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Max Verstappen is the reigning Drivers' Champion, [2] while McLaren-Mercedes are the reigning Constructors' Champions. [ 3 ] 2025 will mark the final year of the ground-effect generation of cars introduced in 2022 and the last year of the drag reduction system (DRS) introduced as an overtaking aid in 2011 as cars with active aerodynamics and ...
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.
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. [1] From 1950 to 1973, driver numbers were allocated by the organisers of each event, with no consistent method deployed across events. [2]
Williams boss James Vowles has revealed Franco Colapinto’s 2025 plans in light of the Argentine driver missing out on a seat in F1 next year.. Colapinto, 21, replaced Logan Sargeant after August ...
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 ...
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.
[2] [11] 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 ...
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