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| Full name | Team Rebaque |
|---|---|
| Base | Leamington Spa, UK |
| Founder(s) | Héctor Rebaque |
| Noted staff | Peter Reinhardt Geoff Ferris Manuel "Chacho" Medina |
| Noted drivers |  Héctor Rebaque |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| First entry | 1978 Argentine Grand Prix |
| Races entered | 30 (19 starts) |
| Engines | FordCosworth |
| Constructors' Championships | 0 |
| Drivers' Championships | 0 |
| Race victories | 0 (best finish: 6th in the1978 German Grand Prix) |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Final entry | 1979 US Grand Prix |
Team Rebaque was a MexicanFormula One entrant and constructor, based inLeamington Spa, UK. They participated in 30 Grands Prix, initially entering cars bought fromTeam Lotus, before finally building a car of their own. TheRebaque HR100 was entered for the team's final three races before the team's closure. The team qualified to race on 19 occasions, and achieved oneWorld Constructors' Championship point with its best finish of sixth at the1978 German Grand Prix.
The team was founded by, and centred on,Héctor Rebaque, a Mexican driver who first drove in Formula One in 1977 forHesketh. Following his debut season he was dropped by Hesketh, and with no other team willing to take him on as a driver Rebaque decided to start his own team.
At the start of the1978 Formula One season Rebaque agreed a deal withTeam Lotus to buy their 1977Type 78 model (JPS-15). He had very little experience, only having qualified for one race with Hesketh, and had a difficult year. Although he did score a point at theGerman Grand Prix, he also suffered the ignominy of being forced to retire from theBrazilian Grand Prix owing to driver fatigue.
He continued the arrangement with Lotus for the1979 season, this time buying the Championship winningType 79 chassis. During the year he commissionedPenske to build a chassis, the Rebaque HR100.[1] The design of the car - byGeoff Ferris with input fromJohn Barnard - was heavily influenced by the design of the Lotus 79, also incorporating some elements of theWilliams FW07's sidepods.[2] It was completed in time for theItalian Grand Prix that year, although it either failed to qualify or to finish the final three races of the year. The team was closed down at the end of the year. Rebaque himself moved to theBrabham team midway through the following season.
(key) (results inbold indicate pole position; results initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Chassis | Engine | Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Points | WCC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Lotus78 | Ford | G | ARG | BRA | RSA | USW | MON | BEL | ESP | SWE | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | NED | ITA | USA | CAN | 1 | n/a* | |
| Héctor Rebaque | DNQ | Ret | 10 | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | Ret | 12 | DNQ | Ret | 6 | Ret | 11 | DNQ | Ret | DNQ | ||||||
| 1979 | Lotus79 | Ford | G | ARG | BRA | RSA | USW | ESP | BEL | MON | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | NED | ITA | CAN | USA | 0 | n/a** | ||
| Héctor Rebaque | Ret | DNQ | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | 9 | Ret | DNQ | 7 | |||||||||||
| Rebaque HR100 | DNQ | Ret | DNQ | 0 | NC | |||||||||||||||||
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* Lotus-Ford finished 1st in the 1978 Constructors' Championship, scoring 86 points, but the 1 point scored by Team Rebaque did not contribute to the total (only the best result for each constructor at each race counted towards the championship)
** Lotus-Ford finished 4th in the 1979 Constructors' Championship, scoring 39 points, but Team Rebaque did not contribute to the points total
Héctor Alonso Rebaque - El ùltimo amateur de la F1, Carlos Eduardo Jalife Villalon, Scuderia Hermanos Rodriguez, 2010ISBN.
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