On The Grid – D

DALLARA

TEAM: DALLARA
NATIONALITY: I
INCEPTION: 1988-1992
COMMENT: In 1988 the company became a Formula One constructor, after being hired by BMS Scuderia Italia to build their chassis. The relationship between the Italian constructor and Beppe Lucchini's racing outfit endured until 1992, with their best result being two third places: one at the 1989 Canadian Grand Prix with Andrea de Cesaris; the other at the 1991 San Marino Grand Prix, thanks to JJ Lehto. Dallara would return briefly to F1 in 1999, building the test-chassis for Honda's planned and aborted return to the series. During 2004, Dallara recruited ex-Jordan, Stewart and Jaguar F1 designer Gary Anderson, leading to speculation that the Italian company was working on another F1 project. Late in 2004 the nascent Midland team announced that Dallara would be designing and building their Formula One chassis which was due to be entered for the 2006 season. Following Midland's purchase of the Jordan team for early entry to F1 in 2005, Dallara continued co-operating with the team technically. However the relationship fizzled out as Midland focussed its resources on developing the existing Jordan infrastructure and a new Dallara F1 chassis never appeared.

YEAR NAME NAT. POINTS/RESULTS
Scuderia Italia Dallara-Ford (NIL)
1988 Alex Caffi I NIL
Scuderia Dallara-Ford (8 pts. 8th)
1989 Andrea de Cesaris I
1989 Alex Caffi I 4 pts. 19th (Footwork Arrows Racing)
Scuderia Dallara-Ford (NIL)
1990 Andrea de Cesaris I NIL (Team 7UP Jordan)
1990 Emanuele Pirro I NIL
1990 Gianni Morbidelli I NIL (SCM Minardi)
Scuderia Dallara-Judd (5 pts. 8th)
1991 J.J. Lehto FIN 4 pts. 12th
1991 Emanuele Pirro I 1 pt. 18th (Touring Car Championship. Pirro retired from racing at the end of the 2008 season having finished second in the American Le Mans series and will take on an ambassadorial role with Audi in 2009.)
Scuderia Dallara-Ferrari (2 pts. 10th)
1992 J.J. Lehto FIN NIL (Sauber AG)
1992 Pierluigi Martini I 2 pts. 16th (Minardi Team Ford)

DERRINGTON

TEAM: DERRINGTON
NATIONALITY: GB
INCEPTION: 1964-1964
COMMENT: Derrington-Francis Racing Team was a Formula One constructor from Britain. The team was founded by Stirling Moss' former chief mechanic, Alf Francis, and engine tuner Vic Derrington, who transformed an old ATS Tipo 100 into the new car, named after the team's founders. The car made its debut in the 1964 Italian Grand Prix, driven by Nicha Cabral, but retired with engine problems. Cabral was to have driven the car in future events, but Dan Gurney destroyed the single chassis in private testing and the team was never seen again.

YEAR NAME NAT. POINTS/RESULTS
Derrington-ATS (NIL)
1964 Mario Araujo de Cabral POR NIL (Retired from F.1.)

DE TOMASO

TEAM: DE TOMASO
NATIONALITY: I
INCEPTION: 1961-1963/1970
COMMENT: De Tomaso Modena SpA is an Italian car-manufacturing company. It was founded by the Argentine-born Alejandro de Tomaso (1928–2003) in Modena in 1959. The company went into liquidation in 2004.[1]Despite this, new cars were still being made by De Tomaso as of 2005.[2] Originally, De Tomaso produced various prototypes and racing cars, including a Formula 1 car for Frank Williams's team in 1970. The car was initially uncompetitive, failing to finish the first four races of the year. In the fifth, the Dutch Grand Prix, the De Tomaso 505/38 flipped and caught fire, killing driver Piers Courage. The team persevered, first with Brian Redman, then Tim Schenken. However, with no results, the partnership was dissolved at the end of the season.

YEAR NAME NAT. POINTS/RESULTS
De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo (NIL)
1961 Giorgio Scarlatti I NIL (Retired from F.1.)
1961 Nino Vaccarella I NIL (Lotus-Climax)
1961 Roberto Bussinello I NIL (BRM)
1961 Roberto Lippi I NIL
De Tomaso OSCA (NIL)
1962 Nasif Estefano ARG NIL
1962 Roberto Lippi I NIL
De Tomaso-Ferrari (NIL)
1963 Nasif Estefano ARG NIL (Retired from F.1.)
1963 Roberto Lippi I NIL (Retired from F.1.)
De Tomaso-Cosworth (NIL)
1970 Brian Redman GB NIL (Surtees-Cosworth)
1970 Piers Courage GB NIL (He died during the Zandvoort circuit. The car flipped and burst into fire. Courage was trapped in the inferno.)
1970 Tim Schenken AUS NIL (Brabham-Cosworth)