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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@bigmacdaddy68 2 ай бұрын

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.

@ELSTERLING 2 ай бұрын

Totally. Arrows, Ligier, Brabham, BRM, OG Lotus...

@Jout8-re1ij 2 ай бұрын

@@ELSTERLING Did all of them go bankrupt including Lotus and why did they go bankrupt then or leave F1?

@seal1098 24 күн бұрын

@@ELSTERLING Rip BRM, home town represent

@connorappleton1945 2 ай бұрын

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

@ThePapaja1996 2 ай бұрын

And they did great and change the sport forever Whit there turbo engines.

@ChristianrnstrupRasmussen 2 ай бұрын

Yeah. But the team has been Renault ever since 2002. Not confusing.

@4dshow 2 ай бұрын

Not that confusing as that other team is a different entity.

@allainangcao28 2 ай бұрын

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... 😂

@connorappleton1945 2 ай бұрын

@@allainangcao28 Yes yes yes you don't have to remind me every 10 seconds

@ELSTERLING 2 ай бұрын

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.

@Cruton2025 2 ай бұрын

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!

@ELSTERLING 2 ай бұрын

@@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.

@Cruton2025 2 ай бұрын

@@ELSTERLING well, as one admirer of her work to another: I dig the choice!

@laurenmp7486 2 ай бұрын

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.

@allainangcao28 2 ай бұрын

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.

@dcvanta 2 ай бұрын

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

@RubeusLeclerc 2 ай бұрын

crazy!! It’s part of motorsport though…its all about sponsorship

@benderunit44 10 күн бұрын

which is a bit unfair to Kick The Sauber to the Stake

@nickjasperse9903 2 ай бұрын

To make it more confusion tolman race against the first renault team in the 80s

@NicotineRosberg 2 ай бұрын

The fact I knew all this already shows I am: 1. Getting Old 2. A F1 nerd 3. Getting Old

@MrRofl131 2 ай бұрын

Thanks mate, got them all correct except the starting year of Williams.

@nicksurface3513 2 ай бұрын

Yup, I can join the club too.

@matthewlange8616 2 ай бұрын

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.

@dominicbarden4436 2 ай бұрын

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.

@asklamar 2 ай бұрын

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

@maxbellan4955 2 ай бұрын

Dont forget how Williams was technically "Frank Williams Racing Cars" first

@BungleBare 2 ай бұрын

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.

@crusherbmx Ай бұрын

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.

@damionlee7658 2 ай бұрын

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.

@AudyBharksuwana 2 ай бұрын

Thought there was going to be some mentioning of how Frank Williams had to sell his first team before remaking it again…

@richardchamings7241 2 ай бұрын

What's even more confusing is that Renault raced against "Team Enstone" when they were Toleman.

@PHILSSPOTS 2 ай бұрын

8:53 you missed the great Rich Energy Story.

@andreaskerscher235 2 ай бұрын

This is the best video on this channel so far. Very informative and also entertaining!

@artemisxnp 29 күн бұрын

Very nice and clear vid !! Exactly what I was looking for 💪

@rashidhasanrafi 2 ай бұрын

A much needed and great video ♥️

@amiehadden834 2 ай бұрын

Awesome video! Loved the graphics

@MsCal20 2 ай бұрын

Found this really interesting. Another great video 👌

@thiagomclima2004 Ай бұрын

The sheer disrespect for forgetting Hakkinen at Silver Arrow Era McLaren and Piquet at Williams is outrageous.

@perrypereyra6671 2 ай бұрын

this is so good. keep good work mate

@HiddenCars 2 ай бұрын

Literally watched the 5 year old version of this an hour ago 😂

@adamf8837 2 ай бұрын

As soon as I saw this I thought of that video 😂

@benhalliday160 2 ай бұрын

Does Matt hate Prost or something. He won 3 titles with McLaren and one with Williams but failed to be mentioned in either section

@bumblebity2902 4 күн бұрын

Finally their legendary WTF1 content is backed.

@Becky_Cooling 2 ай бұрын

1.27 that livery is one of my favourites of all time! (despite never watching it race)

@alanlucas501 2 ай бұрын

I enjoyed that, thank you! 👏🏻👍🏻

@jordanhowell7798 Ай бұрын

Great video!!!

@stephenirwin2761 28 күн бұрын

Nicely done!

