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Also known as Toleman F1 team, Toleman Formula One team

Toleman Motorsport was a Formula One constructor based in the UK. It participated in Formula One between 1981 and 1985, competing in 70 Grands Prix. Today, it is best known for giving Ayrton Senna his Formula One debut.

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Toleman racing cars
number of matches played/races/starts
92
number of wins
0
points for
26
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12 sections
Contents
  • Origins
  • Formula Two
  • Formula Atlantic/Pacific
  • Formula One
  • 1981–1982: Difficult early years
  • 1983: Emergence as a serious team
  • 1984: Peaking with Ayrton Senna
  • 1985: Near-collapse and sale to Benetton
  • Legacy
  • Complete Formula One results
  • References
  • External links

Toleman Motorsport was a Formula One constructor based in the UK. It participated in Formula One between 1981 and 1985, competing in 70 Grands Prix. Today, it is best known for giving Ayrton Senna his Formula One debut.

The team was generally uncompetitive during its short lifetime, prompting Senna to leave after just one year. However, several of its engineers, including Rory Byrne and Pat Symonds, stayed with the team after its sale to the Benetton Group and eventually built the organisation into the title-winning Benetton Formula. As such, Toleman is the progenitor of the racing lineage informally known as "Team Enstone."

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