What did current F1 teams USED to be called?

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[@silverdarlin]

Full histories of every team: Alfa Romeo: 1993-2005: Sauber F1 Team 2006-2010: BMW Sauber F1 Team 2010-2017: Sauber F1 Team 2018: Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team 2019-2023: Alfa Romeo Racing 2022-Present: Stake F1 Team AlphaTauri: 1985-2005: Minardi F1 Team 2006-2019: Scuderia Toro Rosso 2020-2023: Scuderia AlphaTauri 2024-Present: Visa Cash App RB F1 Team Alpine: 1981-1985: Toleman Motorsport 1986-2001: Benetton Formula 1 2002-2010: Renault F1 Team 2011: Lotus Renault F1 Team 2012-2015: Lotus F1 Team 2016-2020: Renault F1 Team 2021-Present: Alpine F1 Team Aston Martin 1991-2005: Jordan Grand Prix 2006: Midland F1 Racing/Spyker MF1 Racing 2007: Spyker F1 Team 2008-2018: Force India F1 Team 2018: Racing Point Force India F1 Team 2019-2020: Racing Point F1 Team 2021-Present: Aston Martin F1 Team Ferrari: 1950-1964: Scuderia Ferrari 1964: North American Racing Team 1965-Present: Scuderia Ferrari Haas 2016-Present: Haas F1 Team McLaren 1966-Present: McLaren F1 Team Mercedes: 1968-1998: Tyrrell Racing 1999-2005: British American Racing 2006-2008: Honda Racing F1 Team 2009: Brawn GP 2010-Present: Mercedes F1 Team Red Bull: 1997-1999: Stewart Grand Prix 2000-2004: Jaguar Racing F1 Team 2005-Present: Red Bull Racing F1 Team Williams: 1977-Present: Williams Racing

[@vincentvanderheyden2491]

Thanks for posting this. This is what the video shoot have been, bit disappointed by the lack of effort of WTF1, it's not that hard to find this information

[@mutantgeralt]

THANK YOU! LEGEND!!

[@vincentvanderheyden2491]

@sven kip So this is just the same video but worse?

[@its_matt_long]

What i was expecting from.this video. Video disappointing Comment excellent Would be even more interesting to include title sponsors!

[@funguy873]

@sven kip That's true, but I think a video would be nice to know about what happened to the original Mercedes Benz, Alfa Romeo and Lotus teams,since they didn't go that far back in either of those videos

[@InvolvedInIt]

So, the updated [FULL] team name is... Jordan Grand Prix Midland F1 Etihad Aldar Spyker Sahara Force India Formula One Team Limited Racing Point Force India BWT Racing Point F1 Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team.

[@peteschneider2538]

We need Matt do do this like Race Rundown, PLEASE!

[@RacedayMediaNZ]

Yep, just missing SportPesa Racing Point in between 2018 Force India and 2020 Racing Point, missed 2019 haha

[@umar_07w]

yep all of those team names was a part of the team history they were really INVOLVED IN IT

[@marcnobel3938]

I think every F1 Commentator should be forced to use that full name at one race weekend. That would be hilarious!

[@dimitrimorselli9506]

The team that copied Tyrrell, B.A.R, Honda, BrownGP, Mercedes' 2019 car

[@abbasdamda3502]

This is basically the unusual history of f1 teams rebranded

[@mohammadmalik5524]

exaclty

[@robotmaker27]

Indeed it is

[@Darilon12]

But less

[@guycourtie8728]

more details though :)

[@lewisneedham2168]

With extra steps

[@f1videosforf1fans99]

0 DAYS 6 HOURS 22 MINUTES 15 SECONDS FOR RACE 1 IN BAHRAIN

[@ForeverF1]

Are you gonna edit it every second lol

[@f1videosforf1fans99]

@@ForeverF1 😂😂😂 I don't think so

[@ukbusphotography]

Is that a new track?

[@Goatifi08]

@@ukbusphotography ummm no Bahrain is since 2004 in F1

[@ukbusphotography]

@@Goatifi08 ah he's corrected the spelling now lol

[@riccardobianchi928]

I was waiting for: Ferrari, it always remained Ferrari, interesting isn’t it?

