While motorsport had been taking place since the late-1800s, with Grand
Prix events arriving and growing in popularity across the following
decades, 1950 marked the start of the official F1 championship that
remains to this day. Formula 1 is watched by huge numbers of fans around
the world. This includes the hundreds of thousands who flock through the
gates at each Grand Prix to catch the action in-person and the millions
more who follow it from afar.
A total of 20 drivers and 10 teams make up the current F1 grid, with
each outfit fielding two cars. This ranges from teams who have been in
F1 since the early decades, such as Ferrari and
McLaren, or relative newcomers like
Haas, who entered the sport ahead of the 2016 season.
In terms of the drivers, experience ranges from world champions Lewis
Hamilton, Fernando Alonso and Max Verstappen to rookie racers Oscar
Piastri, Nyck de Vries and Logan Sargeant.
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