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STEM Racing (formerly F1 in Schools) is an international STEM competition endorsed by Formula 1 for students aged 9–19. Groups of 3–6 students have to design and manufacture a miniature F1 car using CAD / CAM and CAE design tools.
Organizers of the ‘F1 in Schools’ competition say the Netflix ‘Drive to Survive’ effect is reaching the classroom with a record number of teams entered in this year’s finals in Singapore ...
F1 experience with Renault/Lotus/Alpine F1 experience with other teams Years Former series Heikki Kovalainen: 2002–2005 British Formula 3 Championship World Series by Nissan (2003–2004) GP2 Series 2007: McLaren (2008–2009) Team Lotus (2010–2011) Caterham Lotus F1 Romain Grosjean: 2006–2009 Formula 3 Euro Series (2006–2007)
Formula E is the highest class of competition for single-seat, electrically powered racing cars, which held its inaugural season in 2014–15.Conceived in 2012, the championship was intended by the FIA to serve as an R&D platform for the electric vehicle and promote interest in EVs and sustainability. [1]
In 2024, Red Bull set up the Red Bull Academy Programme to support the team's F1 Academy drivers. [33] [34] F1 Academy was founded by Formula One as a racing series aimed at developing and preparing young female drivers to progress to higher levels of competition. [35]
The Grand Prix Drivers' Association (GPDA) is the trade union of Formula One drivers.Founded in 1961 and refounded in 1994, it has organised several drivers' strikes and boycotts over the years, primarily in response to unsafe circuits on the F1 calendar and other driver safety issues.
The first World Championship Grand Prix was held in 1950 at Silverstone; since then 77 circuits in total have hosted a Grand Prix.A lot of classic (older) circuits have hosted Grands Prix using different configurations throughout their history: Nürburgring, Spa-Francorchamps, Monza, etc. Taking Nürburgring as an example, the first World Championship race there used the 22.835 km (14.189 mi ...
In 1998, McLaren became the first Formula One team to establish a driver development program, founding the McLaren-Mercedes Young Driver Support Programme; [1] its initial cohort famously included 13-year-old kart racer Lewis Hamilton, [2] who became the first driver development program alumnus in Formula One to win the World Drivers' Championship in 2008. [3]