This article is about the racing car manufacturer. For the pioneer auto company, see Martini (automobile company). For the various racing teams sponsored by Martini & Rossi distillery, see Martini Racing.
Martini
Full name
Automobiles Martini
Base
Magny-Cours, France
Founder(s)
Renato Martini, Bill Knight
Noted drivers
René Arnoux
Formula One World Championship career
First entry
1978 South African Grand Prix
Races entered
9 (4 starts)
Engines
Ford Cosworth DFV V8
Constructors' Championships
0
Drivers' Championships
0
Race victories
0
Podiums
0
Points
0
Pole positions
0
Fastest laps
0
Final entry
1978 Dutch Grand Prix
Automobiles Martini is a constructor of Formula racing cars from France, founded by Renato "Tico" Martini in 1965, when Martini and partner Bill Knight founded the Winfield Racing School at the Magny-Cours circuit, in France. Martini's first car was the MW1 in 1967, a single seater for the racing driving school, from which was derived a Formula Three car, MW1A built in 1968.
Although better known for their successful efforts in Formula Three, Formula Renault and other lower formulae during the 1970s and 1980s, they are also known for having taken part in nine rounds of the 1978 Formula One season with the single MK23 chassis, giving René Arnoux (later a driver for Renault and Ferrari) his debut in Formula One. Future four time World Drivers' Champion Alain Prost also used a Renault powered Martini to win the 1978 and 1979 French Formula Three Championship while driving for French team Oreca.
With Reynard, Ralt and Dallara crowding out the F3 market in the late 1980s, Martini reduced their customer program, keeping a stubborn presence in the French F3 championship during the 1990s, until Tico Martini finally sold the company to Guy Ligier in 2004.
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Global Information
René Arnoux