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Formula One racing's governing body, the FIA, had announced the inclusion of the Indian Grand Prix for 30 October 2011. [29] Estimated to cost about ₹ 20 billion [ 30 ] ($400 million) to build, the circuit has a length of 5.125 km (3.185 mi) and is spread over an area of 874 acres (354 ha) [ 31 ] and is another creation of Hermann Tilke .
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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 ...
Formula One Management (FOM) is the main operating company of the group, [42] and controls the broadcasting, organisation and promotional rights of Formula One. [43] The company produces the televised feeds of all Grand Prix sessions, which are then supplied through the Eurovision satellites network ( EBU ) to broadcasters who provide ...
It is one of two Formula One constructors owned by Austrian conglomerate Red Bull GmbH, the other being Red Bull Racing. Known as Scuderia Toro Rosso from 2006 to 2019 and Scuderia AlphaTauri from 2020 to 2023, the team was rebranded to its current name for the 2024 season, during which it was known as RB , [ 9 ] and then switched to Racing ...
Formula 1 has contracted a single supplier of tyres since the 2007 season. The supplier ( Pirelli since 2011 ) supplies 5 specifications of slick dry-weather tyres (C1, C2, C3, C4, C5), of which 3 compounds are provided at each race (as soft, medium and hard).
Live broadcasts of Formula One Championship races were available on Viasat's pay-TV-channel V Sport + / 1 / 2, which replaced C More Max in 2022. Current main commentator since 2017 is Niki Juusela. Before him Formula One Championship races commentate Matti Kyllönen (1985–2009), Tomi Tuominen (2001–2003) and Oskari Saari (2004–2016).
The races from 1997 to 2004 (except 1999 and 2001) saw a romp of Michael Schumacher victories, all in a Ferrari. 1999 saw Finn Mika Häkkinen win, and in 2001, there was the first sibling 1–2 finish in the history of Formula 1, as Ralf and Michael Schumacher topped the podium.