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Hart was a Formula One engine manufacturer that participated in 157 Grands Prix, entering a total of 368 cars.

Founded and owned by British engineer Brian Hart, Hart Racing Engines spent most of the 1970s tuning engines for various independent British teams at all levels of motorsport, before building Formula Two engines for the Toleman team in 1979-80, when the team dominated British Formula Two.

For 1981, Hart followed Toleman into Formula One, with an inline four cylinder 1.5l turbo engine. However, the year was a disaster, with Brian Hart's small operation failing to keep pace with better-funded outfits, and the cars only qualified for a race twice. Hart prevailed though, with the best results of a five-year relationship with Toleman coming when Ayrton Senna took 2nd place at the 1984 Monaco Grand Prix. Teo Fabi would take pole position in a Toleman-Hart at the 1985 Austrian Grand Prix. During this period, Hart turbos were used by three other teams - RAM, who used them in 1984-85; Spirit, who also used them in 1984-85, and the Haas Lola team, who used them in 1985-86. While none of their teams performed that well, Hart gained a reputation for excellent work on a small budget.

Following the outlawing of turbocharged engines in Formula One, Hart did freelance work, mainly tuning Cosworth DFR V8s for a number of Formula One teams, including Larrousse, in 1990-91.

Hart would return with an in-house 3.5l V10 in 1993, signing a two-year deal with the Jordan team, culminating in a successful 1994, with Rubens Barrichello finishing 3rd at the Pacific Grand Prix and taking pole position at the Belgian Grand Prix. With the introduction of the 3.0l Formula in 1995, Hart switched to a V8 engine, and these were used by the Arrows team in 1995-1996, with Gianni Morbidelli taking 3rd at the 1995 Australian Grand Prix. For 1997, the engines were taken over by the Minardi team, while Brian Hart himself designed Yamaha's new V10 engine.

Later that year, Tom Walkinshaw bought out the company, and rebranded it as Arrows to fit in with his Formula 1 team. The Yamaha V10 was modified and raced in 1998-1999 as the Arrows V10, with Mika Salo taking a 4th place at the 1998 Monaco Grand Prix. Frustrated with the lack of development, Brian Hart left Arrows in 1999, and the operation basically shut down after Arrows decided to use Supertec engines in 2000.

Complete Formula One results

(Note: grands prix in bold denote points scoring races.)

Although a Hart-powered car never won a Formula One grand prix, many drivers have competed at some time in their careers with Hart engines, including: Jarno Trulli, Eddie Irvine, Ayrton Senna, Rubens Barrichello, and Derek Warwick.

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