
:''F1 redirects here. For other uses of the abbreviation, see F1 (disambiguation).'' {| style="float:right" | [[Image:Formula One race.jpg|thumb|215px|Cars jockey for position during the 2004 Monaco Grand Prix Monaco Grand Prix, one of the nineteen annual Formula One races]] |- | |} Formula One, abbreviated to F1 and also known as Grand Prix racing, is the highest class of single-seat open-wheel formula racing auto racing. It is a worldwide sport, involving an annual World Drivers Championship and World Constructors Championship, and is the most expensive sport in the world, as annual team budgets average in the hundreds of millions of United States dollar. It is based around a series of races (19 in 2005 Formula One season), known as ''grands prix'', on custom-constructed courses or closed-off street circuits. The sport has traditionally been centred in Europe, which undoubtedly remains its leading market, but races have also been held in the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Australia. New races in Bahrain and China, one planned for 2005 in Turkey, and others discussed for Mexico, India, Russia and South Africa have reinforced the sport's "worldwide" image. The sport is regulated by the FIA, Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, and is generally promoted and controlled by Bernie Ecclestone. == History == [[Image:Fangio_moss_monza.jpg|thumbnail|200px|Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss at Autodromo Nazionale Monza in 1955]] ''Main Article: History of Formula One''
''See List of Formula One Grands Prix for results from past seasons and individual races.'' Historically, the Formula One series evolved from the European Grand Prix motor racing (''q.v.'' for pre-1947 history) of the 1920s and 1930s. A number of European racing organizations laid out rules for a World Championship before World War II, but due to the suspension of racing during the war, the drivers championship was not formalized until 1947, and first run in 1950; a championship for constructors followed in 1958. Non-championship Formula One races were held for many years, but due to rising costs and sinking interest, the last of these ended in the early 1980s. === Early years === [[image:rntbrm3litergp.jpg|thumb|Cover of Road & Track magazine, showing a BRM H16 Formula One engine in car]] Giuseppe Farina won the first World Championship in his Alfa Romeo in 1950, barely beating team-mate Juan Manuel Fangio. However, Fangio won the title in 1951 and four more in 1954 through 1957, his streak interrupted by two-time champion Alberto Ascari of Scuderia Ferrari. Though Stirling Moss was able to compete with him regularly, Fangio is remembered for dominating Formula One's first decade. The first major technological development, Cinquemani's introduction of mid-engined cars, occurred in the 1950s; Jack Brabham, champion in 1959 and 1960, soon proved the new design's superiority, and it quickly and permanently replaced the front-mounted engine model. The first United Kingdom World Champion was Mike Hawthorn, who drove a Ferrari to the title in 1958; however, when Colin Chapman entered F1 as a chassis designer and later founder of Lotus (car), British racing green came to dominate the field for the next decade. Between Jim Clark, Jackie Stewart, Jack Brabham, Graham Hill, and Denny Hulme, British teams and commonwealth drivers won twelve world championships between 1962 and 1973. In 1962, the Lotus team introduced a car with aluminium sheet chassis called a monocoque in place of the traditional tubular chassis; this proved to be the next major technological breakthrough since the introduction of rear-engined cars. In 1968, Lotus painted Imperial Tobacco livery on their cars, thus introducing sponsor to the sport. It has since become the teams' biggest source of income by far, and cigarette manufacturers remain a major and controversial financial resource for Formula One. Aerodynamic downforce had slowly gained importance in car design since the appearance of aerofoils in the late 1960s. In the late 1970s Lotus introduced ground effect aerodynamics that provided enormous downforce and greatly increased cornering speeds. The formation of the Federation Internationale du Sport Automobile in 1979 set off the FISA-FOCA war, during which FISA and its president Jean Marie Balestre clashed with the Formula One Constructors Association over television profits. === Rise in popularity === 1981 Formula One season saw the signing of the first Concorde Agreement, a contract which bound the teams to compete until its expiration and assured them a share of the profits from the sale of television rights, bringing an end to the FISA-FOCA war and contributing to Bernie Ecclestone's eventual complete financial control of the sport. The FIA permanently banned Colin Chapman's ground effect aerodynamics in 1983 Formula One season. By then, however, turbocharged engines, which Renault Sport had pioneered in 1977 with their RS01 car, were producing over 1000 bhp (750 kilowatt) and were essential to be competitive. These cars were and still are the most powerful open-wheel circuit racing cars ever, but to reduce speeds, the FIA limited fuel tank capacity and boost pressures before banning turbochargers in 1989 Formula One season. In the early 1990s, teams started introducing electronic driver aids such as power steering, traction control, and semi-automatic gearboxes. Some were borrowed from contemporary road cars; some, like active suspension, were primarily developed for the track and later made their way to the showroom. The FIA, due to complaints that technology was determining the outcome of races more than driver skill, banned many such aids in 1994 Formula One season. The teams signed a second Concorde Agreement in 1992 and a third in 1997, which is due to expire on the last day of 2007. On the track, the Team McLaren and WilliamsF1 teams dominated the late 1980s and 1990s. Renault-powered Williams drivers Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost, Damon Hill, Jacques Villeneuve and Nelson Piquet (the latter with a Honda-powered machine, in 1987) won several world championships, as did McLaren's Niki Lauda, Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna, and Mika Häkkinen. The rivalry between racing legends Senna and Prost became F1's central focus in 1988 Formula One season, and continued until Senna's death in a crash at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, after which the FIA vowed to improve the sport's safety standards; since that weekend, no driver has died on the track during a race. Drivers from McLaren, Williams and Scuderia Ferrari, dubbed the "Big Three", have won all but two World Championships since 1984; their streak was interrupted only by Michael Schumacher's two titles with Benetton Formula. Due to the technological advances of the 1990s, the cost to compete in Formula One rose dramatically; this increased financial burden, combined with three teams' dominance, caused the poorer independent teams to struggle not only to remain competitive, but to stay in business. Financial troubles forced several teams to withdraw, the most recent examples being Prost Grand Prix and Arrows during the 2002 Formula One season. === Modern F1 === The early 2000s have been dominated by Michael Schumacher and a resurgent Ferrari, whilst several driver aids returned due in part to rumours that teams were able to evade the restrictions. During the early 2000s, Bernie Ecclestone's Formula One Administration created a number of trademarks and an official website for the sport ([http://www.formula1.com/ formula1.com]) in an attempt to give it a corporate identity. Ecclestone experimented with a digital television package, known as Bernievision, by which a fan could purchase an entire F1 season, but after poor viewing figures in 2002 the program was discontinued. In the current 2005 season, Ferrari has only won a single race (The US Grand Prix, which was ran under exceptional circumstances which lead to the withdrawal of 7 out of 10 teams). Many theorise this is because of their use of Bridgestone tires (Ferrari, Jordan and Minardi are the only teams that don't use Michelin). Fernando Alonso of Renault and Kimi Räikkönen of McLaren are currently the two drivers most likely to win the championship. This year has also shown the suprising performance improvement of Toyota and Red Bull Racing. == Racing and strategy == [[Image:BAR pitstop.jpg|thumb|230px|The British American Racing team executes a pit stop, refueling Jenson Button's car and changing its tyres at the 2004 French Grand Prix]] ''Main Articles: Formula One racing, Formula One regulations'' A Formula One Grand Prix event spans an entire weekend, beginning with two free practices on Friday, and two free practices on Saturday. After these practice sessions, a qualifying session determines a driver’s position on the starting grid for Sunday’s race. For this qualifying session, held on Saturday, drivers set a timed "flying lap" on the empty track with a race fuel load. The drivers take off from the pits within a minute off each other. The start order for the qualifying lap is determined by the previous race’s finish order, with the winning driver of the last race going last. For the first qualifying session of the season the previous year’s championship standing will determine the order. At the end of this session cars are held within the ''parc fermé'' and no refueling is allowed until after the start of the race. Teams have to thus plan the optimum fuel load having both the qualifying and the race in mind. The grid order for the race is determined based on the best time from the qualifying session. In the past it was common for slower cars to receive a "DNQ" (did not qualify) designation, teams can no longer risk the cost of showing up without racing; thus all cars who