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Made in the USA

Forty years before the Haas F1 Team prepares to join the grid, no fewer than three US teams produced cars for the 1975 season: Shadow, Penske and Parnelli. Here, Mario Andretti drives for Parnelli at the United States Grand Prix West at Long Beach. Penske took one victory at Zeltweg in 1976 (thanks to John Watson) and Shadow followed suite at the same circuit a year later (via Alan Jones), but Parnelli never won a race. Since 1980, American teams have no longer been represented in Formula 1.

Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.