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As of 2024, nine programme drivers have graduated to Formula One, with four of those debuting directly with the McLaren F1 Team: Lewis Hamilton in 2007, Kevin Magnussen in 2014, Stoffel Vandoorne in 2016, and Lando Norris in 2019. Hamilton and Norris have won a Grand Prix race with the team.
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]
However, there is also an ongoing COVID-19 pandemic spreading through the world, raising questions throughout the paddock of whether the Formula 1 drivers should continue racing. As the teams prepare for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, the threat of the pandemic extends to Formula 1 as several team members test positive for COVID-19.
Formula 1 is back in the United States this weekend for the first time since 2019. Sunday's United States Grand Prix (2 p.m. ET, ABC) is set to be the biggest motorsports event of the weekend ...
Formula E is the only other single-seater racing series to have FIA World Championship status outside of Formula 1. There are 11 teams this year and 22 drivers for the season. There are 11 teams ...
The 10-part series is the "first to truly immerse the audience inside the cockpits, the paddock and the lives of the key players in Formula 1".The series covers the 2018 Formula One World Championship and has "unparalleled and exclusive access to the world's fastest drivers, team principals and owners, as well as Formula 1's own management team".
The McLaren F1 Team achieved third in the constructors championship in 2020. However, due to having financial hardships, McLaren F1 Team driver Carlos Sainz Jr., moved away from the team to Scuderia Ferrari. Sainz's move left an empty spot in the McLaren team which was later filled by the Australian driver, Daniel Ricciardo.
Driver name Nationality Seasons competed Drivers' Championships Race entries Race starts Pole positions Race wins Podiums Fastest laps Points [a] Carlo Abate Italy 1962–1963: 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 George Abecassis United Kingdom 1951–1952: 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 Kenny Acheson United Kingdom 1983, 1985: 0 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 Andrea de Adamich Italy 1968, 1970 ...