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This is a chronological list of vehicles used as safety cars in Formula One racing. The sport has used safety cars unofficially since at least 1973 and officially (under mandated rules and procedures) since 1993. Trials commenced in 1992, as individual circuits otherwise had their own individual safety car arrangements in place.

This list excludes other support vehicles used on circuits, such as medical and rescue vehicles.

Unofficial
Examples of individual circuits' safety car arrangements include the following:
 * 1973 Canadian Grand Prix - Porsche 914 - the sport's first safety car
 * Monaco Grand Prix - Lamborghini Countach from 1980 to 1983.

Trials

 * - the cars involved included the Honda Integra at the Canadian Grand Prix and the Ford Escort RS Cosworth at the British Grand Prix.

Official

 * - Fiat Tempra (Brazilian Grand Prix)
 * - Opel Vectra Turbo 4x4 (San Marino Grand Prix) and Honda Prelude (Japanese GP)
 * - Porsche 911 GT2 (Belgian Grand Prix) and Lamborghini Diablo (never deployed at the Canadian Grand Prix)
 * - Renault Clio Williams (Argentinian Grand Prix)

Mercedes-Benz
Since 1996, the official Formula One safety cars have been supplied by Mercedes-Benz:
 * - C 36 AMG (Belgian Grand Prix)
 * - C 36 AMG and CLK 55 AMG (Argentinian Grand Prix)
 * - CLK 55 AMG
 * - CL 55 AMG

Since 2000, the safety cars supplied by Mercedes have had a designated professional driver, being Bernd Maylander:


 * - CL 55 AMG
 * , - SL 55 AMG
 * - CLK 55 AMG
 * , - SLK 55 AMG
 * , - CLK 63 AMG
 * , - SL 63 AMG
 * ,, - SLS AMG replaced by SLS AMG GT from 2012 Belgian Grand Prix
 * , - SLS AMG GT
 * - GT S (by Mercedes-AMG)