British American Racing

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British American Racing was a former Formula One team that competed from 1999 to 2005, evolving into the Honda works team before ultimately forming part of the lineage of today’s Mercedes-AMG Petronas outfit.

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British American Racing canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Formula One team
activeYearsEnd 2005
activeYearsStart 1999
base Brackley, Northamptonshire, England
linked to: Brackley
becameWorksTeamOf Honda
bestConstructorsFinish 2nd
bestConstructorsFinishSeason 2004
chassisConstructor BAR
constructorsChampionships 0
country United Kingdom
debutSeason 1999 Formula One World Championship
driver Jacques Villeneuve
Jenson Button
Mika Salo
Olivier Panis
Ricardo Zonta
Takuma Sato
driversChampionships 0
engineSupplier Honda
Supertec
fastestLaps 2
finalSeason 2005 Formula One World Championship
firstRace 1999 Australian Grand Prix
headquarters Brackley facility later used by Brawn GP
Brackley facility later used by Honda
Brackley facility later used by Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team
lastRace 2005 Chinese Grand Prix
linked to: Chinese Grand Prix
mergedFrom Tyrrell assets purchase
notableCar BAR 001
linked to: BAR

BAR 006
linked to: BAR
notableSponsorBrand 555
Lucky Strike
owner Adrian Reynard
British American Tobacco
partOfLineageOf Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team
podiums 15
polePositions 2
predecessor Tyrrell Racing
principalSponsor British American Tobacco
raceEntries 118
raceStarts 116
raceWins 0
shortName BAR
sport Formula One
successor Honda Racing F1 Team
teamPrincipal Craig Pollock
David Richards
technicalDirector Geoff Willis
Malcolm Oastler
tyreSupplier Bridgestone

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Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team predecessor British American Racing
Tyrrell Racing Organisation successorTeam British American Racing
Tyrrell successorTeam British American Racing
Honda Racing F1 Team formerName British American Racing
Honda Racing F1 Team engineCustomerFor British American Racing
Geoff Willis employer British American Racing