Where are F1 teams based? A look at the headquarters and engineering hubs of Formula 1
04 April 2025Formula 1 teams may travel from country to country throughout the season, but each one has a base of operations where the most technologically advanced racing cars in the world are designed, built, and maintained.
These headquarters serve as the beating heart of the best racing teams in the world, managing logistics, engineering and even remote support during race weekends.
F1 team headquarters
Ferrari: Maranello, Italy
As F1’s oldest and most iconic team, Ferrari has remained in Maranello since its inception in 1950. The factory is deeply intertwined, not only with the brand’s legacy, but also the town which it calls home.
Ferrari HQ houses the state-of-the-art facilities befitting an F1 base, but also the famous Fiorano test track just a stone’s throw away.
- Race wins: 247
- Constructors’ Championships: 16
- Drivers’ Championships: 15
Mercedes: Brackley & Brixworth, UK
The Mercedes brand first competed in F1 for the 1954 and 1955 seasons, taking the Drivers’ crown with Juan Manuel Fangio on both occasions. At that time, the Constructors’ Championship didn’t exist.
The modern Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team, however, was formed in 2010 after its takeover of Brawn GP. The Brackley factory has roots to Honda and British American Racing (BAR) dating back to 1999.
The Brackley facility serves as the main development hub for Mercedes’ F1 chassis, while the team’s power units are designed and built at Brixworth, also supplying engines to McLaren, Williams and Aston Martin.
- Race wins: 224
- Constructors’ Championships: 11
- Drivers’ Championships: 13
McLaren: Woking, UK
McLaren’s Woking base – McLaren Technology Centre (MTC) – opened in 2004, but the team have had premises in the same town since its inception in 1963.
MTC is an ultra-modern facility supporting both McLaren’s racing and automotive divisions.
- Race wins: 191
- Constructors’ Championships: 9
- Drivers’ Championships: 12
Williams: Grove, UK
Williams has been based in Grove, Oxfordshire, since 1996, after moving from its original headquarters in Didcot.
The facility has played a key role in the team’s history, which includes multiple Constructors’ and Drivers’ Championships. Despite struggles in recent years, Williams remains one of the most successful teams in F1.
- Race wins: 114
- Constructors’ Championships: 9
- Drivers’ Championships: 7
Racing Bulls: Faenza, Italy
Racing Bulls, formerly known as RB, Toro Rosso and AlphaTauri, operates out of Faenza in Italy.
The facility was originally home to Minardi, F1’s much-loved underdog team in the eighties, nineties and early noughties.
Red Bull then acquired the facility, expanding and evolving it into a suitable hub for its junior team’s operations.
- Race wins: 0
- Constructors’ Championships: 0
- Drivers’ Championships: 0
Red Bull: Milton Keynes, UK
Founded in 2005 after acquiring Jaguar Racing, Red Bull Racing’s dominance in the last 15 years has helped shape the landscape of modern Formula 1.
Its Milton Keynes factory – originally built in 1990 for the F3 efforts of Stewart Grand Prix – has been upgraded extensively to accommodate rampant expansion and development, most recently for its Ford-supported engine programme.
- Race wins: 122
- Constructors’ Championships: 6
- Drivers’ Championships: 8
Alpine: Enstone, UK and Viry-Chatillon, France
The famed Enstone site has been home to multiple teams since 1992, including the championship-winning Benetton outfit, Renault on two separate occasions, Lotus-Renault and finally Alpine in 2021.
Enstone remains Alpine’s chassis development centre, while the Viry-Chatillon facility in France specializes in engine design and assembly until 2026, when the team makes the switch to Mercedes power.
- Race wins: 1
- Constructors’ Championships: 0
- Drivers’ Championships: 0
Sauber: Hinwil, Switzerland
Sauber’s headquarters in Hinwil have been central to the team’s operations since it entered F1 all the way back in 1993.
The Swiss outfit has partnered with various manufacturers, including BMW and Alfa Romeo during that time, before returning under the Sauber name in 2024.
The base will transition into one of two Audi F1 team bases in 2026; the other power unit facility being run out of Neuburg, Germany.
- Race wins: 1
- Constructors’ Championships: 0
- Drivers’ Championships: 0
Aston Martin: Silverstone, UK
Aston Martin’s F1 team operates from a site originally occupied by Jordan Grand Prix in 1991.
Over the years, the site has housed Midland, Spyker, Force India, and Racing Point before becoming Aston Martin in 2021.
In 2023, the team moved into a brand-new, purpose-built facility designed to supercharge its development with a new wind tunnel and position Aston Martin as a bona fide championship contender.
- Race wins: 0
- Constructors’ Championships: 0
- Drivers’ Championships: 0
Haas: Kannapolis, USA; Banbury, UK; Maranello, Italy
Haas operates across three locations: its official headquarters in Kannapolis, North Carolina, which also houses its NASCAR team; a race operations workshop in Banbury, UK; and a design and development hub in Maranello, Italy, where it collaborates closely with Ferrari.
This unique setup allows Haas to efficiently manage its F1 programme in Europe, despite being the only American-based team.
- Race wins: 0
- Constructors’ Championships: 0
- Drivers’ Championships: 0
Why are so many F1 teams based in the UK?
The likes of Vanwall, Lotus, Cooper and BRM established a British-based network in the early days of F1, paving the way for other titans like Brabham, McLaren and Williams to follow in the sixties and seventies.
With so much of the sport’s key infrastructure entrenched in the UK, many more modern facilities sprang up in the so-called ‘motorsport valley’.
The resources required to run an F1 team are significant, so uprooting one of the UK-based teams, let alone seven, would come at substantial cost. It seems unlikely F1 will be finding a new home anytime soon.
