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FORMULA ONEGeneral Facts• 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 the conclusion of the race or qualification

session.

• 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 Points

1st 252nd 183rd 154th 125th 106th 87th 68th 49th 2

10th 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, Singapur Suzuka Circuit, Japan Yeongam Circuit, South Korea Buddha International Circuit, India Yas Marina, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Austin International Circuit, Austin, USA José Carlos Pace, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Maximum Winner of the FIA World Drivers Championship

• The maximum winner of World Drivers Championships of the FIA is the German Michael Schumacher with seven titles in his career (1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004).

• Michael Schumacher has been the only racer in the F1 history to win five consecutive championships (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004). He achieved this when racing with Ferrari.