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Top F1 brands and their wins

Navya Sruthi

Ferrari is the most successful F1 team in history. It is the first to celebrate its 1,000th race at the Tuscan Grand Prix in 2020. It won its first constructors’ title in 1961 with Phil Hill, Richie Ginther and Wolfgang von Trips. Ferrari won a total of 241 races.


F1 drivers with most podium finishes

Sneha SK

Lewis Hamilton currently holds the record for most podium finishes in Formula One history with 188 wins.


Top Formula E teams for 2022-23

Shireen

Formula E cars are powered entirely on electricity. They race on competitive platforms to test and develop electric technology.


Cost of F1 car components in 2023

Sai Aravindh

With a cost cap for each team of $135m on car performance factors, one F1 car in 2023 costs about $12.2 million.


Number of TV viewers of Formula One (F1) racing worldwide from 2008 to 2021

Shreya Chekkilla

The TV viewership which fell from 600 million to 350 million in 2017 got boosted by the Netflix series Drive to survive, which came out in 2018.


10 Best Formula Drivers of all time

Rakshanda Sharma

All fans have their own favorites but statistically these players are the best F1 drivers of all time.


2023 Driver Standings

Yogada Sharma

The 2023 season of Forumla One started on March 5, with the Bahrain Grand Prix. Red Bull had a 1-2 podium finish and Fernando Alonso came in third.


Most successful team by total race wins in Formula 1

Ajay Rag

The first Formula 1 world championship took place in 1950. From there, a lot of manufacturers have competed against each other. Here is the list of manufacturers with most number of wins in Formula 1 history.

Fernando Alonso, Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton were considered as the most decorated drivers of their generation who competed against each other in 167 races and scored 226 podium in that time.


List of circuits on the calendar paying F1 to host Grand Prix

Deepali.J

25 circuits are mentioned in the calendar that will hold F1 Grand prix. These countries have signed to host on short-term and long term contacts. Both Qatar and China have 10 year contracts from 2023 despite not hosting any race in 2022. According to racing news 365,“In all, the hosting fees in 2022 come to a total of around $700 million a year, which is paid to F1.”


DHL fastest lap award winners from 2007 to 2022

Anuja Mistry

DHL Fastest Lap Awards recognize the fastest winners in F1 races. Lewis Hamilton has secured the fastest winner award over six times from 2007 till 2022. Following him is Nico Rosberg with three awards. Over all DHL has awarded 16 awards to eight F1 drivers until last year.

Source: DHL inmotion https://inmotion.dhl/en/formula-1/fastest-lap-award


Top paid F1 drivers of 2022

Aditi

The top most paid F1 driver of 2022, is Max Verstappen who has surpassed Lewis Hamilton with a pretax total of $60 million from his salary and bonuses, according to Forbes. Hamilton, now is at the second with an estimate of $55 million. Forbes states, F1’s ten highest-paid drivers are collecting an estimated $264 million which is a 25 percent increase from 2021 projections.

Source: Forbes


F1’s weirdest and most amazing records

Anchal Kumari

Fernando Alonso, Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton were considered as the most decorated drivers of their generation who competed against each other in 167 races and scored 226 podium in that time.


Top 10 F1 circuits and their size

M.Surabhi

The Monza street circuit has had the most number of races i.e 72.

Source- Various sources.