The Evolution of F1 Teams (1950-2024)
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- Did you know Mercedes were once Honda? How did Jordan become Aston Martin? We look through the confusing and unusual history of F1 teams.
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Great breakdown. Would love to see a follow up on some of the more successful teams no longer with successor on the grid and what led to their demise.
Totally. Arrows, Ligier, Brabham, BRM, OG Lotus...
@@ELSTERLING
Did all of them go bankrupt including Lotus and why did they go bankrupt then or leave F1?
You forgot to mention that in 1981, the Renault works team was also alongside the grid when they were Toleman, so the Renault sports brand actually competed against themselves in the 80s
And they did great and change the sport forever Whit there turbo engines.
Yeah. But the team has been Renault ever since 2002. Not confusing.
Not that confusing as that other team is a different entity.
Then, the original Renault team left. Then Flavio rebranded Benetton to be Renault, but then that would be rebranded to Lotus but not the same Lotus from the 60s to 90s, and then another team (forgot who) rebranded to Renault which isn't the same Renault in the 80s then that team became Alpine and the Lotus which wasn't Lotus folded.
Formula One, how confusing... 😂
@@allainangcao28 Yes yes yes you don't have to remind me every 10 seconds
To make it more confusion tolman race against the first renault team in the 80s
good thing you didn't add their "official" corporate names, such as Cognizant Aramco Aston Martin, or Oracle Red Bull, or Moneygram Haas, every year would be different
crazy!! It’s part of motorsport though…its all about sponsorship
One part of the Tyrrell story everyone misses is that Tyrrell started out as the chassis division of Matra until Ken got sick of having to stick clumsy unreliable V12s in the back, went independent, grabbed a Ford DFV and started cranking out wins and titles whilst Matra fell off the map. Also I feel like it was worth bringing up that Sauber was essentially testing the water for Mercedes to enter F1 in 1993 having been their factory brand in World Sportscars for the last few years and guiding a certain Michael Schumacher to fame and glory.
This is most random thing I've done in a while, but
are you the model pictured in your icon?
I remember stumbling across that photo years ago on deviant art and I still think its a fantastic shot.
So if that be you, many compliments on your work!
@@Cruton2025 Sadly not, the artist/subject is one Maria McGinley and she was great at what she did but I think has moved on to other things.
@@ELSTERLING well, as one admirer of her work to another: I dig the choice!
Also worth noting Schumacher was basically a Mercedes development driver and they put him in sports cars instead of F-3000, which in the end worked out really well for all involved. Also draws in question the current driver academy system where drivers are stuck with open wheel cars until they make it to F1 or leave.
Correct, Ken wanted a DFV, Matra wanted to run their clunky V12s. Around the years 1967 and 1968, Ken met a Scottish lad pumping out impressive performances driving a shoddy BRM with a H16 of all things that blew up as often popcorn in an active volcano and basically lied to this lad named Jackie that he had a DFV and a much more competitive car. They agreed on a handshake because Jackie is dyslexic. Not long after the handshake agreement, Ken bought out a section of the local newspaper asking, no joke, for financial support to be able to buy a DFV with the guarantee that the lad named, Jackie Stewart, drives the car. Ken got the money, Jackie got the drive, and driver's titles followed. The first being in a Matra with the DFV bought from the newspaper advert. It was only until 1970 when Ken split from Matra.
You can make a case for Williams actually going back to 1969 although technically it was a different team. Williams ran under the banner of Frank Williams racing entering either customer March cars, and then constructing their own cars. Some years they ran branding of their sponsors such as Italian car manufacturer Iso and Marlboro to make the Iso Marlboro of 1973 but the cars had FX and later FW nunciature still in use today. It 1976 there were entered as Wolf Williams after a Canadian Billionaire Walter Wolf brought 60% the team. Williams and Wolf had a falling out and Williams and Patrick Head left to form Williams Grand Prix engineering and Wolf Williams became Walter Wolf racing. The first Williams built under the Williams Grand Prix engineering banner was the FW06.
A notable thing with Sauber is that in 2010, despite BMW no longer being part of the team, they were still officially known as BMW Sauber. Added to their getting a customer Ferrari engine, that meant that the team showed up on the tv graphics as BMW Sauber-Ferrari.
The fact I knew all this already shows I am:
1. Getting Old
2. A F1 nerd
3. Getting Old
Thanks mate, got them all correct except the starting year of Williams.
Yup, I can join the club too.
Thought there was going to be some mentioning of how Frank Williams had to sell his first team before remaking it again…
Perfect history lesson for newbies that are interested in the history of the sport. Not too much information and great graphics. And the Andretti hopium, chefs kiss
Dont forget how Williams was technically "Frank Williams Racing Cars" first
Which was more-or-less sold to a sponsor, Walter Wolf, when it was wound up. Some of the assets ended up helping in the formation of Walter Wolf Racing in 1977. So in the same year as the current Williams team debuted a point could be stretched to say that a revival of their old team was also on the grid competing against them.
