#bmw race suit

[leathercollectionus]

Road Race Suit Michael Van Der Mark BMW WSBK 2023

As the WSBK 2023 is in action. There is great news for the fans of Michael Van Der Mark, as they can buy their favourite rider Road Race Suit which he wore as he participates from the BMW team.

Road Race Suit Michael Van Der Mark BMW WSBK 2023

[alexalblondo]

Anon I need you to know this my dad has seen every Williams championship win and watched their first season he also saw the first win. Ferrari isn’t the only team with loyal fans

All that aside and just in general why wouldn’t a team that’s been in F1 since the 70s have loyal fans? hell, why wouldn’t any team on the grid have loyal fans?

To misquote my sociology prof: people who only support sports teams that win and dominate don’t like the sport they like winning

[blerb-f1]

Junge - Sebastian Vettel x reader

Sebastians Parents hate his career choice but at least you're here.

This is like a prequel to THIS fanfic - please beware that Sebs actual parents are incredibly cute and supportive and also i didn't mean to make like consistent songfics yet here we are. Its about "Junge" by "Die Ärtze"

hahahahaha

America's West, the vast prairie

And right in the middle of it: A small house

And in it: A concerned mother

2023 - Sebastian has just announced his retirement. You, his trusty Engineer since the Toro Rosso Days have spent the day looking back and reminiscing. Throughout the years you’ve had people come and go in your lives, but only you two and Britta, his manager, were truly consistent. One Group of People you absolutely couldn't count on were his parents.

They happily supported his Kart Career but going into F1? Never, F1 was for nobodies and troublemakers. If asked in which Michael would fall, they’d just say “Schumi is an exception”

Throughout the BMW Sauber Testing Years Seb would exist in the car given to him by BMW, friends apartments or hotels rented by Sauber themselves but never anything consistent. Once the move to Torro Rosso happened, with you becoming his equally young engineer, Red Bull made the decision to rent an apartment for you to share. Although you weren't a Red Bull Junior, Fate brought it this way. 

You’d taken way too many angry calls of Sebs Parents, causing you to one day chuck his mobile phone down the toilet- He was enraged but life soon improved until the worst day  happened. Your apartment was small yet cozy with each of you decorating their room lively. His covered in trophies and race suits, yours with study notes and smart looking graphs. Both however representative of your interests, with your shared common space housing your gaming consoles, a popcorn maker you bought thinking you’d use it a lot and a massive pullout couch someone put out for free which you transported home hanging off Sebs BMW X3 

Boy (Boy), why haven't you learned anything?

Look at Dieter, he even has a car!

Why don't you go to Uncle Werner's workshop?

He'll give you a permanent employment, if you ask him about it

Boy (Boy, Boy)

That was the first thing barreling out of a phone held to your ears. 

Sebastian and You had just entered the Red Bull Factory during off week to test new parts on the car. You, additionally, had more classes on being a Race Engineer. While you already were supporting him during races, you still had to study more to become better.

Just as you were about to enter the elevator, Helmut Marko came angrily flying towards you. 

“SEBASTIAN VETTEL! THIS IS THE LAST TIME I'M TAKING CALLS FOR YOU!” he shouted, throwing his Motorola towards you both. His moms shriekky noisy voice echoed through the speaker. 

His Cousin Dieter was a useless POS, whom his Uncle Werner, the workshop owner, coddled until there was no tomorrow. You had the displeasure of meeting them both when his parents sent them to your shared apartment, in hopes of building bridges. You both however preferred the Fernando Alonso Bridge and set this bridge on fire with a can of gasoline.

They were horrible rude upon intruding on your shared space. Dieter insulting your gaming setup, Werner complaining about your general decor and moving in. You’d gotten very fed up with them, opening the door and telling them to Leave that exact second.

Afterwards you and Seb had celebrated by ordering expensive Delivery Pizza while watching 100% Pirated movies. Most likely an Austin Powers Movie.

And the way you always look, holes in your pants, and always this racket

(What will the neighbors say?)

And your hair too, words fail me - do you have to dye it?

(What will the neighbors say?)

