Auto Racing Teams, Drivers, Racing Legens and Sponsors

Learn more about Racing Teams

Auto racing teams make up the entire infrastructure whose public face is that of the racing driver. For example, Michael Schumacher is the driver for the Ferrari Racing Team. The auto racing team provides the cars, hires the drivers (of which there may be several), organizes the driving schedule for each racing driver, sets out strategies before each auto race, and of course handles all of the logistics involved in fielding a winning auto racing team.

Of course, all of this costs money - and LOTS of it. This is why most auto racing teams are owned by car companies, large businesses and wealthy private owners. Some examples include Ferrari, Valvoline and Paul Newman respectively.

Ferrari is well known for the racing team it has fielded in Formula 1 auto racing for many years. Michael Schumacher has been winning races for the Ferrari team for some time and has become one of the most recognized auto racing drivers. Sometimes carmakers and industrial corporations will team up to support a single racing team. Shell and Ferrari have developed a close relationship in this manner.

Another example of team owner and manufacturing affiliates is the relationship between Bill Davis Racing and Toyota that was announced as a team for the 2007 auto racing season. BMW and DTM power racing have also formed a team alliance. Rally racing teams include the Subaru World Rally Team, Widget Rally Team, the Volkswagen Rally Team and more.

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Auto Racing teams are formed to effectively compete in various auto-racing formats from road rallying to the 24 hours of Le Mans to Formula One. Some of the best- known auto-racing teams are affiliated with one or more of the following manufacturers:

BMW
Chevrolet
Ferrari
Ford
Honda
Porsche
Toyota

Many carmakers built their reputations on the racetrack. Factory teams such as Auto Union (now Audi), Fiat, Bentley, Alfa Romeo and Mercedes dominated the “golden age” of auto racing in the 1920s and 1930s. NASCAR stock car racing up until the mid-1960s was a battle between American automakers like Ford, Chevy, Dodge and Hudson.

Racing Teams

The days of solo sportsmen building and racing their own cars have long since passed. Modern auto racing is a hyper competitive sport and one that demands the newest technology as well. Just as cars run on fuel, auto racing runs on money. In some cases the costs can run into the millions. All this cash goes towards fielding a racing team, made up of multiple drivers, cars, pit crews and organizers.

Thankfully, auto manufacturers often step in to support and sponsor a racing team. They will supply the engines and the technical expertise needed to keep them running and repair them when they’re not. Involvement with racing teams is good publicity for auto manufacturers who count on their on-track successes reflecting well on their showroom sales.

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