[@KAMiKAZOW]

Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro, Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow,...

[@lanbroghini]

@@KAMiKAZOW those are just title sponsors the team name is still Scuderia Ferrari

[@Lukester132]

Except in 1964 when it wasn't Ferrari

[@chandansoren8002]

Wasnt it was lancia before??

[@nekozabuza]

Or Williams always being Williams

[@Aru_TK]

but the name Alpha Tauri in itself refers to the brightest star in the taurus constellation, which is the red giant Aldebaran. So in a way it is still named "red bull"

[@stupide9209]

well seeing as redbull owns the brand I dont think its a coincidence… but very good marketing on redbulls part

[@thegreatafrican3367]

And also the red bull energy drink contains Taurine

[@aureliano_37]

Yup, I'm Italian and Taurus or Tauri can be used for Bull and Alpha, as you know means best or top and the star is also a red giant, which is probably one the biggest red giant stars we have observed. It is also the brightest star in the Taurus constellation. Everything kinda checks out

[@Shapershift]

I thought you'd go back in their whole history. Like, Aston Martin used to be Jordan back in the day, then became Midland, then Spyker, then Force India and so on.

[@schizoidforjesus]

I feel like I've seen this before.

[@F1MonopostoChampionship]

Cause you have Duh duh DUH!!!!

[@mohammadmalik5524]

they made a similar vid before

[@loopingbricks899]

You probably read an article of the same name on the WTF1 website (this happened to me when watching the last WTF1 video)

[@Razer_Dash]

Deja Vu.

[@jamescrook2077]

@@mohammadmalik5524 the same

[@MrBlazemaster525]

0:22 Or whatever the ***k they're called

[@isaacchua0405]

Kimi

[@vandansonkar7819]

@@isaacchua0405 he's a legend

[@cxool123]

i thought they would actually talk about old names, like before force india it was spyker, minardi etc...

[@tomcurran860]

They did that in another video

[@davidl4325]

Search for "The unusual history of f1 team".

[@sloppynyuszi]

I wish they gone more to the past. The Mercedes team goes as far back as Tyrell, and Alpine goes as far back as Toleman who gave Senna his start. And we all love videos that mention Jordan, and the yearly name changes that were before Force India came in.

[@michaelschlicker]

It's great to see once again a German at Jordan just like Ralf Schumacher, Heinz Harald Frentzen, Adrian Sutil and Nico Hülkenberg.

[@r.a.6459]

Jordan was founded by an Irishman Eddie Jordan. In 2003 he decided to pick up a fellow Irishman Ralph Firman to race. To date, Firman was the last Irish to race in Formula 1.

[@baksatibi]

It's actually quite fun to trace back the history of teams through their name changes. According to a timeline on Reddit and updated with the new names of 2021: 1: Ferrari 1: McLaren 5: Tyrrell → BAR → Honda → Brawn GP → Mercedes 1: Williams 7: Toleman → Benetton → Renault → Lotus-Renault → Lotus → Renault → Alpine 3: Minardi → Toro Rosso → Alpha Tauri 6: Jordan → Midland → Spyker → Force India → Racing Point → Aston Martin 4: Sauber → BMW Sauber → Sauber → Alfa Romeo 3: Stewart → Jaguar → Red Bull 1: Haas

[@gigsawsoljier1408]

renaults history actualy means they raced against lotus, beneton and toleman before in f1.

[@kailahmann1823]

so basically the second youngest team is already 25 years old. And several of these teams are based upon even way older structures, like Frank Williams already had another team since the late 60s and Peter Sauber founded his company to build sports cars in 1970. Compared to this, Gene Haas is really a fresh name in the whole Motorsport business only involved since 2002 (starting as a farm team for Hendrick in NASCAR).

[@johnwhittaker311]

I still have a feeling of dread whenever “administration” is mentioned. The soon we (Wigan) find a buyer, the better

[@JasonCliftJones]

You went through Alpine's past names without mentioning their time as Toleman, including Senna as a driver? Sacrilege!

