Therefore, it is possible for a driver to receive points even if they retired before the end of the race. This meant that the drivers were depending entirely on the tyres for any small amount of cushioning of the car and driver from irregularities of the road surface. There were no more than 11 Grands Prix per season during the early decades of the championship, although a large number of non-championship Formula One events also took place. Senna died at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix after crashing into a wall on the exit of the notorious curve Tamburello. Schumacher set many new records, including those for Grand Prix wins (91, since beaten by Lewis Hamilton), wins in a season (thirteen, since beaten by Max Verstappen), and most Drivers' Championships (seven, tied with Lewis Hamilton as of 2021).

The grooved tyres also had the unfortunate side effect of initially being of a harder compound to be able to hold the grooved tread blocks, which resulted in spectacular accidents in times of aerodynamic grip failure, as the harder compound could not grip the track as well. The 2022 and 2023 Constructors' and Drivers' Championships were won by Red Bull and Verstappen with multiple races to spare.

Different tyres have different colours on their sidewalls; this allows spectators to understand the strategies.

British F3 has supplied many F1 drivers, with champions, including Nigel Mansell, Ayrton Senna and Mika Häkkinen having moved straight from that series to Formula One, and Max Verstappen made his F1 debut following a single season in European F3.

Experience the legendary history of Formula 1 in this new edition of the definitive illustrated book. El libro se ve super bien, buena calidad, mi queja es con los que empacaron el producto, pesimo, sin proteccion, el libro llego abollado en 2 partes, deben mejorar muchisimo en su empaquetado, mas cuando envian libros, que pueden sufrir daños en el envio. Between 1955 and 1961, Moss finished second place in the championship four times and in third place the other three times.

Several of the new circuits in F1, especially those designed by Tilke, have been criticised as lacking the "flow" of such classics as Spa-Francorchamps and Imola. The glamour and history of the Monaco race are the primary reasons why the circuit is still in use, even though it does not meet the strict safety requirements imposed on other tracks. Companies such as Climax, Repco, Cosworth, Hart, Judd and Supertec, which had no direct team affiliation, often sold engines to teams that could not afford to manufacture them.This prevented other cars from following closely due to their dependence on 'clean' air to make the car stick to the track. To reduce engine power output and thus speeds, the FIA limited fuel tank capacity in 1984, and boost pressures in 1988, before banning turbocharged engines completely in 1989. This set the record for the most World Championships won by a single driver, a record that stood for 46 years until Michael Schumacher won his sixth championship in 2003. Maurice Hamilton was the Observer 's motor racing correspondent from 1990 to 2010 and a summariser on BBC Radio Five Live's motor racing coverage.