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1999 Australian Grand Prix
2005 Chinese Grand Prix

about BAR

British American Racing was a Formula One constructor that competed in the sport from 1999 to 2005. BAR began by acquiring Tyrrell, and used Supertec engines for their first year. Subsequently, they formed a partnership with Honda which lasted for the next six years.

The team was named after British American Tobacco plc (BAT), which owned and sponsored it in order to display its Lucky Strike and 555 brands. The headquarters were in Brackley, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom.

In mid-November 2004, Japanese car manufacturer Honda purchased 45% of the team, and in September 2005 purchased the remaining 55% share to become the sole owner. Consequently, BAR Honda became Honda Racing F1 Team for the 2006 Formula One season. BAT continued as title sponsor with the Lucky Strike brand but due to new tobacco advertising regulations worldwide, pulled its Lucky Strike sponsorship from Formula One entirely at the end of the 2006 season.


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seasons

1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,

finishing positions

grid positions

driver championships

constructor championships

wins BAR

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pole positions BAR

# event driver
1 2005 Canadian Grand Prix round 8 Jenson Button
2 2004 San Marino Grand Prix round 4 Jenson Button

drivers who drove for BAR

# driver
1 Ricardo Zonta ZON
2 Jacques Villeneuve VIL
3 Mika Salo
4 Olivier Panis
5 Jenson Button BUT
6 Takuma Sato SAT
7 Anthony Davidson DAV

BAR news

Earlier this month, F1 announced the Spanish GP would move from Barcelona, where it had been held continuously since 1991, to a new hybrid street circuit at the IFEMA complex in Madrid from 2026 onwards.Barcelona's current deal expires after 2026, meaning that the season will see two races in Spain for the first time since the short-lived Valencia Grand Prix between 2008 and 2012.F1 CEO Stefano ...

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The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya has been the race's home since 1991, but it became increasingly apparent during 2023 that Madrid looked set to take over the hosting of the Spanish GP.However, Barcelona could yet secure a place for a second race in Spain. The country has supported two events in the past, when the European GP was run at Jerez in 1994 and 1997, and then in Valencia between 2008 ...

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Madrid’s new deal means that the event leaves the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, which has been its home since 1991, with an uncertain future.F1’s initial announcement on Tuesday morning made no mention of the current venue.However, it’s understood that the Barcelona authorities are still in discussions about the future, and that a second event in the country has not been completely ruled ...

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In the wake of a challenging 2023 season, where Haas finished bottom of the constructors' championship, it parted ways with its long-serving boss Guenther Steiner over the winter. His replacement Komatsu is currently undertaking a review of the Banbury-based team's operations to turn things around to get it further up the grid. And while Gene Haas's recent outspoken remarks about the performance ...

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The American has also opened up on his reasons for not renewing the contract of team principal Guenther Steiner, and for promoting Ayao Komatsu to the role rather than taking on an outsider.The team announced the shock changes on Wednesday, while also confirming that technical director Simone Resta had left.Ferrari supplies the team with not just a power unit and gearbox but also suspension and ...

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McLaren missed its winter development targets and failed to score a point in the opening two rounds of the 2023 season. This came as rookie Piastri acclimatised to life in the championship.Piastri settled and found his form while the MCL60 was heavily upgraded. He then ultimately beat Norris to winning his first F1 race - with Piastri scoring victory in the Qatar Grand Prix sprint event.That ...

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Last week the FIA announced its compliance department was looking into a potential conflict of  interest between a team principal and FOM employee, amid dubious allegations that Mercedes boss Toto Wolff and his wife Susie, who runs the F1 Academy for FOM, had exchanged confidential information.Less than 48 hours later the matter was dropped as the FIA published a second statement saying it was ...

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The wet opening practice session at Spa-Francorchamps left teams blind about choosing their best set-ups for the Belgian weekend – especially with parc ferme conditions kicking in from the start of Friday afternoon’s qualifying session.Lewis Hamilton admitted it was a complete guessing game about how best to approach things, with Mercedes in the end covering its bases and opting for a lower ...

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In previous years, drivers overshooting Turn 1 could return to the track beyond Turn 2 and blend into traffic relatively safely.
However, for this year’s GP weekend, the FIA extended the end of the barrier to stop cars that were out of control, potentially due to mechanical failures, from spearing across into traffic that was exiting Turn 2.
As a result of the change, drivers who ran wide ...

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Gasly received three places apiece for holding up Carlos Sainz and Max Verstappen in separate incidents in Barcelona.
He matched team-mate Esteban Ocon's Monaco performance in qualifying fourth, but his six-place cumulative penalty dropped him down to 10th.
He then lost more places with a scrappy first lap before eventually recovering to score a point in 10th place.
Gasly visited the ...