[@aydankhaliq2967]

Everyone only talks about senna. Sad ceccotto noises.

[@R4c3r_10]

When ur early: quick think of something funny Ummm... *Lance Stroll*

[@matteobellandi]

true

[@f1motorsports985]

S I R L A N C E L O T S T R O L L

[@panoskiller1535]

BAHAHAHAHA

[@sohammhatre]

Mazepin's clapped hairline

[@therandomgamer18]

You mean maze$🅱️in

[@PFM21]

*TIMELINE OF CURRENT F1 TEAMS* - Tyrrell - British American Racing - Honda - Brawn GP - *Mercedes* - Stewart - Jaguar - *Red Bull* - *McLaren* - Toleman - Benetton Formula - Renault - Lotus F1 Team - Renault - *Alpine F1* - Jordan - Midland - Spyker F1 - Force India - Racing Point - *Aston Martin F1 Team* - *Ferrari* - Minardi - Toro Rosso - *AlphaTauri* - Sauber - BMW Sauber - Sauber - Alfa Romeo Sauber - *Alfa Romeo Racing* - *Haas F1* - *Williams Racing*

[@katamattyon]

How many rebrands can a team go through before it's seen as being a brand new team? Can a new team resurrecting an old name ever be considered as a legitimate successor to the older team?

[@oiman5733]

At this point it's a bunch of Theseus' F1 teams.

[@hannahbarley61]

Kimi is going to be so confused on what all the teams are called 😂

[@richboy900]

I was fortunate enough to have a factory tour of the bar honda outfit in Brackley many moons ago. That team is now the dominant force that is Mercedes.

[@richboy900]

@yusuf kocaman or years

[@richboy900]

@yusuf kocaman figure of speech. Means a long time ago. Was ages ago anyway

[@MrXaniss]

Di- didn't you make a video like this a few months ago?

[@cheesekay7314]

They did

[@matejdudjak9969]

@@shmet With so much coverage on youtube and the media today, and everybody being aware of everything it's really hard to not make a reupload. There is just so many people alive and doing so many things it would be weird if everything was new all the time in my opinion.

[@GeniusLad32]

There was one two years ago called "The Unusual History Of F1 Teams" but given that a wee bit has changed since then, an updated video doesn't hurt.

[@BOABModels]

I think you've skipped a few teams - Jordan Midland Spyker Force India Racing Point Aston Martin go back to 1991, not 2008!

[@shivanshusrivastava9410]

I think it’s high time that WTF1 entered f1 The drivers will be Tommy and Matthew Gallagher 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Xenuos]

I think they already sponsor an F2 team but that might've been a while ago

[@DaVinci-vj7ku]

Renault started as Tolemen, which turned into Benetton and then Renault

[@dimitrimorselli9506]

You did't go back enough, for example, for mercedes I would have gone back till Tyrrell

[@wollo6]

and youd be wrong tyrrell has nothing to do with bar

[@dimitrimorselli9506]

@@wollo6 in 1998 Tyrrell was sold to British American Tobacco, that renamed the team in British American Racing the following year

[@ZordixXo7]

For me it's still Sauber :3

[@KAMiKAZOW]

The company is still called Sauber. It's not an Alpha Romeo works team, Alpha Romeo is merely the name for the team because Fiat paid for the name. The Sauber name is somewhere on the car because of that.

[@ZordixXo7]

@@KAMiKAZOW I know. Their HQ is still in Hinwil, Zurich, Switzerland. If Alfa would be the Worksteam they would move it to Italy. :3

[@KingJllyfish]

and now alpha tauri is "VISA CASHAPP RB"-_-

[@opposedscroll7596]

"The Visa CashApp RB car goes side by side with the Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber car" Sounds 🔥🔥🔥

[@ucr4264]

Just imagine, there were a time with over 30 cars in F1. But not everyone couldnt start at the race, because of the 107% qualify limit.

