Factory-backed

In motorsports, a factory-backed racing team or driver is one sponsored by a vehicle manufacturer in official competitions.

As motorsport competition is an expensive endeavor, some degree of factory support is desired and often necessary for success.

Full factory backing can be often seen in the highest forms of international competition, with major motorsport operations often receiving hundreds of millions of euros to represent a particular manufacturer.

In a broader sense, it can also be any team that is financed and run by a manufacturer or other business, institution, or organization.

The creation of the World Sportscar Championship in 1953 changed motorsport deeply and was marked by the establishment of teams like Ferrari, Aston Martin, Mercedes-Benz, and Jaguar, which began to enter multiple factory backed cars or works cars to compete.