Formula One French engine manufacturers

Nine Formula One engine manufacturers from France produced engines either for their own cars or other Formula One chassis manufacturers. Bugatti, Gordini, Matra, Peugeot, Renault and Talbot have designed and produced engines. Mecachrome and Supertec were subcontractors of Renault. CTA-Arsenal competed in only two races before the inception of the World Drivers' Championship in 1950. The Japanese company Asiatech developed and maintained Peugeot engines for two seasons.

Renault engines are associated with 12 of the World Constructors' Championship titles and 11 World Drivers' Championship titles.

All engine manufacturers have followed the regulations of Formula One enacted by the International Automobile Federation (FIA).

The French car manufacturer Bugatti, which competed in Grand Prix racing before the Second World War, created a Formula One engine for its Bugatti T251. It took part in only one race, in 1956.

Bugatti was based in Molsheim (Bas-Rhin).

CTA designed an engine for its racing car in 1946. However, it only competed in two races, in 1947 and 1949. The project was abandoned before the creation of the Drivers' World Championship in 1950.

The engines were manufactured in Châtillon-sous-Bagneux (now Hauts de Seine department).

Amédée Gordini has designed several engines for French automobile manufacturer Simca and for Gordini Formula One racing cars. Simca took part in 14 Grands Prix from 1951 to 1953 and Gordini 33 from 1952 to 1956.

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