THE FORMULA ONE (F1)

 History of the F1 World Championship: when it was founded, origins, and all the champions.

The Formula 1 is the main international motorsport competition and the most popular and prestigious motor championship in the world. However, it hasn't always existed and its origins were not easy.

The history of motorsport spans from the birth of the first races at the end of the 19th century to the present day. It wasn't until the middle of the following century that what we now know as F1 began.

Discover on DAZN the history of the Formula 1 World Championship: when it was founded, its origins, and all the champions!

History of the F1 World Championship: when it was founded.

The beginning of Formula 1 dates back to 1950, when the International Automobile Federation (FIA) announced the union of several national Grands Prix - based in Paris (France) - to create a World Championship for Drivers.

Ferrari, Alfa Romeo, and Maserati were the teams that coexisted at that time, and the first Grand Prix took place on May 13 of that year at the Silverstone circuit. The Italian Giuseppe Farina was the first winner and also achieved the first F1 World Championship.

History of the F1 World Championship: origins

The Grand Prix events have their origins in the motor races that emerged in France in 1894. At that time, they were individual events, unconnected and on dirt roads, practically without any rules.

From 1927 to 1934, the number of events grew to reach eighteen in that last year, the maximum before World War II, which halted growth.

Read more Right after the war, there were only four races, but a series of rules for Grand Prix competitions had already been established, which had to be followed by both cars and drivers. They were called Formula,although they were not finalized until 1947 when the former AIACR was reorganized and renamed the FIA.

Max Verstappen (30/09/1997)

Max VerstappenDutch F1 driverThe youngest winner of a race in the history of Formula 1.

Teams: Van Amersfoort Racing, Toro Rosso, Red Bull

Parents: Jos Verstappen and Sophie

KumpenPartner: Kelly Piquet

Name: Max Emilian Verstappen

Nickname: Max

Max Verstappen was born on September 30, 1997, in Hasselt, Belgium.

Family:

Son of the Dutchman Jos Verstappen, a former Formula 1 driver, and the Belgian

Sophie Kumpen, a kart driver. He had a younger sister, Victoria.He obtained Dutch

nationality when he reached adulthood.

Karting:

Karting driver since the age of four; in 2007 he won the Dutch Minimax

championship. Two years later he joined Team Pex Racing, with which he won the

Flemish Minimax championship and the Belgian KF5 championship.

In 2010 he wassigned by CRG to compete in world and European championships.

During 2011 he won the WSK Euro Series and the WSK Master Series in the KF2

class. In 2013, hefinished first in the KF and KZ European championships.

At the age of fifteen, he won the 2013 KZ World Championship in Varennes-sur-

Allier, France, in KZ1, the highest category in karting.

Pilot

His first experience in a racing car was at the Pembrey circuit on October 11, 2013.

In that same year, he tested for several Formula Renault 2.0 teams.

Formula 3

During 2014, he participated in the European Formula 3 with the Van Amersfoort

Racing team. In this season, he won ten races, finishing third in the championship.

In August of that same year, he joined the Red Bull Junior Team, and six days later

he was confirmed as one of the drivers of Scuderia Toro Rosso for 2015.

Formula 1

In the 2015 Australian Grand Prix, at seventeen years old, he became the youngest

driver to compete in Formula 1. On March 29, he was the youngest driver to score

points in F1 at the Malaysian Grand Prix.

He started the 2016 season with the Italian team before being promoted to the

parent team Red Bull Racing after four races as a replacement for Daniil Kvyat.

At eighteen, he won the Spanish Grand Prix, becoming the youngest driver and the

first Dutch driver to win a Formula 1 Grand Prix.

During the following five seasons, he achieved several more victories, including the

first for a driver with a Honda engine since 2006. He finished the 2019 and 2020 championships in third position. On May 23, 2021, he became the first Dutch F1

driver to lead the World Championship after winning the Monaco Grand Prix.

He signed a contract extension with Red Bull until the end of the 2028 season.

Although neither party mentioned amounts, it is reported that Verstappen would

earn between 40 and 50 million euros per year.

World Champion

Verstappen was crowned world champion on December 12, 2021, at the Abu

Dhabi Yas Marina GP. The Dutchman claims his first title after an unforgettable

race, decided on the last lap, marking the end of Lewis Hamilton's golden era after

an overtaking maneuver in turn five, where Mad Max finally left the seven-time

champion behind.

Second champion

ship In the 2022 season, Verstappen, during the Emilia-Romagna Formula 1 Grand

Prix in Imola, achieved pole position, the sprint, and then won the race. During the

Canadian Grand Prix, he secured pole position and finished first in the race ahead

of the Spaniard Carlos Sainz. In the Austrian Grand Prix, he achieved pole position

and was the first to cross the finish line in the race.

During the Hungarian Grand Prix, he won thanks to a good pit stop strategy. After a

three-week summer break, Verstappen participated in the Belgian Formula 1 Grand Prix,

changing several engine parts, which resulted in a grid penalty. During qualifying, he set the

fastest time, but due to his grid penalty, Verstappen started the race from 14th

place.During the race, he reached first place in just twelve laps. In the end,

Verstappen won the race with a 17-second lead over number two checo pérez.

Third champion

ship He became the Formula One world champion for the third time, securing the

title in the sprint of the Qatar Grand Prix, a race held on October 7, 2023.

Verstappen's victory seemed inevitable since the first race of the season, when he

led the grid from start to finish in the Bahrain Grand Prix. Until then, he had won

13 out of 16 races of the season and needed to finish sixth or better in the sprint.

The team secured their second consecutive constructors' championship at the

Japanese Grand Prix the previous month when six races were still remaining.

Fourth champion

ship In the 2024 season, Red Bull starts by reaffirming its superiority by achieving a

Grand Chelem in Bahrain and securing a 1-2 in Saudi Arabia. However, in Australia, Verstappen is forced to retire due to brake problems, ending a streak of 9

consecutive victories since Japan. Despite this setback, he triumphs in Suzuka

and Shanghai. In Miami, he finishes in second place after losing the lead to Norris.

In Imola, despite starting from pole, he manages to win a complicated race even

after receiving a penalty. In Monaco, he finishes in sixth place. In Canada, he

achieves victory in a challenging race, and in Spain, he wins after an intense battle

for the lead with Lando Norris. In Austria, despite dominating the entire weekend,

he suffers contact with Norris and finishes in fifth place, after receiving a 10-second penalty.

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