Vroom in the US
Scarab
Two bold Americans, Lance Reventlow and Bruce Kessler, took a have a look at what the Europeans have been doing at Ferrari, Maserati, Aston Martin and Jaguar and determined the may just construct a greater automobile. Victories got here on the 1958 LA Times Grand Prix at Riverside Raceway and their front-engined racers would pass on to go into 93 races, with 39 wins and 32 podium finishes till 1963. In F1 they competed in only one complete season – 1960 – racing in six of the 10 grands prix, completing 10th with Chuck Daigh at america Grand Prix, gained by means of Stirling Moss in a Lotus-Climax.
Eagle
Dan Gurney and the Le Mans winner Carroll Shelby based All American Racers in 1964 and competed in more than a few categories ahead of taking a crack at F1 with patriotically named Eagle. The stars and stripes crew have been founded in Rye, East Sussex and ran with British‑constructed Weslake engines. They raced in 25 grands prix, coming into a complete of 34 automobiles. At the 1967 Belgian Grand Prix, Gurney accomplished the primary “all-American” victory in a grand prix since Jimmy Murphy’s triumph with Duesenberg on the 1921 French Grand Prix. An American crew has but to copy that double feat.
Penske
The ultimate American crew to win a race – the 1976 Austrian Grand Prix, with the Northern Irishman John Watson (beneath) on the wheel. Penske are higher referred to as Indycar racers, however their PC1 automobiles made their debut in 1974. They scored no issues that yr and the next season used to be marred by means of the loss of life in their motive force Mark Donohue.
Haas
A completely fledged American crew returned to F1 in 2016, purchasing up the failed Marussia. Banbury-based, they’re nonetheless blazing the path with Esteban Ocon and Oliver Bearman on the wheel. Still no wins, although, with a lone pole claimed in Brazil in 2022.
Cadillac
The General Motors behemoth is keen to faucet into the Race to Survive/Gen Z marketplace, so is launching a crew with its premier marque at the automobile subsequent yr.