1950s
The front-engined age
The World Championship begins at Silverstone. Alfa Romeo, then Ferrari and Mercedes, define an era of privateers, Maseratis, and appalling risk.
The constructors
The long
way around.
Every name a team has raced under, from its first Grand Prix to whatever it is called today. A history of the handoffs behind the badge.
All decades1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s
1950 — 2026
Eight eras of change
The shape of the car changes. The pressure does not.
1960s
The garagistes
Cooper moves the engine behind the driver. Lotus, Brabham, BRM, and McLaren rewrite the sport around lighter, mid-engined chassis.
1970s
Sponsorship & ground effect
Tobacco liveries, wings, and Colin Chapman’s ground effect. Safety finally becomes a campaign, not a footnote.
1980s
Turbo power
Qualifying engines reach 1,000bhp. Williams and McLaren sharpen their edge as Senna, Prost, and modern commercial Formula One arrive.
1990s
Electronics & attrition
Active suspension, Imola 1994, and a brutal culling of the privateers. Jordan, Sauber, and Stewart arrive as others disappear.
2000s
Manufacturer invasion
Ferrari’s five-title run is followed by Toyota, Honda, BMW, and Renault buying their way onto the grid — and mostly leaving again.
2010s
Hybrid dynasties
Red Bull’s blown-diffuser quadruple, then Mercedes’ hybrid dominance, as team names change hands faster than the cars.
2020s
Ground effect returns
A cost cap, a rebooted rulebook, Red Bull’s peak, and old identities resurfacing under new owners: Aston Martin, Alpine, Audi.
Longest unbroken lineage
The badge is never the whole story.
A team can be sold, renamed, rebadged, and still carry the same thread. The archive keeps that thread visible.
Pair it with a driver file
Scuderia Ferrari
On the grid since 1950
The only team to have entered every season since 1950, and the only identity in the sport never to have been sold, renamed, or rebadged.
16×
constructors’ titles
248
wins
Current grid lineages
The names racing now
11 current constructor identities on file
Scuderia Ferrari
since 1950The only identity to have entered every season.
16 constructors’ titles
McLaren
since 1966Founded by a driver, rebuilt into a championship machine.
9 constructors’ titles
Williams
since 1977The most successful independent constructor in the sport’s history.
9 constructors’ titles
Mercedes
since 1970Tyrrell to BAR, Honda, Brawn, then the Silver Arrows.
9 constructors’ titles
Red Bull
since 1997A family team, a works effort, then two rule-cycle dynasties.
6 constructors’ titles
Alpine
since 1981Toleman, Benetton, Renault, Lotus, Renault again, Alpine.
2 constructors’ titles