thumb|Willi Kauhsen on the right, [[Henri Pescarolo on the left, at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium in 1975]]
Kauhsen was a Formula One constructor from Germany, founded by former sportscar driver Willi Kauhsen. After having won the Interserie in 1975 the team started in Formula Two in 1976, purchasing Renault cars, and raced with an assortment of drivers with limited success. Kauhsen then entered the 1979 Formula One season, spending 1978 designing their own chassis with Cosworth engines. They participated in two World Championship Grands Prix with Gianfranco Brancatelli, failing to qualify on both occasions, before the team was shut down.
Formula Two
Willi Kauhsen, who had raced Porsches and quasi-works Alfa Romeo sports cars, founded his racing team in Formula Two in 1976, buying the championship-winning Elf-Renault 2J Formula Two cars. The cars, driven by Michel Leclère and Klaus Ludwig, were renamed to Kauhsen-Renaults and initially started successfully, with Leclère taking pole at the first race of the 1977 Formula Two championship at Silverstone. Continued modifications to the chassis by Kauhsen however led to downturns in performance, albeit retiring early in the race due to engine issues. Kauhsen's first World Championship appearance was at the , using another redesigned car. Brancatelli again failed to qualify, with a broken clutch preventing an improvement in pace. and was merged with his own eponymous Merzario team, which had been having a similar lack of success with the A2 chassis. The Kauhsen WK was used as the basis for the Giampaolo Dallara designed Merzario A4 car,
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