History UsefulNotes / FormulaOne

* Jasper Carrott talked about fellow [[UsefulNotes/TheMidlands brummie]] Nigel Mansell on his show: "''Potentially'', he is the most exciting man on the Earth..." (beat) "...until he speaks". "He's got all those exciting endorsements on his tunic; Havoline, Texaco, Labatts...it's so ''incongruous'' isn't it?. It should be Horlicks, or Solihull Public Library" He even mentioned Nigel's Indycar switch: "PaulNewman, and Nigel Mansell! Butch Cassidy and The Sanatogen Kid!"

** Season 17 Episode 3 produced a new fastest driver in the F1 'Star in a Reasonably Priced Car' Leader Board, [[spoiler: Sebastian Vettel. Was defeated by Lewis Hamiton and his old Red Bull teammate Mark Webber a few series later]].

** The second Stig, who was with the show from series 3 through series 15, was revealed to be [[spoiler: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Collins_(racing_driver) Ben Collins]]]]. They are now on their third Stig.

* Music/RobbieWilliams's video for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVaf7nurSZY 'Supreme']].
* Music/DavidGuetta's music video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0A9CzPNVhs 'Dangerous']].

* ThisIsYourLife also featured a few drivers as the subject of its show. Notably Murray Walker, Damon Hill and Nigel Mansell. Several other racing drivers acted as guests.

* ThisIsYourLife also featured a few drivers as the subject of it's show. Notably Murray Walker, Damon Hill and Nigel Mansell. Several other racing drivers acted as guests.

Unlike other major worldwide sports, the playing field for F1 changes at every event. Many of the race tracks are equally legendary names as the drivers and cars. The most notorious is probably the ''Nürburgring Nordschleife'' in Germany - a 14 mile course with over one hundred corners, it was last used in 1976 but is still there and is even open to the public to drive round if you pay. Other famous tracks still in use are ''Monza'' (Italy), ''Silverstone'' (UK), ''Spa-Francorchamps'' (Belgium), ''Suzuka'' (Japan) and the street race in Monte-Carlo (Monaco). A frequent gripe of fans is when an exciting track is dropped or altered in the name of safety. Currently the expansion of F1 into new countries such as China, Bahrain and Malaysia has led to several bespoke tracks that are frequently condemned for being soulless and boring, earning the derisive nickname of ''Tilkedromes'' -- Google the name "[[http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Hermann_Tilke Hermann Tilke]]" to see the explanation and fan reactions.

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* A biopic called ''[[Film/{{Rush 2013}} Rush]]'', directed by Creator/RonHoward, which focuses on the rivalry between James Hunt and Niki Lauda during the 1976 season (won by Hunt).

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* The Autobot Mirage on ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' turns into a formula one car (based on the Ligier F1 car).
** The Stunticon Drag Strip turns into an orange version of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrrell_P34 Tyrrell P34 6-wheeled]] F1 car.

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!!Tropes associated with Formula One are:

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* ''VideoGame/{{Forza}} Motorsport 5'' includes, for the first time in the series, open-wheeled cars, three of them being [=F1s=]: Kimi Räikkönen's Lotus from the last season, and from the 1976 season, James Hunt's [=McLaren=] and Niki Lauda's Ferrari (which also doubles as a ShoutOut to ''Film/{{Rush}}'').

* ''VideoGame/ForzaMotorsport 5'' includes, for the first time in the series, open-wheeled cars, three of them being [=F1s=]: Kimi Räikkönen's Lotus from the last season, and from the 1976 season, James Hunt's [=McLaren=] and Niki Lauda's Ferrari (which also doubles as a ShoutOut to ''Film/{{Rush}}'').

* ''Michael Schumacher'', German, holds most of the sport's records including most wins (91 against 51 from Prost, the previous record holder) and most titles (seven, in 1994, 1995 and 2000 through 2004, breaking Fangio's five-title record), making him the world's wealthiest athlete. Retired in 2006. Had planned a comeback to cover for the injured Felipe Massa, but was forced to call it off due to his own injuries.
** Will comeback anyway, but for Mercedes instead of Ferrari, after recovering from the neck injury that kept him out the year before.
*** Came back, drives around in the middle of the field. For someone off the track for 4 years practically driving the first time again (not counting training of course) it is a solid performance, though people have been expecting top-3 positions due to his legend...
*** Finally retired for good in 2012. In 2014 he was critically injured in a skiing accident leaving him with life altering injuries rendering any further comebacks moot.
* ''Fernando Alonso'', Spaniard, second youngest two time world champion. Ended Schumacher's dominance in 2005 and 2006.

* ''Lewis Hamilton'': The 2008 and 2014 English champion, and a [=Mercedes=] driver. The second youngest man to win the title and did so in only his second year of racing with [=McLaren=] (after finishing one point behind winner Kimi Räikkönen the season before, his debut season). Even then, he won by a single point from Ferrari's Felipe Massa, [[DownToTheLastPlay on the last corner of the last lap of the last race]]. Hamilton won his second title in more convincing fashion with Mercedes to see off the challenge of teammate and childhood friend Nico Rosberg with a win Abu Dhabi, the only double points race in F1 history.

