Driver 1: Mika Hakkinen

Driver 2: David Coulthard

Founded by Kiwi Bruce McLaren in 1964, although it was 1966 before the team made its Formula 1 debut at that year's Monaco Grand Prix with McLaren at the wheel. Appropriately it was McLaren who took the first grand prix victory for the team at Spa in 1968 in the M7. But the team was struck a massive blow when its founder was killed testing a sports car at Goodwood in 1970.

The team has scored a total of 2329.5 points, the most of the present teams.

Engine has a capacity of 2990cc.

A value of £600million and profits of £21.6million.

Ron Dennis gets £2.1million a year.

Major sponsors are Mercedes-Benz, Mobil and West.

The drivers this year:

Has got over 294 points in his career with 128 starts the same as Michael Schumacher

Got 21 career poles and 14 wins

Current champion of F1 going for his 3^rd world championship.

Has got over 221 points in his career

Got 8 pole positions

Won 6 races

Driver 1: Michael Schumacher

Ferrari is Formula 1's oldest and most famous team. The team has achieved legendary status world-wide over the past fifty years as Enzo Ferrari's company has produced some of the most evocative and famous racing cars ever built. The team's first grand prix car was the pre-world championship 125 of 1948. Their first world championship grand prix win came in the 1950 British Grand Prix with Argentine Froilan Gonzalez at the wheel.

Engine capacity 2997cc more than Mclaren.

Power output is 770 break horse power not the most power full.

Team has scored a total of 2310.5 points over its career.

The team is valued at £1000million with a turnover of £150million.

Fiat has an 80% stake in Ferrari giving them around £150million a year.

The drivers:

Has scored 570 points in his career much more than Mika and the most out of any driver this year. Has started the same amount of races as Mika (128)

Had 35 career wins.

Got 39 fastest laps in his career.

Costs Ferrari around £20million a year.

First Brazilian to drive a works Ferrari in a championship GP

A total of 77 points in his career.

Only 2 poles in career.

Driver 1: Heinz-Harald Frentzen

Driver 2: Jarno Trulli

Jordan Grand Prix began in Birmingham in 1987 when Eddie Jordan approached a little-known engineer called Gary Anderson with the prospect of him designing an F1 car in mind. That year Eddie Jordan Racing won the British Formula 3 championship with Johnny Herbert, this was followed two years later by Jean Alesi's victory in the Intercontinental F3000 championship. After these prestigious victories Jordan was ready for F1 and in the winter of 1990 the Anderson-penned 191 was ready to go.

The engine has a 770ps output

Fuel capacity is set at over 100kg

Good strength of the team is the Trulli and Frentzen partnership and are the fastest pairing on the grid.

The team has got a total of 216 points in its career.

The team is valued at £150million.

They have a turnover of around £37.4million but made a loss of £2.69million.

The drivers:

He has got 142 points in his career.

Had 3 career wins and 6 fastest laps.

Only real achievement is the 11 points in his career with 46 career starts.

Driver 1: Eddie Irvine

Driver 2: Johnny Herbert

Jaguar has a famous racing history although the manufacturer has never before been involved in F1. The team took famous victories at Le Mans in the Fifties with its legendary C and D-types. In the Eighties TWR boss Tom Walkinshaw resurrected the marque for racing as he built competition versions of Jaguar's XJS to use in the European Touring Car Championship. He then took on Le Mans again, winning the race for Jaguar in 1988 and 1990.

An engine size of 2998cc

The engine is produced by cosworth, which has the making of being a success.

The only jaguar engine to start in a GP was in a Ferrari. Clemente Biondetti put an XK motor into a two -seater sports car for the 1950 Italian GP.

Estimated value of £150million and profits of £3.98million.

Ford motor company has a 100% share in the company.

A budget of £70million this year.

The drivers:

Scored 173 points in his career in F1

Has had 4 career wins in F1

Cost the Jaguar team £6.25million

Obtained 98 career points in F1

Only other real F1 achievement is his 3 wins.

Driver 1: Ralf Schumacher

Driver 2: Jenson Button

Williams are one of the most respected outfits in the business although in recent years the team has struggled after losing its Renault deal at the end of 1997. Sir Frank Williams and Patrick Head face another season of rebuilding and development as Williams begin their technical partnership with BMW.

The BMW engine has a capacity of 2998cc

Gerhard Berger is the director of motorsport BMW.

Estimated value of £300million and profits of £9.96million.

Highest paid director was £2.04million.

The drivers:

Has started 49 races in his career and has obtained 62 points in total.

His first race was in Australia in 1997.

No real stats about this man as first year in F1.

Buttons father, John, used to rallycross a VW Beetle during the '70s. As did Franz Wurz father of Benetton's Alex.

Driver 1: Giancarlo Fisichella

Driver 2: Alexander Wurz

The Benetton name hit the track as a car constructor in 1986 after the Italian knitwear manufacturer bought out the Toleman Grand Prix team. In that first season Gerhard Berger and Teo Fabi were chosen as drivers and it was the Austrian in particular that impressed in Rory Byrne's neat BMW-powered B186 design. The Benetton BMW has the accolade of probably being the most powerful F1 car in the history of the sport. Although no official figures were ever published it's rumoured that the car packed as much as 1300bhp in qualifying trim.

