BAR 01
Xtrac six-speed longitudinal sequential semi-automatic | |||||||||
Power | 780 hp @ 15,800 rpm[1] | ||||||||
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Fuel | Elf | ||||||||
Tyres | Bridgestone | ||||||||
Competition history | |||||||||
Notable entrants | British American Racing | ||||||||
Notable drivers | 22. Jacques Villeneuve 23. Ricardo Zonta 23. Mika Salo | ||||||||
Debut | 1999 Australian Grand Prix | ||||||||
Last event | 1999 Japanese Grand Prix | ||||||||
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Constructors' Championships | 0 | ||||||||
Drivers' Championships | 0 |
The BAR 01 (also known as BAR PR01)
Despite the driving pedigree of Villeneuve and Zonta, and the technical experience of
Sponsorship and livery
Before the 1999 season had even started, BAR ran into trouble with the FIA. BAR had desired to run a different livery on each car, as their showcars did. Jacques Villeneuve's car was to display Lucky Strike branding, and Ricardo Zonta's car to have 555 branding. Both of these are cigarette brands owned by the team's parent company, British American Tobacco. The FIA's regulations state that both cars are required to have identical liveries, with only minor differences such as the car number and driver's nationality flag and name.
A quick-fix design was created, resulting in a dual livery design with the Lucky Strike branding covering the left side of the car and the 555 branding on the right side. The car's livery then had a "zip" up the centre, which spread wide at the end of the nosecone to allow other sponsors not to be affected by the dual colour design. Minor team sponsors and other adverts on the car were on a silver background. The rear wing was also compromised to stop the dual sectioning affecting the small space: 555 covered the side facing forwards and Lucky Strike was on the side facing backwards. This livery design was passed by the FIA.
The livery itself was only used for the 1999 season, as BAR went on to almost exclusively use the Lucky Strike branding. All mechanics' suits were also half Lucky Strike and half 555, apart from the drivers who had different suits and helmets. Jacques Villeneuve had the Lucky Strike branding on his suit and helmet, while Ricardo Zonta and Mika Salo had the 555 branding on theirs. For races where tobacco advertising was not allowed, 555 was replaced by triple crescent moon (as previously done with works Subaru Impreza rally cars), while Lucky Strike was blocked out on the sides and replaced with "Run Free" on the car's nose and wings. This livery modification was used for the French, British and Belgian Grands Prix.
Complete Formula One results
(key) (results in bold indicate pole position)
Year | Team | Engine | Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Points | WCC |
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1999
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BAR | Supertec V10 | B | AUS | BRA | SMR | MON | ESP | CAN | FRA | GBR | AUT | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | EUR | MAL | JPN | 0 | NC | |
Jacques Villeneuve | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 15 | 8 | 10† | Ret | 9 | ||||||
Ricardo Zonta | Ret | DNQ | Ret | 9 | Ret | 15† | Ret | 13 | Ret | Ret | 8 | Ret | 12 | |||||||||
Mika Salo | 7† | Ret | 8 |
References
- ^ "Engine Supertec". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
- ^ "BAR PR01". StatsF1.com. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ISBN 1-874557-34-9