** ''Nico Rosberg'' is Keke's son. He claims German nationality due to his mother being German and the fact he was born there. He has raced in F1 since 2006 and moved to Mercedes in 2010. In 2014, he challenged for and lost the championship to childhood friend Hamilton in a close battle with a record ten 2nd places in the season.

* The highly successful ''Super Monaco GP'' series on [[SegaGenesis Genesis]], which weren't FIA officially licensed games and thus made use of [[{{Expy}} Expies]] for both cars and drivers; the second game however had Ayrton Senna's supervision and thus was the only real-name driver displayed there.

* ''VideoGame/ProjectCARS'' has many forms of open-wheel UsefulNotes/FormulaOne cars in the form of [[LawyerFriendlyCameo Lawyer-Friendly Cameos]]. Formula Rookie, Formula 5000 Golf, Formula C/B/A. Side events in the career that you can be invited to feature vintage Lotus built cars from the 49 Cosworth at A, the 72D Cosworth and 78 Cosworth at B or the 98T Renault at C

* The highly successful ''SuperMonacoGP'' series on [[SegaGenesis Genesis]], which weren't FIA officially licensed games and thus made use of [[{{Expy}} Expies]] for both cars and drivers; the second game however had Ayrton Senna's supervision and thus was the only real-name driver displayed there.

* Also from Sega, 3D racing pioneer ''VideoGame/VirtuaRacing'' had the option to drive F1 cars.

* Now there's also ''F1RaceStars'', which is [[XMeetsY Formula One meets Mario Kart]].

There is a website dedicated to covering the very worst F1 moments, drivers, and teams. It's currently down temporarily, but can be found [[http://www.f1rejects.com/main.html here.]]

The season was rather tainted by the critical injury to Jules Bianchi of Marussia in torrential rain in Japan where he crashed into a JCB trying to recover Adrian Sutil's Sauber. He suffered significant head injuries and was in a coma for over a month. Forza Jules... The subsequent withdrawal of Marussia and fellow backmarker Caterham due to financial reasons brought the sport from tragedy to farce.

* ''Nigel Mansell'', English driver most associated with the Williams team, with which he was champion in 1992. Crossed over to CART for its 1993 season and won the championship(and almost the Indy 500) which lead Mansell to become the only driver to hold both championships at the same time.

* ''Bruce [=McLaren=]'', one of the youngest to win a Gran Prix, with his team and Gordon Murray building the ultimate road going sports car named right after the initials of the sport.

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A load of [[strike:men]] drivers, drive very fast single-seat open wheel cars ("If it's got fenders, it's not a race car") around a circuit, having to complete a set number of laps. Points awarded on finishing positions crown the champion driver and champion constructor. Most of the commercial dealings are controlled by a billionaire short bloke with a mop top haircut called Bernie Ecclestone. The political machinations of the teams and their disputes and scandals are an almost integral part of the sport and its image.

F1 used to be notorious for frequent driver deaths, but it's a lot safer than it was - no-one has died at the wheel [[XDaysSince since Senna in 1994]]. On the other hand, a marshal was killed at the Melbourne Grand Prix a few years ago. In 2014 Jules Bianchi was critically injured after he collided with a recovery vehicle leading to calls to make the car's cockpits fully enclosed. Tragically, [[TearJerker nine months after his crash.]] Bianchi sadly passed away due to his brain injury.

F1 used to be notorious for frequent driver deaths, but it's a lot safer than it was - no-one has died at the wheel [[XDaysSince since Senna in 1994]]. On the other hand, a marshal was killed at the Melbourne Grand Prix a few years ago. In 2014 Jules Bianchi was critically injured after he collided with a recovery vehicle leading to calls to make the car's cockpits fully enclosed - a radical change as Formula One cars have been open topped throughout the sports history.

Probably the greatest technical change occurred in the late 1950s when front-engined cars were replaced by superior mid-engined cars that were lighter and handled better. This revolution led to British teams taking over from the traditionally dominant Italian Maseratis and Ferraris during the 1960s. In the 1970s cars grew larger aerofoils; inverted wings designed to create downward lift (downforce) to press the cars down on to the road and improve grip. This led to Lotus pioneering 'Ground Effect' cars that were designed to create a low pressure area under the car using "Venturi tunnels", further increasing grip.[[note]]These had the unfortunate side effect of completely ''losing'' their grip if the car ran over something as small as a Dixie cup, resulting in cars literally flying off the track during high-speed turns. They have since been outlawed in F1 racing, but are still allowed (in a very subdued form) in IndyCar racing.[[/note]] In the 1980s turbochargers increased power outputs to 1000hp but were banned in 1989. During that decade increased safety regulations, and stronger carbon composite cars, led to a massive drop in the number of fatal crashes. The death of Ayrton Senna in a racing crash in 1994 spurred further safety regulations and attempts to limit car performance. Many advanced 'driver aids', like ABS and traction control have been outlawed, allowed again, and outlawed again, since then - technical rule changes are often a cue for fans to say TheyChangedItNowItSucks. (Compare NASCAR, which banned fuel injection in 1958 - and maintained the ban until 2012, ''decades'' after carburetors became obsolete on road cars.) In any event, the cars today have more technical affinity with the Space Shuttle[[note]]And a heck of a lot more computer power; the Space Shuttle's computer has 256K of total memory[[/note]] than what's parked in your driveway.

For the approximate USA equivalent, see Main/IndyCar.