16 Facts About Caterham F1

Caterham F1 Team was a Malaysian, later British owned Formula One team based in the United Kingdom which raced under a Malaysian licence.

The Caterham brand competed in the Formula One World Championship from 2012 to 2014, following the acquisition of British sportscar manufacturer Caterham Cars by former owner and team principal Tony Fernandes, forming the Caterham Group.

The "Caterham F1" name was later used under licence after the Caterham F1 Group separation.

In October 2014, Caterham F1 entered administration and did not attend a race weekend for the first time in its history beginning from the United States Grand Prix.

In November 2014, after missing the Brazilian Grand Prix, Caterham F1 became the first F1 team ever to resort to crowdfunding, enabling it to race at the final Grand Prix for 2014 and take part in end of season testing both held in Abu Dhabi.

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On 27 February 2015, the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile published a revised entry list with Manor Marussia being reintroduced and Caterham F1 being removed from the list, and by March of the same year, the team's assets were put up for auction, spelling the official demise of the team.

The Caterham F1 CT01 was the first car the team had built to run KERS.

Caterham F1 car looked slower than expected at the beginning of the season.

However, Caterham F1 quickly found pace through Kovalainen, who made it into Q2 for the Bahrain Grand Prix, eliminating Michael Schumacher in the process.

Caterham F1 continued their good form into the race with both Kovalainen and Petrov running well until Kovalainen collided with Toro Rosso's Jean-Eric Vergne.

In July 2014, Caterham F1 announced that it was now owned by a consortium of Swiss and Middle Eastern investors, advised by former F1 Team Principal Colin Kolles.

Caterham F1 retired early from the race due to mechanical issues and turned down the chance to further race for Caterham, or in Formula One unless under better conditions.

On 21 October 2014, it was announced that Caterham F1 had entered administration, and had withdrawn its management team.

On 14 November 2014, it was reported that Caterham F1 had succeeded in raising the necessary funds, via the crowdfunding initiative, to compete at the final Grand Prix of the 2014 season in Abu Dhabi.

In contrast to multi-national logos adorning other team cars, according to media reports, a crowdfunding on-car sponsor for Caterham F1 was a small UK pub: the Windmill Inn in Littleworth, West Sussex.

In November 2014, despite Caterham F1 returning to racing under the control of its administrator following a successful crowdfunding initiative, 230 staff members not directly involved in Grand Prix preparations were made redundant.