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| Full name | Automobiles Martini |
|---|---|
| Base | Magny-Cours, France |
| Founder(s) | Renato Martini, Bill Knight |
| Noted drivers |  René Arnoux |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| First entry | 1978 South African Grand Prix |
| Races entered | 9 (4 starts) |
| Engines | Ford Cosworth DFV V8 |
| Constructors' Championships | 0 |
| Drivers' Championships | 0 |
| Race victories | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Points | 0 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Final entry | 1978 Dutch Grand Prix |
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 the team enjoyed successful campaigns in Formula Three, winning French titles with Jacques Laffite (1976), René Arnoux (1977) and Patrick Tambay (1978), and in Formula Renault 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 sold the company to Guy Ligier in 2004.
