Former Red Bull Junior Team member Jak Crawford has joined Aston Martin’s driver development programmer.
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The Formula 1 world championship began in 1950 and is considered the world’s leading form of single-seater motorsport. The 2024 F1 season is the 75th time the world championship has been held.
The most successful F1 drivers in history are seven-times world champions Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher. In 2021 the former became the first and so far only driver to date to win 100 grands prix.
While Schumacher retired from F1 at the end of 2012, Hamilton continues to race. His rival world champions in the series are Max Verstappen and Fernando Alonso.
There are 10 teams active in the championship, each of which field cars for two drivers. Each team is required to design and build the majority of its cars but may source some parts including engines, gearboxes and certain other components.
Ferrari has won the F1 constructors’ championship more times than any other team, with 16 titles. It is also the only team which has competed in every championship since the first season of Formula 1.
The Formula 1 calendar typically runs from March to November each year. Pre-season tests take place in February and March, and a post-season test is usually scheduled for late November or December.
A championship now includes over three times as many rounds as early seasons did. Seven rounds counted towards the first world championship – including the Indianapolis 500, despite it being run to different rules – but a record-breaking 24 races are scheduled on the 2024 F1 calendar. The series visits Europe, North and South America, the Middle East, Asia and Australasia. It has not raced in Africa since 1993.
Two organisations are responsible for running F1. The Federation Internazionale de l’Automobile (FIA), based in Paris, France, administers and governs the sport. Its commercial rights are leased to Formula 1 Management (FOM) which was purchased by the US-based Liberty Media in 2017.
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Why Aston Martin expect their AMR24 can keep pace in the development race
Formula 1
Posted onHaving sacrificed some race weekends last year to learn lessons for the AMR24, Aston Martin believe their new car will be a better all-rounder.
First pictures: Alonso and Stroll complete first laps in new Aston Martin AMR24
Formula 1
Posted onAston Martin’s new AMR24 has run on-track for the first time in a shakedown filming day at Silverstone with Lance Stroll at the wheel.
‘I’m the only champion available for 2025 – and a fast world champion’ – Alonso
Formula 1
Posted onFernando Alonso says he could race in F1 until the age of 50. But he will decide how far he wants to go before committing to a team for 2025.
“Red Bull are absolutely beatable” Aston Martin declare as they present new car
Formula 1
Posted onAston Martin are going into the new season confident last season’s dominant champions Red Bull can be caught.
Alonso: Hamilton could be the ingredient Ferrari need to win championships
Formula 1
Posted onFernando Alonso expects Lewis Hamilton to raise Ferrari to a more competitive level when he joins the team next year.
First pictures: Aston Martin reveals its new F1 car for 2024
Formula 1
Posted onAston Martin have revealed their AMR24 car for the first time in a launch event at their new factory at Silverstone.
Does F1 now need rules to reverse the rise of colourless cars?
Debates and Polls
Posted onShould the FIA step in and enforce a rule requiring teams to paint the majority of their cars? Have your say in this weekend’s poll.
Gasly feels “in a much better place” as he begins second season at Alpine
Formula 1
Posted onPierre Gasly expects to start his second season at Alpine in better shape after the progress he made last year.
Ricciardo targets top five finishes in the first half of the season for RB
Formula 1
Posted onDaniel Ricciardo says RB can target higher finishing positions from the start of the year than it managed throughout the whole of last season.
‘A horrible project’: Why duplicating Red Bull’s trend-setting suspension is so difficult
F1 technology
Posted onMore teams are expected to adopt the suspension layout used by Red Bull and McLaren last year. Sauber’s James Key explains why it’s “very difficult” to perfect.
RB01 revealed: First images of RB’s first F1 car under team’s latest identity
Formula 1
Posted onRB, Red Bull’s second Formula 1 team, has revealed the first images of its new car following its rebranding.
No concerns Hamilton could take Mercedes information to Ferrari – Wolff
Formula 1
Posted onMercedes team principal Toto Wolff says he is not concerned about the possibility Lewis Hamilton will take valuable information to Ferrari when he joins them next year.
Silverstone announces new, 10-year Formula 1 grand prix deal
Formula 1
Posted onSilverstone has extended its Formula 1 contract for another 10 years, keeping it on the grand prix calendar until at least 2034.
Why Alpine is bringing in a ‘non-Formula 1 guy’ to help run its team
Formula 1
Posted onAlpine’s vice president Bruno Famin has made new appointments to help him manage the team which competes in F1 and WEC.
Alpine explain key changes in “very aggressive” new A524
Formula 1
Posted onAlpine technical director Matt Harman explained the major changes the team made with its “very aggressive” new F1 car for 2024.
Hamilton’s Ferrari move has triggered silly season of “chaos”, say Alpine pair
Formula 1
Posted onLewis Hamilton’s decision to leave Mercedes at the end of the year has blown the Formula 1 driver market open, the Alpine duo said at the team’s launch.
Ocon warns Alpine could have “tricky” start with “very aggressive” new car
Formula 1
Posted onEsteban Ocon says he expects Alpine may have a “tricky” start to the new season with their heavily revised new A524.
Mercedes reserve Schumacher “excited to see what happens” with F1 future
Formula 1
Posted onAlpine World Endurance Championship driver Mick Schumacher says that he is “excited to see what happens” about his future in F1.
Alpine setting no targets for 2024 as ‘we must improve everywhere’ – Famin
Formula 1
Posted onAlpine team principal Bruno Famin said he is entering the new season without optimism as the team has much to improve this year.