Ensign Racing

{{short description|Auto racing team}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}} {{Use British English|date=July 2015}} {{refimprove|date=February 2014}} {{Former F1 team | Short_name = Ensign | Long_name = Ensign Racing Team | Logo = Ensign team logo from the N180, Silverstone Classic, 2017.jpg | Base = [[Burntwood]], United Kingdom | Founders = [[Mo Nunn]] | Drivers = {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Clay Regazzoni]]<br /> {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Chris Amon]]<br />{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Marc Surer]]<br /> {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Jacky Ickx]]<br />{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Nelson Piquet]]<br />{{flagicon|NED}} [[Jan Lammers]]<br/>{{flagicon|Liechtenstein}} [[Rikky von Opel]]<br/>{{flagicon|NED}} [[Gijs van Lennep]]<br/>{{flagicon|NED}} [[Roelof Wunderink]] <br/>{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Tiff Needell]] | Debut = [[1973 French Grand Prix]] | Races = 134 (98 starts) | Cons_champ = 0 | Drivers_champ = 0 | Wins = 0 | Poles = 0 | Fastest_laps = 1 | Last race = [[1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix]] }} '''Ensign''' was a [[Formula One]] constructor from Britain. They participated in 133 grands prix, entering a total of 155 cars. Ensign scored 19 championship points and no podium finishes. The best result was a 4th place at the [[1981 Brazilian Grand Prix]] by [[Marc Surer]], who also took fastest lap of the race. Ensign was founded by [[Mo Nunn|Morris Nunn]] who also carried out design duties during the first two seasons of the team's existence. Nunn would later go on to be a prominent chief engineer in the American-based [[Champ Car]] series, winning championships with drivers [[Alex Zanardi]] and [[Juan Pablo Montoya]] in the late 1990s.

==Formula One== [[File:Ensign at Silverstone Classic 2012.jpg|thumb|left|The N173, Ensign's first Formula One car, being driven at [[Silverstone Circuit|Silverstone]] in 2012.]] [[File:Ensign N177 2009 Lime Rock.jpg|thumb|left|An [[Ensign N177]] being raced in a Historic Grand Prix at the [[Lime Rock Park]] circuit in 2009.]] Ensign entered [[Formula One]] in {{F1|1973}}, with backing from [[pay driver]], [[Rikky von Opel]]. Von Opel had driven for the team in [[Formula Three]] in 1972 and won the [[British Formula 3 International Series|Lombard North Central, British Formula Three]] Championship that year.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite book|last=Small|first=Steve|title=The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who|publisher=Guinness|date=1994|page=273|isbn=0851127029}}</ref> Based upon that success, von Opel commissioned a Formula One chassis.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> Their first season was not successful, von Opel only finished two races<ref name="Small272">{{cite book|last=Small|first=Steve|title=The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who|publisher=Guinness|date=1994|page=272|isbn=0851127029}}</ref> and the team's best result that season was 13th at the [[1973 British Grand Prix]].<ref name="Small272"/> However, the partnership continued into {{F1|1974}}, but von Opel left after the first race of the season, having been offered a works [[Brabham]] drive.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> He was replaced at Ensign by [[Vern Schuppan]] whose only finish was 15th at the [[1974 Belgian Grand Prix|Belgian Grand Prix]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Small|first=Steve|title=The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who|publisher=Guinness|date=1994|page=344|isbn=0851127029}}</ref> and was later himself replaced by [[Mike Wilds]]. Wilds only qualified in America; he finished the race after a pit stop for fuel but was not classified, nine laps behind.<ref>{{cite book|last=Small|first=Steve|title=The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who|publisher=Guinness|date=1994|page=401|isbn=0851127029}}</ref>

For 1975 Ensign was sponsored by HB Bewaking (a Dutch company) leading them to sign Dutch drivers. [[Roelof Wunderink]] and [[Gijs van Lennep]]. Wunderink did not have much success, qualifying for three races and finishing one. [[Gijs van Lennep]] qualified for all his races and took sixth place in Germany, securing the first points for Ensign in Formula One. [[Chris Amon]] also raced for the team in [[1975 Austrian Grand Prix|Austria]] and [[1975 Italian Grand Prix|Italy]] finishing 12th both times. In 1976 Amon stayed with Ensign having great qualifying results. He qualified third in Sweden and sixth in Britain but only took points in Spain where he finished in fifth place. [[Patrick Nève]] replaced Amon in France and [[Hans Binder]] replaced Amon in Austria. [[Jacky Ickx]] would race the rest of the season for Ensign.

