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The World Drivers' Championship is awarded to the most successful F1 driver over the course of the season, as determined by a points system based on Grand Prix results, [12] and has been awarded since the first F1 season in 1950. [13] The championship is the successor of the pre-war AIACR European Championship held between 1931 and 1939. [14]
F1 experience with McLaren F1 experience with other teams Years Former series Lewis Hamilton: 1998–2006 Karting (1998–2001) British Formula Renault Championship (2002–2003) Formula 3 Euro Series (2004–2005) GP2 Series 2007–2012: Mercedes (2013–2024) Ferrari (2025–) Kevin Magnussen: 2010–2013 German Formula Three Championship
The European Grand Prix was originally scheduled on the 1985 calendar to be held on a street circuit in Rome but due to unknown reasons it was moved to the southern English Brands Hatch circuit, normally used for the British Grand Prix on even numbered years. Senna took his 6th pole position at an average speed of more than 140 mph (228 km/h).
As can be seen from the McLaren F1 LM and the McLaren F1 GTR track variants, the track performance potential is much higher than that in the standard F1 road car due to the fact that the car should be comfortable and usable in everyday conditions. The suspension is a double wishbone system with an unusual design. Longitudinal wheel compliance ...
Honda Marlboro McLaren McLaren-Honda: MP4/6: Honda RA121E 3.5 V12: G: 1 Ayrton Senna: All 2 Gerhard Berger: All Braun Tyrrell Honda Tyrrell-Honda: 020: Honda RA101E 3.5 V10: P: 3 Satoru Nakajima: All 4 Stefano Modena: All Canon Williams Williams-Renault: FW14: Renault RS3 3.5 V10: G: 5 Nigel Mansell: All 6 Riccardo Patrese: All Brabham Yamaha ...
McLaren M23: Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 L V8: 2 Lukas Halusa F: All Hesketh 308E: Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 L V8: 15 Michel Baudoin F: 3–4, 6–7 Complete Motorsport Solutions Tyrrell 012: Ford Cosworth DFY 3.0 L V8: 3 Ian Simmonds L: 1–2, 4 Tyrrell 011: Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 L V8: 23 Ken Tyrrell H: 4–5 AGS Racing Tyrrell 010: Ford Cosworth DFV 3. ...
After being banned in 2009, in-season testing returned in 2012, with a test held at Mugello on 1 May ahead of the European leg of the 2012 championship. [118] As teams were only permitted to do fifteen days of testing over the course of the season, the pre-season winter testing schedule was cut back to accommodate the Mugello test. [119]
The European Grand Prix (also known as the Grand Prix of Europe) was a Formula One event that was introduced during the mid-1980s and was held every year from 1993 to 2012, except in 1998. During these years, the European Grand Prix was held in a country that hosted its own national Grand Prix at a different point in the same season, at a ...