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On-track action during FP1 only lasted three minutes after a stoppage by Alpine's Pierre Gasly caused an early red flag.
Even after the Frenchman's stricken car was removed from the racetrack, the session remained on halt because of a synchronisation issue with the local CCTV camera circuit, which for safety reasons is required to be working properly so all on-track action can be monitored ...

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At last week's Spanish Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton and George Russell scored a double podium after the Brackley team's comprehensive upgrade package delivered a solid step forward.
While Hamilton still finished 24 seconds behind dominant winner Max Verstappen, Mercedes' W14 was the second-strongest car on the high-downforce circuit, providing the team with a solid baseline to continue its ...

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The upgraded W14 proved effective in the warmer race temperatures to enable Russell to jump from 12th on the grid to third place to complete a double podium behind team-mate Lewis Hamilton.
Rain, which had hit the track during Saturday practice, had threatened to disrupt the event but never materialised. However, Russell did briefly ask his race engineer Marcus Dudley at half-distance if any ...

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Alonso started only eighth after two mistakes in qualifying compromised his session and gained only one position to finish seventh in the race behind team-mate Lance Stroll.
This marked the second time in 2023 that he hasn't been on the podium for Aston Martin.
"We didn't have the pace, so that's the biggest problem," Alonso noted.
"It was not that we were unlucky or on differing ...

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Sainz qualified second for his home race, but as has been the case in previous races, Ferrari's comparatively poor race pace made him slide backwards, his Ferrari struggling with the bumpy and fast nature of the Barcelona circuit as it was outclassed by Mercedes on tyre management.
After an early first pitstop, Sainz went from the soft onto the hard tyres, which allowed Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton ...

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Pierre Gasly repeated Ocon's performance in the principality by being fourth fastest on a day when others didn't get it right, although he was then demoted six places for impeding both Carlos Sainz and Max Verstappen.
Ocon meanwhile didn't have a perfect lap in Q3, but was still seventh fastest before gaining a spot on Sunday's grid thanks to his team-mate's penalty.
"It's awesome," said ...

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Yet his dash to pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix was made that bit easier again when the only other driver to top a qualifying shootout this term, Charles Leclerc, was knocked out in Q1. Two more big scalps were claimed in Q2 as Sergio Perez and George Russell were also eliminated.
His path looking clearer, Verstappen was left to bolt to a 1m12.727s effort with some eight minutes of Q3 ...

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Gasly initially ran to the fourth-fastest time in Q3, with his 1m12.816s flying lap placing him 0.544s off Red Bull's runaway polesitter Max Verstappen.
That effort might have marked Gasly's best-starting position since he lined up in second place for the 2021 Qatar Grand Prix.
However, he has been hit with two lots of three-place grid penalties after being found guilty of blocking ...

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For the first time since 2006, the championship will cut out the oft-maligned low-speed Turn 14-15 left-right chicane and will revert to the two high-speed open right-handers to complete the lap.
This has increased the final-corner apex speed up to 170mph, with the aim being to allow drivers to follow more closely onto the main straight to slipstream and mount an overtake.
While single-car ...

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Verstappen, who led both Friday practice sessions, was one of many F1 drivers to give Barcelona's tweaked layout the thumbs up.
Ahead of the 2007 edition, the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya was slowed down with a tight final chicane, which drastically reduced speeds through the right-hander leading onto the start-finish straight.
In addition to safety concerns, the original change was made ...

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The porpoising sensation that many thought had been left in the 1980s returned to the series during the early part of 2022 upon the rejig of the regulations that heralded the return of ground effect.
Porpoising occurs when, the faster a car travels, the more the air passing over pushes it closer to the track. But when it begins to touch the surface, the underfloor airflow stalls to slash ...

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The current Barcelona venue has been on the calendar since 1991 and, for this year, the final chicane has been ditched in favour of a return to high-speed Turns 13-14.
This tweak has been devised to boost overtaking. The last time the series used this configuration was in 2006.
But starting from the 2026 season, plans are afoot to devise a street race in the Spanish capital, Madrid. F1 CEO ...

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A return to the previous high-speed final sector, last used by the championship in 2006, has shortened the lap by 18 metres. The change was conceived to boost overtaking possibilities.
This comes amid complaints of stale racing so far this year, claims that have been exacerbated by shortened DRS zones in Miami and Azerbaijan and teams using robust hard tyres to execute one-stop ...

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The new tyres are a reaction by Pirelli to increasing downforce levels and cornering loads, and represent a fast-tracking of a construction that was originally intended for 2024.
Some teams have already tried the new spec in 'blind' 2024 testing, but Barcelona will be an opportunity for everyone to run the definitive versions, with each driver getting two extra sets of C1s to be deployed at any ...

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The chicane before the last corner has been removed from the layout creating a high-speed run through what are now Turns 13 and 14 that puts extra stress on the tyres.
Tyre management has been a key issue in F1 this season, with some teams struggling more than others, and Red Bull showing clear superiority over rivals at most venues.
“I think the left front will be crying for the whole ...

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