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{{Short description|French car manufacturer}}
{{sources needed|date=December 2025}}
{{about|the racing car manufacturer|the pioneer auto company|Martini (automobile company)|the various racing teams sponsored by Martini & Rossi distillery|Martini Racing}}
{{Infobox former F1 team
|name          = Martini
|long_name     = Automobiles Martini
|logo          = 
|base          = [[Magny-Cours]], France
|founders      = [[Renato Martini]],<br> Bill Knight
|staff         = 
|previous_name = 
|next_name     = 
|drivers       = {{flagicon|FRA}} [[René Arnoux]]
|constructors  = 
|engines       = [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[Cosworth DFV]] [[V8 engine|V8]]
|debut         = [[1978 South African Grand Prix]]
|races         = 9 (4 starts)
|cons_champ    = 0
|drivers_champ = 0
|wins          = 0
|podiums       = 0
|points        = 0
|poles         = 0
|fastest_laps  = 0
|last_race     = [[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 F1|Renault]] and [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]) his debut in [[Formula One]]. Future four time [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|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 Motorsport|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.{{clear}}

==Complete Formula One results==
([[:Template:F1 driver results legend 2|key]]) (results in '''bold''' indicate pole position)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
! Year
! Entrant
! Chassis
! Engine
! Drivers
! No.
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! 12
! 13
! 14
! 15
! 16
! WDC
! Points
|-
|rowspan="2"| {{F1|1978}}
|rowspan="2"| Automobiles Martini
|rowspan="2"| [[Martini MK23|MK23]]
|rowspan="2"| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[Cosworth DFV]]
|
|
| [[1978 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]
| [[1978 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]
| [[1978 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]
| [[1978 United States Grand Prix West|USW]]
| [[1978 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]
| [[1978 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]
| [[1978 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]
| [[1978 Swedish Grand Prix|SWE]]
| [[1978 French Grand Prix|FRA]]
| [[1978 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
| [[1978 German Grand Prix|GER]]
| [[1978 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]]
| [[1978 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]
| [[1978 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
| [[1978 United States Grand Prix|USA]]
| [[1978 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]
|rowspan="2"| '''NC'''
|rowspan="2"| '''0'''
|-
|{{flagicon|FRA|variant=1974}} [[René Arnoux]]
|31
|
|
|style="background:#ffcfcf;"| DNQ
|
|style="background:#ffcfcf;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9
| WD
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 14
| WD
|style="background:#ffcfcf;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|
|
| 
|}

== Major titles ==

* 21 [[Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup|French Formula Renault]] titles between 1975 and 1997, with drivers such as [[Alain Prost]], [[Érik Comas]], [[Olivier Panis]] or [[Stéphane Sarrazin]]
* 20 [[Championnat de France de la Montagne|French hill climb championship]] titles between 1979 and 1999, including 10 titles with Marcel Tarrès and one title with [[Guy Fréquelin]]
* 10 [[French Formula Three Championship|French Formula Three championship]] titles between 1973 and 1999, with drivers such as [[Jacques Laffite]], [[Alain Prost]] or [[Sébastien Bourdais]]
* 2 [[European Formula Two Championship]] titles, in 1975 with [[Jacques Laffite]] and 1977 [[René Arnoux]]
* 2 [[FIA European Formula 3 Championship (1975–1984)|European Formula Three Championship]] titles, in 1979 with [[Alain Prost]] and 1984 with [[Ivan Capelli]]
* 1 [[Formula Super Vee|SCCA Super Vee]] title in 1986 with [[Didier Theys]]
* 1 [[German Formula Three Championship]] title, in 1985 with [[Volker Weidler]]

