50
1950s
The Front-Engined Age
The World Championship begins at Silverstone in 1950. Alfa Romeo, then Ferrari and Mercedes-Benz, dominate an era of privateers, Maseratis and appalling risk.
Tracing the Lineage
EVERY TEAM,
1950 TO NOW
Formula One teams rarely die — they get sold, renamed and rebadged. This archive follows each entry through every identity it has worn, and the drivers who carried it.
Eight Decades of Formula One
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60
1960s
The Garagistes
Cooper puts the engine behind the driver and British kit-car constructors — Lotus, Brabham, BRM, McLaren — rewrite the sport around light, mid-engined chassis.
70
1970s
Sponsorship & Ground Effect
Tobacco liveries, wings and Colin Chapman's ground effect. Tyrrell, Lotus, Ferrari and McLaren trade titles while safety finally becomes a campaign.
Longest Unbroken Lineage
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.
Scuderia Ferrari1950 — Present
Current Grid Lineages
Ferrarisince 1950
1 identity · 16 constructors' titles
McLarensince 1966
3 identities · 9 constructors' titles
Williamssince 1977
4 identities · 9 constructors' titles
Mercedessince 1970
5 identities · 8 constructors' titles
Aston Martinsince 1991
6 identities · 0 constructors' titles
Red Bullsince 1997
3 identities · 6 constructors' titles
Racing Bullssince 1985
4 identities · 0 constructors' titles
Alpinesince 1981
6 identities · 2 constructors' titles
Saubersince 1993
6 identities · 0 constructors' titles
Haassince 2016
1 identity · 0 constructors' titles
Cadillacsince 2026
2 identities · 0 constructors' titles