Well it’s actually a bit more complicated than that - Williams-Wolf was formed from Frank’s old team, and bits of Hesketh and the Embassy Hill team, and entered F1 between ‘75 and ‘77, with Frank Williams remaining as team manager for a fair while. Eventually it was restructured as Walter Wolf Racing for the ‘77 season. It’s not entirely clear if this was regarded as a new entrant, or a continuation of what started out as the original Williams team, whose official title was Frank Williams Racing Cars.
Whatever, Walter Wolf Racing’s first car won its first ever race, in the hands of Jody Scheckter; the ‘77 Argentinian Grand Prix.
The sheer disrespect for forgetting Hakkinen at Silver Arrow Era McLaren and Piquet at Williams is outrageous.
A nice run down of the changes for each of the teams. I was a bit disappointed with the Williams entry. Could have mentioned the earlier team (Frank Williams Racing Cars), in a similar way to the prior entries for Mercedes and Aston Martin.
But then there's also how they started as Williams Grand Prix Engineering, but in 1979 became "Albilad-Saudia Racing Team" before the Williams name was put back in their entry from 1980 onwards.
It just felt like the Williams entry for this video was half arsed.
8:53 you missed the great Rich Energy Story.
What's even more confusing is that Renault raced against "Team Enstone" when they were Toleman.
This is the best video on this channel so far. Very informative and also entertaining!
The fact that there has been 3 separate Lotus teams is weird, especially the 2 at the same time that you mentioned.
Weirder yet, Caterham cars is known for continuing Lotus designs under licence, so when one of the 2 Lotus teams of the early 2010's was forced to change it's name, it was appropriate that the owner bought Caterham and renamed the team, Caterham.
1.27 that livery is one of my favourites of all time!
(despite never watching it race)
Literally watched the 5 year old version of this an hour ago 😂
As soon as I saw this I thought of that video 😂
I think legally the team that started out as Jordan folded during the 2018 summer break, and the current team with backing from Lawrence Stroll counts as a new entry that debuted in the 2018 Belgian GP.
Correct. Under Indian administration rules, the Force India team was folded and Lawrence Stroll bought the team's assets and re-employed its staff to form Racing Point. RP started on 0 points at the Belgian Grand Prix as they were a separate team to Force India and did not inherit the points that FI had accrued earlier in the season.
Legally - you're absolutely correct.
Emotionally - nah! 😉
The "BMW Sauber-Ferrari" episode from 2010 is an even more confusing anomaly in a current team's lineage.
Factory and people were mostly the same though. For me, Tyrell to BAR in 1999 was a new team because the people and factory changed, even if the legal entity was the same.
Found this really interesting. Another great video 👌
A much needed and great video ♥️
OG's remember Matt did this video on WTF1
this is so good. keep good work mate
Awesome video! Loved the graphics
Andretti is going to get a great discount on that Alpine spot.
I know everything but hearing it hear and from matt is so warming and calm
I enjoyed that, thank you! 👏🏻👍🏻
Great video!!!
Great explanation as I’m relatively new to watching F1.
Make another video about teams swapping liveries:
-Sauber used to look like Red Bull
-Many teams have used that iconic Marlboro livery, including 2 teams at the same time in the early 80's, Alfa Romeo and McLaren
-The Benetton livery was on 2 or 3 teams before they actually owned a team.
I could go on...
Love these vids Matt! Learning lots of good wheel from you. Tommy might want to try a couple. I’d be interested in hearing his narration skills. 🥰
Ive need a video like this, nice
Great update from the one you did with you know who
I only became an F1 fan this year and man even Drive to Survive season 1 was mind bending because every team had a different name
Ok, but if you wish some more confusion:
Gordini appears in formula 1 since 1950 and later did engines for renalult, than in mid 70-s Alpine A-500 was a Renault prototype for future turbo team.
Williams - appears in late 60s as Williams racing cars, branded under different names, than in mid 70s Williams FW05 became Wolf WR01, and than Williams name return in 1977 win March and Williams FW06.
As per Tyrrel - Originally it was Matra-Ford team (managed by Tyrrell) in addition to Matra-Matra - French team.
Finally Alfa Romeo has also history from 1950s, with return in 1979 and than wearing Benetton colors in 1984 -1985.
Brillant video very informative, did Lotus F1 change to Caterham f1 thanks for making the video
These vids underrated af
I got everything right apart from not knowing Benetton were Toleman and forgetting BAR were Tyrell.
