Ensign Racing

Ensign
Full nameEnsign Racing Team
BaseBurntwood, United Kingdom
Founder(s)Mo Nunn
Noted driversSwitzerland Clay Regazzoni
New Zealand Chris Amon
Switzerland Marc Surer
Belgium Jacky Ickx
Brazil Nelson Piquet
Netherlands Jan Lammers
Liechtenstein Rikky von Opel
Netherlands Gijs van Lennep
Netherlands Roelof Wunderink
United Kingdom Tiff Needell
Formula One World Championship career
First entry1973 French Grand Prix
Races entered134 (98 starts)
Constructors'
Championships
0
Drivers'
Championships
0
Race victories0
Pole positions0
Fastest laps1
Final entry1982 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 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.