Onyx Grand Prix
| Full name | Onyx Grand Prix |
|---|---|
| Base | Westergate House, West Sussex, United Kingdom |
| Founder(s) | Mike Earle Greg Field |
| Noted staff | Mike Earle Greg Field Jo Chamberlain Paul Shakespeare Jean-Pierre Van Rossem Martin Dickson Alan Jenkins Peter Rheinhardt Peter Monteverdi |
| Noted drivers |
 Stefan Johansson Bertrand Gachot JJ Lehto Gregor Foitek
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| Formula One World Championship career | |
| First entry | 1989 Brazilian Grand Prix |
| Races entered | 26 (25 starts) |
| Engines | Ford |
| Constructors' Championships |
0 |
| Drivers' Championships |
0 |
| Race victories | 0 (best finish: 3rd in the 1989 Portuguese Grand Prix) |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Final entry | 1990 Hungarian Grand Prix |
Onyx Grand Prix is a former Formula One constructor from Britain that competed in the 1989 and 1990 Formula One seasons. The team participated in 26 World Championship Grands Prix (25 starts) and scored six World Constructors' Championship points. Its best result was third place, for Stefan Johansson, in the 1989 Portuguese Grand Prix.
Onyx Grand Prix began life as Onyx Race Engineering in late 1978 as a partnership between old colleagues Mike Earle and Greg Field. Prior to approaching Field and asking him to join him in a new venture, Earle had had extensive experience in open-wheel racing, running the successful Church Farm Racing team in F3, F2 and Formula 5000 as well as previously working with Field and driver David Purley in the LEC racing team in Formula Atlantic, F2, European Formula 5000 and occasional Formula One races. In their first foray into team ownership, the duo intended to enter their own chassis in Formula 2 for the 1979 season but it turned out to be a largely unsuccessful campaign. They returned in 1980 & 1981 running a semi-works March for Johnny Cecotto and Riccardo Paletti. After a competitive 1981 season, Paletti's sponsors took him to Formula One with Osella. Not wanting to be left behind, Onyx tried their hand at F1 by entering a private March in 5 rounds for Spaniard Emilio de Villota, with de Villota only failing to qualify once. Inspired by this, Onyx planned to enter their own car once again, but this time taking a step-up into the world of Formula One with a returning Paletti. But disaster struck as Paletti was killed at the 1982 Canadian Grand Prix and this seemed to curtail Onyx's progression forward.
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