[@RJSRdg]

The 107% rule came in in 1997 IIRC - at which point the grids were arranged so that there were enough slots for all the teams in the Concorde agreement anyway. However back in the 50s/60s/70s, there were more teams/drivers than grid slots so only the fastest cars qualified. Bernie Ecclestone attempted to qualify for three races as a driver, but failed each time.

[@fixspark5656]

Just realized how much i miss f1 😭😭😭

[@atharvadate7345]

Team Lotus was a Malaysian firm but owned the rights to run the lotus name So in 2010 we had lotus and lotus but neither of them being the original team lotus from the 70s

[@maxwellpeter5955]

As a malaysian, i did not know this. You learn something everyday

[@gandalf_thegrey]

The ultra Chad Ross Brawn: *Buys F1 team for 1£* *Has a great engineering idea* *Wins both championships* *refuses to elaborate further* *leaves for future endeavours*

[@MouseEvil]

Jordan / midland / Spyker / Force India / racing point / AMR

[@SolidSonicTH]

Supposedly in their conversion to Alpha Tauri, they've become a sister team to Red Bull Racing instead of just the juniors. Dunno how true that is.

[@eamonahern7495]

Tyrell became BAR which became Honda which became Brawn GP which became Mercedes. Jordan became Midland F1 which became Spyker which became Force India which became Racing Point which became Aston Martin. Toleman (who raced on the same grids as the original Renault and Lotus teams in the 1980s) became Benetton who became Renault who became Lotus who became Renault again who became Alpine.

[@ksampath0]

I miss the yellow Renault f1 cars. Bruh I wish they would go back!

[@tharushsomashekar]

Let's go aston martin!!!!

[@rifkizauhar7865]

You mean force India? -kimi

[@tharushsomashekar]

@@rifkizauhar7865 good one ehhh...

[@omo5861]

I missed a that team in 2020 which raced with two red tractors , cant remember the name unfortunately

[@jpmarquez49]

Oh Man. Your edits are always amazing!

[@ParallaxRS]

Let's be honest, wtf1 glossed over the actual history of all the teams and just made jokes at what they were last called and when they changed to what they are now. Would've liked to see the Jordan > Aston Martin line fully explained, as well as the Tyrrell > Mercedes line. There was so much more all of the teams that could've been explained, but wasn't. Bit of a waste of time tbh.

[@ParallaxRS]

@sven kip Therefore this video is pretty redundant then... In all seriousness, I love wtf1 but my first reaction to this video was just how lazy it is. I can't help that. We can't all do 'research' before writing every KZbin comment otherwise we'd all be forever doing 'research' and not much else. Chill.

[@Ancovg]

Teams don't change, they just get a new owner.

[@mashandpeas]

Alpine - Toleman Mercedes - Tyrrell Red bull - Stewart Gp Aston Martin - Jordan GP

[@kwanlinus6999]

Other Teams: Change Names Scuderia Ferrari, McLaren, Williams: How about no? God we missed F1 in the 80s and 90s

[@markangelocalica1478]

Mercedes story me: *prepare pop-corn* Stopped to Honda me: *visible disappointment while my pop-corn aren't ready*

[@clayneid]

I had forgotten about them, but I do kinda miss that Sahara-Force India livery.

[@Yonner666]

Toleman-Benetton-Renault F1, Lotus-Renault-Alpine. Tyrell-BAR-Honda F1-Brawn GP-Mercedes Benz. Sauber-BMW Sauber- Sauber-Alpha Romeo. Stewart Grand Prix-Jaguar F1-Red Bull. Minardi- Torro Rossi- Alpha Tauri. Jordan GP-Spyker-Midland-Force India-Racing Point-AstonMartin. Only Ferrari, Mclaren, Williams and HAAS enter 2021 with original names.

[@sethwilliams3599]

I love that thumbnail livery of the alpine

[@Swilky]

all i'm gonna say is at 1:58 the renault mechanic on the front left wheel is doing an interesting pose

[@edowidivirgian]

Man, we missed Arrows, Prost, original Lotus, Lola, Forti and Brabham.