You never come home, we don't know what to do anymore

"DON'T GET THE TUB DIRTY!" you shrieked as Seb was trying to wash the dye out of your hair. You'd attempted to dye your hair purple and black with Seb being the one doing the work. He was, however, not good at being cleanly. He'd gotten dye inside of his gloves, on his pants and covered half of the apartment in the process. The washing out process was equally catastrophic with him getting your old bathroom tiles covered as well. 

As some dye was left over, you decided to apply it to his beautiful locks. You both came out very matchy. His hair had him look like a black-purple Raccoon and as he was a skinny boy, he looked more like a hungry raccoon than the fat ones you’d usually see rummaging on TV.

The day after you had an appointment with a piercer to get further piercings, the guy immediately thought you were a couple because of the matching hair.  You got multiple Piercings, each of them becoming their own memory for the future. You still remembered Brittas Expression as you turned up on Monday with all the metal jingling of your ears and in your face.

What you hadn't however expected, was receiving an invite to Sebastian's Aunts Birthday Party.  The Raccoon dye in his hair greatly contrasted the grown up BMW you found yourself in as you two were approaching Heppenheim. Seb took you along as an emotional support animal to better endure the party. You had met his parents before, the day they turned up at your house and another when they turned up at the factory. The day they had turned up at your house, you had your lovely neighbor open the building's front door. She was a lovely lady with hearing issues so you could be as loud as you wanted without bothering her. She often would cook for you in turn helping her with heavy tasks. She shushed them away and made you a hearty meal.

As the car pulled into his old home's driveway, you clearly saw people rushing towards the front door and stumbling out. Seb was clutching the wheel tightly, you both had been driving all the way from Austria so you were already pretty tired.

As you stepped outside you could hear his mom let out a surprised scream, it getting louder as Sebastian stepped out. Your favorite Piercing (a chain connecting from your lips to the ear) was glittering under the porchlight as his little brother rushed out, pushing his mom aside. He jumped upwards into Sebs Arms, possibly being the one most excited for his return.

“Who is this…Woman?” his mom asked, almost snakelike. 

“My Race Engineer and Roommate, Y/N”, Seb stated while brushing through his brother's hair.

Boy (Boy) don't break your mother's heart

It's not too late to enroll at university

You used to be interested in animals, wouldn't that be worth pursuing?

Your own vet practice, Boy

The dinner was uncomfortable to say the least. His aunt was to your surprise the one married to Werner, so he, the aunt and Dieter kept giving you dirty looks. His grandparents were equally unhappy with your both looks. Meanwhile his little brother was trying to show him pictures and awards. His Mom didn’t miss a single Chance to insult his driving career, only his dad stayed quiet. Then she started, talking about his love for animals and proposing he should become a vet again. A proposal, she kept repeating uselessly. 

Finally she dragged him away and his little brother approached you with shimmering eyes, inviting you to his room to show you his collection of things. 

You happily took the chance to flee from annoying relatives as you settled onto Fabians Bed, the sheets with car print giving way under your bum. The quiet mumbling from downstairs being way more endurable than the massively loud chatter. You would always pick the sound of a screaming V10, even if it would blast your hearring away. It would at least protect you from the pain of being repeatedly and hiddenly insulted.

knock knock

His father came in, face pulled into a mildly sad expression as he sheepishly stood in front of the room's door. you eyed him, waiting for more insults of your person to be hurled at you.

Instead however, he gave you a bag.

“Y/N, right?”

“Yeah”

“Please” he was a quiet man, his age clearly visible on his face. “Please give this to Sebastian. Heike, she… She isn’t herself . This isn’t like her. But Seb, he should have this back.”

You take the bag and gingerly lay it on the mattress next to you.

“If she’s gotten so bad, why don’t you leave her?”

“I promised to stick to her, in good and bad times.”

And the way you always look, piercings in your nose, and always this racket

(What will the neighbors say?)

Electric guitars and always these lyrics

Nobody wants to listen to that

(What will the neighbors say?)

You never come home, so much bad company

We will disinherit you

(What will the tax office say?)

