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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"F1", "Formula 1", and "FIA F1 World Championship" redirect here. For the film based on Formula One,
see F1 (film). For other uses, see F1 (disambiguation), Formula One (disambiguation), and List of FIA
championships.
Formula One
Formula One logo since 2018
Category Open-wheel single-seater Formula
auto racing
Country International
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Inaugural season 1950
Drivers 20
Teams 10
Ferrari
Engine manufacturers
Honda RBPT
Mercedes
Renault
Tyre suppliers Pirelli
Drivers' champion Max Verstappen (2024)
(Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT)
Constructors' McLaren-Mercedes (2024)
champion
Most titles Drivers'
Michael Schumacher
Lewis Hamilton
(7 titles each)
Constructors'
Ferrari (16)
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Formula One (F1) is the highest class of worldwide racing for open-wheel single-
seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA).
The FIA Formula One World Championship has been one of the world's premier forms
of motorsport since its inaugural running in 1950 and is often considered to be the pinnacle of
motorsport. The word formula in the name refers to the set of rules all participant cars must follow.
A Formula One season consists of a series of races, known as Grands Prix. Grands Prix take
place in multiple countries and continents on either purpose-built circuits or closed roads.
A points scoring system is used at Grands Prix to determine two annual World
Championships: one for the drivers, and one for the constructors—now synonymous with teams.
Each driver must hold a valid Super Licence, the highest class of racing licence the FIA issues,
and the races must be held on Grade One tracks, the highest grade rating the FIA issues for
tracks.
Formula One cars are the world's fastest regulated road-course racing cars, owing to high
cornering speeds achieved by generating large amounts of aerodynamic downforce, most of which
is generated by front and rear wings, as well as underbody tunnels. The cars depend on
electronics, aerodynamics, suspension, and tyres. Traction control, launch control, automatic
shifting, and other electronic driving aids were first banned in 1994. They were briefly reintroduced
in 2001 but were banned once more in 2004 and 2008, respectively.[1]
With the average annual cost of running a team—e.g., designing, building, and maintaining cars;
staff payroll; transport—at approximately £193 million as of 2018,[2] Formula One's financial and
political battles are widely reported. The Formula One Group is owned by Liberty Media, which
acquired it in 2017 from private-equity firm CVC Capital Partners for US$8 billion.[3][4] The United
Kingdom is the hub of Formula One racing, with six out of the ten teams based there. [5][6]
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History
Main article: History of Formula One
Formula One originated from the World Manufacturers' Championship (1925–1930) and European
Drivers' Championship (1931–1939). The formula is a set of rules that all participants' cars must
follow. Formula One was a formula agreed upon in 1946 to officially become effective in 1947. The
first Grand Prix in accordance with the new regulations was the 1946 Turin Grand Prix,
anticipating the formula's official start. [7][8] Before World War II, a number of Grand Prix racing
organisations made suggestions for a new championship to replace the European Championship,
but due to the suspension of racing during the conflict, the new International Formula for cars did
not become formalised until 1946, to become effective in 1947. The new World Championship was
instituted to commence in 1950.[9]
The first world championship race, the 1950 British Grand Prix, took place at Silverstone Circuit in
the United Kingdom on 13 May 1950.[10] Giuseppe Farina, competing for Alfa Romeo, won the first
Drivers' World Championship, narrowly defeating his teammate Juan Manuel Fangio. Fangio won
the championship in 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, and 1957.[11] This set the record for the most World
Championships won by a single driver, a record that stood for 46 years until Michael
Schumacher won his sixth championship in 2003.[11]
Juan Manuel Fangio's 1951 title-winning Alfa Romeo 159
A Constructors' Championship was added in the 1958 season. Stirling Moss, despite often being
regarded as one of the greatest Formula One drivers in the 1950s and 1960s, never won the
Formula One championship.[12] Between 1955 and 1961, Moss finished second in the
championship four times and third the other three times.[13][14] Fangio won 24 of the 52 races he
entered—still the re
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