Great vid.
Shame on me, I also forgot BAR bought Tyrell. But it was almost a whole new personnel and factory in 1999 so for me BAR was the starting point of modern Mercedes F1.
Well done!
great show
HELL YEAHHHHHHH. Needed a video like this for quite some time. And I understand what Stake is doing, basically a placeholder name until Audi comes along in 2026...But WTH is RB thinking? They've got a name that I really hope doesn't stick around for too long, and really with they would have just reverted to Toro Rosso
Money... they were thinking about money.
@@PhlogPhanatic sponsor money? Or what? Explain
@@MUCKLEECH Yeah, Visa Cash App money. There is no other reason why they would change the name to such a specific name without Visa Cash App being a naming rights sponsor and were paying insane amounts to have naming rights.
@@PhlogPhanatic Yeah but to share the title sponsor with the team name is such a messy and half-assed way to go about it. Plenty of teams have big money sponsors, but they don't let it muddy up the name. If it was that important to them, they should have went with something like "Visa Racing" and make it at least marketable.
@@MUCKLEECH I get what you are saying and I agree it is a horrible name. However I think its not that much worse than "Moneygram HAAS" or "Aston Martin Aramco" or "Stake F1 team Kick Sauber". These names are just reflections of the influx of new money to F1.
I miss Jordan Grand Prix.
Its. Crazy how they bought for 1 pound
Looooove the editing
I miss this kind of video. I really love when you did that with your old CZcams channel..i won't say the name 😂.
Please do more educational videos like that.
Would love to see more historical education based videos like this!!
Would love to see one of these but with the current drivers of the grid
So we are still watching Tyrell, Jorden, tolemon, minardi and sauber? Cool
Technically not Jordan as Force India went bankrupt and was dissolved as per Indian law. Lawrence Stroll bought out the assets and re-employed the staff to create Racing Point as a new team, who started on 0 points at the 1998 Belgian GP.
@@RJSRdg LOL. 2018 not 1998.
@@nicksurface3513 I wondered who'd be first to spot that!
I wonder if Audi are gonna pull a BMW and keep the Sauber name, "Audi Sauber," has a ring to it.
Das ist ja ein Sauberes Audi
I'm betting a commentator would botch the name and call it a Saudi Auber or something.
AIUI Audi will be buying the team in its entirety - it won't be a partnership as BMW Sauber were.
@@RJSRdg BMW Sauber wasn't a partnership. They bought it in it's entirety and kept the Sauber name for "historical reasons." It takes 2 seconds to google this.
I would love to see a video where you more or less to year by year and say what teams have come and gone and rebranded and such. If you wanted to really go for it you could do honorable mentions for liveries, moments, teams/sponsors, etc
Great video 👏🏻, but by seeing this makes me miss the team Orange Arrows and their signature orange-black liveries
Stake still got the Sauber name as it listed as Kick Sauber in the team name. So, it basically got the Sauber name back after Alfa Romeo
Toro Rosso (much better name than Visa CashApp RB) being Red Bull's junior team is so confusing when Red Bull also has a Junior Team in F2
No mention of the McLaren-Mercedes works partnership? That probably should have been included in there somewhere for either team.
and Mercedes came back with sauber to f1 after the lemans tragedy in the 60's . sauber didn't exist if the get the ilmor construction concepted (payed) by mercedes benz.
so audi f1, history is bmw and mercedes :D
I support RB today because I enjoyed Jaguar back in the day as a kid.
Aston gives me similar vibes with the green so I have a soft spot for them.
Mom worked for Shell when I was a child so got to meet Schumi and enjoy some Ferrari merch as well so still a Ferrari fan to this day, as everyone else.
You forgot to mention that Red Bull used to sponsor the Sauber team in the 90’s before they bought jaguar’s team. They made the cars look like giant cans of red bull
Toleman and Tyrell were good chassis developers. Along with the great Colin Chapman
Well done
Fernando is the only driver to drive for two teams but same team..gives the same same but different vibes 😂
Three separate stints for that team too; ‘03 to ‘06, ‘08 to ‘09, and ‘21 to ‘22. All with different liveries too; the first stint being Renault/Mild Seven yellow and blue, the second Renault/ING yellow and white/orange, and Alpine’s blue.
@Wheel_Knowledge Could you do a video on the difference between Push Rods and Pull Rods, and the difference they make when applied on front vs rear suspension?
A timeline of all the teams that participated in f1 wld be cool but that wld be veeeeeery long for 1 video.
Maybe doing it as every team in f1 1950 to 1960 then 1961 to 1970 and so on
7:09 Matt said "Visa Cash App RB" so reluctantly lmao
Ah, I remember when you made a video on the WTF1 channel
You should have mention the original Renault
One correction. MF1 was bought by Spyker in 2006 and last 3 races of that season cars were rebadged as Spyker and they started as Spyker MF1.
