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Dodgem (Formerly British Lions) were a British team who have raced in FF1M with a career spanning 22 seasons. The team was owned by ClarkF1 and its team principal is bumbling politician Boris Johnson. The team has a sister team, Super Dodgy, which has run in both FF1M and FF2M.

History

Dodgem's parent company Dodgy Racing Inc. LLC Ltd. began life in 1978 as Chas n' Dave's East End Karting Kompany with Ross Kemp at the helm. They held illegal karting races in Regent Street at night using the unique night life of Soho for corporate sponsorship.

After lots of entertaining and fine dining in the best strip clubs of London, in 1979 a Spearmint Rhino Championship run by Prime Minister-elect Margaret Thatcher was formed.

The team had managed to sign a couple of Karting superstars - young Jenson Button (aged -1) and Enzo Ferrari (aged 81).

In 1980 after the series failed, the team joined the Formula Junior Kart Management (FJKM) series run by intrepid entrepeneur Bing Crosby. They won the Formula Junior Kart Management (FJKM) "Michael Schumacher Is Teh Best" Marty McFly Time Travel memorial trophy at the first attempt.

After an acrimonious split with the series organisers, they set up the rival "Ralf Schumacher will never live up to his elder brother" Doc Brown Memorial Trophy. However the series was a failure due to no other teams competing and circuits made completely of gravel with tarmac run-off areas.

After this fiasco the driving side of the team was put on hiatus with the technical side known as Useless Sods F1 (USF1) providing poor technical support to other teams competing to take part in the inaugural FF1M season and conducting denial-of-service attacks on their rivals' websites.

The Team as we see it today started life as British Lions who were amongst the original 11 teams in the first season of FF1M, but changed their name to Dodgem Racing shortly before the Season 3. They have competed in every season of FF1M through 2009 and won the Drivers and Teams Championships in 1998. This was notable because coming into that season they were yet to win a race. This changed however when Michael Schumacher won the opening round of that years championship for the team. Schumacher went on to win the Drivers Championship with the most points ever scored by a driver in a single season.

The team holds the honour of being the only team in the history of FF1M to go through a full championship season without scoring a single point twice, a feat that it achieved during Season 3 and 2002.

On 14th December 2012, Dodgy Racing Inc. LLC Ltd. announced that their Super Dodgy FF2M team had completed its final season and that 2009 would be the final season for Dodgem F1 Racing.

After the first six races of their final season, Dodgem nobly decided to rely on old technology and withdraw from testing to avoid taking up a spot in races that could go to a team continuing in the FF1M championship next season. After talks with series guru Ajay, Dodgem were allowed to reinstate their 2009 technology for the final race of the season at Suzuka. 

Nick Heidfeld did well qualifying in 10th with team-mate Giorgio Pantano not far behind in 13th. In the race the positions were switched with Pantano finishing a creditable 9th with Heidfeld finishing 12th after a suspension failure near the end of the race.

Results

FF1M

Year Engine Ch. Pos. Races Points Wins Drivers Ch. Pos. Races Points Wins
Season 1 BMW 8th 16 12 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1- Johnny Herbert 11th 16 6
22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1- Martin Brundle 10th 16 6
Season 2 Ford 9th 16 10 22px-Flag of Finland.svg-1- Mika Hakkinen 12th 16 7
22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1- Martin Brundle 16th 16 3
Season 3 Ilmor 11th 17 0 22px-Flag of Germany.svg-1- Ralf Schumacher 21st 17 0
22px-Flag of Japan.svg-1- Takuma Sato 22nd 17 0
Season 4 Ford 10th 17 5 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1- Johnny Herbert 25th 15 0
22px-Flag of Italy.svg-1- Giorgio Pantano 24th 2 0
22px-Flag of Italy.svg-1- Giancarlo Fisichella 17th 17 5
Season 5 Honda 5th 16 68 22px-Flag of France.svg-1- Alain Prost 6th 16 55
22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1- Jenson Button 13th 13 13
22px-Flag of Italy.svg-1- Riccardo Patrese 21st 3 0
Season 6 Ford (Works) 10th 16 17 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1- Nigel Mansell 18th 16 10
22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1- Martin Brundle 19th 16 7
Season 7 Ferrari 7th 17 27 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1- Nigel Mansell 13th 16 23
22px-Flag of Brazil.svg-1- Felipe Massa 18th 16 4
Season 8 Mercedes (Works) 6th 17 56 22px-Flag of Austria.svg-1- Gerhard Berger 12th 17 23
22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1- Damon Hill 8th 17 33
1996 Ferrari 10th 16 18 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1- Martin Brundle 13th 16 18
22px-Flag of Spain.svg-1- Pedro De La Rosa 22nd 11 0
22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1- Oliver Gavin 25th 5 0
1997 Ferrari 8th 17 17 22px-Flag of France.svg-1- Olivier Panis 12th 17 10
22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1- Mark Blundell 14th 17 7
1998 Ferrari (Works) 1st 17 173 8 22px-Flag of Germany.svg-1- Michael Schumacher 1st 17 124 7
22px-Flag of Finland.svg-1- Mika Hakkinen 4th 17 49 1
1999 Ferrari 5th 17 56 22px-Flag of Canada.svg-1- Jacques Villeneuve 8th 17 36
22px-Flag of Brazil.svg-1- Rubens Barrichello 11th 17 20
2000 BMW 5th 16 74 22px-Flag of Canada.svg-1- Jacques Villeneuve 10th 16 31
22px-Flag of Finland.svg-1- Mika Hakkinen 7th 16 43
2001 Mercedes 8th 17 30 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1- Justin Wilson 13th 17 16
22px-Flag of Italy.svg-1- Giancarlo Fisichella 15th 17 14
2002 Ferrari 10th 16 0 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1- Justin Wilson 20th 16 0
22px-Flag of Italy.svg-1- Giancarlo Fisichella 19th 16 0
2003 Ferrari 6th 16 54 22px-Flag of Germany.svg-1- Heinz-Harald Frentzen 8th 16 31
22px-Flag of Brazil.svg-1- Rubens Barrichello 12th 16 23
2004 Ferrari V10 4th 17 67 2 22px-Flag of Germany.svg-1- Michael Schumacher 5th 17 50 2
22px-Flag of Spain.svg-1- Pedro De La Rosa 16th 17 17
2005 Ferrari V10 3rd 17 93 3 22px-Flag of France.svg-1- Sebastien Bourdais 8th 17 34 1
22px-Flag of Germany.svg-1- Michael Schumacher 4th 17 59 2
2006 Ferrari V10 5th 17 75 1 22px-Flag of France.svg-1- Sebastien Bourdais 3rd 17 55 1
22px-Flag of Brazil.svg-1- Rubens Barrichello 12th 17 20
2007 Ferrari V8 9th 15/17 24 22px-Flag of France.svg-1- Sebastien Bourdais 12th 15 18
22px-Flag of Germany.svg-1- Ralf Schumacher 17th 15 6
2008 Ferrari V8 10th 15/17 10 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1- David Coulthard 23rd 15 0
22px-Flag of Germany.svg-1- Timo Glock 13th 15 10
2009 Toyota V8 13th 7/18 1 22px-Flag of Italy.svg-1- Giorgio Pantano 25th 7 0
22px-Flag of Germany.svg-1- Nick Heidfeld 24th 7 1

Super Dodgy

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