Full name | Spyker MF1 Racing (1 October-22 October 2006) Midland F1 Racing (12 March-10 September 2006) |
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Base | Silverstone, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom |
Founder(s) | Alex Shnaider |
Noted staff | Colin Kolles James Key |
Noted drivers | Tiago Monteiro Christijan Albers |
Previous name | Jordan Grand Prix |
Next name | Spyker F1 Team |
Formula One World Championship career | |
First entry | 2006 Bahrain Grand Prix |
Races entered | 18 |
Engines | Toyota |
Constructors' Championships | 0 |
Drivers' Championships | 0 |
Race victories | 0 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Final entry | 2006 Brazilian Grand Prix |
Midland F1 Racing (also known as MF1 Racing, or simply as MF1, or Midland) was a Formula One constructor and racing team which competed in the 2006 Formula One World Championship with drivers Christijan Albers and Tiago Monteiro. The team was created by the renaming of Jordan Grand Prix after its purchase by Canadian businessman, and owner of the Midland Group, Alex Shnaider. The team was licensed as the first Russian Formula One team,[1] although it continued to be based in the United Kingdom, at Jordan's Silverstone factory. Towards the end of the 2006 season, the team was sold to Spyker Cars N.V.; the team raced in its last three Grands Prix under the official name Spyker MF1 Racing.[2] In 2007, the team competed as Spyker F1, and in 2008 was sold to Indian businessman Vijay Mallya and was renamed to Force India.[3]