Formula One

FIRST EDITION

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BY: Luis Alfredo Rosales Ochoa

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SEASON 2016

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FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Since Formula One World Championship’s inception in 1950, the sport has always sought to innovate, constantly pushing the technological boundaries in order to find the quickest route to victory. The sport has frequently pioneered technology that has been successfully transferred to everyday transport. In recent years, however, that process has become somewhat blunted as the automotive industry also pursued a range of alternative power solutions designed to target efficiency. The introduction of a new 1.6 litre, turbo-charged V6 power unit, relying heavily on hybrid technologies, aims to place the world’s foremost single-seat racing series at the cutting edge of automotive technology development, while at the same time preserving the culture of innovation and capacity to thrill that have been at the heart of the sport since its earliest days.

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HISTORY Formula One automobile racing has its roots in the European Grand Prix championships of the 1920s and 1930s. The foundation of Formula One began in 1946 with the FĂŠdĂŠration Internationale de l'Automobile's (FIA's) standardisation of rules. A World Drivers' Championship followed in 1950. The sport's history parallels the evolution of its technical regulations.

In addition to the world championship series, non-championship Formula One races were held for many years, the last held in 1983 due to the rising cost of competition. National championships existed in South Africa and the UK in the 1960s and 1970s.

Formula One was first defined in 1946 by the Commission Sportive Internationale (CSI) of the FIA, forerunner of FISA, as the premier single seater racing category in worldwide motorsport to become effective in 1948. It was initially known variously as Formula A, Formula I or Formula 1 with the corresponding "Voiturette" formula being titled Formula B, Formula II or Formula 2. When the 500c formula was internationally recognised as Formula 3 in 1950 it was never titled as "Formula C" so the three International Formulae were "officially" titled Formula 1, Formula 2 and Formula 3.[1] In the beginning, the formula was largely based on pre-World War II regulations defined by engine capacity.

The regulation expected to bring a new balance betweensupercharged and normally aspirated cars. Non supercharged 4.5 litre pre-war Grand Prix cars were allowed to race against the pre-war 1.5 litre supercharged 'voiturettes' while pre-war supercharged 3 litre Grand Prix cars were banned. The first race under the new regulations was the 1946 Turin Grand Prix held on 1 September, the race being won byAchille Varzi in an Alfa Romeo 158 Alfetta.

Championships for drivers or constructors were not introduced immediately. In the early years there were around 20 races held from late Spring to early Autumn (Fall) in Europe, although not all of these were considered significant. Most competitive cars came from Italy, particularly Alfa Romeo. Races saw pre-war heroes like Achille Varzi, Jean-Pierre Wimille and Tazio Nuvolari end their careers, while drivers like Alberto Ascari and Juan Manuel Fangio rose to the front.

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WILLIAMS F1 Williams is one of the world’s leading Formula 1 teams. It exists purely to race in the top echelon of motor racing, where it has been winning grands prix for more than three decades.

The Williams name has been synonymous with top-level motorsport since the 1960s. After running teams on the sport’s nursery slopes, team patron Frank Williams founded Frank Williams Racing Cars in 1966 and entered F1 in 1969 with his friend Piers Courage behind the wheel.

Frank quickly earned a reputation as one of the industry's more determined individuals and, after selling his controlling interest in his original team, he established Williams Grand Prix Engineering with British engineer Patrick Head in 1977. They built their first car, the FW06, the following year and the team immediately went from strength-to-strength.

Williams has since won 16 FIA Formula One World Championship titles, nine for constructors and seven for drivers, and is the third most successful team on the grid.

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SCUDERIA FERRARI Scuderia Ferrari was founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929 to enter amateur drivers in various races, though Ferrari himself had raced in CMN (Costruzioni Maccaniche Nazionali) and Alfa Romeo cars before that date. The idea came about on the night of November 16 at a dinner in Bologna, where Ferrari solicited financial help from textile heirs Augusto and Alfredo Caniato and wealthy amateur racer Mario Tadini. He then gathered a team which at its peak included over forty drivers, most of whom raced in various Alfa Romeo 8C cars; Ferrari himself continued racing, with moderate success, until the birth of his first son Dino in 1932. The well-known prancing horse blazon first appeared at the 1932 Spa 24 Hours in Belgium on a two-car team of Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Spiders, which finished first and second.

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Ferrari began working on a racecar of his own, the Tipo 815 (eight cylinders, 1.5 L displacement), in the early 1940s.

The 815s, designed by Alberto Massimino, were thus the first true Ferrari cars, but after Alberto Ascari and the Marchese Lotario Rangoni Machiavelli di Modena drove them in the 1940 Mille Miglia, World War II put a temporary end to racing and the 815s saw no more competition. Ferrari continued to manufacture machine tools (specifically oleodynamic grinding machines); in 1943 he moved his headquarters to Maranello, where in 1944 it was bombed.