==Racecars==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Racing car !! Racing Series !!Picture
|-
| 1967-1969|| Martini MW1|| Racing school||
|-
| 1968|| Martini MW1A|| [[Formula 3]] ||
|-
| 1969|| Martini MW2|| [[Formula France]] ||
|-
| 1969|| Martini MW2A|| Formula Libre ([[hillclimbing]])||
|-
| 1969|| Martini MW3|| [[Formula 3]] ||
|-
| 1969|| Martini MW3A|| [[Formula Ford]] ||
|-
| 1970|| Martini MK4|| [[Formula France]] ||
|-
| 1970|| Martini MK4A|| Racing school ||
|-
| 1970 || Martini MK5|| [[Formula 3]] ||
|-
| 1970 || Martini MK5A|| [[Formula 3]] ||
|-
| 1971|| Martini MK6|| [[Formula Renault]] ||
|-
| 1971 || Martini MK7|| [[Formula 3]] ||
|-
| 1972 || Martini MK8|| [[Formula Renault]] ||
|-
| 1972|| Martini MK9|| [[Formula 3]] ||
|-
| 1972|| Martini MK9A|| [[Formula Atlantic]]||
|-
| 1972 || Martini MK10|| [[Formula Renault]] ||
|-
| 1973|| Martini MK11|| [[Formula Renault]] ||
|-
| 1973|| Martini MK12|| Formula 3|| [[File:Martini F3 car of Jacques Laffite.jpg|frameless]]
|-
| 1973|| Martini MK12E|| Racing school  ||
|-
| 1973|| Martini MK13|| Cancelled Formula 2||
|-
| 1974 || Martini MK14|| [[Formula Renault]] ||
|-
| 1975 || Martini MK15N|| [[Formula Renault]] nationale|| rowspan="2" |[[File:Martini MK15.jpg|frameless]]
|-
| 1975 || Martini MK15E||  {{Interlanguage link|Formule Renault Europe|fr}} 
|-
| 1975 || Martini MK16|| [[Formula 2]] ||
|-
| 1976 || Martini MK17|| [[Formula Renault]] nationale||
|-
| 1976 || Martini MK18||  {{Interlanguage link|Formule Renault Europe|fr}} ||
|-
| 1976 || Martini MK19|| [[Formula 2]] ||
|-
| 1977 || Martini MK20N|| [[Formula Renault]] nationale||
|-
| 1977 || Martini MK20E|| {{Interlanguage link|Formule Renault Europe|fr}} ||
|-
| 1977 || Martini MK21|| [[Formula 3]] ||
|-
| 1977 || Martini MK22|| [[Formula 2]] ||
|-
| 1978 || Martini MK21B|| [[Formula 3]] ||
|-
| 1978 || Martini MK23|| [[Formula 1]] ||
|-
| 1978 || Martini MK24|| [[Formula Renault]] ||
|-
| 1978 || Martini MK25|| Formula 2 ([[Hillclimbing]])||
|-
| 1979 || Martini MK26|| [[Formula Renault]] ||
|-
| 1979 || Martini MK27|| [[Formula 3]] ||
|-
| 1979 || Martini MK28|| Formula 2 ([[Hillclimbing]])||
|-
| 1979 || Martini MK29|| Formula 2 ([[Hillclimbing]])||
|-
| 1980 || Martini MK26E|| Racing driving school||
|-
| 1980 || Martini MK30|| [[Formula Renault]] ||
|-
| 1980 || Martini MK31|| Formula 3||[[File:Martini MK31 - moteur Toyota - 1980.jpg|frameless]]
|-
| 1981 || Martini MK32|| Formula 2 ([[Hillclimbing]])||
|-
| 1981 || Martini MK33|| [[Formula Renault]] ||
|-
| 1981 || Martini MK34|| [[Formula 3]] ||
|-
| 1981 || Martini MK35|| Formula Super Vee||
|-
| 1982 || Martini MK36|| [[Formula Renault]] || 
|-
| 1982 || Martini MK37|| [[Formula 3]] ||[[File:Alain-Ferte-Martini-AlfaRomeoMK37-Team-Euroracing-Formule-3-Courses-de-Whitsun-Pinkster-races-sur-le-circuit-de-Zandvoort-comptant-pour-le-Championnat-dEurope-31-mai-1982.jpg|frameless]]
|-
| 1983 || Martini MK38|| [[Formula Renault]] || 
|-
| 1983 || Martini MK39|| [[Formula 3]] ||
|-
| 1983 || Martini M001|| [[Formula 2]] || 
|-
| 1984 || Martini MK41|| [[Formula Renault]] || 
|-
| 1984 || Martini MK42|| [[Formula 3]] ||
|-
| 1984 || Martini MK43|| Formula 2 ([[Hillclimbing]])||[[File:Martini MK43.jpg|frameless]]
