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Originally Posted by ensign14

Not really. 1962. BRM, Lotus, Cooper, Lola, Brabham, all British. Ferrari and Porsche were the only non-British marques to take it seriously. OK, there was de Tomaso and the half-British ENB, but they had about one race each.

Or take a look at 1967, for example. Brabham, Lotus, BRM, Cooper, McLaren all British. Honda, 90% British. Eagle, Anglo-American. Matra had only just started. So the only non-British entity was Ferrari. And many people consider that a golden age.

Fast-forward to 1974. Loads more teams. McLaren, Tyrrell, Lotus, Brabham, March, BRM, Shadow, Surtees, Williams, Ensign, Hesketh, Hill-Lola. All British. Apart from one-race projects from Amon, Penske Maki and Parnelli, there was only Ferrari from outside Britain.

Or how about 1980? Just before the Berniemax era starts. Williams, Tyrrell, Brabham, McLaren, Lotus, Ensign, Shadow, Fittipaldi, Arrows and RAM. From outside Britain you had Ferrari, ATS (who in over 100 races never finished in the top 4), Osella (who in 10 years scored points twice), Alfa, Renault and Ligier. Osella and Ligier used British engines, Alfa were a joke within three years and Renault did not see out the decade.

Plus ATS, Penske, Parnelli and Amon were all based in the UK anyway, despite their foreign links. Hmm just thinking where they were, ATS were at Bicester, Penske of course down the road in Poole at Graham Mcraes old place that was Len Terrys before I think, Parnelli were up in Norfolk but I cant think where Amon were - south coast maybe? Goodwood way? Goes to show how UK centric it was - even Maki had a British base to run the cars from.