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MCLAREN McLaren's is a story of restless technical development, characterised by gritty stories of heroism and human endeavour. Our champions past and present will always bring F1 to life: Emerson Fittipaldi ignited the passion of his native Brazil; James Hunt created as many headlines on the front pages as he did on the back; Niki Lauda and Alain Prost turned sport to science; the burning intensity of Ayrton Senna will live forever, while Mika Hakkinen and Lewis Hamilton are remembered for their fearless aggression.

McLaren’s great champions are all individuals who have stood on the sport’s global stage and told their own unique, timeless tale.

These, then, are the stories we continue to tell along our journey.

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RED BULL RACING Red Bull Racing is an Austrian Formula One racing team based in Milton Keynes, England. It is one of two F1 teams owned by beverage company Red Bull GmbH, the other being Scuderia Toro Rosso. The team won four successive Constructors' Championship titles, in 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013, becoming the first Austrian licensed team to win the title.[5] The team also produced the quadruple world champion driver of 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013, Sebastian Vettel. The team is managed by Christian Horner.

The team has used Renault engines since 2007, and has a contract to do so until 2016.[6] After two seasons of poor results Red Bull Racing announced the team will use TAG Heuer branded Renault engines starting from the 2016 season.

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RENAULT Renault are currently involved in Formula One as a constructor, under the name of Renault Sport Formula One Team. They have been associated with Formula One as both constructor and engine supplier for various periods since 1977. In 1977, the company entered Formula One as a constructor, introducing the turbo engine to Formula One in its first car, the Renault RS01. In 1983, Renault began supplying engines to other teams.

Although the Renault team won races and competed for world titles, it withdrew at the end of 1985. Renault continued supplying engines to other teams until 1986, then again from 1989 to 1997.

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Renault returned to Formula One in 2000 when it acquired the Enstone-based Benetton Formula team (formerly Toleman Motorsport), a team which had won the Drivers' Championship in 1994 and both the Drivers' and Constructors' Championships in 1995. In 2002 Renault re-branded the team as the "Renault F1 Team" and started to use "Renault" as its constructor name, and subsequently won both the Drivers' and Constructors' Championships two years in a row, in 2005 and 2006. For the 2011 Formula One season the team competed under the name Lotus Renault GP.[1] In 2012, the team operated as Lotus F1, until 2016, when the team returned to the control of Renault as a works manufacturer.

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Renault has also supplied engines to other teams, including Team Lotus (1983–1987), Benetton Formula (1995–1997, 2001) andWilliams (1989–1997, 2012–13). In addition to its two own team F1 World Constructors' Championships (2005, 2006) and two Drivers' Championships, as an engine supplier, Renault has contributed to nine other World Drivers' Championships. It has collected over 160 wins as engine supplier, ranking third in Formula One history.

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AYRTON SENNA Ayrton Senna da Silva (Brazilian Portuguese; 21 March 1960 – 1 May 1994) was a Brazilian racing driver who won three Formula One world championships in 1988, 1990 and 1991. He was killed in an accident while leading the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. He was among the most dominant and successful Formula One drivers of the modern era and is considered by many as the greatest racing driver of all time.

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FERNANDO ALONSO Fernando Alonso DĂ­az (born 29 July 1981) is a Spanish Formula One racing driver and a double World Champion who is currently racing for McLaren-Honda.

Born in Oviedo, the capital of the autonomous region of Asturias, Alonso started in karting from the age of 3. He won three consecutive karting championships in Spain from 1994 to 1997, and he became world karting champion in 1996. He made hisFormula One debut in the 2001 season with Minardi, and then moved to the Renault team as a test driver the next year. Starting in 2003 Alonso then became one of the main drivers of the team.

On 25 September 2005, he won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship title at the age of 24 years and 58 days, at the time making him the youngest Formula One World Drivers' Champion. After retaining the title the following year, Alonso also became the youngest double Champion at the time. He joinedMcLaren in 2007, before returning to Renault for two seasons in 2008 and 2009.

For the 2010 season, he joined Scuderia Ferrari. Although Alonso did not reach his goal of winning a third title while at Ferrari he managed to finish runner up on three occasions (2010, 2012 and 2013) as well as winning eleven Grands Prix with the team and clearly beating his team mates for points in all five seasons. His strongest title challenges were in 2010 and 2012, finishing both seasons just adrift of title winner Sebastian Vettel. He left Ferrari at the end of the 2014 season, two years prior to the original expiry of his contract.

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FELIPE MASSA Felipe Massa (Portuguese, born 25 April 1981) is a Brazilian Formula One racing driver who currently drives for Williams. Massa started his career in go-karting from the age of eight continuing in national and regional championships for seven years. He moved into Formula Chevrolet and claimed the championship. He moved in Italian Formula Renault in 2000 and won the title along with the European championship. Massa went into Euro Formula 3000 taking the championship.

