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The 2022 FIA Formula One World Championship was a motor racing championship for Formula One cars, which was the 73rd running of the Formula One World Championship. It is recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the governing body of international motorsport , as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing ...
The race was the 19th round of the 2022 Formula One World Championship and the 51st running of the United States Grand Prix, the 43rd time the race was run as a World Championship event since the inaugural 1950 season, and the tenth time a World Championship round was held at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.
Max Verstappen has won 63 Grands Prix, and is the youngest winner in Formula One history. Sebastian Vettel took 53 victories across 16 seasons. Alain Prost held the record until 2001, with 51 victories. Oscar Piastri is the 115th and latest first-time Grand Prix winner, taking his maiden victory at the 2024 Hungarian Grand Prix
Fangio is the oldest winner of the World Drivers' Championship; he was 46 years and 41 days old when he won the 1957 title. [ 15 ] As of the 2024 season, out of the 777 drivers who have started a Formula One Grand Prix, [ 16 ] the 75 titles awarded have been won by a total of 34 different drivers.
Formula One, abbreviated to F1, is the highest class of open-wheeled auto racing defined by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), motorsport's world governing body. [1] The "formula" in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants and vehicles must conform. [ 2 ]
In 1974, the Formula One Constructors' Association (FOCA) was founded in order to increase commercial organisation of Formula One for the benefit of the racing teams. In 1978, Bernie Ecclestone became the executive of FOCA, and fought the Fédération Internationale du Sport Automobile (FISA) for control of the commercial rights of F1.
With simulations running constantly during a Formula 1 race, F1's Red Bull Racing uses cloud computing to make split second decisions like when make a pit stop.
The F1 World Championship season consists of a series of races, known as Grands Prix, held usually on purpose-built circuits, and in a few cases on closed city streets. [3] The World Constructors' Championship is presented by the FIA to the most successful F1 constructor over the course of the season through a points system based on individual ...