Full name | Spyker F1 Team |
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Base | Silverstone, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom |
Team principal(s) | Colin Kolles |
Technical director | James Key |
Noted drivers | Adrian Sutil Christijan Albers Markus Winkelhock Sakon Yamamoto |
Previous name | Midland F1 Racing |
Next name | Force India F1 Team |
Formula One World Championship career | |
First entry | 2007 Australian Grand Prix |
Races entered | 17 |
Engines | Ferrari |
Constructors' Championships | 0 |
Drivers' Championships | 0 |
Race victories | 0 |
Points | 1 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Final entry | 2007 Brazilian Grand Prix |
The Spyker F1 Team, known as the Etihad Aldar Spyker F1 Team for sponsorship reasons, was a Formula One team that competed in the 2007 Formula One World Championship with a Dutch licence.[1] It was created by Spyker Cars after their buyout of the short-lived Midland F1 (formerly Jordan Grand Prix) team. The change to the Spyker name was accompanied by a switch in racing livery from the red, grey and white previously used by Midland, to an orange and silver scheme—already seen on the Spyker Spyder GT2-R—orange being the national colour and the auto racing colour of the Netherlands. At the end of the 2007 season, the team was sold to Vijay Mallya and renamed Force India.[2]
Spyker F1 Team was only the second Formula One constructor to represent the Netherlands after Boro Racing that competed in the 1976 and 1977 seasons.