In 1977 [[Clay Regazzoni]] raced for Ensign, scoring five points with best finishes of fifth in Italy and America. In 1978 the team entered cars for [[Danny Ongais]] and [[Lamberto Leoni]], but Ongais left after two races and Leoni after four races. Jacky Ickx contested the next four races and [[Derek Daly]] raced the rest of the season scoring a point in Canada. Also in 1978 [[Nelson Piquet]] made his debut in Formula 1 at the [[1978 German Grand Prix|German Grand Prix]] at the [[Hockenheimring]] driving an Ensign. In 1979 Daly stayed with Ensign but he left after the Monaco Grand Prix and was replaced by [[Patrick Gaillard]]. Gaillard only qualified at two out of five races and was replaced by [[Marc Surer]] for the final three races of the season. [[File:Ensign N180 front-right 2010 Pavilion Pit Stop.jpg|thumb|left|The N180 at the [[Pavilion Kuala Lumpur]]]] In 1980 Clay Regazzoni again joined Ensign but at Long Beach Regazzoni's brake pedal broke causing him to go straight on at the Queen's Hairpin crashing into the parked car of Ricardo Zunino leaving him paralyzed. [[Tiff Needell]] raced in Belgium, but failed to qualify for the Monaco Grand Prix. [[Jan Lammers]] raced the rest of the season.

Marc Surer raced for Ensign in 1981 and finished in fourth place in Brazil where he also took fastest lap of the race. Surer also finished sixth in Monaco. [[Eliseo Salazar]] replaced Surer from Spain onwards. Salazar finished sixth in the Netherlands. In 1982 [[Roberto Guerrero]] raced for Ensign. He only finished in two races.

Meanwhile, the team was also involved in the last year of [[British Formula One Championship|British F1 Championship]], winning the championship with the old MN180B cars and [[Jim Crawford (racing driver)|Jim Crawford]] as driver.

After the {{F1|1982}} season, Ensign was merged into the [[Theodore Racing|Theodore]] team, which it had previous ties to via financier [[Teddy Yip (businessman)|Teddy Yip]] and took that team's name. During many seasons, the connection between Ensign and Theodore was so great that in some years they used almost the same car, much as [[Red Bull Racing]] has a second but separate team, [[Toro Rosso]], in more recent times.

Ensign driver [[Roberto Guerrero]] continued on with the newly merged team for {{F1|1983}}, as did the team's main car designer.<ref name="F1rejects">[http://www.f1rejects.com/drivers/guerrero/biography.html Roberto Guerrero – Biography] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071116224905/http://www.f1rejects.com/drivers/guerrero/biography.html |date=16 November 2007 }}</ref> The Theodore F1 team did not last the 1983 season, though, and shut down late in the year.<ref name="F1rejects"/> {{clear}}