participate in qualifying take part in the race. The teams may not change anything on the car between the qualifying and the race. The race begins with a warm-up "parade lap," after which the cars assemble on the starting grid in the order they qualified. If a driver stalls before the parade lap, and the rest of the field passes him, then he must start from the back of the grid. As long as he moves off and at least one car is behind him, he can retake his original position. A light system above the track then signals the start of the race. Races are a little over 300 kilometres (180 miles) long and are limited to two hours, though in practice they usually last about ninety minutes. Throughout the race, drivers make one or more pit stops in order to refuel. The FIA awards points to the top eight drivers and their respective teams in each race. The winner of the two annual championships are the driver and the team who have accumulated the most points at the end of the season. == Drivers and constructors == ''See also: List of Formula One constructors, List of Formula One drivers, List of Formula One people, List of Formula One World Champions'' Formula One teams must build the chassis in which they compete, and consequently the terms "team" and "constructor" are interchangeable; this requirement distinguishes the sport from "spec series" such as Indy Racing League and NASCAR. In its early years, F1 teams commonly constructed their engines as well. It has since become rare that a team should construct its own engine, and with the involvement of major car manufacturers such as BMW, Daimler Chrysler, Renault, Toyota, and Honda, such privately-built engines have become less competitive. Early manufacturer involvement came in the form of a "factory team", i.e. one owned and staffed by a major car company, such as those of Alfa Romeo (now defunct) or Renault Sport. Companies such as Cosworth and Supertec, which had no direct team affiliation, often sold engines to teams who could not afford to manufacture them, but these largely died out in favour of the present system, in which one manufacturer supports one team. Though Toyota, Ferrari (FIAT), and Renault still maintain factory teams, BMW, Daimler-Chrysler, and Honda provide engines and sponsorship for privately-owned teams in return for prominent advertisement on their team clothing and car livery. Some smaller teams, such as Sauber, purchase their engines from larger teams. The only remaining commercial engine-manufacturer is Cosworth, which supplies engines for Red Bull Racing and Minardi. The sport's 1950 Formula One season saw eighteen teams compete, but due to rising costs many dropped out quickly. Scuderia Ferrari is the only still-active team which competed in 1950, and during the 2004 season only ten teams remained on the grid, each fielding two cars. Although teams rarely disclose information about their budgets, it is estimated that they average in the hundreds of millions of United States dollars. Entering a team now requires a £25 million up-front payment to Bernie Ecclestone, which is then repaid to the team over the season. As a consequence, constructors desiring to enter Formula One often prefer to buy an existing team: British American Racing's purchase of Tyrrell and Midland F1's purchase of Jordan Grand Prix permitted both of these teams to sidestep the large deposit. The FIA has awarded the Formula One World Drivers Championship annually since 1950 and the Formula One World Constructors Championship annually since 1958. Germany driver Michael Schumacher holds the record for having won the most Drivers' Championships (seven) and Scuderia Ferrari holds the record for having won the most Constructors' Championships (fourteen). Jochen Rindt has the distinction of having been the only posthumous World Champion. Each car is assigned a number. The previous season's World Drivers Champion is given the number 1, with his team mate given the number 2. Numbers are then assigned according to each team's position in the previous season's World Constructors Championship. There have been exceptions to this rule, such as in 1993 and 1994, when the current World Drivers Champion was no longer competing in Formula One. In this case the drivers for the team of the previous year's champion are given numbers 0 and 2. The number 13 has not been used since 1974, before which it was occasionally assigned at the discretion of individual race organizers. == Grands Prix == [[Image:Formula one.jpg|thumb|200px|Cars wind through the infield section of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway at the 2003 United States Grand Prix United States Grand Prix]] ''See also: List of Formula One Grands Prix'' The number of Grands Prix held in a season has varied over the years. Only seven races comprised the inaugural 1950 season; over the years the calendar has more than doubled in size. Though the number of races stayed at sixteen or seventeen since the 1980s, it has reached nineteen in 2005. Six of the original seven races took place in Europe; the only non-European race in 1950 was the Indianapolis 500, which, due to lack of participation by F1 teams, was later replaced by the United States Grand Prix. The F1 championship gradually expanded to other non-European countries as well: Argentina hosted the first South American grand prix in 1953 Argentinian Grand Prix, and Morocco hosted the first African World Championship race in 1958. Asia (Japan, 1976) and Oceania (Australia, 1985 Australian Grand Prix) followed as well. The current nineteen races are spread over the continents of Europe, Asia, Oceania, North America, and South America. Traditionally, each nation has hosted a single grand prix that carries the name of the country. If a single country hosts multiple grands prix, they receive different names; for example, Germany, Spain and Britain have at various times held a second race known as the European Grand Prix. The grands prix, some of which have a history that predates the Formula One World Championship, are not always held on the same circuit every year. The British Grand Prix, for example, though held every year since 1950, alternated between Brands Hatch and Silverstone from 1963 to 1986. The only other race to have been included in every World Championship season is the Italian Grand Prix; it has occurred at Autodromo Nazionale Monza, except when it was at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in 1980. One of the newest races on the Grand Prix, held in Bahrain, represent Formula One's first penetration into the Middle East with a high tech purpose built desert track. The Bahrain Grand Prix along with other new races in China present new opportunities for the growth and evolution of the Formula One Grand prix franchise while also raising the bar for other Formula One racing venues around the world. == Circuits == [[Image:Ims aerial.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Indianapolis Motor Speedway, venue for the United States Grand Prix]] ''See also: List of Formula One circuits'' Most of the currently used circuits are specially constructed for competition. The only real street circuit is the Circuit de Monaco, used for the Monaco Grand Prix, though a street race in London has been discussed. Some of the other circuits are also completely or partially laid out on public roads, such as those of Spa-Francorchamps or Montréal. The glamour and history of the Monaco race are the primary reasons the circuit is still in use, since it does not meet the strict safety requirements imposed on other tracks. Three times World champion Nelson Piquet famously described racing in Monaco as "flying with a helicopter in your living room." However, new tracks such as the Bahrain International Circuit provide new dimensions and challenges for Formula One drivers on the first ever Grand prix desert track with its multiple overtaking opportunities and associated climatic distinctions to other circuits. Circuit design to protect the safety of drivers is becoming increasingly sophisticated, as exemplified by the new track in Bahrain. Where in the 1950s a driver was lucky to find a strategically placed strawbale to absorb his impact, modern Formula One circuits feature gravel traps and tyre barriers to reduce risk of injury in crashes. This is an ongoing task - after the deaths of Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger during the 1994 season, the FIA mandated further changes to circuits. These were mostly aimed at better matching how fast a car is travelling when an accident occurs with the runoff space available for it to decelerate and at improving the ability of barriers to safely absorb the energy of a crash. A typical circuit usually features a stretch of straight road on which the starting grid is situated. The ''pit lane'', where the drivers stop for fuel and tyres during the race, and where the constructors work on the cars before the race, is normally located next to the starting grid. The layout of the rest of the circuit varies widely. Some of the curves on circuits have become well known on their own, such as the high-speed ''Eau Rouge'' at Spa-Francorchamps. == The future of Formula One == ''Main Article: Future of Formula One'' Formula One went through a difficult period in the early 2000s. Viewing figures dropped, and fans expressed their loss of interest due to the dominance of Michael Schumacher and Scuderia Ferrari. At present, smaller teams suffer from spiralling costs. Safety also remains a key issue. As such, many want to see rule changes to deal with these issues. Throughout the 2004 season, Formula One Management president Bernie Ecclestone repeatedly voiced his disapproval of the Silverstone Circuit, and suggested that unless its owners, the British Racing Drivers Club, modernise the facilities, the British Grand Prix would not appear on the 2005 