The team as a whole has obtained 847.5 points in its career.

The engine capacity is 2998cc.

Recently Renault has acquired the team.

Estimated value of £175 million and a profit of £0.36million.

Got the most advanced wind-tunnel at a cost of £12million.

The drivers:

A total of 49 points in his career with only 1 pole position.

Started in F1 in Australia 1996

Obtained 24 points in F1 career with 35 starts.

Started F1 racing in Canada 1997.

Driver 1: Jean Alesi

Prost was born out of the ashes of the Ligier team which Alain Prost took control of in 1996 Ligier made their debut in 1976 and built some successful cars which took Jacques Laffite and Didier Pironi to Grand Prix victories in the late-Seventies and early-Eighties.

The V10 Peugeot engine is potentially one of the best engines on the grid.

The engine has a capacity of 2998cc the same as most of the other teams.

The team has the chief designer of Stewart's 99 car, which indicates there is good potential for the team, but he doesn't have the same team to back him up.

The team entered formula 1 in 1997 after taking over the Leigier team and so far have scored only 31 points.

Estimated value of £125million and a turnover of £40milion.

Have an operational budget of only £40million.

The drivers:

The granddaddy of the F1 world, he started racing in 1989 in the French GP.

Has started 167 GP's in his career.

Had only 1 win, and got pole position twice.

The next Michael Schumacher?

Winner of the F3000 last year so has the potential of being a great success.

Driver 1: Pedro Diniz

Driver 2: Mika Salo

Sauber began building racing cars 30 years ago and it was in sportscar racing that the team first started to build its reputation. Peter Sauber built a Mercedes-engined prototype to race at Le Mans in 1985. He developed this car for the world sportscar championship for 1986 and attracted some works backing from Mercedes.

They should be very good as they have last years Ferrari engine.

The engine capacity is 2997cc.

The team has started 113 grand prix's and have obtained 84 points.

Valued at around £60million.

Budget is said to be around £40milion.

The drivers:

Started racing in 1995 and has raced in 82 grand prix's

Has only got 10 GP points.

He's real strength is that he brings around a third of the sponsorship to Sauber

Started racing in 1994 and has started in 77 grand prix's

Has got 25 GP points

Had a good last year driving for Ferrari when M. Schumacher was out.

Driver 1: Marc Gene

Driver 2: Gaston Mazzcane

This personable and tiny Italian team has the reputation for being Formula 1's perennial strugglers, but they deserve credit for staying afloat when so many teams have gone to the wall over the past decade. Giancarlo Minardi's outfit made its bow at Imola in 1985 with a car powered by a turbo engine built by local engineer Carlo Chiti called the Motori Moderni. The car's poor reliability and lack of pace frustrated driver Pierluigi Martini although improvements were made over the next two years.

Use a Ford b string V10 engine with a capacity of 2998cc.

Team has started 238 grand prix's and have obtained 28 points.

Have the smallest budget in F1.

Gene's point in last year's European Grand Prix was there first for 62 races.

Would be successful if they only had a better engine.

Valued at around £35million.

A small budget of £32.5million

The drivers:

Only started in 1999 and scored 1 GP point.

Starting to become a better driver towards the end of 1999.

Very useful to team as brings the Telefonica sponsorship with him.

First year in Grand prix little known about the Argentinean driver.

Driver 1: Pedro De La Rosa

Driver 2: Jos Verstappen

Arrows hold the undistinguished position of having the least successful record in Formula 1. No team has competed in more grand prix's and not won a race. The team was set up by a group of ex-Shadow personnel in 1978. A new car was designed and built in time for the opening race of the season in South Africa. However, the car was found to be far too close to the Shadow DN9 in design and the team had to build a brand new chassis.

Team has secured a new engine deal with Supertec V10. This should improve there chances this year as its 100bhp more than there original engine.

The team has started 337 GP's and have obtained 157 points.

Good sponsorship from Orange the phone company.

Valued at around £100million and a loss of £0.27million for year to 31/12/97

The drivers:

Started racing in 1999 and has raced in 16 GP's.

Only got 1 GP point last year.

Has taken part in 57 GP's and got 11 points.

Very experienced, started racing in 1994.

Was Honda's tester last winter and this rejuvenated him. He also brings a lot of dollars with.

Driver 1: Jacques Villeneuve

Driver 2: Ricardo Zonta

Never before has an F1 team endured such a painful and public baptism than BAR suffered last season. Despite the much-hyped launch of the Supertec powered BAR 01 and the presence of a former world champion in the shape of Jacques Villeneuve, the team failed to register a single world championship point in its debut year.

The engine supplied by Honda has a capacity of 2998cc and is reported to be in excess of 800 break horse power.

The team had a very bad first year scoring no points.

The team has plenty of money and with the introduction of Honda they are bound to be successful this year.

A value of £125million but made a loss of £19.8million for the year to 31/12/98 due to aquireing Tyrell and wage bills of £9million.

The drivers:

Ha had a very successful first year in F1 getting the drivers championship.

He has scored 180 points in his 64 races.

He has won 11 GP's and got 13 pole positions.

Has got a stake in the BAR team.

Rumoured to cost £10million a year.

Started GP racing in 1999 and has so far not got any points.