[@CH-bz4go]

This is exactly what I need as a newbie F1 fan

[@kityhawk2000]

I guess this is useful for new people but it would have been interesting if you'd gone a bit further back in history. Like how Merc used to be Tyrell, and Aston Martin used to be Jordan, and Renault used to be Toleman and so on

[@volx4121]

Can we just take a minute to appreciate how good the black alpine car looks

[@NathanaelKeller]

As a swiss it hurt to see the Sauber name disappear from F1.

[@endgamerplays]

At this point I’m so confused about where Renault is in 2022 that I don’t even believe it ever was in F1 at all. Edit: alright I’m all caught up now nvm

[@iforgotmyname2739]

Mclaren had changed the second word so many times

[@NeoGraena]

forgot to mention the BMW merge for Sauber. which was technically the lowest point of the Sauber team before Alfa Romeo took over.

[@mohit12aExp]

Engine suppliers for Team, Red Bull - Renault to Honda McLaren - Mercedes, Honda, Mercedes

[@martinstravels9594]

Mercedes - B.A.R., Honda, Brawn, Mercedes Alpine - Benetton, Renault, Lotus Renault, Renault, Alpine Aston Martin - Jordan, Spyker, Force India, Racing Point, Aston Martin Alpha Tauri - Minardi, Toro Roso, Alpha Tauri Alfa romeo - Sauber, BMW Sauber, Sauber, Alfa Romeo

[@rickj.9202]

This is very helpful. Thank you! 👏🏼🏆🏁

[@Denes2005]

I would really like you to do these a bit more in-depth, lile 8-10 mins. This short videos feel rushed and you miss out on lots of interesting things like force india, before it was force india or mercedes back in the honda days.

[@alexanderbleidorn605]

2018 seemed like an interesting year

[@connorhill1247]

“The other teams just need to do better “ Red Bull: Hold my beer

[@miksuplays6914]

Actually first was Jordan then was MF1, Spyker, Force India, Racing Point and Aston Martin

[@vyasponnuri3375]

Aston Martin- Jordan, Spyker, Midland, Force India, Racing Point, Aston Martin

[@stevelavergne2852]

And, in the Alpine timeline, Benetton were Toleman before becoming Benetton

[@Diby1917]

If alpine actually had a black livery I would be an alpine fan

[@notmaruf7170]

The car in the thumbnail looks fire🔥

[@juancete0107]

Racing Point goes way back. I think its Jordan-Midland-Spyker-Force India-Racing Point-Aston Martin. And Alpine is like Toleman-Benetton-Renault-Lotus-Lotus-Renault-Alpine

[@metro3313]

Didn't you already make a video on this?

[@MrBlazemaster525]

Seeing as stuff's changed lol

[@WTF1official]

Teams keep changing their names 😅😅😅

[@ForeverF1]

@@WTF1official well hello there

[@MiguelMedV]

@@ForeverF1 _"General Kenobi!..."_

[@wolfdude3457]

Well it makes sence that they changed name to alpine since it is the name of the reanult race series

[@evann5451]

Tbh the teams have stayed relatively stable for the past while, we haven’t seen an actually new team in a long time. Just some rebranding

[@MentalParadox]

You could have gone back much further. Before Force India, they were Spyker. Before that, MF1 Racing. Before THAT, the legendary Jordan.

[@garybrown9526]

Tyrrell,B.A.R, Honda, Brawn, Mercedes,. McLaren, Project 4 ,McLaren. Stewart, Jaguar, RedBull.

[@BMW_M3_GTR2837]

The Sauber name is still in F1 as they are now a sponsor on Alfa Romeo and still technically are Alfa

[@mightymoto453]

lol i remember when i was young and i watched f1 in 2010 and i always classified the teams by the big logo on the car because i didn't know which car was which, so i called merc (petronas team), Mclaren ( Vodaphone team ), Ferrari was Ferrari because who doesn't know Ferrari, Renault ( GENII team). and so on

[@TheJamonLance]

well, you could dig down quite a lot on the changes from mercedes, brawn, honda, bar, tyrrell or renault to toleman, or aston martin to jordan through spyker. next name for mercedes: lewolff hamiltoto gp.

