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As of 2022, F1 drivers make anywhere from $40 million to $750,000. Here are salaries, countries of origin, sponsors and car numbers for all drivers.
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 cars.
In Formula One, each car is numbered.Since the inaugural Formula One World Championship in 1950, several numbering systems have been used.This list covers the numbers used by drivers since the start of the 2014 Formula One season, when drivers have been allowed to choose a number that they would carry throughout their career.
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]
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 cars must conform. [2] Each year, the F1 World Championship season is held.
The 2021 W Series season started at the Red Bull Ring, where it was a support event for the Styrian Grand Prix in late June. [144] It ended in late October at the Mexico City Grand Prix. [145] Formula 2 and Formula 3 supported Formula One on alternate weekends, rather than the same ones as a cost saving measure. [146]
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On 12 December 2021, he also became the first Dutch driver to win a Formula One World Championship. [3] He then continued to take the F1 World Champion title again in 2022, 2023, and 2024. Verstappen is due to drive for Red Bull Racing until the end of the 2028 season.