British American Racing
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| Surname | British American Racing |
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| Companies | BAR Honda GP Ltd. (last) |
| Company headquarters | Brackley ( GB ) |
| Team boss |
 Craig Pollock (1999-01) David Richards (2002-04) Nick Fry (2005)
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| First Grand Prix | Australia 1999 |
| Last Grand Prix | China 2005 |
| Race driven | 117 |
| Constructors' championship | 0 - best result: 2nd ( 2004 ) |
| Drivers World Championship | 0 - best result: 3rd ( 2004 ) |
| Race wins | - |
| Pole positions | 2 |
| Fastest laps | - |
| Points | 227 |
British American Racing ( BAR for short ) was a British Formula 1 racing team that emerged from the traditional Tyrrell team at the end of 1998 through takeover and competed in almost 120 Grand Prix races between 1999 and 2005. The majority owner and namesake was the tobacco company British American Tobacco (BAT), which mainly advertised the Lucky Strike brand on the racing cars . At the end of 2005, the team was completely taken over by the Japanese car manufacturer Honda and continued under the name Honda Racing F1 until 2008 .
history
BAT has been a sponsor of Formula 1 for a long time. In 1997 they were contacted by Craig Pollock whether they would be willing to finance a new racing team around the current Formula 1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve , who was looked after by Pollock as manager.
BAT then took over the financially troubled Tyrrell team in November 1997 for 30 million pounds sterling in order to compete in Formula 1 after a transition season from 1999 under the name British American Racing (BAR). However, British American Tobacco took neither the factory in Ockham still large parts of the personnel or equipment, but was, rather, solely on the legal envelope and the associated start authorization interested in F1. The British racing car designer Reynard with his plant in Brackley acted as technical partner and chassis supplier for BAR . These factories were taken over by BAR after Reynard's bankruptcy in 2001 and subsequently expanded into an Operations Center for BAR. The real roots of the racing team therefore lie with Reynard.
Villeneuve's team-mate for the 1999 season was Ricardo Zonta , who came from the FIA GT Championship and made his Formula 1 debut. However, the manager's announcements that he would soon be at the top of Formula 1 have not come true. Although Jacques Villeneuve was in third position several times in the race, he and his team couldn't get a point and BAR was in the end behind Minardi , who scored a World Championship point.
A special feature was the two-tone paintwork of the car. BAT wanted to use its racing cars to advertise the two brands Lucky Strike and State Express 555, which are part of the group. Both brands were present in different markets. Initially, the company wanted to address these markets at the same time by painting one of the BAR cars in Lucky Strike's colors while the second had State Express painted blue. However, the FIA refused, stating that the cars of a team had to appear uniformly, and threatened BAR with an exclusion from the race in the event of a violation. Ultimately, the team decided that both brands should be advertised on each car. The right side of each vehicle was painted blue and yellow (State Express 555 colors), while the left side was painted white and red, i.e. H. in the colors of Lucky Strike.
From 2000 Honda equipped the team with engines and it was the first time since 1992 that they were directly involved in a team again. Honda was also an engine supplier to Jordan , but only wanted to equip one team in the future, which is why both teams fought for the contract. At the end of 2001, Pollock was replaced by David Richards .
The 2004 season was the most successful in team history with eleven podium finishes and runner-up in the constructors' championship behind Ferrari. At the end of the season, Nick Fry took over the position of Team Principal from Richards.
From the 2006 season , the team started under the name " Lucky Strike Honda Racing F1 Team ", since Honda was now the sole owner of the team after purchasing the shares from BAR. The drivers this season were Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button . After the 2006 season, British American Tobacco (BAT) withdrew from Formula 1.
