Formula 1: The Official History

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These tales are accompanied by more than 250 exceptional photographs featuring icons past and present, including Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher, Alain Prost, Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen.

Formula 1: The Official History by Maurice Hamilton

Discounting the Indianapolis 500, the World Championship was entirely based in Europe until 1953 when the season opened in Argentina. Since then, there has always been at least one race outside Europe each year. As planned, the World Championship races returned to Formula One regulations for the 1954 season, now based on a new 2.5-litre atmospheric engine regulation. This successfully brought more entrants to the field. Lancia and Mercedes-Benz came to the formula, hiring the best drivers of the era: Ascari for Lancia, Fangio for Mercedes. Featuring desmodromic valves, fuel injection, magnesium and exotic alloys parts, "streamlined" bodywork and other advanced features, the brand new Mercedes began the 1954 season with Fangio taking pole position at the "Grand Prix de l'ACF" at Reims-Gueux with the first lap over 200km/h (124mph) in Formula One before winning the race after a duel with other Mercedes driver Karl Kling, who finished second. Schumacher loses championship runner-up crown". BBC News. 11 November 1997 . Retrieved 28 October 2006. Ferrari won the Constructors titles in 1975, 1976, and 1977. Lauda took a relatively straightforward first Drivers' title in 1975. The main surprise of the season came when the tiny Hesketh team won the Dutch Grand Prix with James Hunt. Despite entering only one car and refusing sponsorship the team finished 4th in the Constructors' Championship. That year also saw Lella Lombardi score the first points by a woman in Formula One for 6th place at the Spanish Grand Prix. With Fangio retired, Mike Hawthorn in a Ferrari took the 1958 Drivers' Championship–becoming the first English driver to earn a title. The British Vanwall team took the maiden Constructors' Championship that season, but ruined their Drivers' Championship aspirations by taking points off one another. Stirling Moss, despite having many more wins than Hawthorn, lost the championship by one point. It was high sportsmanship that cost Moss the 1958 title. When Hawthorn was threatened with disqualification at the finish of the Portuguese Grand Prix for going in the wrong direction (to restart his car following a spin), Moss argued to stewards on Hawthorn's behalf. The points granted Hawthorn were the difference in the championship. This season also saw a woman driving in Formula One for the first time with Maria Teresa de Filippis racing a private Maserati at the Belgian Grand Prix. [note 1]Formula 1: The Official History brings together a superbly written account of the sport's history and an exceptional selection of stunning images from across 70 years of Formula 1. Digital Reads A Curse For True Love : the thrilling final book in the Once Upon a Broken Heart series Grand Prix Cars - Alfa Romeo 158". Ddavid.com. 7 August 1938. Archived from the original on 7 April 2007 . Retrieved 4 October 2010.

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Cost-cutting measures and departure of car manufacturers (2009–2013) [ edit ] See 2009 season, 2010 season, 2011 season, 2012 season and 2013 season. Brawn GP won both the Drivers' and Constructors' Championships in their debut (and only) season in the penultimate round in 2009 Brazilian Grand Prix One of the most important skills that Formula 1 drivers need is the ability to brake late. This means that they have to wait until the last possible moment to hit the brakes, so that they can carry as much speed as possible into the corner. This requires a lot of practice and precision, as it is very easy to overshoot a corner if you brake too late. also saw the return of atmospheric engines to Formula One, after the turbo-only year of 1986. Capacity was increased to 3.5 litres, and the turbo engines were restricted in boost pressure and fuel capacity to limit their effect, with a total ban to be introduced in 1989. Nevertheless, while turbo engines lasted, they dominated, with Williams-Honda winning easily in 1987, and then Honda teaming up with McLaren in 1988 that resulted in the super-team of Prost and Senna winning 15 of 16 races, a record unmatched today. It was Senna who emerged the victor, claiming the first of his three World Titles. Although the basic formula remained unchanged in 1958, races were shortened from around 500km/300miles to 300km/200 miles and cars had to use avgas instead of various fuel mixtures using methanol as the primary component. 1958 saw the introduction of an International Cup for F1 Manufacturers, [7] with points allocated on an 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis to the first six cars in the race (i.e. unlike in the Drivers' Championship, there was no point for fastest lap). Furthermore, points were only awarded to the highest placed car of each make, i.e. if a make finished 1st and 2nd they would receive only eight points and the 3rd placed car would receive 4 points. Indianapolis, which was included in the World Championship of Drivers (though no Formula One drivers competed), did not count towards the International Cup for F1 Manufacturers. [7]

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F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V. Hill, Damon (17 April 2004). "Had Ayrton foreseen his death?". The Times. London: News International . Retrieved 28 October 2006. Formula One automobile racing has its roots in the European Grand Prix championships of the 1920s and 1930s, though the foundation of the modern Formula One began in 1946 with the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile's (FIA) standardisation of rules, which was followed by a World Championship of Drivers in 1950.Here is the perfect book to read before the next season of Drive to Survive. Experience the legendary history of Formula 1 in this new edition of the definitive illustrated book. Further information: 1950 Formula One season, 1951 Formula One season, 1952 Formula One season, 1953 Formula One season, 1954 Formula One season, 1955 Formula One season, 1956 Formula One season, and 1957 Formula One season Juan Manuel Fangio drove this Alfa Romeo 159 to the title in 1951 The entry of Renault also brought Michelin's radial tyres to Formula One. Goodyear, who enjoyed a monopoly before the entry of Michelin, was still using the cross ply design for racing. Goodyear saw the entry of Michelin as a serious threat and made a notable effort in research and development to develop its own radial tyres. Tyrrell's 1977 season was disastrous because Goodyear was too busy to continue to develop the unique small tyres required by the P34. Without continuing development, the tyres became less competitive and the six-wheeled concept had to be dropped. Michelin eventually left F1 after the 1984 season.