@darrenmaharaj 2 ай бұрын

Toleman and Tyrell were good chassis developers. Along with the great Colin Chapman

@crusherbmx Ай бұрын

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...

@offmyporch 2 ай бұрын

Ive need a video like this, nice

@bibhushanrajthala 2 ай бұрын

I know everything but hearing it hear and from matt is so warming and calm

@gabuskie3 Ай бұрын

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

@pendremacherald6758 11 күн бұрын

Ferrari did leave briefly and NART (North American Racing Team) filled in for them for a few races so John Surtees could finish the season and win the world championship.

@RubeusLeclerc 2 ай бұрын

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. 🥰

@davidcortez2573 2 ай бұрын

Andretti is going to get a great discount on that Alpine spot.

@DavidStebbins 2 ай бұрын

Well done!

@jtc4119 2 ай бұрын

OG's remember Matt did this video on WTF1

@viceracingf1796 2 ай бұрын

These vids underrated af

@oscarrodgers6460 2 ай бұрын

Great update from the one you did with you know who

@sycior 2 ай бұрын

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.

@rick_thunder 2 ай бұрын

Great explanation as I’m relatively new to watching F1.

@billeib427 2 ай бұрын

great show

@scottdylan1790 13 күн бұрын

Thank you😁

@richardmilbourne1679 Ай бұрын

Brillant video very informative, did Lotus F1 change to Caterham f1 thanks for making the video

@pattynufc 2 ай бұрын

I got everything right apart from not knowing Benetton were Toleman and forgetting BAR were Tyrell. Great vid.

@nicksurface3513 2 ай бұрын

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.

@nathanstroud2223 2 ай бұрын

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.

@RJSRdg 2 ай бұрын

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.

@y_fam_goeglyd 2 ай бұрын

Legally - you're absolutely correct. Emotionally - nah! 😉

@nathanstroud2223 2 ай бұрын

The "BMW Sauber-Ferrari" episode from 2010 is an even more confusing anomaly in a current team's lineage.

@nicksurface3513 2 ай бұрын

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.

@Feakre 26 күн бұрын

I think it's great how Peter Sauber just keeps lending his team to car manufacturers to use for a couple of years before handing it back.

@matthiascerebri3315 2 ай бұрын

You could still mention that Renault and Haas also existed in the 80s simultaneously 😂

@mdikhtiyarnagthan9082 Ай бұрын

Excellent

@Leikjarinn Ай бұрын

Looooove the editing

@alexarmstrong1134 2 ай бұрын

Well done

@alexeysoldatov6789 Ай бұрын

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.

@charliep123 2 ай бұрын

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

@kennethwichner9516 2 ай бұрын

Would love to see one of these but with the current drivers of the grid

@MUCKLEECH 2 ай бұрын

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

@PhlogPhanatic 2 ай бұрын

Money... they were thinking about money.

@MUCKLEECH 2 ай бұрын

@@PhlogPhanatic sponsor money? Or what? Explain

@PhlogPhanatic 2 ай бұрын

@@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.

@MUCKLEECH 2 ай бұрын

@@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.

@PhlogPhanatic 2 ай бұрын

@@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.

@bibhushanrajthala 2 ай бұрын

Its. Crazy how they bought for 1 pound

@superdrog1819 2 ай бұрын

I miss Jordan Grand Prix.

@obliviousdave562 2 ай бұрын

Would love to see more historical education based videos like this!!

@pierre-lucarguin2025 2 ай бұрын

I miss this kind of video. I really love when you did that with your old KZfaq channel..i won't say the name 😂. Please do more educational videos like that.

@jordanzimmerman4818 2 ай бұрын

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

@crusherbmx Ай бұрын

Alfa Romeo entered F1 twice before they became a title sponsor for Sauber.

@jsnsk101 2 ай бұрын

So we are still watching Tyrell, Jorden, tolemon, minardi and sauber? Cool

@RJSRdg 2 ай бұрын

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.

@nicksurface3513 2 ай бұрын

@@RJSRdg LOL. 2018 not 1998.

@RJSRdg 2 ай бұрын

@@nicksurface3513 I wondered who'd be first to spot that!

@mickbull7547 2 ай бұрын

@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?

@ryann5247 Ай бұрын

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

@bibhushanrajthala 2 ай бұрын

Fernando is the only driver to drive for two teams but same team..gives the same same but different vibes 😂

@BungleBare 2 ай бұрын

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.

