Formula One is the highest class of international auto racing for single-seater racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile. The World Drivers’ Championship, which became the FIA Formula One World Championship in 1981, has been one of the premier forms of racing around the world since its inaugural season in 1950. A Formula One season consists of a series of races, known as Grands Prix, which take place worldwide on purpose-built circuits and on closed public roads.
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Formula One is the highest class of international auto racing for single-seater racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile. The World Drivers’ Championship, which became the FIA Formula One World Championship in 1981, has been one of the premier forms of racing around the world since its inaugural season in 1950. A Formula One season consists of a series of races, known as Grands Prix, which take place worldwide on purpose-built circuits and on closed public roads. The cars underwent major changes in 2017, allowing wider front and rear wings, and wider tyres, resulting in peak cornering forces near 6. 5 lateral g and top speeds of up to approximately 350 kmh. As of 2019 the hybrid engines are limited in performance to a maximum of 15,000 rpm; the cars are very dependent on electronics and aerodynamics, suspension and tyres. Traction control and other driving aids have been banned since 2008. On 26 November 2017 Formula One unveiled its new logo, following the 2017 season finale in Abu Dhabi during the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit. The new logo replaced F1’s iconic \”flying one\”, which had been the sport’s trademark since 1993. The series is owned by Liberty Media, an American mass media company controlled by its founder and chairman John C. Malone, through its wholly owned subsidiary, the Formula One Group. In August 2020, a new Concorde Agreement was signed by all ten F1 teams committing them to the sport until 2025, including a USD 145M budget cap for car development to support equal competition and sustainable development in the future.
The Formula One series originated with the European Championship of Grand Prix motor racing of the 1920s and 1930s. It was a new formula agreed upon during 1946 after World War II, with the first non-championship races taking place that year. The first Formula 1 race was the 1946 Turin Grand Prix. In 1950, Argentine Juan Manuel Fangio won the first World Championship for Drivers in 1950, narrowly defeating his Alfa Romeo teammate Giuseppe Farina. In a seven-year span between 1955 and 1961 Moss finished as runner-up four times and third place four times in the other three times. Moss is considered to be the greatest driver to have never won the world championship and is now widely considered the greatest Formula One driver of all time. The championship operates globally, with 11 of the 21 races in the 2019 season taking place outside Europe. A championship for constructors followed in 1958, but due to the increasing cost of competition, the last of these occurred in 1983. The races must run on tracks graded \”1\”, the highest grade-rating issued by the FIA. The results of each race are evaluated using a points system to determine two annual World Championships: one for drivers, the other for Constructors. In the UK, Stirling Moss was able to compete regularly, but he was never able to win the championship.
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