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| Full name | Rial Racing |
|---|---|
| Base | Fußgönheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany |
| Founder(s) | Günter Schmid |
| Noted staff | Günter Schmid, Gustav Brunner, Stefan Fober |
| Noted drivers |  Andrea de Cesaris Christian Danner |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| First entry | 1988 Brazilian Grand Prix |
| Races entered | 32 |
| Constructors' Championships | 0 (best finish: 9th, 1988) |
| Drivers' Championships | 0 |
| Race victories | 0 (best finish: 4th, 1988 Detroit Grand Prix and 1989 United States Grand Prix) |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Final entry | 1989 Australian Grand Prix |
Rial is a German producer of light alloy wheels and rims,[1] and was a Formula One constructor competing in the 1988 and 1989 seasons. Founded in the 1970s as a wheel rim producer, the company was bought by Günter Schmid, ex-owner of the ATS wheels company in 1987. Schmid followed the same strategy as he had at ATS, advertising the Rial wheel brand by entering Formula One as a constructor. Rial participated in 32 Grands Prix, entering a total of 48 cars. They scored six championship points, finishing a highest of ninth in the constructors championship in 1988.[2] After leaving Formula One at the end of the 1989 season, the Rial Racing division was closed, and the company did not race again. Rial continues to manufacture wheels and rims from its factory in Fußgönheim.
The team was, together with the Zakspeed, one of the two last German Formula One teams based in Germany (with the Rial Racing's base in Fußgönheim).
- ^ "Brand – RIAL Leichtmetallfelgen". rial.de. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
- ^ "Constructors Championship 1988". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship. Retrieved 2011-05-23.