How is it all going to end, we are worried

Seb and You were finally back home. Home, yes that’s what Austria had become for you both.  

The apartment was quiet until you rummaged through the cupboard, pulling out an  Electric Guitar and its required equipment. You gave Seb a cheeky grin before proceeding to play Wonderwall by Oasis. “Not Wonderwall…” Sebastian moaned.

You handed him the Guitar. “Then play something Better, Starboy!”

“But I don't know how to?”

“Just let it out!” you screamed before stomping around the living room, tumbling over collections of varying junk and memorabilia. 

clinggggg

You’d stumbled over the long forgotten bag his father had handed you. The Guitar abruptly stopped as Seb dropped it onto the Sofa while staring the bags contents

His first trophy, his favorite stuffed animal and his laminated photos of meeting Michael for the first time.

“Where did you get those from?” Seb asked with anger lacing his voice.

“Your father gave them to me.”

He looked between you and the bag's contents, difficulty enshrining his expression as you bent down, picking up the trophy. You lifted it, brushing your shirt over it. After a serious glance you shoved his newest trophies to the side and placed it smack dab in the middle. You could clearly imagine the little, then blonde boy, bursting with pride upon being handed it by his childhood Idol Michael Schumacher.

And you were such a sweet child

And you were such a sweet child

And you were such a sweet child

You were so sweet

And always your friends, I bet you all take drugs

And always this racket

(What will the neighbors say?)

Think of your future, think of your parents

Do you want us to die?

[mensfactory]

BMW M1 

The M1’s history is complicated, and its impact on the Bavarian marque’s reputation was far greater than the modest production run of just 453 examples would suggest. Certainly, the M1 was a Supercar in the context of late-1970s racing technology, and that it looks like one is due to its body having been styled by Giorgetto Giugiaro, founder of Italdesign.

The M1 was developed under the aegis of BMW Motorsport head Jochen Neerpasch to compete in Group 5 racing, primarily against Porsche’s nearly invincible 911. Homologation requirements called for 400 road-going examples, and without the capacity to build the car in house, BMW partnered with Lamborghini to develop the chassis, assemble prototypes, and manufacture the production run.

Yet Lamborghini’s financial woes of the era eventually caused BMW to bring the project back in house, though Dallara designed the mid-engined, tube-frame chassis. The project soldiered on, during the course of which subsequent changes in Group 5 rules relegated the M1 to Group 4 competition. If the wedge-shaped profile of the BMW M1 recalls the 1970s-era Giugiaro aesthetic, perhaps best expressed by the Lotus Esprit, it’s because wedges, like leisure suits, were all the rage at the time. But unlike leisure suits, wedges still look cool today. One concession to tradition in the design of the M1 was the retention of BMW’s classic twin-kidney grilles in the front fascia. (Note to BMW’s designers today: bigger isn’t always better.)

Behind the driver and passenger was BMW’s 3.5-liter, twin-cam inline-six engine with mechanical fuel injection and a five-speed transmission. Making 273 hp in street tune, the mill gave the car the ability to reach about 165 mph. Inside the cockpit, occupants would not be found guilty if either felt a little short-changed of luxury, though the fabric seat inserts seem au courant today.

[vetteldixon]

I was once treated to a stark example of Vettel’s race-face dark side when he effectively lost the Formula 3 Euroseries title to Paul di Resta in 2006 at Le Mans.

Vettel had already spun a podium finish away in race one, but compounded this by running through the gravel in race two, easing di Resta’s march to the title. Beaten twice by his teammate, the cardinal sin… Imagine the rollicking he’d have received from Dr Marko for that one!

It was the seminal weekend of that season, and I probably broke quite a few rules by gatecrashing parc ferme while the French marshals weren’t looking. I intercepted Vettel in the queue for the weighing scales, literally seconds after he’d got out of the car and removed his crash helmet.

Gone was the tousled-haired smiley kid I’d been keeping tabs on since Formula BMW, where he was clearly a stand-out talent and with a genuinely engaging personality to go with it every time we spoke.

