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Formula 1 World Competition Championship

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Formula 1 Championship known as Formula One or F1 is a motor racing  competition sponsored by the FIA - the International Automobile Federation. "Formula" is a set of rules that participating teams must meet for acceptance in the competition and " 1 "indicates that this competition is known to be the most valuable and prestigious in competitions organized by the FIA .

Formula 1 was founded in 1946 but the first season of Formula 1 World Championship is launched in 1950 the competition clearly dominated by the Alfa Romeo Italian team.

The first world champion in Formula 1 is the Italian Giuseppe Farina , performance repeatead a year later by another Italian pilot, Juan Manuel Fangio,also on team Alfa Romeo.


Alberto Ascari from Scuderia Ferrari dominate the next two seasons after .Next season is  Juan Manuel Fangio's turn to increase his record with four world titles as a pilot teams Maserati, Mercedes and Ferrari.

World Constructors Championship of Formula 1 is launched in 1958 to reward manufacturers of race cars and team of engineers who contributed to performance achievement  in competition, being awarded the Vanwall's team on first season. With the first title of world champions and builders starts Anglo-Saxon domination in F1.

Jack Brabham World Champion Formula 1Coooper building is the first team to win the Formula 1 Championship both at manufacturers competition and pilots in 1959 and 1960 with Jack Brabham as pilot and thanks to the team of engineers having achieved a single user car with the engine located on behind car.

Ferrari is at the forefront of Formula 1 Championship along with winning the title in 1961 but lost the next year in front of Jim Clark, British pilot who will take on his account first four world titles with BRM and Lotus teams.Caused by a lack of quality management and wrong decisions taken by manager Colin Chapman, Lotus lost supremacy conquered in 1963 , competition starts to be dominated in 1964 by Scuderia Ferrari.

Jack Brabham is the only pilot in the world who won the F1 world title in 1966 motorsport season with a racing car made by himself.

Lotus is at the forefront of the competition in season 1968 when Graham Hill becomes World Champion for the second time.

Jackie Stewart is the winner of three world championships in Formula 1 titles in seasons in the years 1969,1971,1973.

Emerson Fitipaldi Formula 1 ChampionYoungest world champion in the history of Formula 1 motor racing is Emerson Fittipaldi managed to conquer the world title with Lotus team in 1972.

France's Renault team is introducing turbocharged engines for the first time in the history of Formula 1 Championship competition, in the 1977 season. Thanks to this innovation Renault will dominate untill 1998 the competition when McLaren wins the title with Mika Hakkinen as a pilot.After sixteen unsuccessfully seasons Ferrari wins the title and start dominating Formula1 competition winning ten world titles, five riders titles won by Michael Schumacher in 2000-2005.

 

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