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HISTORY OF SPORT:
Speed Car Formula 1 is the most popular motorsport modality in the world. It is the most advanced category of motor sport and is regulated by the International Automobile Federation.
The FIA (International Motorsport Federation) announced the inaugural race of the Speed Car Formula 1 World Championship on May 13, 1950, at the Silverstone Circuit in the United Kingdom.
The announced championship comprised 6 GPs to be played in Europe: United Kingdom, Monaco, Switzerland, Belgium, France and Italy, and the result of the Indianapolis 500 would be added, thus making it a "world" championship.
Due to post-war difficulties, cars were all pre-war. It allowed the participation of Speed Car Racing cars with superpressurized engines up to 1.5 liter or with 4.5 liter aspirated engines. The confirmation of the presence of Alfa Romeo was decisive for the moment. His participation with the Alfettas, dominant at the time, brought prestige to the championship. They confirmed Ferrari (but the cars were not ready for the opening race), Maserati, some "Voiturettes" ERA and modified sports cars, like the Talbots.
The 3 worst results of the 7 races in Formula 1 Speed Car racing would be ruled out.
The inaugural speed car formula 1 at Silverstone was attended by an estimated 100,000 people, plus the presence of King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret.
After dominating the first two years of Alfa Romeo cars, Ferrari features a winning 4.5-liter car and completely dominates the years 1952 and 1953, giving Alberto Ascari the title of two-time world champion speed car formula 1 .
In 1954, Mercedes-Benz returns to the sport of speed car formula 1 with a perfect car that gave Juan Manuel Fangio another 2 titles, becoming three-time world champion. The cars are smaller, with 2.5-liter engines. At the end of 1955, Mercedes abandoned the competitions due to the tragedy of Le Mans that year, when more than 80 spectators died when the Mercedes of Pierre Levegh projected itself over the crowd. At the moment, Ferrari hires Fangio, who wins the fourth F1 title. In 1957, he won his fifth (and final) title for Maserati.
In 1955, Vanwall, the first English speed car team Formula 1, introduced a car originally designed for the 2.0-liter Formula 2, but equipped with disc brakes and fuel injection. In 1956, Vanwall introduced the 2.5-liter engine and a new chassis designed by Colin Chapman, who at the time was developing sports cars for Lotus.
In 1958, Cooper introduced a small car (based on the 500cc Formula 3 models) with its own rear-mounted engine, with a pronounced rate of technical advancement compared to the cars of the era. This car marked the models of the decade that began already being champion of constructors and of pilots, with the Australian Jack Brabham, in 1959 and 1960 (Brabham in the future would create its own team of F1 and would win a world championship with her. The New Zealander Bruce McLaren, who was in F1 and ended up creating the successful McLaren team, where they rode great Speed Car racing champions like Niki Lauda, Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna.
1994: The death of Senna and the beginning of the Schumacher era
In the 94th season of Formula 1, Ayrton Senna, who cleared away from Schumacher, loses control of Williams and crashes violently on the Tamburello curve, approximately between 280 and 320km / h. The Brazilian suffered serious injuries, and was admitted to the Hospital Maggiore in Bologna. However, the three times champion died after 6 hours in the hospital. In the end, Michael Schumacher gave. Benetton's German arrived in Australia with a one-point lead over Damon Hill of Williams.