Massa started his Formula One career with Sauber before joining Scuderia Ferrari as a test driver for 2003. He returned to Sauber for 2004 and 2005 before rejoining Ferrari where he won two races in 2006 including his home Grand Prix becoming thefirst Brazilian since Ayrton Senna to win the Brazilian Grand Prix. Massa won three races in 2007, finishing 4th in the Drivers' Championship. He finished second in the 2008 Drivers' World Championship after a long title battle with Lewis Hamilton. At the2009 Hungarian Grand Prix, Massa was injured by a suspension spring off the Brawn GP car of Rubens Barrichello. Massa was forced to miss the rest of the season but returned in 2010. Massa suffered a dip in form in 2011 scoring no podiums but consistently scoring points. Massa contributed to Ferrari's Constructors Championships in 2007 and 2008 and was under contract to race for the team until the end of the 2013 season. On 10 September 2013, he confirmed he would be leaving Ferrari at the end of the 2013 season. On 11 November, it was announced that Massa would replace Pastor Maldonadoalongside Valtteri Bottas at Williams from 2014.

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JUAN PABLO MONTOYA Juan Pablo Montoya Roldรกn (Born September 20, 1975), known professionally as Juan Pablo Montoya, is a Colombian racing driver. He currently competes in the Verizon IndyCar Series driving for Team Penske. He is the most recent winner of the Indianapolis 500.

The highlights of his career include winning the International F3000 championship in 1998, and the CART FedEx Championship Series in 1999, as well as victories in some of the most prestigious races in the world, including the Indianapolis 500 (2000, 2015), Grand Prix of Monaco (2003), 24 Hours of Daytona (2007, 2008, 2013), British Grand Prix (2005), Italian Grand Prix (2001, 2005) and Grand Prix of Long Beach (1999). He is the only driver to have won the premier North American openwheel CART title, Indianapolis 500, 24 Hours of Daytona, Grand Prix of Long Beach and the Italian Grand Prix all at the first attempt. Montoya is one of two drivers to have won the CART title in his rookie year, the first being Formula One World Champion Nigel Mansell in 1993. He is the only active driver who has won two legs of the Triple Crown of Motorsport in its original definition.

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MICHAEL SCHUMACHER Michael Schumacher (Born 3 January 1969) is a retired German racing driver. He is a seven-time Formula One World Champion and is widely regarded as one of the greatest Formula One drivers of all time. He was named Laureus World Sportsman of the Year twice.[5] He won two titles with Benetton in 1994 and 1995. After his second title he moved to Ferrari for which he drove eleven years. His time with Ferrari yielded five consecutive titles between 2000 and 2004.

He holds many of Formula One's driver records, including most championships, race victories, fastest laps, pole positions and most races won in a single season – 13 in 2004 (the last of these records was equalled by fellow German Sebastian Vettel nine years later). In 2002, he became the only driver in Formula One history to finish in the top three in every race of a season and then also broke the record for most consecutive podium finishes. According to the official Formula One website, he is "statistically the greatest driver the sport has ever seen".

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PASTOR MALDONADO Pastor Rafael Maldonado Motta (Born 9 March 1985) is a Venezuelan racing driver, who competed in Formula One for the Williams and Lotus teams from 2011 to 2015.

Before entering Formula One, he won the 2010 GP2 Series championship. He became the first Venezuelan to win a Formula One Grand Prix when he won the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix, for Williams, from his first pole position. He has sometimes created controversy for his erratic driving style, having caused several accidents throughout his career.

His sponsor was PDVSA (Venezuelan government-operated oil company).

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SEASON 2016 Round

Grand Prix

Circuit

Date

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Australian Grand Prix

Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne

20 March

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Bahrain Grand Prix

Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir

3 April

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Chinese Grand Prix

Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai

17 April

4

Russian Grand Prix

Sochi Autodrom, Sochi

1 May

5

Spanish Grand Prix

Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona

15 May

6

Monaco Grand Prix

Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo

29 May

7

Canadian Grand Prix

Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal

12 June

8

European Grand Prix

Baku City Circuit, Baku

19 June

9

Austrian Grand Prix

Red Bull Ring, Spielberg

3 July

10

British Grand Prix

Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone

10 July

11

Hungarian Grand Prix

Hungaroring, Budapest

24 July

12

German Grand Prix

Hockenheimring, Hockenheim

31 July

13

Belgian Grand Prix

Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot

28 August

14

Italian Grand Prix

Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza

4 September

15

Singapore Grand Prix

Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore

18 September

16

Malaysian Grand Prix

Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur

2 October

17

Japanese Grand Prix

Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka

9 October

18

United States Grand Prix

Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas

23 October

19

Mexican Grand Prix

Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico

30 October

20

Brazilian Grand Prix

Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo

13 November

21

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi

27 November

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