I suddenly felt like I was in a scene from the exorcist – this simply wasn’t the same person I had grown accustomed to dealing with. The most remarkable aspect was he didn’t even sound like his regular self as he growled one-word responses to my questions to what had gone so badly wrong.

In fact, the only multi-word response I got was him suggesting that I’d got what I wanted as a fellow Brit was now going to win the title! Talk about out of character…

So, while I’ll acknowledge that he has a dark side, for want of a better phrase, the other 99 percent of the time Vettel has been nothing but gracious, generous with his time and genuinely funny to be around.

Besides, show me an elite sportsman and multiple world champion who doesn’t pack the ability to be utterly ruthless and single-minded when it suits them?

~from “Sebastian Vettel hasn’t changed a bit--but perceptions of him have” for motorsport.com by Charles Bradley

[hirocimacruiser]

I want you to love the wind, the SSR/EX-C revolution!!

``At 360km/h, the powerful brake system that can handle the 600 horsepower that reaches 360km/h, makes the body of the Group C tremble and applies full braking, and throws a scorching light on the famous Le Mans...'' Long Distance From an early stage, the project staff of the Speedster Racing Team, who continued to compete with the BMW-M1, began researching ways to shift the burden of cooling brakes and hub bearings to the wheels, and continued to conduct numerous tests in each actual race. We developed a new concept cooling cone for the Skyline Turbo C, which is driven by the racing expert Masahiro Hasemi, and confirmed its great effectiveness in actual battles. It not only cools the hands, but also has the great effect of banishing the heat generated by the turbo engine and backfire from the side of the body. In recent years, recent high-performance engines such as DOHC, intercooler turbos, and V-type twin cam turbos have dramatically improved their power performance, and high-performance tires, which are becoming flatter to 60 and 50 tires, have further improved grip and wet characteristics. High-speed cruising is becoming more and more exciting, and with that comes the need to remember the brakes.The higher the output, the more severe conditions are required for braking effectiveness. The amount of heat generated during braking reaches over 400℃. If a fade phenomenon occurs, the secondary motion effect will be significantly reduced and the brake pads will be seriously damaged.・・・・・・・・・As the name EXHAUST COOLING suggests, EX-C exhausts heat during braking to the outside, constantly cooling the brake group and hub system while driving, alleviating stress from heat all at once. solved. EX-CHEXCELLENT COVER, elegance and excellence above all else, the number of fins, the length of the fins, and the centrifugal fin type that suits the street needs produce men's legs.

[mediumtires]

Weird brain worm but: Toto’s ralley years w Red Bull coincide w Christian’s early years w the f1 team. Opportunity for meeting possibly?? 👀👀👀

urgh okay my sources on this are pretty slim but i’ve tried to piece this together best as i can.

so toto did some rallying “for fun” starting 1999 and stretching as far as 2013 actually. in the early 2000s toto drove mainly GT world championships and a few long long distance races for porsche, BMW, and ferrari. now my sources tell me red bull was a sponsor for some of those race teams which is why toto can be seen wearing red bull suits and driving red bull sponsored cars, mainly between 2004 and 2006.

between 2006 and 2013 he was driving for BRR (raimund baumschlager’s team) and red bull wasn’t a sponsor for them.

now, i think toto’s rallying was limited to a few races during his time as it really was more of a hobby to him. he was running his investment companies and also supporting young racing drivers at the same time so pretty busy overall. through his connections to the Mercedes junior programme he later bought the Mercedes DTM team, then co-invested in HWA which then led to his interest in f1 and williams inviting him to the factory. all of this happened between 1999 and 2009, but as far as i’m aware toto’s rallying was limited to a few races during this time and all of them in GT classes.

christian took over at jaguar/red bull in 2005. he was never really invested in GT or DTM, even during his own racing days he preferred single seaters; formula renault, formula 3000, british f2/3.

red bull as a company is known to invest in many many different sporting categories, one of which are different motorsports classes, so i don’t think it’s surprising that they sponsored GT cars. only christian wasn’t and isn’t involved in any of that; he doesn’t do sponsorships, he doesn’t do and never did GT/DTM, he’s obviously only concerned with the f1 division of red bull racing.

so i think chances of them meeting prior to toto joining forces with williams in 2009 are pretty slim. but not impossible! could make for a fun fic for sure!!