|-
| 1984 || Martini M002|| [[Formula 2]] ||
|-
| 1985 || Martini MK44|| [[Formula Renault]] ||
|-
| 1985 || Martini MK45|| [[Formula 3]] ||
|-
| 1985 || Martini MK47|| [[Formula Super Vee]] ||
|-
| 1986 || Martini MK48|| [[Formula Renault]] ||
|-
| 1986 || Martini MK49|| [[Formula 3]] ||
|-
| 1987 || Martini MK50|| [[Formula Super Vee]] ||
|-
| 1987 || Martini MK51|| [[Formula Renault]] ||
|-
| 1987 || Martini MK52|| [[Formula 3]] ||
|-
| 1987 || Martini MK53|| Formula 2 ([[Hillclimbing]])||
|-
| 1988 || Martini MK54|| [[Formula Renault]] ||
|-
| 1988 || Martini MK55|| [[Formula 3]] ||
|-
| 1988 || Martini MK56|| Formula 2 ([[Hillclimbing]])||
|-
| 1989 || Martini MK57|| [[Formula Renault]] ||
|-
| 1989 || Martini MK58|| Formula 3||[[File:Martini MK58B.jpg|frameless]]
|-
| 1990 || Martini MK59|| [[Formula Renault]] ||
|-
| 1990 || Martini MK60|| [[Formula 3]] ||
|-
| 1991 || Martini MK61|| [[Formula Renault]] ||
|-
| 1991 || Martini MK62|| Formula 2 ([[Hillclimbing]])||[[File:Martini MK62.jpg|frameless]]
|-
| 1992 || Martini MK63|| [[Formula Renault]] ||
|-
| 1992 || Martini MK64|| Peugeot 905 Spider ||
|-
| 1993-1994 || Martini MK65|| [[Formula Renault]] ||[[File:Martini MK65 1993.jpg|frameless]]
|-
| 1993 || Martini MK66|| Sport Prototype 3000 ||[[File:MartiniMk66.JPG|frameless]]
|-
| 1993 || Martini MK67|| Formula 2 ([[Hillclimbing]])||
|-
| 1993 || Martini MK68|| Peugeot 905 Spider ||
|-
| 1994 || Martini MK69|| Formula 2 ([[Hillclimbing]])||[[File:Martini MK69.jpg|frameless]]
|-
| 1995 || Martini MK70||Racing school||
|-
| 1995 || Martini MK71|| [[Formula Renault]] ||
|-
| 1996 || Martini MK72|| [[Formula Renault]] ||[[File:FORMEL RENAULT 2000 TYP MARTINI MK71 r EMS.jpg|frameless]]
|-
| 1996 || Martini MK73|| [[Formula 3]] ||
|-
| 1996 || Martini MK74|| Formula 2 ([[Hillclimbing]])||
|-
| 1996 || Martini MK75||Racing school||
|-
| 1997 || Martini MK76|| [[Formula Renault]] ||[[File:Martini MK76.jpg|frameless]]
|-
| 1997 || Martini MK77|| Formula 2 ([[Hillclimbing]])||
|-
| 1998 || Martini MK78|| Sport Prototype||
|-
| 1999 || Martini MK79|| [[Formula 3]] ||
|-
| 2000 || Martini MK80|| [[Formula 3]] ||
|-
| 2000 || Martini MK81|| Formula 2 ([[Hillclimbing]])||[[File:Martini MK81.jpg|frameless]]
|-
| ?|| Martini MK82|| [[Hillclimbing]]||[[File:Martini MK82.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|}

== References ==
*[http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/con-marti.html Grand Prix encyclopedia profile]
*[http://www.formula1.com/results/ Formula One results]
* Martini, Histoire des automobiles de courses Martini, Tome 1 1967-1973, Gérard Gamand, Editions Autodiva, ISBN 978-2-9546893-4-0
* Martini, Histoire des automobiles de courses Martini, Tome 2 1974-1985, Gérard Gamand, Editions Autodiva, ISBN 978-2-9546893-6-4
* A-Z of Formula Racing Cars, David Hodges, Bay View Books, ISBN 1-870979-16-8
* Formule Renault Story 1971-2000, Christian Courtel, Wake-upp Editions, ISBN  2-910824-05-5
* Formule Renault, de la Formule France au turbo, Christian Courtel, Editions ACLA

== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140204175336/http://www.ligier-martini.com/EN/index.html Automobiles Ligier-Martini]

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