Sidus in Astyrian Formula One
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| Full name | Sidus F1 Racing Team |
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| Base | |
| Website | sidusf1.com |
| Previous name | Renetton |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| First entry | 1966 Caprican Grand Prix |
| Constructors' Championships | 3 (2007, 2012, 2015) |
| Drivers' Championships | 3 (2007, 2012, 2015) |
| 2019 position | 3rd |
Sidus has participated in in Astyrian Formula One as a constructor and engine supplier for various periods since 1966. It currently enters the sport as Sidus F1 Racing Team, which has competed in F1 racing since 2006. It is currently based in the Sidus Motor Company Complex in Vuornaa, Valkea, but also operates a secondary base in Ainsley, Aswick.
Sidus first involved itself in Formula One in the 1966 Caprican Grand Prix, but didn't achieve their first win until the 1968 Scottopian Grand Prix. However, due to limited success as well as the onset of the 1971 Valkean Recession, it withdrew from the sport. It later returned in 1983 as an engine supplier for the Delaney F1 team. It would go on to win five consecutive Constructors' Championship titles with Delaney and MacGregor from 1986 to 1990, and three more times from 1992 to 1994. It formally withdrew again in 1997 due to financial troubles that plagued the company after the death of its founder, Heimo Järvinen, though its engines continued to be used in F1 while badged as Comet engines.
It returned again in 2002, supplying engines for Renetton before they bought out the team in 2006, marking their return to racing as a works team after 43 years of absence. Since then, it achieved three Constructors' Championships in 2007, 2012, and 2015. Sidus also supplies engines to the MacGregor F1 team. It has collected many more championships as an engine supplier, with twelve Constructors' Championships.