This is a chronological list of vehicles used as safety cars in Formula One racing. The sport has used safety cars unofficially since at least 1973 and officially (under mandated rules and procedures) since 1993. Trials commenced in 1992,[1] as individual circuits otherwise had their own individual safety car arrangements in place.
This list excludes other support vehicles used on circuits, such as medical and rescue vehicles.
Unofficial edit
Examples of individual circuits' safety car arrangements include the following:
- 1973 Canadian Grand Prix[2][3] - Porsche 914 - the sport's first safety car
- Monaco Grand Prix - Lamborghini Countach from 1980 to 1983.
Trials edit
- 1992 - the cars involved included the Honda Integra at the Canadian Grand Prix and the Ford Escort RS Cosworth at the British Grand Prix.
Official edit
- 1993 - Fiat Tempra (Brazilian Grand Prix)[3]
- 1994 - Opel Vectra Turbo 4x4 (San Marino Grand Prix)[3][4] and Honda Prelude (Japanese GP)[3]
- 1995 - Porsche 911 GT2 (Belgian Grand Prix) and Lamborghini Diablo (never deployed at the Canadian Grand Prix)
- 1996 - Renault Clio Williams (Argentinian Grand Prix)
Mercedes-Benz edit
Since 1996, the official Formula One safety cars have been supplied by Mercedes-Benz:[5]
- 1996 - C 36 AMG (Belgian Grand Prix)[5]
- 1997 - C 36 AMG and CLK 55 AMG (Argentinian Grand Prix)[5]
- 1998 - CLK 55 AMG
- 1999 - CL 55 AMG
Since 2000, the safety cars supplied by Mercedes have had a designated professional driver, being Bernd Maylander:[6]
References edit
- ^ http://atlasf1.autosport.com/news/safety.html
- ^ Kathri, Tarun (2012-02-07). "First ever Safety Car in Formula 1 : Rewind to 1973". aaFormula1.com. Retrieved 2015-04-03.
- ^ a b c d "The F1 Safety Car's Bumpy Ride". 22 December 2007. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
- ^ Hassall, David (1 May 2014). "Senna 20th anniversary". Retrieved 3 April 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "The safety car". F1.com. Retrieved 13 August 2015. Cite error: The named reference "MB-AMG GT" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ "The safety car driver - Bernd Maylander". F1.com. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ^ "New CLK 63 AMG enhances Grand Prix safety: AMG presents the new Formula 1 safety car". Media.daimler.com. 2006-02-28. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
- ^ a b "Mercedes unveils new 2015 safety and medical cars". Racer. Haymarket Publications. 6 March 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ^ http://www.formula1-dictionary.net/safety_car.html