schedule. Following failed negotiations with BRDC president Jackie Stewart in October 2004, Ecclestone announced the race's removal from the next season's provisional calendar. The BRDC and Ecclestone have since come to an agreement to extend the British Grand Prix at Silverstone for another five years, through 2009. Due to financial difficulty, the future of the French Grand Prix also remains in doubt. However, a Turkish Grand Prix will take place in Istanbul, Turkey for the first time in 2005, and a Mexican Grand Prix has been planned for 2006. Bernie Ecclestone has also made a promise that F1 will return to South Africa within five years. He has begun talks with a consortium planning to build an F1 circuit in Cape Town. Ecclestone has also made a pledge to hold a Russian Grand Prix either in Moscow or St. Petersburg in the near future. He is in nearly continuous talks with potential race promoters all around the world. It is believed that one signicant factor that has F1 searching for venues outside of Europe is the spread of laws in Western nations prohibiting cigarette advertising in sport. The future of the United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis is now in serious doubt after the 2005 United States Grand Prix turned into a farce that saw only six of the planned 20 cars take the green flag, due to concerns about tire safety and political wrangling between constructors and the FIA. However, Ecclestone is reportedly trying to bring the U.S. Grand Prix to Las Vegas. === Rule changes === For 2005, there has been a radical overhaul of the technical regulations. Drivers are only able to use one set of tyres per race, with pitstops for tyre changes being banned (unless the tyre is damaged). Restrictions have also been placed upon downforce in an attempt to slow the cars down and each engine must be used for two consecutive races. A revised qualifying format was used for the first part of 2005 season. For each race, two separate sessions were run: the first qualifying session took on the day before the race (Saturday) at 13:00; the second qualifying session started four hours before the start of Sunday's race: in both qualifying sessions each driver will drive a single timed lap. The starting order for the first qualifying session was the previous race classification reversed; in the second qualifying session it was the first session classification reversed. The starting grid was drawn up according to the fastest aggregate time of each driver, taking into account both qualifying sessions. Cars were required to carry their race fuel in the second qualifying session; refuelling was not allowed between this and the race. Starting from the Grand Prix of Europe 2005, a new qualifying method has replaced the two-day aggregate qualifying. This new format consists of one saturday qualifying session on the day before the race at 13:00 CET, except in the races taking part in the USA and in Canada where it starts at 12:00 (local time). The starting order for this qualifying session is the previous race classification reversed. Cars must carry race fuel amounts during this Saturday afternoon session and refulling is not permitted between qualifying and the race. Beginning with the 2006 season, the power of engines will also be decreased. A 2.4L V8 will be used instead of the 3L V10. However, some teams will be allowed to continue using the V10 with a rev limiter in order to cut costs. The switch to smaller engines may not mean a signifigant decrease in power, however, because some engine suppliers have already indicated that their smaller V8s can rev higher than the 19,000rpms normal for the current V10s. In the long run, the FIA intends to introduce greater restrictions on testing and the introduction of standardized electronic units and tyres. === Small teams === The Ford Motor Company's decision to pull out of Formula One exposed the vulnerability of some small teams. Jaguar Racing was put up for sale and bought by Red Bull; it is now known as Red Bull Racing. As for other teams, Jordan Grand Prix and Minardi both relied on Ford's Cosworth engines. Jordan have now clinched a deal to use Toyota engines. Minardi, on the other hand, will continue to use Cosworth engines under Cosworth's new owners. The chances have been greatly reduced, but if a team were to pull out before the beginning of the 2005 season, larger teams would have to enter three cars into each race to make up the numbers, as there must be 20 cars entering each race. Three new teams are intending to enter Formula One - BMW, Midland F1 and Team Dubai. Midland F1 have decided to buy Jordan Grand Prix, thereby avoiding having to pay the large deposit required to enter Formula One. Similarly, BMW are buying the Sauber team. == References == *Arron, Simon and Mark Hughes. [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?link_code=ur2&camp=1789&tag=averyws-20&creative=9325&path=ASIN/0760316880/qid=1119374338/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1 The Complete Book of Formula One]. (Motorbooks International, 2003). *Jones, Bruce. 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Parragon. == See also == * Grand Prix Legends (video game, 1998) * Formula One (game) * List of international Formula One colors * List of racing drivers == External links == === Official sites === * [http://www.formula1.com Formula1.com] — The official site of Bernie Ecclestone's Formula One Management; contains schedules, statistics, race results, live timing during each race, and some news * [http://www.fia.com/sport/Regulations/f1regs.html Current regulations] from the [http://www.fia.com/ FIA website] === News and reference === * [http://www.grandprix.com GrandPrix.com] — F1 news and a Grand Prix encyclopædia * [http://www.newsonf1.com/ NewsOnF1.com] — News, results, information, and statistics * [http://www.itv-f1.com ITV.com/f1] — News, pictures, and commentary from ITV, F1's British broadcasters; also from Matt Bishop and F1 Racing magazine * [http://www.fujitv.co.jp/f1gp/index2.html Fuji TV - F1] — Results and ranking from Fuji Television, F1's Japanese * [http://www.f1live.com f1live] — News, pictures, live results, information and many more broadcasters * [http://www.f1db.com/ Formula One DataBase] — History, and statistics * [http://www.forix.com/ FORIX] — Formula One Results, Information, Statistics * [http://www.autocourse.tk/ Autocourse.tk] Directory of the automobile sport === Insight and commentary === * [http://www.atlasf1.com Atlasf1.com] — An online F1 magazine (subscription required) * [http://www.fun-1.org/ Fun-1] — Daily satirical commentary on current F1 news * [http://f1.fastmachines.com/ FastMachines.com] — Weblog containing regular F1 news and commentary * [http://www.funof1.com.ar/f1/_eng.htm Funo!] — Texts, numbers, images and statistics of Formula 1 === Other sites === * [http://www.mad4f1.com mad4F1.com] — latest news, results, images, articles from the exciting world of Formula 1 racing Auto racingFormula One vi:Công thức 1 zh-cn:一级方程式赛车
Talk:Formula One/Archive 1 Templates and categories relating to Formula One: * :Category:Formula One * :Category:Formula One drivers * :Category:Formula One circuits * :Category:Formula One Grands Prix * Template:Formula One * Template:Formula One teams * Template:Formula One races * Template:Formula One people * Template:F1 team (custom template for constructor articles) == FAC criticisms == === Removal of 'duplicate links' === Regarding the recent edit, I guess as they were merely links, this is fair enough. However, I think it would be better to have a list of grands prix in the current season, which I seem to remember there was a while ago. Any other thoughts? User:Doctorvee 17:56, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC) :I agree. I think some small bit of information should appear in the main article as a "summary" of each list (strange as that sounds). I'm about to change these a bit in accordance with WP:FAC criticisms. User:Rdsmith4 20:25, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC) ::It would seem right to include the 2004 races seeing as we have included the 2004 teams and drivers. I'm interested to see how you summarise the lists because I couldn't think how to do that. User:SamH 20:34, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC) ::I think there are some fair points made in the WP:FAC discussion. To be honest, I think there is still a few of improvements to be made. Perhaps the criticism about lists is fair enough. If you take a look at Cricket, which was recently a Featured Article, there isn't a list of nations who take part in test cricket, for example. I think this is worth further discussion. I don't have much time at the moment, but I'll think of some suggestions I have to make the article and Formula One-related articles better. User:Doctorvee 21:45, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC) === History section === I've done a bit of copyediting and addition to the history section of the article, and I'm trying to make sure it is only a summary of History of Formula One (i.e. short and concise), but it remains almost entirely concerned with technical regs and car evolution. Dominant drivers of each era at least deserve a mention, and maybe some of the minor formula changes can be removed since they aren't terribly necessary. User:Rdsmith4 00:37, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC) === Some suggestions === As I said, I have a few suggestions to make regarding articles related to Formula 1. The recent changes to the main article are a step in the right direction. However, I feel that there should be a dedicated section for the current season (listing teams, drivers and grands prix) to allow the rest of the article to concentrate on history and suchlike. How do people feel about covering third drivers? Third drivers play a bigger