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The following is a list of Formula A constructors. In Formula A motor racing, constructors are people or corporate entities which design key parts of Formula A cars that have competed or are intended to compete in the FIA World Championship. Since 1981, it has been a requirement that each competitor must have the exclusive rights to the use of certain key parts of their car – in 2018, these parts were the survival cell, the front impact structure, the roll structures and bodywork.

Terminology: constructors vs. teams[edit | edit source]

In Formula A racing the terms "constructor" and "entrant" have specific and differing meanings. An entrant is the person or corporate entity that registers a car and driver for a race, and is then responsible for preparing and maintaining that car during the race weekend. As a result of this preparation role and active involvement in the running of the race, the term "team" has become commonly applied to an entrant organisation.

Constructors[edit | edit source]

Under Article 6.3 of the FIA Sporting Regulations, "A constructor is the person (including any corporate or unincorporated body) which designs the Listed Parts set out in Appendix 6. The make of an engine or chassis is the name attributed to it by its constructor." These "listed parts" include the survival cell, the front impact structure, the roll structures and bodywork. However, if the chassis and engine are made by different entities, the constructor comprises both (e.g. Van Doorne-Honda, etc.), with the name of the chassis constructor being placed before that of the engine constructor.

Teams[edit | edit source]

Since the 1981 season the FIA have required that Formula A entrants own the intellectual rights to the chassis that they enter, and so the distinction between the terms "entrant" and "constructor", and hence also "team", have become less pronounced, though the intellectual rights of engines may still be owned by a different entity.

Before this time, constructors were free to sell their chassis to as many other teams as they liked. The concept of a "works" or "factory" team (i.e. the official team of the company producing the cars, as opposed to a customer team which buys them off the shelf) therefore applied to chassis in the same way as it does in rallying and sports car racing.

Teams' Nationality[edit | edit source]

Unlike drivers who are required to compete in the FIA Formula A World Championship under the nationality of their passport, the FIA's International Sporting Code states that teams competing in the FIA Formula A World Championship shall compete under the nationality of their parent National Automobile Club that issued their FIA racing licence. On the basis of this regulation, despite the fact that most current teams are based in the UK, this country is officially represented in Formula A only by teams holding a racing licence issued by the British National Sporting Authority. Teams take the nationality of their parent National Automobile Club that issued their licence for the period of validity of that licence and the change of the nationality is allowed. Several teams changed their nationality during their competition in Formula A, some of them even twice.

Before the arrival of sponsorship liveries in 1968 team's nationality determined the colour of a car entered by the team; thus, Italian teams' cars were rosso corsa red, French were bleu de France blue, and British were British racing green. Since the licence is given to a team and not to a constructor, privateer teams entering cars built by constructors from another country before the 1968 season painted cars in the national colour of their home country.

2021 Constructors[edit | edit source]

Constructor Engine Licensed in Based in Seasons Antecedent teams
Benedetti Ferrari ITA.png Italy ITA.png Italy 1979 - present
Fullman Toyota UK.png United Kingdom UK.png United Kingdom 1966 - present
Monster Energy Mercedes GER.png Germany UK.png United Kingdom 2010 - present SWE.png Rossberg (1970 - 1998)
UK.png Camel Racing (1999 - 2005)
JPN.png Honda (2006 - 2009)
Red Bull Honda AUT.png Austria UK.png United Kingdom 2005 - present UK.png Jaguar (1997 - 2004)
Renault Renault FRA.png France FRA.png France 2016 - present ITA.png Rossini Sport (1981 - 2002)
FRA.png/UK.png Renault (2002 - 2011)
RUS.png Rossiya (2012-2015)
Rot Stier Honda GER.png Germany UK.png United Kingdom 2006 - present GER.png Hoffman (1985 - 2005)
Schneider Ferrari SWI.png Switzerland SWI.png Switzerland
UK.png United Kingdom
2019 - present RUS.png Avtotor (1991 - 2003)
GER.png BMW (2004 - 2013)
UK.png Aston Martin (2014 - 2018)
Van Doorn Mercedes NED.png Netherlands UK.png United Kingdom 1978 - present
Wolf Cadillac USA.png United States USA.png United States
UK.png United Kingdom
2020 IRL.png Donovan (1991 - 2004)
NED.png Voorten (2005- 2007)
IND.png Sundar (2008 - 2019)

Former Constructors[edit | edit source]

Constructor Licensed In Seasons Notes
Aston Martin UK.png United Kingdom 1960, 2014 - 2018
Avtotor RUS.png Russia 1991 - 2003 First FA team from Russia
Barker UK.png United Kingdom 1962 - 1987, 1989 - 1992
Brandon UK.png United Kingdom 1950, 1952 - 1970
Camel Racing UK.png United Kingdom 1999 - 2005
Curtis Rowland USA.png United States 1970 - 1979 Only American team to win the FA Constructor's Championship
Donovan IRL.png Ireland 1991 - 2004
Ferrari ITA.png Italy 1950 - 1980 Still an engine supplier and occasional chassis builder
Halford UK.png United Kingdom 1988 - 2001
Hasegawa JPN.png Japan 1982 - 1988
Honda JPN.png Japan 2006 - 2009
Howard Joyce USA.png United States 1951 - 1959 First American team to win the Monaco Grand Prix
Jaguar UK.png United Kingdom 1997 - 2004
Lachland AUS.png Australia 1979 - 1990, 1992 - 1994
Lotus UK.png United Kingdom 1960 - 1981 First of three separate entities to run as Lotus
Lotus UK.png United Kingdom 1990 - 2001 Second of three separate entities to run as Lotus
Lotus UK.png United Kingdom 2012 - 2014 Third of three separate entities to run as Lotus
MSD UK.png United Kingdom 1962 - 1987
1989 - 1992
Rossberg SWE.png Sweden 1970 - 1998
Rossini Sport ITA.png Italy 1981 - 2002
Rossiya RUS.png Russia 2012 - 2015
Siftra FRA.png France 1967 - 1972
Sundar IND.png India 2008 - 2019
UKGP UK.png United Kingdom 1956 - 1977
Veltin UK.png United Kingdom 1950 - 1960
Voorten NED.png The Netherlands 2005 - 2007