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FORMULA ONEGeneral Facts• Formula One racing began in

the year 1950

• Formula One is considered the highest class of single seater auto racing

• Formula One cars are considered the fastest circuit cars in the world because of being able to reach speeds like 340 km/h

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FIA World Drivers Championship

• The Formula One World Drivers Championship has twenty four drivers divided into twelve teams

• This championship is an individual competition

• The driver with the most quantity of points gathered in all races is the champion

FIA Constructors Championship

• The Constructors Championship has the same punctuation system as the World Drivers Championship.

• In difference to the Drivers Championship, the Constructors is a team championship in which both of the racers in the team give points for their racing team.

Regulations (Flags)• Checkered flag: Indicates that the race or a qualifying session ended

• Red flag: Indicates that the race or qualification session must stop because of an accident or for meteorological reasons.

• Yellow flag: Indicates that there is danger on the track (in an edge of it, and completely or partially blocking it).

• Yellow flag and Safety Car signal: The safety car is intervening the track, which means that the drivers must slow down and evade overtakings.

• Black flag: Indicates that a driver has been disqualified from the race.

• Black and white flag: Indicated when a driver performs a dangerous maneuver, when repeated, the driver receives the black flag

Regulations (Penalties)• Drive through penalty: Requires the driver to enter the pit lane, and drive through

it obeying its speed without making a stop. Are imposed for minor offences.

• Ten second penalty: The driver must enter the pit lane and stop there for ten seconds. Imposed for more serious offences.

• A more extreme penalty may be imposed because of more severe infractions; adding ten places to the driver´s grid position

• The black flag is one of the most severe penalties that may be imposed, this means that the driver is disqualified of the race, and that the results from that race don´t count for the drivers championship. If the black flag is not considered sufficient, then the penalty of being excluded of a number of races may be imposed.

• The most severe penalty of all, which is imposed only when a driver´s life is threatened, is to be excluded for that year´s World Drivers Championship.

Regulations (Scoring)Position Points1st 252nd 183rd 154th 125th 106th 87th 68th 49th 210th 1

FIA Constructor Teams

• The F1 teams are Red Bull Racing Renault, Vodafone McLaren Mercedes, Scuderia Ferrari, Mercedes AMG Petronas, Lotus Renault, Force India, Sauber Ferrari, Scuderia Toro Rosso, Williams Renault, Caterham, HRT Cosworth and Marussia Cosworth

Formula 1 Circuits 2012• Albert Park in Melbourne, Australia

Kuala Lumpur in Sepang, Malaysia Shangai International Circuit, Shangai, China Bahrain International Circuit, Bahrain Circuit de Catalunya, Catalunya, Spain Circuit de Monaco, Montecarlo, Monaco Circuit Gilles Villenueve, Montreal, Canada Valencia Street Circuit, Valencia, Spain Silverstone Circuit, Great Britain Hockenheimring Circuit, Germany Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary Spa Circuit, Belgium Autodromo Nazionali di Monza, Italy Marina Bay, Singapore Suzuka Circuit, Japan Yeongam Circuit, South Korea Buddh International Circuit, India Yas Marina, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Austin International Circuit, Austin, USA José Carlos Pace, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Best Formula 1 Races in 2012• At 2012 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the

Mexican Sergio Perez achieved the podium for the first time in his career, behind, Fernando Alonso and in front of Lewis Hamilton

• In 2012, at the Circuit de Catalunya, the venezolan Pastor Maldonado performed the best race in his career, and as a result, he claimed the pole position due to a penalty imposed to Lewis Hamilton, and the victory in the race, ahead of Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen.

• The European Grand Prix hosted in Valencia, was one of the best rated races of the season. Sebatian Vettel of Red Bull claimed the pole, but middle way through the race, his car tested problems and he retired from the race. Meanwhile, the Spaniard Fernando Alonso, who started eleventh won the race, and the Australian Mark Webber who started ninteenth finished fouth.

Maximum Winners of the FIA World Drivers Championship

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Maximum Winners of the FIA World Drivers Championship

Driver (Nationality) Times ChampionMichael Schumacher (Germany)

7

Juan Manuel Fangio (Argentina)

5

Alain Prost (France) 4Jack Brabham (Australia) 3Jackie Stewart (Great Britain)

3

Niki Lauda (Austria) 3Nelson Piquet (Brazil) 3Ayrton Senna (Brazil) 3Alberto Ascari (Italy) 2Jim Clark (Great Britain) 2Graham Hill (Great Britain) 2Emerson Fittipaldi (Brazil) 2Mika Hakkinen (Finland) 2