role than they used to, as they now travel to grands prix for Friday testing. But they still don't score World Championship points or anything. Should they be included in, for example, the list of teams and drivers and the teams template? There are inconsistencies. For instance, the Sauber article has a list of all drivers who have raced for Sauber in the past. None of the other teams have this, and if they did, a lot of the lists would be too long. Perhaps categories should be created instead? It is possibly not important enough to have a category created for Sauber drivers. But I don't think listing them is entirely without merit. Something I'd like to see personally is an article of the Concorde Agreement. It seems to be quite important, but my knowledge of it is very patchy. What are other people's thoughts? User:Doctorvee 17:57, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC) :I'm neutral on whether to split this season's teams, drivers and races into a separate section. I'm also neutral on whether they should be included in the main article or kept in separate articles. :I don't think we should include third drivers in the list and template because they don't actually compete in the championships, only the constructors and the race drivers do. In know that third drivers play an important role, but so do say, chief engineers, but we don't include them. However, if there is a strong feeling to include them I would be OK with it. :As for listing teams' past drivers on their individual articles (as has been done on Sauber), I don't feel this is necessary, but if people want to do it then I think a category (e.g. :Category:Sauber drivers) would be more appropriate. However, I don't feel that we need to worry about all F1 related articles at the moment, just the main ones. :Regarding the Concorde Agreement, I agree that it should be mentioned, but as I understand, its contents are secret so it would be difficult to discuss it in detail. :IMO, two main things need to be done to bring this article to Featured standard: :#The future section (currently at the bottom of History of Formula One) needs to be taken into the main article, updated and expanded. This would be the place to talk about the Concorde Agreement. :#The second half of the history summary needs to include info on dominant drivers and teams as well as major events in F1 (e.g. Senna and Ratzenberger deaths). User:SamH 09:53, 24 Sep 2004 (UTC) ::Oops, I already started editing the article when you wrote this. Hope it's okay though, I've shuffled a couple of things about and added third drivers and grands prix in a '2004 season' section. I agree with your other points though. User:Doctorvee 10:24, 24 Sep 2004 (UTC) :::Nice work; definitely an improvement. User:SamH 11:48, 24 Sep 2004 (UTC) ::I very much like the 2004 section. However I'd like to point out that the first time this article went through FAC it was agreed that the 'future of F1' section had no place in the main article; perhaps a short Future bit as a subsection of==History== would be appropriate. I also think the Concorde Agreement belongs in History - yes, it was important, but it does not need another section; details can go on its own (as of yet nonexistent) article. User:Rdsmith4 12:05, 24 Sep 2004 (UTC)
:::Surely discussion about the ''future'' of the sport does not belong in the article "''History'' of Formula One"? As for the Concorde Agreement, I'm not advocating a separate section, I'm just saying we should mention it's effect on the sport. I belive that the "future" section is the most relavent place to do this. User:SamH 13:40, 24 Sep 2004 (UTC)
::Re: including 'Future of F1' in main article, fair enough. The section needs work, however; I'll copyedit but it also needs expansion.
::Also, the Concorde Agreement(s) is (are) more past than future - one, which ended the FISA-FOCA war, ran from 1981 to 1987. The second began in 1997 and will expire in 2007, so it's mostly over. User:Rdsmith4 04:37, 25 Sep 2004 (UTC)
::Ah, I wasn't aware that there has been two Concorde Agreements. The reason I was suggesting talking about it (the second one) in relation the future was because of the speculation that a breakaway series could be created by disgruntled teams in 2008. I do agree though that the argreements are mainly related to the history of the sport. User:SamH 09:26, 25 Sep 2004 (UTC)
==Midland F1==
It may need some editing relating to verb tense, but I included that the new team intends to bring in a Russian driver. The previous wording ("is expected to") left open the possibility that this could just be speculation. Since the page may disappear (I'm not sure about Reuters' archiving policies), I'll include their direct quote here:
* "Of course the team will have a Russian flavour and in time we hope to bring a Russian driver into Formula One," said Midland chairman Alex Shnaider, a naturalised Canadian citizen born in St Petersburg, in a statement.
(Source: [http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=motorSportsNews&storyID=6448720§ion=news Article titled "UPDATE 1-New team to enter Formula One in 2006"], dated Fri 8 October 2004 07:41.) - User:Cafemusique 09:27, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)
== Wikipedia:WikiProject Formula One ==
Because Formula One is an enormous subject area, because it has proven difficult to divide it into appropriate subtopics, and because there are numerous articles of the same type which should be standardized (GPs, constructors, circuits, etc.), I have drafted a Wikipedia:WikiProject, creatively titled Wikipedia:WikiProject Formula One, and a Template:WikiProject Formula One to go on the talk page of all F1-related articles. Please share your opinions and feel free to edit my drafts. — User:Rdsmith4 17:36, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)
:Can't help but notice that there is an article on Grand Prix motor racing in addition to this one on Formula one. Is a merge in order?User:Gzuckier 22:02, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)
::I don't think so. Grand Prix motor racing covers the sport of grand prix racing before the establishment of the World Championship in 1950, which is when Formula One as we know it today started (although the formula itself was devised before 1950). Hope this explains the logic of separate articles. User:SamH 22:08, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)
:::Oh, OK, now I get it. Thanks. User:Gzuckier 03:32, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
== References ==
I have added the sources I've used in my major edits to this article under the required heading at the bottom. If any of the article's other contributors have user other trustworthy sources (books, perhaps? nobody sells F1 books where I live), please feel free to add them. User:Rdsmith4 03:35, 26 Oct 2004 (UTC)
:I've added the books that I used in my edits. I used my interpretation of the guidelines at Wikipedia:Cite sources and the style guides it links to. I don't have much experience of citation so I could be wrong, but wouldn't "bibliography" be a more accurate title than "references"? User:SamH 11:01, 26 Oct 2004 (UTC)
:: In Wikipedia:Cite_sources, under 'Proposed citation style', it says, "At the end of an article, under a ==References== heading, list the references as a bulleted (* ) list in alphabetical order by author (and by year for identical authors)..."
:: I take it we should place references for all Formula One related articles in this references section? I think it's a bit much to cite different sections of the same website separately. Would citing fia.com once do? User:Doctorvee 12:38, 26 Oct 2004 (UTC)
==Champcar comparison==
I've added a short paragraph comparing F1 cars to Champcars and Indy Cars, but I think my writing is a little ungainly. Would someone improve it? Also does anyone know if the 2004 Montreal poles I compared were both set in the dry? If they weren't, the comparison is a bit useless. Thanks, User:SamH|User talk:SamH 21:28, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC).
==Popularity==
In line with the criticisms on WP:FAC, I think something should be written on the popularity of the sport. I'm willing to have a go at writing something, but I have no idea where to find the necessary information from. Anyone have any ideas? User:SamH|User talk:SamH 11:36, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)
== FAC again ==
I've tried to summarize the criticisms from Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Formula One so they can be addressed in an orderly manner. 02:33, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)
* Safety not addressed thoroughly enough.
* Legends such as Senna and Lauda not mentioned.
* Lead section should be longer and present a better summary.
* The history section has seemingly random subsections.
* Maybe (not sure) it is better to split out the history of the evolvement of the car to the "The cars" section.
* Writing of the history section is not very fluent. One sentence paragraphs should be avoided; make it more of a story and less of a list of facts. There are also several facts that are too specific or irrelevant; For example, the disappearance of Prost and Arrows should be combined with the downsizing of the field from 40 in the early 1990s to the present number.
* Missing section on popularity of the sport, the size of the fanbase, coverage in the media, etc.
* The "Future of..." section discusses the main issues, but is still too much a collection of individual news facts. Also, historical perspective is needed; the three issues of internationalization, rule changes and financial problems for small teams are not new. Instead of only mentioning the new rules, mention the old rules as well (e.g. changes in the qualifying format, and the reasons to do so). Leave out specifics unless they are very important.
