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1988

McLaren MP4/4

McLaren
Turbo

Rennen

16

Poles

15

Schnellste Runden

10

Motor

Honda RA168E turbo V6

Fahrer

Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost

Siege

15 of 16 races

Titel

Drivers' (Senna) and constructors'

Konstrukteure

Steve Nichols

The MP4/4 is the peak of the first turbo era: a low, narrow Honda-powered McLaren that won 15 of 16 races in 1988. Senna took the title from teammate Prost. Only a failure in Italy stopped a clean sweep.

Die Autos

1950

Alfa Romeo 158

Alfa Romeo

Jahre: 1950–1951

Frontmotor

Motor

1.5-litre supercharged straight-8

Fahrer

Giuseppe Farina, Juan Manuel Fangio

Siege

Six of seven championship races in 1950

Titel

Drivers' (Farina) — no constructors' cup yet

Konstrukteure

Gioacchino Colombo

The Alfetta 158 was already a decade old when the world championship began. Farina won the first title in it; Fangio won races in the same car. It is the front-engine, supercharged benchmark the rest of the 1950s had to beat.

1951

Ferrari 375

Ferrari

Jahre: 1950–1951

Frontmotor

Motor

4.5-litre Ferrari V12

Fahrer

José Froilán González, Alberto Ascari

Siege

First Ferrari world-championship race win

Titel

None (Alfa Romeo took 1951)

Konstrukteure

Aurelio Lampredi

The 375 is the car that got Ferrari on the Formula 1 scoreboard. González won at Silverstone in 1951 — the first world-championship race victory for the team — in a front-engine V12 that still sat the driver behind a long nose.

1957

Cooper T43

Cooper

Cooper T43 is a Formula 1 chassis built by Cooper. It raced in 1957.

1957

Maserati 250F

Maserati

Jahre: 1954–1960

Frontmotor

Motor

2.5-litre Maserati straight-6

Fahrer

Juan Manuel Fangio, Stirling Moss

Siege

Four wins for Fangio in 1957

Titel

Drivers' (Fangio, fifth title)

Konstrukteure

Gioacchino Colombo

The 250F is the last great front-engine championship car. Fangio took his fifth title in 1957, including the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring where he came from behind on worn tyres. After this, the engine moved behind the driver.

1959

Aston Martin DBR5

Aston Martin

Aston Martin DBR5 is a Formula 1 chassis built by Aston Martin. It raced in 1959.

1959

Cooper T51

Cooper

Jahre: 1959–1963

Mittelmotor

Rennen

24

Poles

6

Schnellste Runden

6

Motor

Coventry Climax FPF four-cylinder

Fahrer

Jack Brabham, Stirling Moss

Siege

Five wins in 1959

Titel

Drivers' (Brabham) and constructors'

Konstrukteure

Owen Maddock

Cooper put the engine behind the driver and made it stick. The T51 was smaller and lighter than the front-engine cars around it. Brabham won the 1959 title; within two years almost nobody still built a nose-engined Formula 1 car.

1960

Cooper T53

Cooper

Cooper T53 is a Formula 1 chassis built by Cooper. It raced in 1960.

1961

Cooper T55

Cooper

Cooper T55 is a Formula 1 chassis built by Cooper. It raced in 1961.

1961

Cooper T58

Cooper

Cooper T58 is a Formula 1 chassis built by Cooper. It raced in 1961.

1961

Ferrari 156

Ferrari

Jahre: 1961–1962

Mittelmotor

Motor

1.5-litre Ferrari V6

Fahrer

Phil Hill, Wolfgang von Trips

Siege

Five race wins in 1961

Titel

Drivers' (Hill) and constructors'

Konstrukteure

Carlo Chiti

The sharknose 156 moved Ferrari into the mid-engine era that Lotus and Cooper had already forced on the grid. Phil Hill took the 1961 title in it; the season is also remembered for von Trips' death at Monza.

1961

Lotus 20

Lotus

Lotus 20 is a Formula 1 chassis built by Lotus. It raced in 1961.

1962

Lotus 24

Lotus

Lotus 24 is a Formula 1 chassis built by Lotus. It raced in 1962.

1963

BRM P61

BRM

BRM P61 is a Formula 1 chassis built by BRM. It raced in 1963.

1963

Lotus 25

Lotus

Jahre: 1962–1965

Mittelmotor

Motor

Coventry Climax V8

Fahrer

Jim Clark

Siege

Seven wins in 1963

Titel

Drivers' (Clark) and constructors'

Konstrukteure

Colin Chapman

Chapman's Lotus 25 was the first fully stressed monocoque to win a Formula 1 title. Instead of a tubular spaceframe, the driver sat in an aluminium bathtub — lighter, stiffer, and the pattern almost every car followed after it.

1964

BRM P261

BRM

BRM P261 is a Formula 1 chassis built by BRM. It raced in 1964.

1964

BRM P67

BRM

BRM P67 is a Formula 1 chassis built by BRM. It raced in 1964.

1964

Cooper T73

Cooper

Cooper T73 is a Formula 1 chassis built by Cooper. It raced in 1964.

1965

Honda RA272

Honda

Motor

Honda RA272

Honda RA272 is a Formula 1 chassis built by Honda. It raced in 1965 with a Honda RA272 engine.

1966

Cooper T81

Cooper

Cooper T81 is a Formula 1 chassis built by Cooper. It raced in 1966.

1966

Lotus 43

Lotus

Lotus 43 is a Formula 1 chassis built by Lotus. It raced in 1966.

1966

McLaren M2B

McLaren

McLaren M2B is a Formula 1 chassis built by McLaren. It raced in 1966.

1967

Lotus 49

Lotus

Jahre: 1967–1970

Mittelmotor

Motor

Ford Cosworth DFV V8

Fahrer

Jim Clark, Graham Hill

Siege

Won on debut at Zandvoort, 1967

Titel

Drivers' (Hill, 1968) in the 49B

Konstrukteure

Colin Chapman

The 49 did not just use the new Cosworth DFV — it used it as a structural member. The engine bolted to the tub and carried the rear suspension. Clark won first time out. That layout became the default Formula 1 build for decades.

1968

Honda RA301

Honda

Motor

Honda RA301

Honda RA301 is a Formula 1 chassis built by Honda. It raced in 1968 with a Honda RA301 engine.

1968

Honda RA302

Honda

Motor

Honda RA302

Honda RA302 is a Formula 1 chassis built by Honda. It raced in 1968 with a Honda RA302 engine.