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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]
The European Grand Prix (also known as the Grand Prix of Europe) was a Formula One event that was introduced during the mid-1980s and was held every year from 1993 to 2012, except in 1998. During these years, the European Grand Prix was held in a country that hosted its own national Grand Prix at a different point in the same season, at a ...
F1 returned to Europe to start the second European tour with the French Grand Prix at the very fast Circuit Paul Ricard with its long 1.1 mile Mistral straight. Keke Rosberg took pole position, averaging more than 140 mph. He was ahead of Senna, Alboreto, Prost and Nelson Piquet.
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 ...
Bruce McLaren: Ret 5 5 M4A: Ford Cosworth FVA 1.6 L4: Alan Rollinson: 9 Ret 1968 M7A: Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8: ROC: INT: OUL: Bruce McLaren: 1 P F: 2 Denny Hulme: 3 1 M5A: BRM P101 3.0 V12: Joakim Bonnier: Ret Ret Ret M2A: Climax V8: Keith St. John WD Trevor Taylor: WD 1969 M7A: Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8: ROC: INT: MAD: OUL: Denny Hulme: 3 Ret ...
The McLaren F1 is a sports car designed and manufactured by British automobile manufacturer McLaren Cars and powered by the BMW S70/2 V12 engine, of which a limited number was produced. The original concept was conceived by Gordon Murray , who successfully convinced Ron Dennis to back the project and hired car designer Peter Stevens to design ...
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. 2022 F1 drivers: How much they make and the ...
Mild Seven Renault F1 Team Renault: R25: Renault RS25 M: 5 Fernando Alonso: All 6 Giancarlo Fisichella: All BMW WilliamsF1 Team Williams-BMW: FW27: BMW P84/5 M: 7 Mark Webber: All 8 Nick Heidfeld [b] 1–15 Antônio Pizzonia: 15–19 Team McLaren Mercedes [c] McLaren-Mercedes: MP4-20: Mercedes FO110R M: 9 Kimi Räikkönen: All 10 Juan Pablo ...