Numbers and dates
Statistics in Formula 1
| season | Team name | chassis | engine | tires | Grand Prix | Victories | Second | Third | Poles | nice Round | Points | World Cup rank |
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| 1999 | British American Racing | BAR 01 | Supertec 3.0 V10 | B. | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11. |
| 2000 | Lucky Strike BA R Honda | BAR 002 | Honda 3.0 V10 | B. | 17th | - | - | - | - | - | 20th | 5. |
| 2001 | Lucky Strike BA R Honda | BAR 003 | Honda 3.0 V10 | B. | 17th | - | - | 2 | - | - | 17th | 6th |
| 2002 | Lucky Strike BA R Honda | BAR 004 | Honda 3.0 V10 | B. | 17th | - | - | - | - | - | 7th | 8th. |
| 2003 | Lucky Strike BA R Honda | BAR 005 | Honda 3.0 V10 | B. | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | 26th | 5. |
| 2004 | Lucky Strike BA R Honda | BAR 006 | Honda 3.0 V10 | M. | 18th | - | 4th | 7th | 1 | - | 119 | 2. |
| 2005 | Lucky Strike BA R Honda | BAR 007 | Honda 3.0 V10 | M. | 16 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 38 | 6th |
| total | 117 | - | 4th | 11 | 2 | - | 227 | |||||
All drivers of the BAR team in Formula 1
| Surname | Years | Grand Prix | Points | Victories | Second | Third | Poles | nice Round | best WM-Pos. |
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 Jacques Villeneuve
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1999-2003 | 81 | 39 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 7. ( 2000 / 2001 ) |
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Jenson Button
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2003-2005 | 49 | 139 | - | 4th | 8th | 2 | - | 3rd ( 2004 ) |
 Olivier Panis
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2001-2002 | 34 | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | 14. ( 2001 / 2002 ) |
 Takuma Satō
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2003-2005 | 34 | 38 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 8. ( 2004 ) |
 Ricardo Zonta
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1999-2000 | 29 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 14th ( 2000 ) |
 Mika Salo
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1999 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10. ( 1999 ) 1 |
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Anthony Davidson
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2005 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - ( 2005 ) |
1 Mika Salo was also used by Ferrari in 1999 and was tenth in the World Championship with the points earned there
Results in Formula 1
| season | chassis | driver | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 17th | 18th | 19th | Points | rank |
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| 1999 | 01 |
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J. Villeneuve
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22nd | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | 15th | 8th | 10 | DNF | 9 | |||||||
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23 | DNF | DNS | INJ | INJ | INJ | DNF | 9 | DNF | 15th | DNF | 13 | DNF | DNF | 8th | DNF | 12 | |||||||
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| 2000 | 002 |
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22nd | 4th | DNF | 5 | 16 | DNF | DNF | 7th | 15th | 4th | 4th | 8th | 12 | 7th | DNF | 4th | 6th | 5 | ||||||
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23 | 6th | 9 | 12 | DNF | 8th | DNF | DNF | 8th | DNF | DNF | DNF | 14th | 12 | 6th | 6th | 9 | DNF | ||||||
| 2001 | 003 |
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O. Panis
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9 | 7th | DNF | 4th | 8th | 7th | 5 | DNF | DNF | DNF | 9 | 7th | DNF | 11 | 9 | 11 | 13 | |||||||
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J. Villeneuve
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10 | DNF | DNF | 7th | DNF | 3 | 8th | 4th | DNF | 9 | DNF | 8th | 3 | 9 | 8th | 6th | DNF | 10 | ||||||
| 2002 | 004 |
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11 | DNF | 8th | 10 | 7th | 7th | 10 | DNF | DNF | 12 | 4th | DNF | DNF | DNF | 8th | 9 | 6th | DNF | ||||||
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12 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | 8th | 9 | 5 | DNF | DNF | 12 | 12 | 6th | 12 | DNF | ||||||
| 2003 | 005 |
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16 | 9 | DNS | 6th | DNF | DNF | 12 | DNF | DNF | DNF | 9 | 10 | 9 | DNF | 6th | DNF | ||||||||
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J. Button
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17th | 10 | 7th | DNF | 8th | 9 | 4th | DNS | DNF | 7th | DNF | 8th | 8th | 10 | DNF | DNF | 4th | |||||||
| 2004 | 006 |
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9 | 6th | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8th | 2 | 3 | 3 | DNF | 5 | 4th | 2 | 5 | DNF | 3 | 2 | 3 | DNF | |||||
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10 | 9 | 15 * | 5 | 16 * | 5 | DNF | DNF | DNF | 3 | DNF | 11 | 8th | 6th | DNF | 4th | 6th | 4th | 6th | |||||
| 2005 | 007 |
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3 | 11 * | DNF | DNF | DSQ | EX | EX | 10 | DNF | DNS | 4th | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8th | 3 | 7th | 5 | 8th | ||||
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4th | 14th | INJ | DNF | DSQ | EX | EX | 12 | DNF | DNS | 11 | 16 | 12 | 8th | 9 | 16 | DNF | 10 | DSQ | DNF | ||||
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| colour | abbreviation | meaning |
| gold | - | victory |
| silver | - | 2nd place |
| bronze | - | 3rd place |
| green | - | Placement in the points |
| blue | - | Classified outside the point ranks |
| violet | DNF | Race not finished (did not finish) |
| NC | not classified | |
| red | DNQ | did not qualify |
| DNPQ | failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify) | |
| black | DSQ | disqualified |
| White | DNS | not at the start (did not start) |
| WD | withdrawn | |
| Light Blue | PO | only participated in the training (practiced only) |
| TD | Friday test driver | |
| without | DNP | did not participate in the training (did not practice) |
| INJ | injured or sick | |
| EX | excluded | |
| DNA | did not arrive | |
| C. | Race canceled | |
| no participation in the World Cup | ||
| other | P / bold | Pole position |
| SR / italic | Fastest race lap | |
| * | not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered |
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| () | Streak results | |
| underlined | Leader in the overall standings | |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the British Commercial Register
- ↑ The position of the FIA was of course not mandatory, and there have also been counterexamples in recent history: Even in the 1985 Formula 1 season, Tyrrell, for example, occasionally ran two differently painted vehicles