==Complete Formula One World Championship results== <div style="overflow-x: auto; margin: 1em 0"> ([[:Template:F1 driver results legend 5|key]]) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" ! Year ! Chassis ! Engines ! Tyres ! Drivers ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! [[List of Formula One World Championship points scoring systems|Points]] ! WCC |- !rowspan="2"| {{F1|1973}} |rowspan="2"| [[Ensign N173|N173]] |rowspan="2"| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] Cosworth DFV 3.0 [[V8 engine|V8]] |rowspan="2"| {{Firestone}} || || [[1973 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]] || [[1973 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]] || [[1973 South African Grand Prix|RSA]] || [[1973 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]] || [[1973 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]] || [[1973 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]] || [[1973 Swedish Grand Prix|SWE]] || [[1973 French Grand Prix|FRA]] || [[1973 British Grand Prix|GBR]] || [[1973 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]] || [[1973 German Grand Prix|GER]] || [[1973 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]] || [[1973 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]] || [[1973 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]] || [[1973 United States Grand Prix|USA]] || || !rowspan="2"| 0 !rowspan="2"| NC |- |align="left"| {{flagicon|LIE}} [[Rikky von Opel]] || || || || || || || |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 15 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 13 |style="background:#ffffff;"| DNS || |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NC |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret || || |- !rowspan="4"| {{F1|1974}} |rowspan="4"| [[Ensign N174|N174]] |rowspan="4"| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] Cosworth DFV 3.0 [[V8 engine|V8]] |rowspan="4"| {{Firestone}} || || [[1974 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]] || [[1974 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]] || [[1974 South African Grand Prix|RSA]] || [[1974 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]] || [[1974 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]] || [[1974 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]] || [[1974 Swedish Grand Prix|SWE]] || [[1974 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]] || [[1974 French Grand Prix|FRA]] || [[1974 British Grand Prix|GBR]] || [[1974 German Grand Prix|GER]] || [[1974 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]] || [[1974 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]] || [[1974 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]] || [[1974 United States Grand Prix|USA]] || || !rowspan="4"| 0 !rowspan="4"| NC |- |align="left"| {{flagicon|LIE}} [[Rikky von Opel]] |style="background:#ffffff;"| DNS || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || |- |align="left"| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Vern Schuppan]] || || || || |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 15 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#000000; color:white"| DSQ |style="background:#000000; color:white"| DSQ |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret || || || || || || |- |align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Mike Wilds]] || || || || || || || || || || || |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NC || || |- !rowspan="4"| {{F1|1975}} |rowspan="4"| [[Ensign N174|N174]]<br>[[Ensign N175|N175]] |rowspan="4"| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] Cosworth DFV 3.0 [[V8 engine|V8]] |rowspan="4"| {{Goodyear}} || || [[1975 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]] || [[1975 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]] || [[1975 South African Grand Prix|RSA]] || [[1975 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]] || [[1975 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]] || [[1975 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]] || [[1975 Swedish Grand Prix|SWE]] || [[1975 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]] || [[1975 French Grand Prix|FRA]] || [[1975 British Grand Prix|GBR]] || [[1975 German Grand Prix|GER]] || [[1975 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]] || [[1975 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]] || [[1975 United States Grand Prix|USA]] || || || !rowspan="4"| 1 !rowspan="4"| 12th |- |align="left"| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Roelof Wunderink]]}} || || || |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ || || || || |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ || |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NC |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret || || || |- |align="left"| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Gijs van Lennep]] || || || || || || || |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 15 || |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6 || || || || || || |- |align="left"| {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Chris Amon]] || || || || || || || || || || || |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12 || || || || |- !rowspan="5"| {{F1|1976}} |rowspan="5"| [[Ensign N174|N174]]<br>[[Ensign N176|N176]] |rowspan="5"| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] Cosworth DFV 3.0 [[V8 engine|V8]] |rowspan="5"| {{Goodyear}} || || [[1976 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]] || [[1976 South African Grand Prix|RSA]] || [[1976 United States Grand Prix West|USW]] || [[1976 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]] || [[1976 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]] || [[1976 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]] || [[1976 Swedish Grand Prix|SWE]] || [[1976 French Grand Prix|FRA]] || [[1976 British Grand Prix|GBR]] || [[1976 German Grand Prix|GER]] || [[1976 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]] || [[1976 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]] || [[1976 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]] || [[1976 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]] || [[1976 United States Grand Prix|USA]] || [[1976 Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]] || !rowspan="5"| 2 !rowspan="5"| 12th |- |align="left"| {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Chris Amon]] || |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 14 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 8 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 13 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret || |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret || || || || || || || |- |align="left"| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Patrick Nève]] || || || || || || || |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 18 || || || || || || || || || |- |align="left"| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Hans Binder]] || || || || || || || || || || |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret || || || || || || |- |align="left"| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Jacky Ickx]] || || || || || || || || || || || |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 13 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret || || |- !rowspan="3"| {{F1|1977}} |rowspan="3"| [[Ensign N177|N177]] |rowspan="3"| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] Cosworth DFV 3.0 [[V8 engine|V8]] |rowspan="3"| {{Goodyear}} || || [[1977 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]] || [[1977 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]] || [[1977 South African Grand Prix|RSA]] || [[1977 United States Grand Prix West|USW]] || [[1977 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]] || [[1977 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]] || [[1977 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]] || [[1977 Swedish Grand Prix|SWE]] || [[1977 French Grand Prix|FRA]] || [[1977 British Grand Prix|GBR]] || [[1977 German Grand Prix|GER]] || [[1977 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]] || [[1977 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]] || [[1977 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]] || [[1977 United States Grand Prix|USA]] || [[1977 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]] || [[1977 Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]] !rowspan="3"| 10* !rowspan="3"| 10th* |- |align="left"| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Clay Regazzoni]] |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 7 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 7 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |- |align="left"| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Jacky Ickx]] || || || || || |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10 || || || || || || || || || || || |- !rowspan="8"| {{F1|1978}} |rowspan="8"| [[Ensign N177|N177]] |rowspan="8"| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] Cosworth DFV 3.0 [[V8 engine|V8]] |rowspan="8"| {{Goodyear}} || || [[1978 