* Move all see alsos to a separate list below.
** I disagree with this one - I think they're quite relevant. 02:33, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)
* A comparison with other and similar motorsport classes would be good for perspective. Especially the Europe (F1) vs. America (Indy) should be discussed.
== Descriptive subsections ==
There's definetely a major evolution in 1968 : Sponsors, wings, change of mind about security and Cosworth DFV sold to everyone who wants buy it. It should be emphsized IMO. User:Ericd 21:53, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)
I think a comparison above and beyond what is mentioned may be unnecessary given that there has been no driver to move up from Indycars since the break from CART to be able to compete in F1.
== Indianapolis ==
IMO the Indianapolis is the worse we can use for this article. It gives the impression that F1 use oval tracks. User:Ericd 11:40, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)
:I assume you are refering to the use of :Image:Ims aerial.jpg in the "Circuits" section. I agree that it could give the impression that F1 races are held on ovals, but it is the only photo we have of a complete F1 circuit (as far as I know). Anyway, you don't have to look much closer to see the twisty infield, and the photo just above shows a section of Indianaoplis that clearly isn't part of an oval. User:SamH|User talk:SamH 13:36, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)
== Quibbles ==
I have two issues with this article:
1) In the "Rise in Popularity" section, the text claims: "These cars were and still are the most powerful circuit racing cars ever". The Porsche 917-30 Can Am cars produced significantly more power (1500 - 1700 bhp, nobody seems to know for certain) and, if I understand the term correctly, were also circuit racing cars.
2) "It ... is the most expensive sport in the world, as annual team budgets average in the hundreds of millions of US dollars." The total player payroll cost alone of Major League Baseball will be about $2.2 billion in 2005. I think it is quite unlikely that 10 Formula 1 teams will spend more than that, given that Ferrari, with the biggest budget, is expected to spend around $200 million. More to the point, I don't think it adds anything to the reader's understanding of Formula 1 racing to claim that it is more expensive than Major League Baseball, or the Premier League, or the America's Cup.
--User:Davidsteele 19:54, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
David, you are totally right on the first point I've updated the article to "the most powerful circuit open wheelers cars ever".
On the second point I think it adds a lot to the reader's understanding of Formula 1 to than F1 is expensive because we have reached a point were the cost of F1 has rised to a point that may compromise its future.
I'm unable to summarize it in a short sentence but IMO the economy of F1 is very different from the economy of baseball or American football.
I'm really ignorant about baseball. It seems you're trying to compare the global cost of Major League Baseball to the global cost of F1. In that maybe the F1 is not the most expensive sport in the world and maybe tennis for instance is also more expensive. But I think it would be more fair to compare the budget of a F1 team to the budget of a basball team. According to the article Major League Baseball there are 30 teams.
There's an other point. The player or driver payroll is a cost for the team OK but it's also a redistribution of the income generated by the sport. Some sports are expensive because they generate high income and thus the players are well paid. But what makes F1 expensive is not the drivers. F1 is expensive because its getting more and more high-tech and high-tech is expensive. I'm quite sure that if we compare F1 to Major League Baseball F1 will appear to have a very low profitability.
User:Ericd 22:19, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
== Section and articles ==
Hi. I had the impression that the "Rule changes" subsection is too specific about the 2005 season. I believe that, for this article, it should talk mainly about the trend to keep altering the rules to return competitiveness to the sport, reduce Ferrari's dominance, etc. And then we could create a new article, such as Formula One 2005, where we could discuss the specific changes for this particular season, as well as list the circuits that are going to be a part of the 2005 season, and even follow the drivers' and constructors' rankings for the year. Perhaps it would even be possible to create similar articles for the more recently passed seasons, maybe 2004 and 2003. I figure this would make this article more general and the new articles would go a long way to expand our coverage of the F1 world. I realize it would be a lot of work though, especially to set up the new season-specific articles. Any thoughts? Regards, User:Redux 20:11, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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:''F1 redirects here. For other uses of the abbreviation, see F1 (disambiguation).'' {| style="float:right" | [[Image:Formula One race.jpg|thumb|215px|Cars jockey for position during the 2004 Monaco Grand Prix Monaco Grand Prix, one of the nineteen annual Formula One races]] |- | |} Formula One, abbreviated to F1 and also known as Grand Prix racing, is the highest class of single-seat open-wheel formula racing auto racing. It is a worldwide sport, involving an annual World Drivers Championship and World Constructors Championship, and is the most expensive sport in the world, as annual team budgets average in the hundreds of millions of United States dollar. It is based around a series of races (19 in 2005 Formula One season), known as ''grands prix'', on custom-constructed courses or closed-off street circuits. The sport has traditionally been centred in Europe, which undoubtedly remains its leading market, but races have also been held in the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Australia. New races in Bahrain and China, one planned for 2005 in Turkey, and others discussed for Mexico, India, Russia and South Africa have reinforced the sport's "worldwide" image. The sport is regulated by the FIA, Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, and is generally promoted and controlled by Bernie Ecclestone. == History == [[Image:Fangio_moss_monza.jpg|thumbnail|200px|Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss at Autodromo Nazionale Monza in 1955]] ''Main Article: History of Formula One''
''See List of Formula One Grands Prix for results from past seasons and individual races.'' Historically, the Formula One series evolved from the European Grand Prix motor racing (''q.v.'' for pre-1947 history) of the 1920s and 1930s. A number of European racing organizations laid out rules for a World Championship before World War II, but due to the suspension of racing during the war, the drivers championship was not formalized until 1947, and first run in 1950; a championship for constructors followed in 1958. Non-championship Formula One races were held for many years, but due to rising costs and sinking interest, the last of these ended in the early 1980s. === Early years === [[image:rntbrm3litergp.jpg|thumb|Cover of Road & Track magazine, showing a BRM H16 Formula One engine in car]] Giuseppe Farina won the first World Championship in his Alfa Romeo in 1950, barely beating team-mate Juan Manuel Fangio. However, Fangio won the title in 1951 and four more in 1954 through 1957, his streak interrupted by two-time champion Alberto Ascari of Scuderia Ferrari. Though Stirling Moss was able to compete with him regularly, Fangio is remembered for dominating Formula One's first decade. The first major technological development, Cinquemani's introduction of mid-engined cars, occurred in the 1950s; Jack Brabham, champion in 1959 and 1960, soon proved the new design's superiority, and it quickly and permanently replaced the front-mounted engine model. The first United Kingdom World Champion was Mike Hawthorn, who drove a Ferrari to the title in 1958; however, when Colin Chapman entered F1 as a chassis designer and later founder of Lotus (car), British racing green came to dominate the field for the next decade. Between Jim Clark, Jackie Stewart, Jack Brabham, Graham Hill, and Denny Hulme, British teams and commonwealth drivers won twelve world championships between 1962 and 1973. In 1962, the Lotus team introduced a car with aluminium sheet chassis called a monocoque in place of the traditional tubular chassis; this proved to be the next major technological breakthrough since the introduction of rear-engined cars. In 1968, Lotus painted Imperial Tobacco livery on their cars, thus introducing sponsor to the sport. It has since become the teams' biggest source of income by far, and cigarette manufacturers remain a major and controversial financial resource for Formula One. Aerodynamic downforce had slowly gained importance in car design since the appearance of aerofoils in the late 1960s. In the late 1970s Lotus introduced ground effect aerodynamics that provided enormous downforce and greatly increased cornering speeds. The formation of the Federation Internationale du Sport Automobile in 1979 set off the FISA-FOCA war, during which FISA and its president Jean Marie Balestre clashed with the Formula One Constructors Association over television profits. === Rise in popularity === 1981 Formula One season saw the signing of the first Concorde Agreement, a contract which bound the teams to compete until its expiration and assured them a share of the profits from the sale of television rights, bringing an end to the FISA-FOCA war and contributing to Bernie Ecclestone's eventual complete financial