The Formula One World Championship is the highest class of worldwide single-seater racing, run by the Formula One Group and sanctioned by the FIA. It began in 1950 and is often regarded as the pinnacle of motorsport. A season is a series of Grands Prix held in many countries on purpose-built circuits or closed public roads, and a points system decides two annual titles, one for drivers and one for constructors. Each driver needs an FIA Super Licence and the circuits must hold the top Grade One rating. The commercial rights are leased to Liberty Media, which bought them in 2017 and added Grands Prix in Miami, Las Vegas, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the Netherlands and Barcelona. Its cars generate high cornering speeds through aerodynamic downforce.
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since its inaugural running in 1950
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to determine two annual World Championships
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is the highest class of worldwide racing for open-wheel, single-seater formula racing cars
View the SourceJohn Surtees (Wikipedia)
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won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1964 with Ferrari
Jochen Rindt (Wikipedia)
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Rindt won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1970 with Lotus
Alberto Ascari (Wikipedia)
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Ascari won two Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he won in 1952 and 1953 with Ferrari
Mike Hawthorn (Wikipedia)
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Hawthorn won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1958 with Ferrari
Giuseppe Farina (Wikipedia)
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Farina won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in its inaugural 1950 season with Alfa Romeo
Phil Hill (Wikipedia)
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Hill won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1961 with Ferrari
Toulo de Graffenried (Jolpica F1 API)
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1950 British Grand Prix
Paul Pietsch (Wikipedia)
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returned after the war, becoming the first German ever to take part in Formula One World Championship Grand Prix.
Alex Zanardi (Wikipedia)
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competed in Formula One between 1991 and 1999
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