Zakspeed

Location: Nederzissen, Germany
Years in F1: 1985 - 1989
Team championships: 0
Drivers Championships: 0
Grand Prix victories: 0
Races entered: 74
Pole positions: 0

Zakspeed team history

Zakspeed was founded by Erich Zakowski and ran in sports cars and saloons before entering F1 in 1985 using their own engine and chassis. The team had only one points finish in F1 and after a final season with unreliable Yamaha engines the team withdrew from F1.

Previous seasons

1989

Position: NC
Points: 0
Race wins: 0
Bernd Schneider NC 0 points
Aguri Suzuki NC 0 points
This was a poor final season and only managed to pre-qualify in two races and then they retired.

1988

Position: NC
Points: 0
Race wins: 0
Bernd Schneider NC 0 points
Piercarlo Ghinzani NC 0 points
This was a difficult season an they only completed 4 races and they failed to pre-qualify in a lot of races and other races where they did start they failed to finish.

1987

Position: 10
Points: 2
Race wins: 0
Martin Brundle 18th 2 points
Christian Danner NC 0 points
This was the best season for the team with Martin Brundle staring the teams only points with a 5th place in Portugal.

1986

Position: NC
Points: 0
Race wins: 0
Jonathan Palmer NC 0 points
Huub Rothengatter NC 0 points
When the car finished a race is was generally just outside the top 10, but they also had a lot of retirements.

1985

Position: NC
Points: 0
Race wins: 0
Jonathan Palmer NC 0 points
Christian Danner NC 0 points
This was a difficult first season only finishing 1 of the 10 races they entered.