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''This list is accurate as of July 1 , 2007 . For a list of currently active constructors, see Formula One Season .'' CONSTRUCTORS AND TEAMS The constructors entered in the constructors championship consist of the manufacturer of the car ''and'' the make of engine used. Hence, "McLaren-Mercedes" is the constructor. Where different engine manufacturers have been used during the year, the combinations are counted as different constructors in the championship. The most recent occurrence of this was in 1991 when Porsche 's 3.5 litre V12 engine proved to be a disaster for the Footwork team. From mid season the team reverted to using Cosworth DFR engines and thus there are two entries in the 1991 constructors championship: Footwork-Porsche and Footwork-Cosworth. The team refers to the organization which enters and manages the cars and drivers at each race. Hence McLaren usually refers to the team. In modern Formula One teams must own the built cars for Larrousse and Scuderia Italia in the late 1980s and early 1990s, for example. Larousse had their points from the 1990 season erased after the FIA decided that they had falsely nominated themselves and not Lola as the chassis constructor. There have been more recent cases with Ligier (1995), Sauber (2004) and Scuderia Toro Rosso (2006), where teams have been accused of using a chassis produced by another constructor (respectively Benetton , Ferrari and Red Bull Racing ). No action was taken against any of these teams, the sporting authorities being satisfied in each case that the team owned the intellectual property to the chassis they raced. The limitation on teams using another constructors' chassis has only been in place since the early 1980s. Before then, teams were free to sell their chassis to as many other teams as they liked. Brabham and Lotus chassis were used extensively by other teams during the 1960s and 1970s and several quite competitive teams never built their own chassis. Rob Walker Racing Team was the most successful example, being responsible for the first victories in Formula One for the Cooper Car Company and Team Lotus constructors. The concept of a "works" or "factory" team (i.e. the official team of the company producing the cars, as opposed to a 'customer' team which buys them off the shelf) therefore applied to chassis in the same way as it does to engines in modern Formula One. As of 2006 it is proposed that starting in 2008 teams will once again be able to buy chassis from other teams. ACTIVE CONSTRUCTORS DEFUNCT CONSTRUCTORS a Later Honda Racing F1 . b Later Andrea Moda . c Later WilliamsF1 . d Later Red Bull Racing . e Later Midland F1 Racing .
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