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{{Short description|Formula One team}}
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{{Infobox F1 constructor
| name          = Eifelland
| logo          = Team Eifelland Caravans.svg
| official_name = Team Eifelland Caravans 
| base          = West Germany
| founders      = Günther Hennerici
| staff         = [[Luigi Colani]]
| engines       = [[Cosworth]] [[V8 engine|V8]]
| entrants      =
| debut         = [[1972 South African Grand Prix]]
| final_race    = [[1972 Austrian Grand Prix]]
| races         = 8
| wins          = 0
| cons_champ    = 0
| drivers_champ = 0
| poles         = 0
| fastest_laps  = 0
}}
[[File:1972 French Grand Prix Stommelen (5226216580).jpg|thumb|Eifelland E21 in the 1972 French Grand Prix.]]
'''Eifelland''' was a German [[Formula One]] team, named after its owner Günther Hennerici's caravan manufacturing company. The name Eifelland was chosen after the [[Eifel mountains]] where Hennerici was born, which are located close to the [[Nürburgring]].

==History==
Günther's twin brother, Heinz Hennerici, was a [[World War II]] tank commander who lost his left arm in combat.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.oldracingcars.com/teamboss/Gunther_Hennerici | title=Gunther Hennerici }}</ref> The accident didn't prevent him from becoming a rather successful [[touring car]] racing driver, eventually competing in the [[Nürburgring 24 Hours]]. The Hennerici brothers were also instrumental in the establishment of the Automobil-Club [[Mayen]]. In 1970 Günther married {{Interlanguage link|Hannelore Werner|de}}, one of the few female [[Formula 2]] and [[sports car racing|sports car]] drivers around at the time.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.racingsportscars.com/driver/Hannelore-Werner-D.html | title=Hannelore Werner (D) - Racing Sports Cars }}</ref>

In 1971 Günther Hennerici decided to expand his activities to motor racing and founded his own team, Eifelland. Initially the team competed mostly in [[Formula Three]], with drivers such as Willi Deutsch, Gerd Koppenhauser, Erwin Derichs, Hans Hargarten and Werner herself.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.f3history.co.uk/manufacturers/eifelland/ | title=Eifelland – F3History }}</ref> In 1972 he chose to graduate to Formula One and field one single car with [[Rolf Stommelen]] at the wheel. The car was based on a [[March 721]] Formula One car, redesigned by German designer [[Luigi Colani]] in his typical rounded aerodynamic style, and presented some innovative features. An air intake in front of the driver would guide the air around the cockpit to the engine, and one single rear view mirror was mounted in front of the driver. Although reasonably reliable, the car suffered from overheating and scarce downforce. Stomelen's best results were two top-ten finishes at the [[1972 Monaco Grand Prix]] and the [[1972 British Grand Prix]], and at the end of the [[1972 Formula One season]] the team decided to focus exclusively on Formula Three. After a couple of unsuccessful seasons, in 1974 Hennerici sold the team and his caravan company and retired.

Heinz's grandson, [[Marc Hennerici]], is also a racing driver. He won the [[2005 World Touring Car Championship]]'s Independents Trophy.
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==Complete Formula One World Championship results==
([[:Template:F1 driver results legend 2|key]])
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"
! Year
! Chassis
! Engine
! Tyres
! Driver
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! 12
! Points
! WCC
|-
|rowspan="2"| {{F1|1972}}
|rowspan="2"| Eifelland E21
|rowspan="2"| [[Cosworth]] [[V8 engine|V8]]
|rowspan="2"| {{Goodyear}}
|
| [[1972 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]
| [[1972 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]
| [[1972 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]
| [[1972 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]
| [[1972 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]
| [[1972 French Grand Prix|FRA]]
| [[1972 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
| [[1972 German Grand Prix|GER]]
| [[1972 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]]
| [[1972 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
| [[1972 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]
| [[1972 United States Grand Prix|USA]]
|rowspan="2"|'''0'''
|rowspan="2"|'''NC'''
|-
|align="left"| {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Rolf Stommelen]]
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 13
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 11
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 16
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 15
|
|
|
|-
!colspan="19"|{{center|{{small|Source:<ref>{{cite book|last=Small|first=Steve|title=The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who|date=1994|publisher=Guinness|page=363 |isbn=0851127029}}</ref>}}}}
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101228033826/http://f1rejects.com/teams/eifelland/profile.html F1 Rejects article about the team]
* [http://8w.forix.com/eifelland.html Forix article]
* [http://www.motorsport-total.com/f1/db/object.php?subject=team&id=127 Team results at motorsport-total.com]

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