(here’s a fun red bull bulletin article on toto called “the secret life of toto wolff” published in 2021. they’re so unhinged)

[shedontsmelltoogooddarious]

First meeting. (ChromeskullxOC)

Back at it again with my shipping between my oc and Chromeskull, this time he meets his husband's small daughter.

He was determined to have a good first impression on Boris’s tiny daughter, Holding a pink stuffed bunny and whatever glittery thing he could find that would suit a little girl’s fancy. Jesse wanted this, he wanted the family he was promised a few years ago but never got- now was his chance. You better not fuck this up, Cromeans. He placed the gift bag in the back seat of his black BMW, pulling out of the parking lot of the building his penthouse was perched upon. 

—---------------------------

“Jesse, its too early-” Black growled, before a leather gloved hand grabbed his tie- pulling him to face his husband’s chromatic mask. Chrome smirked under the mask, as if his partner was playing a game with him. 

“Boris, are you denying me my role as a step father to your little piglet? What a shame, I was hoping you’d be more enthusiastic.” He released his tie, turning his back to him as he made his way up the grand staircase of Ivanov’s newly acquired mansion, his expensive leather shoes clicking against the steps. Black rubbed his throat while trailing behind, the temptation to grab the man with his tendrils and tear him apart was high. 

“Stop! We haven’t even discussed my daughter’s involvement in our partnershi-” 

Black suddenly froze upon Jesse immediately finding the door to Natalia’s room, his heart racing as he lunged for Chromeskull, only to land flat on his stomach as the tall man looked behind himself and chuckled. He opened the door, walking in like he has been here before, he had been. In the middle of the room, a small girl sat with her plushies, one tied up while a toy gun was pointed at it. “Now tell me where you hid all the moneys!” 

She demanded, before a blade suddenly popped up beside her; “My dear, may I?” 

Jesse signed, placing a hand over his chest as Natalia suddenly widened her eyes. Black was finally able to catch up to Jesse, reaching out to grab him before freezing up. Jesse traced the blade down the plush bear’s stomach, cheerily humming to himself as Natalia watched intently. The blade pierced through the fuzzy fabric, slicing from the bottom to the top as stuff spilled out. “Oh dear! Looks like his insides spilled out, but look-” 

He leaned in, blocking Natalia’s view before coming back up with twenty dollars in his gloved hand as he presented it to the little girl. She gasped, taking the money before grinning; “Good work! I see a position for you in my organization!” 

She proudly announced before her father snapped out of his frozen trance and immediately picked her up. 

“I would love to take you up on that offer dear, but I’m afraid I’ve been offered an even higher position by your father.” 

Natalia frowned, before Black shook his head and held her up to face him- placing a kiss on her forehead. “What he means is that daddy has a new business partner who’s going to be spending a lot of time with us, but he’s also on probation like how all of your uncles were.” 

He smirked, before raspberrying her cheek, causing her to squeal as she giggled. “Ahem.”

An electronic voice sounded, its owner crossing his arms as he cocked his head to the side. But from beneath the mask, Black knew he was frowning. He took Natalia from Black’s arms, enveloping her in his own as she could smell the heavy scent of his expensive cologne and familiar scent of blood from his person. He looked down at her, such a small little thing that his husband was keeping from him. “What your daddy meant to say is that I’m your other father now, and that you are mine and I am yours.” 

He couldn’t help but smile, the thoughts of being a father brought him a joy he couldn’t describe. Natalia took the new information in with a slight frown, before Chrome held her on his hip, eyeing Black with a smirk. 

“We’ll discuss this further over a dinner date for just the three of us.”

[leathercollectionus]

Michael Van Der Mark Road Race Suit

As the WSBK 2023 is in action. There is great news for the fans of Michael Van Der Mark, as they can buy their favourite rider Road Race Suit which he wore as he participates from the BMW team.

