Automobiles Martini

Automobiles Martini is a constructor of Formula racing cars from France, founded by Renato "Tico" Martini in 1965, when Martini and partner Bill Knight founded the Winfield Racing School at the Magny-Cours circuit, in France. Martini's first car was the MW1 in 1967, a single seater for the racing driving school, from which was derived a Formula Three car, MW1A built in 1968.

Although better known for their successful efforts in Formula Three, Formula Renault and other lower formulae during the 1970s and 1980s, they are also known for having taken part in nine rounds of the 1978 Formula One season with the single MK23 chassis, giving René Arnoux (later a driver for Renault and Ferrari) his debut in Formula One. Future four time World Drivers' Champion Alain Prost also used a Renault powered Martini to win the 1978 and 1979 French Formula Three Championship while driving for French team Oreca.

With Reynard, Ralt and Dallara crowding out the F3 market in the late 1980s, Martini reduced their customer program, keeping a stubborn presence in the French F3 championship during the 1990s, until Tico Martini finally sold the company to Guy Ligier in 2004.

Complete Formula One results
(key) (results in bold indicate pole position)

Major titles

 * 21 French Formula Renault titles between 1975 and 1997, with drivers such as Alain Prost, Érik Comas, Olivier Panis or Stéphane Sarrazin
 * 20 French hill climb championship titles between 1979 and 1999, including 10 titles with Marcel Tarrès and one title with Guy Fréquelin
 * 10 French Formula Three championship titles between 1973 and 1999, with drivers such as Jacques Laffite, Alain Prost or Sébastien Bourdais
 * 2 European Formula Two Championship titles, in 1975 with Jacques Laffite and 1977 René Arnoux
 * 2 European Formula Three Championship titles, in 1979 with Alain Prost and 1984 with Ivan Capelli
 * 1 SCCA Super Vee title in 1986 with Didier Theys
 * 1 German Formula Three Championship title, in 1985 with Volker Weidler