Aston Martin Aramco to Racing Point

2021 to today: a manufacturer name returns

Aston Martin Aramco

Works marque, new factory and wind tunnel at Silverstone.

Stroll's investment in Aston Martin Lagonda allowed the F1 entry to take the Aston Martin name for 2021, returning the marque to Formula One as a works constructor for the first time since 1960.

Sebastian Vettel's final two seasons were followed by Fernando Alonso, eight podiums in 2023, a new factory and wind tunnel at Silverstone, the recruitment of Adrian Newey, and a works Honda power unit deal for 2026.

1991–2005: Eddie Jordan's arrival and long decline

Jordan Grand Prix

Four wins. Schumacher's debut. Best season: 3rd in 1999.

Eddie Jordan graduated his Formula 3000 team to Formula One in 1991 with the Gary Anderson-designed 191, one of the best-looking cars of the decade, and gave Michael Schumacher his debut at Spa.

Peugeot and then Mugen-Honda engines brought the team to the front: Damon Hill's win at Spa in 1998 was Jordan's first, and 1999 produced third in the constructors' championship with Heinz-Harald Frentzen.

The manufacturer arms race of the early 2000s left Jordan behind. Giancarlo Fisichella's win at Interlagos in 2003 was a last hurrah, and Eddie Jordan sold to the Midland Group in January 2005.

2006: one season under Alex Shnaider

Midland F1 Racing

Alex Shnaider's holding company; one season under the name.

Canadian-Russian steel magnate Alex Shnaider ran the 2005 season under the Jordan name and rebranded to Midland F1 Racing for 2006. The team scored no points and Shnaider, whose steel business was struggling, sold within the year.

2007: Dutch sports cars and a single point

Spyker F1 Team

Orange livery; Sutil's fourth place at a chaotic Fuji.

Dutch supercar maker Spyker bought the team in September 2006 and renamed it for 2007, running an orange livery and a fast-improving car late in the year. Adrian Sutil's eighth place in a chaotic wet Japanese Grand Prix scored the team's only point.

Spyker's own finances were fragile and the team was sold at the end of the season for around €88 million.

2008–2018: Vijay Mallya's decade

Force India F1

Vijay Mallya. Spa 2009 pole, 4th in the championship twice; administration in July 2018, with the rest of that season run as Racing Point Force India.

Vijay Mallya and Michiel Mol bought the team and rebranded it Force India. With Mercedes power from 2009, Giancarlo Fisichella came within a second of winning at Spa that year, and the team built a reputation for extracting extraordinary results from a small budget.

Fourth in the constructors' championship in 2016 and 2017 was the peak. Mallya's extradition proceedings and mounting debts caught up with the team, which was placed into administration in July 2018.

2019–2020: Lawrence Stroll's rescue

Racing Point

Stroll consortium bought the assets in August 2018 and took a new FIA entry; Perez wins the 2020 Sakhir GP.

A consortium led by Lawrence Stroll bought the assets out of administration in August 2018, racing the rest of that season as Racing Point Force India and as Racing Point from 2019.

The 2020 RP20 was a close copy of the previous year's title-winning Mercedes, earned a protest and a penalty, and also delivered Sergio Pérez's win at Sakhir — the team's first victory in any identity since 2003.