Michael Van Der Mark Road Race Suit

[42bakery]

The BMW is not a bike suited for wet/mixed conditions. This race doesn't count at all

[a-tale-never-told]

!!?

SKREEE!

HONK!

"*Hiroshi swerves to his right immediately before a BMW 2002 could crash into him, as he begins speeding down the rest of the neighborhood, checking his rearview mirror to see if the Porsche is following him. To Hiroshi's terror, it still is*"

Franz: (pushes his foot down on the pedal and cranks the shift up).

*"Franz had succeeded in getting somewhat more speed by cranking the shift up to a higher level, as the two raced down the neighborhood and sometimes into the sidewalk. Across the area, people were scrambling to get out of the way of the two cars. Other cars were not safe as they either crashed into one another or were beeping at Hiroshi and Franz to get out of the way*"

HONKKK!

BEEP! BEEP!

BEEEEEP!

Argh! Krgh! Woaaah!!

*"Hiroshi starts to swerve the car back and forth as multiple cars come into the view light, and he narrowly manages to dodge and get pass all of them without taking a scratch. Looking back, he sees Franz catching up with him, only a meter away from him*"

(Oh god, he's right behind me!)

"*After getting behind him for a while, Franz begins to swerve to the right and put himself next to Hiroshi's car, as close as the mirror. Hiroshi looks on his side to see Franz right next to him, looking right at him*"

!!!?

*"Suddenly, Franz begins to take out his Makarov PM pistol from his left suit pocket, and proceeds to aim the gun right at Hiroshi's face! Hiroshi, sweating and with his face going pale, realizes what is going to happen*"

(He's... He's out to kill me! I'm gonna die! I- )

(Huh?)

"*Hiroshi looks at the wheel, then at the pedals and brakes before him, then at Franz, and then at the road ahead. Suddenly, an idea formed in his head, even if it was risky*"

(.... Oh fuck this!)

SLAM!!!

SKREEEEE!

BANG! BANG! BANG!

*"With all of the strength he had, Hiroshi rams his car as hard as he could into the Porsche, hitting it with enough force that it shook the car and Franz inside, as he opens fire at the man. However, due to the impact, he ends up firing in the air instead of at Hiroshi, missing him with every shot he takes as he scrambles to recover from the blow*"

BANG! BANG! BANG!

!!!?

"*Immediately, Hiroshi manages to swerve out of Franz's direction and turns left into another side of the neighborhood, hoping to find a police station so that they can help arrest this manic. Franz, still staggering from the blow, gives full pursuit as the two speed down the streets once more, both not wanting to give an inch as the pursuit heats up."*

!!! *honks his car horn*

Honk! Honk! Honk!!!

*"Once they get into a clearing, Hiroshi sees a US army Jeep coming in his path on the left corner with two occupants in the military vehicle. Moving too quick to brake now and with Franz hot on his heels, Hiroshi frantically starts beeping his car horn to tell the jeep to get out of the way*"

Solider: *sees Hiroshi and Franz coming their way* Oh Shit! Watch out!!

"*Upon hearing the beeps, the two soldiers begin to brake and move the jeep backward quickly to avoid crashing into them. Hiroshi, seeing this, hits the gas pedals with all the energy he still has left and rushes past the two military men. The two privates have only a limited time to register what just happened before they see Franz as well speeding right past them and still pursuing Hiroshi*"

Solder: What the hell just happened?

Solder: Billy, your guess is as good as mine...

[libraryofloveletters]

Sorry what I meant was that yes Ferrari and AM gave us seb in the white fireproofs. I could be misremembering since I always picture Max and Checo in the fireproofs that look like they're made of denim but did RBR have white fireproofs when Seb was there? Even if I'm wrong I win because you might show us proof of RBR Seb in the white fireproofs. - Seb anon

the fireproofs for rb with the blue and the blue race suit and the blue car is soooo much blue. same with ferrari and its bright red lmao. anyways we did get white fireproofs with rb seb!! all of seb’s fireproofs have been white, you never catch him in anything else, except for those black ones once for roc

anyways click below for my fav seb x fireproof shots (from his bmw days to am)

[dashracegearofficial]

2007 BMW Sauber Formula 1 Puma NIGEL MANSELL’S Race Suit

The 2007 BMW Sauber Formula 1 Puma NIGEL MANSELL’S Race Suit is a replica of the original suit worn by the legendary British driver. It is lightweight and breathable, made from fire-retardant materials for maximum safety. This suit will make you look and feel like a professional racer.

