SEASON 2018...
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Brida Manuela
Classe 2CA
25/05/2018
1950...
HISTORY
...2018
The Formula One series
originated with the
European
Grand Prix Motor Racing
of the 1920s and 1930s.
The first World Championship
race was held at Silverstone in 1950 (UK).
Non-Championships Formula Events were held for many years, but due
to the increasing cost of
competition,
the lost of these accurred
in 1983.
CIRCUITS
The National Autodrome of Monza, home to the Italian Grand Prix, is the oldest purpose built track still in use today.
Most of the circuits currently in use
are specially constructed for competition.
The current street circuits are Monaco,
Melbourne, Montreal, Singapore, Sochi
and Baku although races in other urban locations come and go (Las Vegas and Detroit, for example) and proposals for such races are often discussed—most recently New Jersey.
Circuit design to protect the safety of drivers is becoming increasingly sophisticated.
FORMULA ONE
MONZA
ITALY
MONTREAL
GRANDS PRIX
Singapore in the night...
...Circuit of Abu Dhabi
The number of Grands Prix held in a season has varied over the years. The inaugural 1950 world championship season comprised only seven races, while the 2016 season contained twenty-one races.
Recent additions to the calendar include the Singapore Grand Prix which, in September 2008, hosted the first night race ever held in Formula One, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, which hosted the first day-to-night race in November 2009, the Korean Grand Prix, first held in October 2010 and the Indian Grand Prix, first held in October 2011. The United States Grand Prix held its first race in Austin, Texas, at the new Circuit of the Americas in 2012. The first F1 Russian Grand Prix was held in 2014 at the new Sochi circuit, which runs around a venue used for the 2014 Winter Olympics.
QUALIFICATION TESTS AND COMPETITION REGULATIONS
A Formula 1 Grand Prix takes place the entire weekend, starting with the two free practice sessions on Friday and an official session on Saturday.
In the first phase, all the cars enter the track at the same
time for a 20-minute qualifying session. Only the fastest time counts, regardless of the number of laps that the various pilots perform.
The best machines are admitted to the
second phase (so-called Q2, lasting 15 minutes),
where the previously obtained times are reset. The best 10 cars go to the next phase called Q3. All those eliminated are placed on the grid based on the time obtained.
In the third phase (of 10 minutes) we compete for the pole position and for the first 10 positions on the starting grid. In the breaks of the first two stages
the cars can refuel. As soon as the third stage starts, the car must not be changed and another stop for refueling can only be done after the race has started.