Kauhsen

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Kauhsen was a Formula One constructor from Germany. They participated in 2 grands prix, entering a total of 2 cars. Mathematically, they are the worst Constructor of all time, with a best result of 27th (DNQ).

Willi Kauhsen had run Porsches and quasi-works Alfa Romeo sports cars with some success and bought the championship-winning Elf Formula Two cars at the end of the 1976 season with a view to establishing a successful single seater team.

The Elfs enjoyed no success and it was somewhat surprising to see Kauhsen stepping up to Formula One in 1979. He was rumoured to be behind a project to run a pair of Kojima cars, but this did not work out; Kauhsen appeared with a series of improbable ground-effect cars that were crude copies of the Lotus 78 and 79 and whose performance was dismal. It was yet more surprising to see the cars sold to Arturo Merzario where they replaced his earlier crude March-based cars as the basis of his later Merzario efforts.

Complete Formula One results

Yr Main drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
1979G.BrancatelliARGBRARSAUSWESPBELMONFRAGBRGERAUTNEDITACANUSA


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Category Single seaters
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Inaugural season 1950[1]
Drivers 22
Teams 11
Engine suppliers 6
Drivers' champion Fernando Alonso
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Anthem
"Das Lied der Deutschen" (third stanza)
also called "Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit"
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Dr Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG

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(Xetra: POR3 )
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Founded 1931 by Ferdinand Porsche and Ferry Porsche
Headquarters Zuffenhausen, Germany

Key people Dr.
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During its history, Alfa Romeo has competed successfully in many different categories of motorsport, including Formula One, sportscar racing, touring car racing and rallies.
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Formula Two, abbreviated to F2, was a type of formula racing. It was replaced by Formula 3000 in 1985.

History

While Formula One has generally been regarded as the pinnacle of open-wheeled auto racing, the high performance nature of the cars and the expense involved
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Kojima was a Japanese Formula One constructor who entered cars in the Japanese Grand Prix in 1976 and 1977.

The team was founded in 1976 by Matsuhisa Kojima. Kojima had made a fortune importing bananas, and was a motor-racing enthusiast, having ridden in Motocross himself in
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Arturo Francesco Merzario (born March 11, 1943 in Chiavenna, Como) is a former racing driver from Italy. He participated in 85 Formula One World Championship grands prix, debuting on July 15, 1972. He scored 11 championship points.
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March Engineering was a Formula One constructor and manufacturer of customer racing cars from Britain. Although only moderately successful in Grand Prix competition, March racing cars enjoyed much better achievement in other categories of competition including Formula 2,
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Merzario was a Formula One constructor from Italy. They participated in 31 grands prix, entering a total of 32 cars.

The team was set up by former Ferrari, Williams and March driver Arturo Merzario when he could no longer find a drive with an established team.
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The 1979 Formula One season was the 30th FIA Formula One World Championship season. It commenced on January 21, 1979, and ended on October 7 after fifteen races.

Season summary

Season review


Rnd Race Date Location Winning driver Constructor Report
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Gianfranco Brancatelli (born in Turin, January 18, 1950) is a former racing driver from Italy. He entered 3 Formula One Grands Prix in 1979 with Kauhsen (2 failures to qualify) and Merzario (1 failure to pre-qualify). He later raced in Touring Cars.
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The 1979 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 29 April 1979 at Jarama.

Classification


Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 25 Patrick Depailler Ligier-Ford 75 1:39:11.
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The 1979 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 13 May 1979 at Zolder.

Classification


Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 11 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 70 1:39:59.
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Category Single seaters
Country or region International
Inaugural season 1950[1]
Drivers 22
Teams 11
Engine suppliers 6
Drivers' champion Fernando Alonso
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This list is accurate as of July 1, 2007. For a list of currently active constructors, see Formula One season.
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History

Success

In 1950 Nino Farina won the Formula One World Championship in a 158 with compressor, in 1951 Juan Manuel Fangio won while driving
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The Alta Car and Engineering Company was a sports and racing car manufacturer from England, commonly known simply as Alta. Their cars contested five FIA World Championship races between 1950 and 1952, as well as Grand Prix events prior to this.
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