[alianoralacanta]

Guide to F1 Part 3: Teams (22/11/2007)

Warning! Long entry alert!

Context: As part of the three-part series for rookies, I went into something of a classification of teams, along with the purpose of each type. The purpose of each category has changed little. Who is on each has not. Now, the classification is:

Manufacturer A-teams: Ferrari, McLaren, Mercedes, Alpine (until the end of 2025), Audi (from 2026), Aston Martin. Manufacturer B-teams: None currently. Alfa Romeo (mid-2016-2023) was somewhere between this and "Corporate A-team".

Corporate A-teams: Red Bull, Alpine (from 2026), Sauber (until the end of 2025), Williams, Haas. Between 2008 and 2023, there was also 1Malaysia/Lotus/Caterham (2010-2014), Virgin (2010)/Marussia (2011-2015 - Marussia claimed to also be a car manufacturer but the nearest it got to actually making a car was the one in computer game "Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012)")

Corporate B-teams: Alpha Tauri.

Privateers: None currently. Teams that have been privateers after this point but no longer are: McLaren (until Bahrain's Mumtalakat fund fully took it over on 22 March 2024), Williams (until it was sold to Dorilton in 2019), Hispania/HRT (2010-2012), Manor (2015-2016, after it was rescued from administration by John Booth and Graeme Lowden, then sold to Stephen Fitzpatrick), Sauber (from 2010 when Peter Sauber re-purchased the team he founded from BMW, until it was sold to Longbow Finance in mid-2016). F1 did not take my argument about the importance of privateers seriously (which did not surprise me - apart from anything else, I argued it on a blog rather than, for instance, to Bernie Ecclestone's face).

In Formula 1, there are a number of teams (currently 11 or 12, depending on whether you believe Prodrive will make it onto the grid). Each team has a different approach to racing and therefore its own group of supporters. In this part of the guide, I intend to give a description of what each key category of team is like.

Manufacturer A-teams

Current member(s) of this group: Renault, Honda, Toyota, BMW, Ferrari, McLaren*

These teams currently form the core of F1's teams. They aren't really in it for the racing, they're there because they want to increase the sales and/or profile of their cars.

Manufacturers come and go according to how F1 fits into their plans. On most occasions, they supplied works engines with perhaps one or two manufacturers trying F1 as a whole-team effort at a time.

The exception to this rule is Ferrari - in fact it is the exception to a lot of rules one might make about manufacturers. It's the only team to have been there since F1's inception in 1950. It is also the only manufacturer that didn't start off as a manufacturer. Enzo Ferrari only started to make and sell road cars in order to finance his team's motor sport activities. All other manufacturers are car salespeople first, racers second.

The manufacturers' current simultaneous occupancy of F1 began in 1999 with Honda's aborted attempt to enter F1 as its own team. Then Jaguar bought the Stewart privateer team, Renault bought Benetton (a corporate team which had itself bought privateer team Toleman in 1986) and Toyota created a new team from scratch. Honda eventually joined in when it bought corporate team BAR at the end of 2005, at the same time as BMW bought privateer team Sauber.

However, their participation has not been without tension. In 2004, they threatened to create a splinter series to satisfy their ambitions (in reality these were to deprive Bernie of some of his income and to get themselves out from under some of the more onerous engine rules - actions they thought suited their bottom lines). This failed, but the three years of arguments it took for the FIA and Bernie to subdue the series made for an ugly political atmosphere.

In case you're wondering, I've asterisked McLaren because it is partly owned by a manufacturer (Mercedes) and partly by private individuals who are in it for the racing (chief among them being Ron Dennis). Therefore McLaren is unique in straddling the privateer and manufacturer categories.

