Günter Schmid, ex-owner of the ATS company that competed in Formula One for eight years, bought Rial in 1987, ahead of the reduction in power of the turbo-engines in 1988, and set up a Formula One team at Rial's base in Fußgönheim.
Günter Schmid, expropietario da empresa ATS competiu na Fórmula Un durante oito anos, comprou Rial en 1987, antes da redución da potencia dos motores turbo en 1988, e fundou un equipo de Fórmula Un na base de Rial en Fußgönheim.