Automobiles Martini

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
Formula One World Championship career
Full name	Automobiles Martini
Base	Magny-Cours, France
Founder(s)	Renato Martini, Bill Knight
Noted drivers	René Arnoux
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 MW3, a Formula Three car 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 team to Guy Ligier in 2004.

Complete Formula One results

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	Drivers	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
1978	Automobiles Martini	MK23	Ford Cosworth DFV			ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	MON	BEL	ESP	SWE	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	USA	CAN	NC	0
1978	Automobiles Martini	MK23	Ford Cosworth DFV	René Arnoux	31			DNQ		DNPQ	9	WD		14	WD	DNPQ	9	Ret				NC	0

References

External links

Automobiles Ligier-Martini

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Although World Championship races held in 1952 and 1953 were run to Formula Two regulations, constructors who only participated during this period are included herein to maintain Championship continuity. Constructors whose only participation in the World Championship was in the Indianapolis 500 races between 1950 and 1960 are not listed.

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