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]] || [[1978 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]] || [[1978 South African Grand Prix|RSA]] || [[1978 United States Grand Prix West|USW]] || [[1978 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]] || [[1978 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]] || [[1978 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]] || [[1978 Swedish Grand Prix|SWE]] || [[1978 French Grand Prix|FRA]] || [[1978 British Grand Prix|GBR]] || [[1978 German Grand Prix|GER]] || [[1978 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]] || [[1978 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]] || [[1978 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]] || [[1978 United States Grand Prix|USA]] || [[1978 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]] || !rowspan="8"| 1 !rowspan="8"| 13th |- |align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Danny Ongais]] |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || |- |align="left"| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Jacky Ickx]] || || || || |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ || || || || || || || || || |- |align="left"| {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Derek Daly]] || || || || || || || || |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret || |style="background:#000000; color:white"| DSQ |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 8 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6 || |- |align="left"| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Nelson Piquet]] || || || || || || || || || || |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret || || || || || || |- |align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Lamberto Leoni]] |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#ffffff;"| DNS |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ || || || || || || || || || || || || || |- |align="left"| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Bernard de Dryver]]}} | | | | | | DNP | | | | | | | | | | | |- |align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brett Lunger]] || || || || || || || || || || || || || || |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 13 || || |- !rowspan="4"| {{F1|1979}} |rowspan="4"| [[Ensign N177|N177]]<br>[[Ensign N179|N179]] |rowspan="4"| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] Cosworth DFV 3.0 [[V8 engine|V8]] |rowspan="4"| {{Goodyear}} || || [[1979 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]] || [[1979 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]] || [[1979 South African Grand Prix|RSA]] || [[1979 United States Grand Prix West|USW]] || [[1979 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]] || [[1979 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]] || [[1979 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]] || [[1979 French Grand Prix|FRA]] || [[1979 British Grand Prix|GBR]] || [[1979 German Grand Prix|GER]] || [[1979 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]] || [[1979 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]] || [[1979 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]] || [[1979 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]] || [[1979 United States Grand Prix|USA]] || || !rowspan="4"| 0 !rowspan="4"| NC |- |align="left"| {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Derek Daly]] |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 11 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 13 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ || || || || || || || || || || |- |align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA|variant=1974}} [[Patrick Gaillard]] || || || || || || || |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 13 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ || || || || || |- |align="left"| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Marc Surer]] || || || || || || || || || || || || |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret || || |- !rowspan="5"| {{F1|1980}} |rowspan="5"| [[Ensign N180|N180]] |rowspan="5"| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] Cosworth DFV 3.0 [[V8 engine|V8]] |rowspan="5"| {{Goodyear}} || || [[1980 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]] || [[1980 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]] || [[1980 South African Grand Prix|RSA]] || [[1980 United States Grand Prix West|USW]] || [[1980 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]] || [[1980 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]] || [[1980 French Grand Prix|FRA]] || [[1980 British Grand Prix|GBR]] || [[1980 German Grand Prix|GER]] || [[1980 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]] || [[1980 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]] || [[1980 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]] || [[1980 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]] || [[1980 United States Grand Prix|USA]] | | | !rowspan="5"| 0 !rowspan="5"| NC |- |align="left"| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Clay Regazzoni]] |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NC |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | |- |align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Tiff Needell]] || || || || |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ || || || || || || || || || || || |- |align="left"| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Jan Lammers]] || || || || || || |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 14 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret || || || |- |align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Geoff Lees (racing driver)|Geoff Lees]] | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ | | | | | |- !rowspan="4"| {{F1|1981}} |rowspan="4"| [[Ensign N180|N180B]] |rowspan="4"| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] Cosworth DFV 3.0 [[V8 engine|V8]] |rowspan="4"| {{Michelin}}<br>{{Avon}} || || [[1981 United States Grand Prix West|USW]] || [[1981 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]] || [[1981 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]] || [[1981 San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]] || [[1981 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]] || [[1981 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]] || [[1981 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]] || [[1981 French Grand Prix|FRA]] || [[1981 British Grand Prix|GBR]] || [[1981 German Grand Prix|GER]] || [[1981 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]] || [[1981 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]] || [[1981 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]] || [[1981 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]] || [[1981 Caesars Palace Grand Prix|CPL]] || || !rowspan="4"| 5 !rowspan="4"| 11th |- |align="left"| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Marc Surer]] |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| {{F1 race position|4|f}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 11 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6 || || || || || || || || || || || |- |align="left"| {{flagicon|COL}} [[Ricardo Londoño]] || || DNP || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || |- |align="left"| {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Eliseo Salazar]] || || || || || || |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 14 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NC |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NC || || |- !rowspan="2"| {{F1|1982}} |rowspan="2"| [[Ensign N180|N180B]]<br>[[Ensign N181|N181]] |rowspan="2"| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] Cosworth DFV 3.0 [[V8 engine|V8]] |rowspan="2"| {{Pirelli}}<br>{{Avon}} || || [[1982 South African Grand Prix|RSA]] || [[1982 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]] || [[1982 United States Grand Prix West|USW]] || [[1982 San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]] || [[1982 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]] || [[1982 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]] || [[1982 Detroit Grand Prix|DET]] || [[1982 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]] || [[1982 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]] || [[1982 British Grand Prix|GBR]] || [[1982 French Grand Prix|FRA]] || [[1982 German Grand Prix|GER]] || [[1982 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]] || [[1982 Swiss Grand Prix|SUI]] || [[1982 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]] || [[1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix|CPL]] || !rowspan="2"| 0 !rowspan="2"| NC |- |align="left"| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Roberto Guerrero]]}} | WD |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret | |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 8 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NC |style="background:#ffffff;"| DNS || |} </div> <nowiki>*</nowiki> Includes five points scored by [[Patrick Tambay]] in an Ensign N177 entered by [[Theodore Racing]] (see below).

