Ecurie Bonnier
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| Full name |
  Ecurie Bonnier /Joakim Bonnier Racing Team / Anglo-Suisse Racing Team / Ecurie Suisse |
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| Founder(s) |
Joakim Bonnier
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| Noted drivers |
Joakim Bonnier Helmut Marko Harry Schell Phil Hill Giulio Cabianca Hans Herrmann
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| Formula One World Championship career | |
| First entry | 1957 British Grand Prix |
| Races entered | 45 |
| Constructors |
Maserati Cooper Brabham McLaren Honda Lotus |
| Final entry | 1971 United States Grand Prix |
Ecurie Bonnier, Ecurie Suisse, Joakim Bonnier Racing Team and Anglo-Suisse Racing Team were names used by Swedish racing driver Joakim Bonnier to enter his own cars in Formula One, Formula Two and sports car racing between 1957 and his death in 1972. Commonly the vehicles were entered for Bonnier himself, but he also provided cars for a number of other drivers during the period.
Jo Bonnier began entering cars in Formula One under his own name in 1957, first with a Maserati 250F, without much success, recording only two non-points scoring finishes from his six World Championship entries in 1957 and 1958. However, with strong performances in other races Bonnier attracted the attention of more established teams, and over the next seven years principally drove for the works BRM and Porsche teams, and Rob Walker's highly organised privateer outfit.
Bonnier returned to entering his own team in 1966, under the name Anglo-Suisse Racing to reflect his residency in Switzerland at the time. His principal mount that year was a Cooper-Maserati T81, painted in Swiss racing red and white, but he also fielded a Brabham at times. The year started promisingly at the season-opening non-Championship 1966 BRDC International Trophy at the Silverstone Circuit, with Bonnier qualifying the Cooper in sixth place and finishing a strong third, but the rest of the season brought little joy. Anglo-Suisse Racing's first Championship points would only come at the season-closing 1966 Mexican Grand Prix, from sixth place. During the year Anglo-Suisse also ran a Cooper-BRM T82, also painted red and white, for Swiss driver Jo Siffert in European Formula Two races.
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