The ATS HS1 was a

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car used by ATS during the

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. It was designed by John Gentry and Robin Herd.

Racing history

After running a

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for 1977, ATS built their own car for 1978 with German

Jochen Mass Jochen Richard Mass (; 30 September 1946 – 4 May 2025) was a German racing driver and broadcaster, who competed in Formula One from to . Mass won the 1975 Spanish Grand Prix with McLaren. In endurance racing, Mass won the 24 Hours of Le Ma ...

and Frenchman

Jean-Pierre Jarier Jean-Pierre Jacques Jarier (; born 10 July 1946) is a French former racing driver, who competed in Formula One from to . Jarier contested 143 Formula One Grands Prix for March, Shadow, ATS, Ligier, Lotus, Tyrrell, and Osella. He achieve ...

as their drivers. The opening race of the season was the

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with Mass 11th and Jarier 12th. In

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, The German had a fuel leak prior to the warm up lap and the team ordered Jarier to give his car up to Mass as he was team leader and the Frenchman didn't start and Mass finished seventh. The

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saw the Mass retire with engine failure and Jarier finish eighth. At the United States West, The German retired with brake failure and the Frenchmen finished 11th but the

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saw both drivers failed to qualify. Jarier left ATS after Monaco as he wanted to focus on

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and

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to rebuild his career and was replaced by Italian

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for

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but he failed to qualify and Mass finished 11th,

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saw the Italian failed to qualify and the German finish ninth. Prior to

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, ATS split with Colombo and was replaced by Finland's

Keke Rosberg Keijo Erik "Keke" Rosberg (; born 6 December 1948) is a Finnish former racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from to . Rosberg won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in with Williams, and won five Grand ...

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whom he was driving for didn't show up, he finished 15th and Mass finished 13th. The

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saw Mass finish 13th and Rosberg 16th, Mass was non classified in

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as he was eleven laps down and Rosberg retired with suspension failure. The

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saw Rosberg return to

and was replaced by Jarier but he failed to qualify and Mass retired from his home race after colliding with fellow German

Hans-Joachim Stuck Hans-Joachim Stuck (; born 1 January 1951) is a German former racing driver, who competed in Formula One from to . Nicknamed "Strietzel", Stuck won the World Sportscar Championship in 1985 and is a two-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans ...

. Jarier quit the team and was replaced by Austrian

Hans Binder Hans Binder (born 12 June 1948) is an Austrian former Formula One driver who raced for the Ensign, Wolf, Surtees and ATS teams. He won the European Formula Ford Championship in 1972 and moved into Formula 2 in 1976. During this year he raced a ...

for

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but both cars failed to qualify, Binder was replaced by Dutchman

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for the

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but both cars failed to qualify. In

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, Mass injured his knee during practice and was out for the rest of the season, he was replaced by Austrian

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, who was eliminated in the pre-qualifying session in his

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but both cars failed to qualify. ATS entered one HS1 for the final two races of the season as they had built the

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for Rosberg to use for the rest of the season. Bleekemolen remained for the final two races, he retired from the

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with an Oil Leak and then failed to qualify for

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Complete Formula One World Championship results

( key) (results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

References

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