control of the sport. The FIA permanently banned Colin Chapman's ground effect aerodynamics in 1983 Formula One season. By then, however, turbocharged engines, which Renault Sport had pioneered in 1977 with their RS01 car, were producing over 1000 bhp (750 kilowatt) and were essential to be competitive. These cars were and still are the most powerful open-wheel circuit racing cars ever, but to reduce speeds, the FIA limited fuel tank capacity and boost pressures before banning turbochargers in 1989 Formula One season. In the early 1990s, teams started introducing electronic driver aids such as power steering, traction control, and semi-automatic gearboxes. Some were borrowed from contemporary road cars; some, like active suspension, were primarily developed for the track and later made their way to the showroom. The FIA, due to complaints that technology was determining the outcome of races more than driver skill, banned many such aids in 1994 Formula One season. The teams signed a second Concorde Agreement in 1992 and a third in 1997, which is due to expire on the last day of 2007. On the track, the Team McLaren and WilliamsF1 teams dominated the late 1980s and 1990s. Renault-powered Williams drivers Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost, Damon Hill, Jacques Villeneuve and Nelson Piquet (the latter with a Honda-powered machine, in 1987) won several world championships, as did McLaren's Niki Lauda, Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna, and Mika Häkkinen. The rivalry between racing legends Senna and Prost became F1's central focus in 1988 Formula One season, and continued until Senna's death in a crash at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, after which the FIA vowed to improve the sport's safety standards; since that weekend, no driver has died on the track during a race. Drivers from McLaren, Williams and Scuderia Ferrari, dubbed the "Big Three", have won all but two World Championships since 1984; their streak was interrupted only by Michael Schumacher's two titles with Benetton Formula. Due to the technological advances of the 1990s, the cost to compete in Formula One rose dramatically; this increased financial burden, combined with three teams' dominance, caused the poorer independent teams to struggle not only to remain competitive, but to stay in business. Financial troubles forced several teams to withdraw, the most recent examples being Prost Grand Prix and Arrows during the 2002 Formula One season. === Modern F1 === The early 2000s have been dominated by Michael Schumacher and a resurgent Ferrari, whilst several driver aids returned due in part to rumours that teams were able to evade the restrictions. During the early 2000s, Bernie Ecclestone's Formula One Administration created a number of trademarks and an official website for the sport ([http://www.formula1.com/ formula1.com]) in an attempt to give it a corporate identity. Ecclestone experimented with a digital television package, known as Bernievision, by which a fan could purchase an entire F1 season, but after poor viewing figures in 2002 the program was discontinued. In the current 2005 season, Ferrari has only won a single race (The US Grand Prix, which was ran under exceptional circumstances which lead to the withdrawal of 7 out of 10 teams). Many theorise this is because of their use of Bridgestone tires (Ferrari, Jordan and Minardi are the only teams that don't use Michelin). Fernando Alonso of Renault and Kimi Räikkönen of McLaren are currently the two drivers most likely to win the championship. This year has also shown the suprising performance improvement of Toyota and Red Bull Racing. == Racing and strategy == [[Image:BAR pitstop.jpg|thumb|230px|The British American Racing team executes a pit stop, refueling Jenson Button's car and changing its tyres at the 2004 French Grand Prix]] ''Main Articles: Formula One racing, Formula One regulations'' A Formula One Grand Prix event spans an entire weekend, beginning with two free practices on Friday, and two free practices on Saturday. After these practice sessions, a qualifying session determines a driver’s position on the starting grid for Sunday’s race. For this qualifying session, held on Saturday, drivers set a timed "flying lap" on the empty track with a race fuel load. The drivers take off from the pits within a minute off each other. The start order for the qualifying lap is determined by the previous race’s finish order, with the winning driver of the last race going last. For the first qualifying session of the season the previous year’s championship standing will determine the order. At the end of this session cars are held within the ''parc fermé'' and no refueling is allowed until after the start of the race. Teams have to thus plan the optimum fuel load having both the qualifying and the race in mind. The grid order for the race is determined based on the best time from the qualifying session. In the past it was common for slower cars to receive a "DNQ" (did not qualify) designation, teams can no longer risk the cost of showing up without racing; thus all cars who participate in qualifying take part in the race. The teams may not change anything on the car between the qualifying and the race. The race begins with a warm-up "parade lap," after which the cars assemble on the starting grid in the order they qualified. If a driver stalls before the parade lap, and the rest of the field passes him, then he must start from the back of the grid. As long as he moves off and at least one car is behind him, he can retake his original position. A light system above the track then signals the start of the race. Races are a little over 300 kilometres (180 miles) long and are limited to two hours, though in practice they usually last about ninety minutes. Throughout the race, drivers make one or more pit stops in order to refuel. The FIA awards points to the top eight drivers and their respective teams in each race. The winner of the two annual championships are the driver and the team who have accumulated the most points at the end of the season. == Drivers and constructors == ''See also: List of Formula One constructors, List of Formula One drivers, List of Formula One people, List of Formula One World Champions'' Formula One teams must build the chassis in which they compete, and consequently the terms "team" and "constructor" are interchangeable; this requirement distinguishes the sport from "spec series" such as Indy Racing League and NASCAR. In its early years, F1 teams commonly constructed their engines as well. It has since become rare that a team should construct its own engine, and with the involvement of major car manufacturers such as BMW, Daimler Chrysler, Renault, Toyota, and Honda, such privately-built engines have become less competitive. Early manufacturer involvement came in the form of a "factory team", i.e. one owned and staffed by a major car company, such as those of Alfa Romeo (now defunct) or Renault Sport. Companies such as Cosworth and Supertec, which had no direct team affiliation, often sold engines to teams who could not afford to manufacture them, but these largely died out in favour of the present system, in which one manufacturer supports one team. Though Toyota, Ferrari (FIAT), and Renault still maintain factory teams, BMW, Daimler-Chrysler, and Honda provide engines and sponsorship for privately-owned teams in return for prominent advertisement on their team clothing and car livery. Some smaller teams, such as Sauber, purchase their engines from larger teams. The only remaining commercial engine-manufacturer is Cosworth, which supplies engines for Red Bull Racing and Minardi. The sport's 1950 Formula One season saw eighteen teams compete, but due to rising costs many dropped out quickly. Scuderia Ferrari is the only still-active team which competed in 1950, and during the 2004 season only ten teams remained on the grid, each fielding two cars. Although teams rarely disclose information about their budgets, it is estimated that they average in the hundreds of millions of United States dollars. Entering a team now requires a £25 million up-front payment to Bernie Ecclestone, which is then repaid to the team over the season. As a consequence, constructors desiring to enter Formula One often prefer to buy an existing team: British American Racing's purchase of Tyrrell and Midland F1's purchase of Jordan Grand Prix permitted both of these teams to sidestep the large deposit. The FIA has awarded the Formula One World Drivers Championship annually since 1950 and the Formula One World Constructors Championship annually since 1958. Germany driver Michael Schumacher holds the record for having won the most Drivers' Championships (seven) and Scuderia Ferrari holds the record for having won the most Constructors' Championships (fourteen). Jochen Rindt has the distinction of having been the only posthumous World Champion. Each car is assigned a number. The previous season's World Drivers Champion is given the number 1, with his team mate given the number 2. Numbers are then assigned according to each team's position in the previous season's World Constructors Championship. There have been exceptions to this rule, such as in 1993 and 1994, when the current World Drivers Champion was no longer competing in Formula One. In this case the drivers for the team of the previous year's champion are given numbers 0 and 2. The number 13 has not been used since 1974, before which it was occasionally assigned at the discretion of individual race organizers. == Grands Prix == [[Image:Formula one.jpg|thumb|200px|Cars wind through the infield section of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway at the 2003 United States Grand Prix United States Grand Prix]] ''See also: List of Formula One Grands