Toleman

Toleman Motorsport was a Formula One constructor based in the UK. It was active between 1981 and 1985 and attended 70 Grands Prix.
The Toleman company was formed in 1926 by Edward Toleman for the purpose of delivering Ford cars from their factory in Old Trafford, Manchester. Within two years, the company moved to Dagenham, London, along with the Ford factory before settling in Brentwood, Essex. In the 1950s, Edward's son Albert took over the reins of the company. In 1966, Albert died leaving his elder son Ted as the chairman with the younger son Bob becoming joint managing director.
In the 1970s, Ted and Alex began their involvement in various car racing formulae in the UK. Ted was also noted for his involvement in off-shore powerboat racing. In 1977, Toleman Motorsport entered an eponymous team in British Formula Ford 2000. By 1978, they were running a March chassis for Rad Dougall in British Formula Two. During that year, Toleman MD Alex Hawkridge hired former Royale designer Rory Byrne but continued to use customer chassis in 1979, purchasing a pair of Ralts (RT2s) and engines from Brian Hart. Rad Dougall was joined by Brian Henton in the expanded team. Henton finished 2nd in that year's championship standings. The following year the team built their own chassis designed by Rory Byrne and John Gentry based on the Ralt. Powered again by Hart engines, running on Pirelli tyres, supported by BP and driven by Henton and Derek Warwick, the team finished 1st and 2nd in the European Formula 2 Championship.
In May 1985, Toleman acquired major sponsorship from the Benetton clothing company, which had previously sponsored Tyrrell and were at the time the major sponsor of the Alfa Romeo team. During the 1985/86 off-season, the knitwear firm purchased the team and it was renamed Benetton Formula prior to the 1986 season. The team, through numerous sales, became the Renault factory team in 2016.
Toleman continued to be involved in motor racing, increasingly with management rather than as competitors. As of 2010 this includes management of the Australian Mini Challenge one make series by Toleman Motorsport.
==Complete Formula 1 Results==
Year	Chassis	Engines 	Drivers 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10 	11 	12 	13 	14 	15 	16 	Pts	Pos
1981	TG181 	Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t	 	USW	BRA	ARG 	SMR	BEL	MON 	SPA	FRA	BRI	GER	AUS	HOL	ITA	CAN	CPL	 	0 	NC
1981	TG181 	Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t	Brian Henton 	 	 	 	DNQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	10 	DNQ	DNQ	 	0 	NC
1981	TG181 	Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t	Derek Warwick 	 	 	 	DNQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	 	0 	NC
1982	TG181B
TG181C
TG183	Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t	 	SAF	BRA	USW 	SMR	BEL	MON 	DET	CAN	HOL	BRI	FRA	GER	AUS	SWI	ITA	CPL	0 	NC
1982	TG181B
TG181C
TG183	Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t	Derek Warwick 	Ret	DNQ	DNPQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ 	 	 	Ret	Ret	15 	10 	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	0 	NC
1982	TG181B
TG181C
TG183	Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t	Teo Fabi 	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ 	NC 	Ret	DNPQ	 	 	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	0 	NC
1983	TG183
TG183B	Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t	 	BRA	USW	FRA 	SMR	MON	BEL 	DET	CAN	BRI	GER	AUS	HOL	ITA	EUR	SAF	 	10 	9th
1983	TG183
TG183B	Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t	Derek Warwick 	8 	Ret	Ret 	Ret	Ret	7 	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4 	6 	5 	4 	 	10 	9th
1983	TG183
TG183B	Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t	Bruno Giacomelli 	Ret	Ret	13 	Ret	DNQ	8 	9 	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	13 	7 	6 	Ret	 	10 	9th
1984	TG183B
TG184	Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t	 	BRA	SAF	BEL 	SMR	FRA	MON 	CAN	DET	DAL	BRI	GER	AUS	HOL	ITA	EUR	POR	16 	7th
1984	TG183B
TG184	Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t	Ayrton Senna 	Ret	6 	6 	DNQ	Ret	2 	7 	Ret	Ret	3 	Ret	Ret	Ret	 	Ret	3 	16 	7th
1984	TG183B
TG184	Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t	Stefan Johansson 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	4 	Ret	11 	16 	7th
1984	TG183B
TG184	Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t	Johnny Cecotto 	Ret	Ret	Ret 	NC 	Ret	Ret 	9 	Ret	Ret	DNQ	 	 	 	 	 	 	16 	7th
1984	TG183B
TG184	Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t	Pierluigi Martini 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	DNQ	 	16 	7th
1985	TG185 	Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t	 	BRA	POR	SMR 	MON	CAN	DET 	FRA	BRI	GER	AUS	HOL	ITA	BEL	EUR	SAF	AST	0 	NC
1985	TG185 	Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t	Teo Fabi 	 	 	 	Ret	Ret	Ret 	14 	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	12 	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	0 	NC
1985	TG185 	Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t	Piercarlo Ghinzani	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	DNS	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	0 	NC
* – Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.