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Thursday 27 September 2012

All about formula one

Formula one is also known as FIA formula one world championship. It is the highest,
classiest single seater auto racing. The 'formula' part in formula one means the set of rules and regulations enlisted to drivers and teams. Each race gives a driver a chance to gain as much points as they can to try and increase their chances to become world champion. Every win gives you a total of 25 points, there is a huge difference between first and second with second having a total of 18 points making the drivers push extra hard for that first place. The order than follows from 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and tenth place finishing with a point. Every point that a team wins adds them one million euro to their budget so the driver is not the onloy one who mainly benefits from a race win. In 1970 bernie eccelstone became incontrol of formula one's commercial rights, turning the sport into the billion dollar buisness it is today. The formula one season consists of a series of races, which are called grand prixs. The current formula one season holds a total of 20 races which include an amazing return to the american side of formula one, when after a long while away America has finally decided to host a formula one grand prix in Austin, Texas.
Formula one cars achieve very high speeds of up to 350 km p/h this was before the change in the V10 engine to the V8 inflicted by the FIA in 2010. Formula one cars are very dependant on electronics. There are a total of twelve teams in a formula one race meaning there are a total of 24 drivers. Due to high expenditures made my teams it normally leaves them bankrupt or bought out, this mainly happens to the smaller teams such. Strong, reliable, fast teams like Mclaren or Ferrari stay with formula one for a long period of time as they have the finance to keep themselves running and they are also the popular teams and one of the reasons why people watch formula one in the first place. SO if a popular team leaves formula one than so does the viewers and fans of that team, therefore it is unlikely for a very strong team to just sell out or go bankrupt.
Formula one is set on BBC throughout the entire weekend in which its on. Most grand prixs tend to happen once every two weeks except for the grand prixs that are very close to each other ( ex. japan and korea ) or if there is a holiday. 

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