Prix'' The number of Grands Prix held in a season has varied over the years. Only seven races comprised the inaugural 1950 season; over the years the calendar has more than doubled in size. Though the number of races stayed at sixteen or seventeen since the 1980s, it has reached nineteen in 2005. Six of the original seven races took place in Europe; the only non-European race in 1950 was the Indianapolis 500, which, due to lack of participation by F1 teams, was later replaced by the United States Grand Prix. The F1 championship gradually expanded to other non-European countries as well: Argentina hosted the first South American grand prix in 1953 Argentinian Grand Prix, and Morocco hosted the first African World Championship race in 1958. Asia (Japan, 1976) and Oceania (Australia, 1985 Australian Grand Prix) followed as well. The current nineteen races are spread over the continents of Europe, Asia, Oceania, North America, and South America. Traditionally, each nation has hosted a single grand prix that carries the name of the country. If a single country hosts multiple grands prix, they receive different names; for example, Germany, Spain and Britain have at various times held a second race known as the European Grand Prix. The grands prix, some of which have a history that predates the Formula One World Championship, are not always held on the same circuit every year. The British Grand Prix, for example, though held every year since 1950, alternated between Brands Hatch and Silverstone from 1963 to 1986. The only other race to have been included in every World Championship season is the Italian Grand Prix; it has occurred at Autodromo Nazionale Monza, except when it was at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in 1980. One of the newest races on the Grand Prix, held in Bahrain, represent Formula One's first penetration into the Middle East with a high tech purpose built desert track. The Bahrain Grand Prix along with other new races in China present new opportunities for the growth and evolution of the Formula One Grand prix franchise while also raising the bar for other Formula One racing venues around the world. == Circuits == [[Image:Ims aerial.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Indianapolis Motor Speedway, venue for the United States Grand Prix]] ''See also: List of Formula One circuits'' Most of the currently used circuits are specially constructed for competition. The only real street circuit is the Circuit de Monaco, used for the Monaco Grand Prix, though a street race in London has been discussed. Some of the other circuits are also completely or partially laid out on public roads, such as those of Spa-Francorchamps or Montréal. The glamour and history of the Monaco race are the primary reasons the circuit is still in use, since it does not meet the strict safety requirements imposed on other tracks. Three times World champion Nelson Piquet famously described racing in Monaco as "flying with a helicopter in your living room." However, new tracks such as the Bahrain International Circuit provide new dimensions and challenges for Formula One drivers on the first ever Grand prix desert track with its multiple overtaking opportunities and associated climatic distinctions to other circuits. Circuit design to protect the safety of drivers is becoming increasingly sophisticated, as exemplified by the new track in Bahrain. Where in the 1950s a driver was lucky to find a strategically placed strawbale to absorb his impact, modern Formula One circuits feature gravel traps and tyre barriers to reduce risk of injury in crashes. This is an ongoing task - after the deaths of Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger during the 1994 season, the FIA mandated further changes to circuits. These were mostly aimed at better matching how fast a car is travelling when an accident occurs with the runoff space available for it to decelerate and at improving the ability of barriers to safely absorb the energy of a crash. A typical circuit usually features a stretch of straight road on which the starting grid is situated. The ''pit lane'', where the drivers stop for fuel and tyres during the race, and where the constructors work on the cars before the race, is normally located next to the starting grid. The layout of the rest of the circuit varies widely. Some of the curves on circuits have become well known on their own, such as the high-speed ''Eau Rouge'' at Spa-Francorchamps. == The future of Formula One == ''Main Article: Future of Formula One'' Formula One went through a difficult period in the early 2000s. Viewing figures dropped, and fans expressed their loss of interest due to the dominance of Michael Schumacher and Scuderia Ferrari. At present, smaller teams suffer from spiralling costs. Safety also remains a key issue. As such, many want to see rule changes to deal with these issues. Throughout the 2004 season, Formula One Management president Bernie Ecclestone repeatedly voiced his disapproval of the Silverstone Circuit, and suggested that unless its owners, the British Racing Drivers Club, modernise the facilities, the British Grand Prix would not appear on the 2005 schedule. Following failed negotiations with BRDC president Jackie Stewart in October 2004, Ecclestone announced the race's removal from the next season's provisional calendar. The BRDC and Ecclestone have since come to an agreement to extend the British Grand Prix at Silverstone for another five years, through 2009. Due to financial difficulty, the future of the French Grand Prix also remains in doubt. However, a Turkish Grand Prix will take place in Istanbul, Turkey for the first time in 2005, and a Mexican Grand Prix has been planned for 2006. Bernie Ecclestone has also made a promise that F1 will return to South Africa within five years. He has begun talks with a consortium planning to build an F1 circuit in Cape Town. Ecclestone has also made a pledge to hold a Russian Grand Prix either in Moscow or St. Petersburg in the near future. He is in nearly continuous talks with potential race promoters all around the world. It is believed that one signicant factor that has F1 searching for venues outside of Europe is the spread of laws in Western nations prohibiting cigarette advertising in sport. The future of the United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis is now in serious doubt after the 2005 United States Grand Prix turned into a farce that saw only six of the planned 20 cars take the green flag, due to concerns about tire safety and political wrangling between constructors and the FIA. However, Ecclestone is reportedly trying to bring the U.S. Grand Prix to Las Vegas. === Rule changes === For 2005, there has been a radical overhaul of the technical regulations. Drivers are only able to use one set of tyres per race, with pitstops for tyre changes being banned (unless the tyre is damaged). Restrictions have also been placed upon downforce in an attempt to slow the cars down and each engine must be used for two consecutive races. A revised qualifying format was used for the first part of 2005 season. For each race, two separate sessions were run: the first qualifying session took on the day before the race (Saturday) at 13:00; the second qualifying session started four hours before the start of Sunday's race: in both qualifying sessions each driver will drive a single timed lap. The starting order for the first qualifying session was the previous race classification reversed; in the second qualifying session it was the first session classification reversed. The starting grid was drawn up according to the fastest aggregate time of each driver, taking into account both qualifying sessions. Cars were required to carry their race fuel in the second qualifying session; refuelling was not allowed between this and the race. Starting from the Grand Prix of Europe 2005, a new qualifying method has replaced the two-day aggregate qualifying. This new format consists of one saturday qualifying session on the day before the race at 13:00 CET, except in the races taking part in the USA and in Canada where it starts at 12:00 (local time). The starting order for this qualifying session is the previous race classification reversed. Cars must carry race fuel amounts during this Saturday afternoon session and refulling is not permitted between qualifying and the race. Beginning with the 2006 season, the power of engines will also be decreased. A 2.4L V8 will be used instead of the 3L V10. However, some teams will be allowed to continue using the V10 with a rev limiter in order to cut costs. The switch to smaller engines may not mean a signifigant decrease in power, however, because some engine suppliers have already indicated that their smaller V8s can rev higher than the 19,000rpms normal for the current V10s. In the long run, the FIA intends to introduce greater restrictions on testing and the introduction of standardized electronic units and tyres. === Small teams === The Ford Motor Company's decision to pull out of Formula One exposed the vulnerability of some small teams. Jaguar Racing was put up for sale and bought by Red Bull; it is now known as Red Bull Racing. As for other teams, Jordan Grand Prix and Minardi both relied on Ford's Cosworth engines. Jordan have now clinched a deal to use Toyota engines. Minardi, on the other hand, will continue to use Cosworth engines under Cosworth's new owners. The chances have been greatly reduced, but if a team were to pull out before the beginning of the 2005 season, larger teams would have to enter three cars into each race to make up the numbers, as there must be 20 cars entering each race. Three new teams are intending to enter Formula One - BMW, Midland F1 and Team Dubai. Midland F1 have decided to buy Jordan Grand Prix, thereby avoiding having to pay the large deposit required to enter Formula One. Similarly, BMW are buying the Sauber team. == References == *Arron, Simon and Mark Hughes. [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?link_code=ur2&camp=1789&tag=averyws-20&creative=9325&path=ASIN/0760316880/qid=1119374338/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1 The Complete Book of Formula One]. (Motorbooks International, 2003). *Jones, Bruce. [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?link_code=ur2&camp=1789&tag=averyws-20&creative=9325&path=tg/detail/-/1842228137/qid=1119374619/sr=8-2/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i2_xgl14?v=glance%26s=books%26n=507846 The Official ITV Sport Guide: Formula One Grand Prix 2003]. (Carlton, 2003). Includes foreword by Martin Brundle. * ''FIA Archive.'' (2004). [http://www.fia.com/archive/index_1024.html Federation Internationale de l'Automobile]. 