Manufacturer B-teams

Current member(s) of this group: Super Aguri

This is a new concept in a sense, for Super Aguri represents the first time a manufacturer has had two works teams. However, it used to be very common for a team that designed its own cars to sell some to smaller teams. The first race of 1970, for instance, featured five March cars.

Super Aguri was started from scratch in twelve weeks flat at the end of 2005. While its initial purpose was to save face over the dismissal of Takuma Sato (a fast driver, but rather erratic at the time), it has also caused quite a stir. This year, the B-team was faster than the Honda A-team for most of the season.

Apart from the risk of being embarrassed by the B-team, the A-team runs other risks. Resourcing a B-team effectively is very expensive, which is why B-teams could only be done properly during a time of financial plenty such as the current one. In leaner times, it is also the first thing to lose its resources - as Super Aguri found out when Honda was suddenly reluctant to let it have the front wings it wanted for Spa 2007…

There is controversy attached to the B-team concept, too. In the current version of the concept, it requires that the A-team gives the B-team a customer car. That is to say, the B-team doesn't design the car - the A-team does. Some teams think it's very important that all teams in F1 design their own cars for reasons of sporting purity. Other teams disagree, and argue that customer cars would save money for the poorer teams that need that sort of help the most. It doesn't help that the current regulations are ambiguous about this point.

Corporate teams

Current member(s) of this group: Red Bull, Toro Rosso, Force India

These are teams run by organisations that are not racing teams, but not car manufacturers either. They share with the manufacturers the goal of improving the sales and/or profile of their products. However, their efforts are more blatantly marketeering-based, since there is no possibility of developing things relevant to their core product in F1, something that some manufacturers assert they do while in F1. While this is historically based on truth (particularly for Ferrari and other sports car manufacturers), nowadays the road-relevance effect is more limited, even if Max Mosley claims his current rules will change that.

The current batch of corporate teams are all fairly recent. At the end of 2004, Jaguar was bought by Red Bull. The year after that, Red Bull also bought Minardi, which they named Toro Rosso (because that's Italian for Red Bull and Minardi are based in Faenza, Italy). Force India is the newest name in F1, arising because Vijay Mallya, a prominent Indian businessman, bought Spyker in September 2007.

Force India are the only team on the grid to have been a privateer (Jordan), a manufacturer (Spyker) and a corporate team (twice - Midland and Force India). If you get the impression that its ownership has been slightly unstable in the recent past, you'd be right.

Privateers

Current member(s) of this group: McLaren*, Williams, Prodrive (if it gets into F1 this year)

The traditional core of F1 and motor sport in general, the privateers are sadly not as numerous as they once were. Formula 1 costs got completely crazy in the last 20 years. It is no coincidence that McLaren and Williams were founded in 1978 and 1980 respectively. Prodrive isn't on the grid yet, but in theory it should be. In theory…

Privateers are absolutely necessary because they are the only category of team that stick it out in F1 through thick and thin. Such teams are still the mainstay of many other series, and yet F1 has been oddly lukewarm about them of late.

The rate of F1 inflation is ridiculous, and has been for a while. Since privateers are dependent on sponsors to fund their efforts, they are the first to feel the effects when F1 gets too expensive for its own good. When the manufacturers entered F1 en masse as full team efforts in the early 2000s, their boards were able to finance their teams to a great extent. Also, their international corporate cachet was far more attractive to sponsors than motorsport-only privateer squads. This led to a polarisation of sponsorship funding. There was much talk about making F1 a friendlier place for privateers, but nothing meaningful was done. As a result, nearly all the privateers have gone bust or been obliged to sell out.

You may have noticed from the previous sections that the vast majority of the teams began as privateers. The privateers were traditionally the ones that gave new drivers and engineers their start in the F1 world. They would then (often) be given money by the larger teams and manufacturers in return for them moving up the ladder. Then they were the roots from which manufacturers could develop their campaigns. Now that there are so few privateers left, and little sign that the powers-that-be realise how important they are to F1's well-being, it is unclear what will underpin F1's future.

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