===Results of other Ensign cars=== <div style="overflow-x: auto; margin: 1em 0"> ([[:Template:F1 driver results legend 5|key]]) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" ! Year ! Entrant ! Chassis ! Engine ! Tyres ! Driver ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 |- !rowspan=2| {{F1|1977}} !rowspan=2| [[Theodore Racing|Theodore Racing Hong Kong]] |rowspan=2| [[Ensign N177|N177]] |rowspan=2| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] Cosworth DFV 3.0 [[V8 engine|V8]] |rowspan=2| {{Goodyear}} | | [[1977 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]] | [[1977 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]] | [[1977 South African Grand Prix|RSA]] | [[1977 United States Grand Prix West|USW]] | [[1977 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]] | [[1977 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]] | [[1977 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]] | [[1977 Swedish Grand Prix|SWE]] | [[1977 French Grand Prix|FRA]] | [[1977 British Grand Prix|GBR]] | [[1977 German Grand Prix|GER]] | [[1977 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]] | [[1977 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]] | [[1977 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]] | [[1977 United States Grand Prix|USA]] | [[1977 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]] | [[1977 Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]] |- |align="left"| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|FRA|variant=1974}} [[Patrick Tambay]]}} | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 6 |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 5 |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#ffcfcf;"| DNQ |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 5 |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |- !rowspan=3| {{F1|1978}} !rowspan=2| Mario Deliotti Racing |rowspan=2| [[Ensign N175|N175]] |rowspan=3| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] Cosworth DFV 3.0 [[V8 engine|V8]] |rowspan=3| {{Goodyear}} | | [[1978 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]] | [[1978 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]] | [[1978 South African Grand Prix|RSA]] | [[1978 United States Grand Prix West|USW]] | [[1978 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]] | [[1978 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]] | [[1978 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]] | [[1978 Swedish Grand Prix|SWE]] | [[1978 French Grand Prix|FRA]] | [[1978 British Grand Prix|GBR]] | [[1978 German Grand Prix|GER]] | [[1978 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]] | [[1978 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]] | [[1978 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]] | [[1978 United States Grand Prix|USA]] | [[1978 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]] | |- |align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Geoff Lees (racing driver)|Geoff Lees]] | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#ffcfcf;"| DNQ | | | | | | | |- ! Sachs Racing | [[Ensign N177|N177]] |align="left"| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Harald Ertl]] | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 11 |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#ffcfcf;"| DNPQ |style="background:#ffcfcf;"| DNPQ | | | |} </div>