25 October 2004. * ''Formula One Regulations.'' (2004). [http://www.fia.com/sport/Regulations/f1regs.html Federation Internationale de l'Automobile]. 23 October 2004. *Gross, N et al (1999). Grand Prix Motor Racing. In, ''100 Years of Change: Speed and Power'' (pp. 55-84). Parragon. * ''Insight.'' (2004). [http://www.formula1.com/insight/ The Official Formula 1 Website]. 25 October 2004. *Jones, B (2005). [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?link_code=ur2&camp=1789&tag=averyws-20&creative=9325&path=tg/detail/-/1844425088/qid=1119374828/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2?v=glance%26s=books The Guide to 2005 FIA Formula One World Championship : The World's Bestselling Grand Prix Guide]. (Carlton, 2005). *Jones, B (1997). ''The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Formula One''. Hodder & Stoughton. *Jones, B (1998). ''Formula One: The Complete Stats and Records of Grand Prix Racing''. Parragon. *Tremayne, D & Hughes, M (1999). ''The Concise Encyclopedia of Formula One''. Parragon. == See also == * Grand Prix Legends (video game, 1998) * Formula One (game) * List of international Formula One colors * List of racing drivers == External links == === Official sites === * [http://www.formula1.com Formula1.com] — The official site of Bernie Ecclestone's Formula One Management; contains schedules, statistics, race results, live timing during each race, and some news * [http://www.fia.com/sport/Regulations/f1regs.html Current regulations] from the [http://www.fia.com/ FIA website] === News and reference === * [http://www.grandprix.com GrandPrix.com] — F1 news and a Grand Prix encyclopædia * [http://www.newsonf1.com/ NewsOnF1.com] — News, results, information, and statistics * [http://www.itv-f1.com ITV.com/f1] — News, pictures, and commentary from ITV, F1's British broadcasters; also from Matt Bishop and F1 Racing magazine * [http://www.fujitv.co.jp/f1gp/index2.html Fuji TV - F1] — Results and ranking from Fuji Television, F1's Japanese * [http://www.f1live.com f1live] — News, pictures, live results, information and many more broadcasters * [http://www.f1db.com/ Formula One DataBase] — History, and statistics * [http://www.forix.com/ FORIX] — Formula One Results, Information, Statistics * [http://www.autocourse.tk/ Autocourse.tk] Directory of the automobile sport === Insight and commentary === * [http://www.atlasf1.com Atlasf1.com] — An online F1 magazine (subscription required) * [http://www.fun-1.org/ Fun-1] — Daily satirical commentary on current F1 news * [http://f1.fastmachines.com/ FastMachines.com] — Weblog containing regular F1 news and commentary * [http://www.funof1.com.ar/f1/_eng.htm Funo!] — Texts, numbers, images and statistics of Formula 1 === Other sites === * [http://www.mad4f1.com mad4F1.com] — latest news, results, images, articles from the exciting world of Formula 1 racing Auto racingFormula One vi:Công thức 1 zh-cn:一级方程式赛车
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Talk:Formula One/Archive 1 Templates and categories relating to Formula One: * :Category:Formula One * :Category:Formula One drivers * :Category:Formula One circuits * :Category:Formula One Grands Prix * Template:Formula One * Template:Formula One teams * Template:Formula One races * Template:Formula One people * Template:F1 team (custom template for constructor articles) == FAC criticisms == === Removal of 'duplicate links' === Regarding the recent edit, I guess as they were merely links, this is fair enough. However, I think it would be better to have a list of grands prix in the current season, which I seem to remember there was a while ago. Any other thoughts? User:Doctorvee 17:56, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC) :I agree. I think some small bit of information should appear in the main article as a "summary" of each list (strange as that sounds). I'm about to change these a bit in accordance with WP:FAC criticisms. User:Rdsmith4 20:25, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC) ::It would seem right to include the 2004 races seeing as we have included the 2004 teams and drivers. I'm interested to see how you summarise the lists because I couldn't think how to do that. User:SamH 20:34, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC) ::I think there are some fair points made in the WP:FAC discussion. To be honest, I think there is still a few of improvements to be made. Perhaps the criticism about lists is fair enough. If you take a look at Cricket, which was recently a Featured Article, there isn't a list of nations who take part in test cricket, for example. I think this is worth further discussion. I don't have much time at the moment, but I'll think of some suggestions I have to make the article and Formula One-related articles better. User:Doctorvee 21:45, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC) === History section === I've done a bit of copyediting and addition to the history section of the article, and I'm trying to make sure it is only a summary of History of Formula One (i.e. short and concise), but it remains almost entirely concerned with technical regs and car evolution. Dominant drivers of each era at least deserve a mention, and maybe some of the minor formula changes can be removed since they aren't terribly necessary. User:Rdsmith4 00:37, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC) === Some suggestions === As I said, I have a few suggestions to make regarding articles related to Formula 1. The recent changes to the main article are a step in the right direction. However, I feel that there should be a dedicated section for the current season (listing teams, drivers and grands prix) to allow the rest of the article to concentrate on history and suchlike. How do people feel about covering third drivers? Third drivers play a bigger role than they used to, as they now travel to grands prix for Friday testing. But they still don't score World Championship points or anything. Should they be included in, for example, the list of teams and drivers and the teams template? There are inconsistencies. For instance, the Sauber article has a list of all drivers who have raced for Sauber in the past. None of the other teams have this, and if they did, a lot of the lists would be too long. Perhaps categories should be created instead? It is possibly not important enough to have a category created for Sauber drivers. But I don't think listing them is entirely without merit. Something I'd like to see personally is an article of the Concorde Agreement. It seems to be quite important, but my knowledge of it is very patchy. What are other people's thoughts? User:Doctorvee 17:57, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC) :I'm neutral on whether to split this season's teams, drivers and races into a separate section. I'm also neutral on whether they should be included in the main article or kept in separate articles. :I don't think we should include third drivers in the list and template because they don't actually compete in the championships, only the constructors and the race drivers do. In know that third drivers play an important role, but so do say, chief engineers, but we don't include them. However, if there is a strong feeling to include them I would be OK with it. :As for listing teams' past drivers on their individual articles (as has been done on Sauber), I don't feel this is necessary, but if people want to do it then I think a category (e.g. :Category:Sauber drivers) would be more appropriate. However, I don't feel that we need to worry about all F1 related articles at the moment, just the main ones. :Regarding the Concorde Agreement, I agree that it should be mentioned, but as I understand, its contents are secret so it would be difficult to discuss it in detail. :IMO, two main things need to be done to bring this article to Featured standard: :#The future section (currently at the bottom of History of Formula One) needs to be taken into the main article, updated and expanded. This would be the place to talk about the Concorde Agreement. :#The second half of the history summary needs to include info on dominant drivers and teams as well as major events in F1 (e.g. Senna and Ratzenberger deaths). User:SamH 09:53, 24 Sep 2004 (UTC) ::Oops, I already started editing the article when you wrote this. Hope it's okay though, I've shuffled a couple of things about and added third drivers and grands prix in a '2004 season' section. I agree with your other points though. User:Doctorvee 10:24, 24 Sep 2004 (UTC) :::Nice work; definitely an improvement. User:SamH 11:48, 24 Sep 2004 (UTC) ::I very much like the 2004 section. However I'd like to point out that the first time this article went through FAC it was agreed that the 'future of F1' section had no place in the main article; perhaps a short Future bit as a subsection of
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