[@maclambert2932]

The “great success” with the Borat picture killed me 💀😂

[@car-enthusiast3141]

Manny khoshbin intensifies.

[@frankieg60]

The shortest history of teams more like - why aren’t you more amazed Mercedes used to be tyrrell?! Or Aston Martin Jordan?!

[@bigslydoc]

So for a full history it goes: 1. Tyrell-BAR-Honda-Brawn-Mercedes 2. Stewart-Jaguar-Red Bull 3. McLaren 4. Jordan-Midland-Spyker-Force India-Racing Point-Aston Martin 5. Toleman-Benetton-Renault-Lotus-Renault-Alpine 6. Ferrari 7. Minardi-Toro Rosso-Alpha Tauri 8. Sauber-BMW Sauber-Sauber-Alfa Romeo 9. Haas 10. Williams

[@tomthebodz]

Would want to see a longer version of this, going over all the team name changes. Like, Mercedes is effectively the same team as BAR.

[@emobassist]

I loved the Pink Racing Point cars :(

[@SolidSonicTH]

Everybody loves Brawn GP.

[@stephenyates962]

Team Enstone, Team Silverstone, Team Brackley have all had various names, not all of them mentioned here, though: Toleman Benetton Renault Lotus-Renault Lotus F1 Renault Alpine Jordan Midland Spyker Force India Racing Point Force India Racing Point [Pink Mercedes] Aston Martin British American Racing Honda Brawn Mercedes

[@boezerdieser]

just yesterday was looking for a video like this and didn't really find anything. nice 👍

[@rjfaber1991]

What did teams *USE* to be called. It's not that complex... When you have an auxiliary verb, you only conjugate that, not the main verb.

[@AninoNiKugi]

I'm very new to F1 but I always find having Alpha Tauri as a Jr or sister team of Red Bull to be unfair. It's like having 2 teams in the grid who can help each other in strategy.

[@ethantunnell8009]

A further back change with Mercedes current Team was Tyrell.

[@sohammhatre]

Sauber should look for a more involving partnership with other OEM groups and be more ambitious especially with the budget caps coming in.

[@nickypoundtown9568]

If we're talking about grid spots ? Forti Stewart Jaguar Red Bull

[@SamDixon3244]

3:32 you forgot about Tyrell and countless other confusing links to Mercedes

[@josephserra9214]

I’m quite upset that Ferrari, McLaren, and Williams weren’t mentioned. Oh wait.

[@alkfs137a]

The teams that are staying faithful to their original name are only McLaren and Williams, and they are both named after their founders.

[@mamilicouz]

2:00 Can we talk about the fact how the one crewmember raises his arm?

[@metaltyre4894]

Lmfao I just noticed it Nazi salute

[@yoshidasaki17703]

*SALUTE*

[@a.l.e.x8118]

I liked the idea of that video but i would go into more depth the history of every team racing ant the moment back till its entry in the sport

[@SGTCOMET]

History of Minardi be like: Minardi,Toro Rosso, Alphatauri, VISACASHAPPRB

[@StephenMorganCanada]

Sauber must have the best business model in F1, outside of Ferrari.

[@jonasgordijn3509]

Funfact: Alfa meanst first and Tauri is a Zodiac sign and it’s know as a bull and the first star of Tauri is red so basically it means Red Bull

[@Maurin67]

I want the Sauber name back! It’s an important part of F1…

[@SiVlog1989]

There is a bit more to it with Mercedes, which Josh Revell put very well. "Tyrrell became BAR, which became Honda, which became Brawn, which became Mercedes. Yes THAT Mercedes team was this fledgling wreck of an outfit, technically,"

[@DaanBrandt]

Cant believe how they missed the change from Mercedes AMG to Mercedes confetti AMG Make it happen by retweeting Mercedes its confetti livery post on Twitter. 🙏

[@lampoilropebombs0640]

Promote the fashion brand? No. The fashion brand is just official F1 merch for Alphatauri F1 team.