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The 2019 FIA Formula One World Championship was the motor racing championship for Formula One cars which marked the 70th running of the Formula One World Championship.It is recognised by the governing body of international motorsport, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars.
The Formula One 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 Drivers' Championship is presented by the FIA to the most successful Formula One driver over the course of the season through a points system based on ...
The World Championship for Drivers has been contended since 1950, [2] after the Formula One standard was agreed upon in 1946. [5] The Constructors' Championship was added for the 1958 season and has been awarded ever since. [2] Lewis Hamilton has won a record 105 Grands Prix during his career. He won 21 races with McLaren and 84 with Mercedes.
The World Championship rule can be declared invalid if the FIA grants F1 an waiver for its "longâestablished use of the word 'World'." [ 8 ] Each season throughout F1 history has consisted of between 7 and 22 Grands Prix, [ a ] [ 10 ] and the regulations are regularly amended to enable an increase of the maximum number of permitted races each ...
FIA Formula One World Championship: Lewis Hamilton: 2019 Formula One World Championship: Constructors: Mercedes: FIA Formula 2 Championship: Nyck de Vries: 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship: Teams: DAMS: FIA Formula E Championship: Jean-Éric Vergne: 2018–19 Formula E season: Constructors: DS Techeetah Formula E Team: BOSS GP Series: Ingo ...
The Constructors' Championship was first awarded, as the International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers, in 1958 to Vanwall. [9] In 1981 this name was officially changed to the World Constructors' Championship. The makes of both chassis and an engine are included in the constructor name. [10]
The race was the twenty first and final round of the 2019 Formula One World Championship and marked the eleventh running of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and the eleventh time that the race was run as a World Championship event since the inaugural event in 2009.
The Williams FW42 was a Formula One racing car designed by Paddy Lowe, Doug McKiernan and Dave Wheater for the ROKiT Williams Racing team, to compete in the 2019 FIA Formula One World Championship.