===Non-championship results=== ([[:Template:F1 driver results legend 3|key]]) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" ! Year ! Entrant ! Chassis ! Engine ! Driver ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 |- | rowspan="3"| 1974 | rowspan="3"| Team Ensign | rowspan="3"| [[Ensign N174|N174]] | rowspan="3"| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] Cosworth DFV 3.0 [[V8 engine|V8]] | | [[1974 Presidente Medici Grand Prix|PRE]] | [[1974 Race of Champions|ROC]] | [[1974 BRDC International Trophy|INT]] |- | align=left| {{flagicon|LIE}} [[Rikky von Opel]] | | DNS | |- | align=left| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Brian Redman]] | | | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 8 |- | rowspan="3"| 1975 | rowspan="3"| Bewaking Team Ensign | rowspan="2"| [[Ensign N174|N174]] | rowspan="3"| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] Cosworth DFV 3.0 [[V8 engine|V8]] | | [[1975 Race of Champions|ROC]] | [[1975 BRDC International Trophy|INT]] | [[1975 Swiss Grand Prix|SUI]] |- | align=left| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Roelof Wunderink]] | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10 | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret | |- | [[Ensign N175|N175]] | align=left| {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Chris Amon]] | | | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9 |- | rowspan="3"| 1976 | rowspan="3"| Team Ensign | rowspan="2"| [[Ensign N174|N174]] | rowspan="3"| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] Cosworth DFV 3.0 [[V8 engine|V8]] | | [[1976 Race of Champions|ROC]] | [[1976 BRDC International Trophy|INT]] | |- | rowspan="2" align=left| {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Chris Amon]] | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5 | | |- | [[Ensign N176|N176]] | | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret | |- | rowspan="2"| 1977 | rowspan="2"| Team Ensign | rowspan="2"| [[Ensign N177|N177]] | rowspan="2"| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] Cosworth DFV 3.0 [[V8 engine|V8]] | | [[1977 Race of Champions|ROC]] | | |- | align=left| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Clay Regazzoni]] | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 13 | | |- | rowspan="3"| 1978 | rowspan="3"| Tissot Ensign | rowspan="3"| [[Ensign N177|N177]] | rowspan="3"| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] Cosworth DFV 3.0 [[V8 engine|V8]] | | [[1978 BRDC International Trophy|INT]] | | |- | align=left| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Jacky Ickx]] | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret | | |- | align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Lamberto Leoni]] | DNA | | |- | rowspan="2"| 1979 | rowspan="2"| Smith & Jones | rowspan="2"| [[Ensign N174|N174]] | rowspan="2"| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] Cosworth DFV 3.0 [[V8 engine|V8]] | | [[1979 Race of Champions|ROC]] | [[Gunnar Nilsson Memorial Trophy|GNM]] | [[1979 Dino Ferrari Grand Prix|DIN]] |- | align=left| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Robin Smith (racing driver)|Robin Smith]] | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret | | |- | rowspan="3"| 1980 | rowspan="2"| Unipart Racing Team | rowspan="3"| [[Ensign N180|N180]] | rowspan="3"| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] Cosworth DFV 3.0 [[V8 engine|V8]] | | [[1980 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]] | | |- | align=left| {{flagicon|FRA|variant=1974}} [[Patrick Gaillard]] | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6 | | |- | ? | align=left| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Brian Henton]] | DNA | | |- | rowspan="2"| 1981 | rowspan="2"| Ensign Racing | rowspan="2"| [[Ensign N180B|N180B]] | rowspan="2"| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] Cosworth DFV 3.0 [[V8 engine|V8]] | | [[1981 South African Grand Prix|RSA]] | | |- | align=left| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Marc Surer]] | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret | | |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

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