Team Rebaque was a Mexican

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entrant and constructor, based in Leamington Spa, UK. They participated in 30 Grands Prix, initially entering cars bought from

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, before finally building a car of their own. The Rebaque 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 one World Constructors' Championship point with its best finish of sixth at the 1978 German Grand Prix.

History

The team was founded by, and centred on,

Héctor Rebaque Héctor Alonso Rebaque (born 5 February 1956) is a Mexican former racing driver who raced in Formula One and CART IndyCar in the 1970s and 1980s. He also ran for his own Formula One team called Rebaque in 1978 and 1979. Racing career Rebaque par ...

, a Mexican driver who first drove in Formula One in 1977 for Hesketh. 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 the 1978 Formula One season Rebaque agreed a deal with

to buy their 1977 Type 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 the

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, he also suffered the ignominy of being forced to retire from the Brazilian Grand Prix owing to driver fatigue.

Rebaque HR100

He continued the arrangement with Lotus for the season, this time buying the Championship winning Type 79 chassis. During the year he commissioned

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to build a chassis, the Rebaque HR100. The design of the car - by Geoff Ferris with input from

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- was heavily influenced by the design of the Lotus 79, also incorporating some elements of the

Williams FW07 The Williams FW07 was a ground effect Formula One racing car designed by Patrick Head, Frank Dernie, and Neil Oatley for the 1979 F1 season. Design 1979 It was closely based on the Lotus 79, even being developed in the same wind tunnel at ...

's sidepods. It was completed in time for the

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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 the Brabham team midway through the following season.

Complete Formula One results

( key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) * 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

History

Rebaque HR100

Complete Formula One results

References

Further reading