@phoenixrr7911 2 ай бұрын

Great video 👏🏻, but by seeing this makes me miss the team Orange Arrows and their signature orange-black liveries

@rhodrage 2 ай бұрын

I wonder if Audi are gonna pull a BMW and keep the Sauber name, "Audi Sauber," has a ring to it.

@frankhuurman3955 2 ай бұрын

Das ist ja ein Sauberes Audi

@cholatepnabangchang4834 2 ай бұрын

I'm betting a commentator would botch the name and call it a Saudi Auber or something.

@RJSRdg 2 ай бұрын

AIUI Audi will be buying the team in its entirety - it won't be a partnership as BMW Sauber were.

@rhodrage 2 ай бұрын

@@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.

@Narfwak 2 ай бұрын

No mention of the McLaren-Mercedes works partnership? That probably should have been included in there somewhere for either team.

@MGFirewater 2 ай бұрын

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

@somerandoonline5852 2 ай бұрын

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

@imrustyokay Ай бұрын

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

@CanadaPlayz48 2 ай бұрын

7:09 Matt said "Visa Cash App RB" so reluctantly lmao

@lokumo13 2 ай бұрын

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.

@Nikoxion 2 ай бұрын

You could have also mentioned that the Renault today isn't the same Renault team that we had in the 80s

@victortp14 11 күн бұрын

I missed so much Super Aguri and Hispania Racing Team...

@thecrashydriver118 2 ай бұрын

Ah, I remember when you made a video on the WTF1 channel

@davyt0247 2 ай бұрын

1:15 that was because of the Le Mans Dunbeck flip

@hanstubben 2 ай бұрын

Forgot Alain Prost, he just won 3 titles with McLaren!

@nicksurface3513 2 ай бұрын

Everyone always forgets the Professor. Bless him, the most underrated driver of all time.

@hanstubben 2 ай бұрын

@@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.

@arthuralford 4 күн бұрын

The current McLaren Racing was created from a merger between the team and upstart Ron Dennis, whose own Project Four Racing wanted to move up from F2 to F1 with Marlboro backing. Phillip Morris' John Hogan basically told McLaren principal Teddy Mayer and P4's Ron Dennis that they could team up or find another sponsor, as they weren't going to back two F1 teams. Which is why for decades the cars were known as MP4's: McLaren Project 4. Minardi was purchased by Paul Stoddard in 2001 and merged with his European Racing F3000 team. He kept the team until 2005, when he sold it to Red Bull. One of the provisos was that the team must remain in Faenza, which is why it's the only other F1 team based in Italy despite Austrian owners

@AntonioNeto-ib6qc 2 ай бұрын

You forgot to mention for McLaren Alain Prost

@rafa57games Ай бұрын

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

@MateusStolf 29 күн бұрын

In the future, people will say RB competed against themselves...

@ELSTERLING 2 ай бұрын

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.

@martinterreni1616 2 ай бұрын

You should have mention the original Renault

@DarthJF 2 ай бұрын

I miss Minardi, Jordan and Sauber on the grid.

@PolishEddie1992 2 ай бұрын

I did not know this channel existed?. You guys should plug it in your P1 videos.

@Jimboliah3985 2 ай бұрын

They already did a few months ago.

@Hazelnut64 14 күн бұрын

In the McLaren part you forgot to mention Mika Hakkinen

@mark7foran 2 ай бұрын

Could have went into more detail of teams that where replaced. Was suprised toyota wasnt mentioned.

@karl-martinnetzer1044 2 ай бұрын

No mention of BMW Williams partnership?

@mickcompagnoni1114 2 ай бұрын

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.

@lorenzomarchesi1471 2 ай бұрын

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

@SturmfuX 2 ай бұрын

the Haas - Rich Energy Thing counts as a name Change ?

@SolidSonicTH Ай бұрын

Just don't mix up now-Haas with before-Haas.

@tinchote 2 ай бұрын

You missed Hakkinen's two titles when talking about McLaren.

@AtlanticwayExplorer 2 ай бұрын

Surprised you never mentioned Renaults original version of the team in the 70’s and 80’s

@stua76 12 күн бұрын

best news ever, schumi coming out of retirement? Remind me again how successful that was! Like Danny Ric, stayed too long.....

@MewCun Ай бұрын

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.

@laurenmp7486 2 ай бұрын

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.