You forgot to mention for McLaren Alain Prost
Oh, as an aside there was a brief period (1982 IIRC) early in the Project 4 era where Mclaren were actually entered as team Marlboro. People called them Mclaren still but the name 'Mclaren' was actually absent from that year's entry form for unknown reasons.
1:15 that was because of the Le Mans Dunbeck flip
You could have also mentioned that the Renault today isn't the same Renault team that we had in the 80s
Forgot Alain Prost, he just won 3 titles with McLaren!
Everyone always forgets the Professor. Bless him, the most underrated driver of all time.
@@nicksurface3513 people mixture likable drivers with good drivers. Alain went against Ayrton and did match Ayrton! In my opinion Alain is one of the greatest ever, that saying as a person who lives in Brazil.
You could still mention that Renault and Haas also existed in the 80s simultaneously 😂
I could be wrong about this, but I'm not sure BAR were really ever a continuation of the Tyrrell team. I seem to recall Craig Pollack buying Tyrell simply to acquire their F1 entry and thus avoid some of the fees involved in setting up a brand new team. Perhaps some Tyrell employees worked for BAR initially, but it was a brand new team with new facilities, etc. Someone correct me if I'm wrong though.
You forgot the part in which toleman (current Renault team) raced against the old Renault (that got out of f1 in 85). Even more confusion
No mention of BMW Williams partnership?
Could have went into more detail of teams that where replaced. Was suprised toyota wasnt mentioned.
Everyone does the same mistake: Racing point didn't purchase Force India, they were a completely new team, they didn't even got the point from FI in the championship
Sauber really doesn't get the attention it deserves. Before Mercedes came back as an F1 team they had a partnership with Sauber. Then Sauber had Red Bull sponsorship, years before there was a Red Bull F1 team. Also Sauber after years of being towards the low end became a solid middle of the pack team before BMW showed up. And of course there's how Sauber is a Swiss team, which is sort of ironic given Switzerland outlawed car racing in 1955. It was only a couple years ago that ban was lifted.
I did not know this channel existed?. You guys should plug it in your P1 videos.
They already did a few months ago.
I miss Minardi, Jordan and Sauber on the grid.
the Haas - Rich Energy Thing counts as a name Change ?
-A lot of people have pointed out that Renault had another team from 1977-1985, so theres that.
-People have also pointed out that Williams has a history that goes back to about 69 or 70...so read those posts
-BUT....the last 2 American teams have been called HAAS, completely unrelated, and not a common name in the U.S, so weird coincidence
Alfa Romeo entered F1 twice before they became a title sponsor for Sauber.
You forgot to add that Sauber were BMW Sauber Ferrari for one year after BMW pulled out...
Does Matt hate Prost or something. He won 3 titles with McLaren and one with Williams but failed to be mentioned in either section
MINARDI!!!!!!!! Loved minardi, bring it back!!!!
2018 was still sauber alfa romeo was just the main sponsor then became the name/title sponsor in 2019
6:19 😂
You say Williams has no previous name, but I thought Sir Frank bought the Walter Wolf team he had worked for in '75. ..... I could be wrong.
8:21 i believe it become Audi Sport Team Sauber
8:00 massively wrong, for 2018 we had Alfa Romeo Suaber and their results historically belong to Sauber, in 2019 team became Alfa Romeo without Sauber in the name and results from 2019 to 2023 belong to original Alfa from 50' (despite the fact that Alfa was nothing more than sponsor)
Just don't mix up now-Haas with before-Haas.
Classic brands be leaving Sauber like front wings leave Sargeant's car every weekend
So did "P1 with Matt & Tommy" just get re-branded?
Funny that Alpine is not related to the Renault of the late 70s/early 80s
You missed Hakkinen's two titles when talking about McLaren.
Wait, what about McLaren - Mercedes? Is my brain playing tricks on me?
Surprised you never mentioned Renaults original version of the team in the 70’s and 80’s
Niki lauda won 1 title with McLaren is mentioned, Alain Prost won 3 titles is not mentioned... I am a big Senna fan but it's not fair. Prost is one of the greatest of all time.
Matt said "drivers like Lauda, Senna & Hamilton" not a list of them all, it isn't that deep bro
@@5tuartGuy Agreed, man needs to calm down 😂
You are right, but that man is just very forgettable... He isn't named The Professor for no reason.
@@5tuartGuy indeed but Alain Prost is much more important in the McLaren history than Niki Lauda.
Mika hakkinen won 2 driver titles for McLaren
@Matt video with your face in thumbnails got more views in this channel as it new channel.