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1.3 Non-championship results. 1.4 As BMW Sauber (2006–2009) ... These are the complete results achieved by BMW cars and engines in Formula One, ...
Gerhard Mitter was killed as a result of crashing his BMW 269 Formula Two car during practice for the 1969 German Grand Prix. The early years of the post-war World Drivers' Championship saw private BMW racing cars, based on the pre-war BMW 328 chassis, entered in the 1952 and 1953 German Grands Prix.
As of the 2024 season, out of the 777 drivers who have started a Formula One Grand Prix, [16] the 75 titles awarded have been won by a total of 34 different drivers. [8] [9] The first Formula One World Drivers' Champion was Giuseppe Farina in the 1950 championship and the current title holder is Max Verstappen in the 2024 season.
From 2011 onwards BMW ceased to support the Pacific and Europe series, in favour of the Formula BMW Talent Cup. [1] The Talent Cup, which was the final Formula BMW championship in existence, ended after the 2013 season .
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 February 2025. Motorsport championship held worldwide "F1", "Formula 1", and "FIA F1 World Championship" redirect here. For other uses, see F1 (disambiguation), Formula One (disambiguation), and List of FIA championships. Formula One Formula One logo since 2018 Category Open-wheel single-seater ...
A total of 75 World Championship seasons of Formula One (F1) have been run. [1] F1 is the highest form of open wheeled auto racing series regulated by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), motorsport's world governing body. [2]
Between the 1974 and 1995 seasons the numbers were based on the teams' finishing positions in the 1973 Constructors' Championship (with slight modifications, e.g. Ferrari's traditional numbers were 11–12 until 1980 and 27–28 from 1981 onwards) and each team only changed numbers if they had the driver who had won the World Drivers ...
At the end of the 1986 season, BMW announced it would drop out of Formula 1 at the end of the 1987 season. BMW's M12/13 engine, however, continued to be used, because Megatron bought the rights to the engines for the Arrows team. The Ligier team was also supplied with the engine for the 1987 season. Following the 1988 season, turbocharged ...