579	3	172.5	5	7	21	0	0	1970 South African	1992 Australian
Martini		1978	7	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1978 South African	1978 Dutch
Maserati		1950-1960	73	93	407	9	9	10	17	37	0	2	1950 British	1960 United States
Matra		1967-1972	61	5	117	9	163	4	12	21	1	1	1967 Monaco	1972 United States
McGuire		1977	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1977 British	1977 British
Mercedes-Benz		1954-1955	12	7	32	9	n/a	8	9	17	n/a	2	1954 French	1955 Italian
Merzario		1978-1979	31	3	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1978 Argentine	1979 United States
Midland m		2006	18	2	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2006 Bahrain	2006 Brazilian
Milano		1950	1	1	1	0	n/a	0	0	0	n/a	0	1950 Italian	1950 Italian
Minardi n		1985-2005	346	42	676	0	38	0	0	0	0	0	1985 Brazilian	2005 Chinese
Monteverdi o		1990	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1990 German	1990 Hungarian
Onyx p		1989-1990	24	4	48	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	1989 Brazilian	1990 British
OSCA (Officine Specializate Costruzione Automobili)		1951-1953, 1958	7	5	11	0	0	0	0	0	0		1951 Italian	1958 Monaco
Osella q		1980-1990	172	17	253	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1980 Argentine	1990 Australian
Pacific		1994-1995	33	5	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1994 Brazilian	1995 Australian
Parnelli		1974-1976	16	1	16	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	1974 Canadian	1976 US West
Penske		1974-1977	41	7	46	1	23	0	0	0	0	0	1974 Canadian	1977 Canadian
Porsche		1957-1964	35	13	75	1	46	1	0	5	0	0	1957 German	1964 German
Prost r		1997-2001	83	9	166	0	35	0	0	3	0	0	1997 Australian	2001 Japanese
RAM		1983-1985	44	8	73	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1983 Brazilian	1985 European
Rebaque		1979	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1979 Italian	1979 United States
Rial		1988-1989	32	6	48	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1988 Brazilian	1989 Australian
Sauber s		1993-2005	218	17	435	0	195	0	0	6	0	0	1993 South African	2005 Chinese
Scarab		1960	5	4	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1960 Monaco	1960 United States
Scirocco		1963-1964	7	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1963 Belgian	1964 German
Shadow		1973-1980	112	21	240	1	67.5	3	2	7	0	0	1973 South African	1980 French
Shannon		1966	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0