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F1 History

Before F1 While the modern era of Formula One (F1) began in 1950, the roots can be traced back further, as far back as some of the earliest road races in France in the 1890s. The first race using the name "Grand Prix" was the 1901 French Grand Prix held at Le Mans.

In the Beginning: After interruptions for WWI and WWII, F1 (originally named Formula A) was born in 1950. On 10 April 1950, Juan Manuel Fangio (driving a Maserati) won the first official F1 race, the Pau Grand Prix.

British Dominance: British drivers and teams came to dominate F1 racing, with British F1 teams winning 12 World Championships in the 1960s and 1970s.

The Arrival of Wings and Ground Effects: Wings were introduced to F1 cars in 1968, creating downforce that greatly increased traction and cornering speed. Ground effects were added in 1978, which used side skirts and underbody designs to further increase downforce; due to instability, however, F1 ground effects were eventually banned in 1983.

The Turbo Era: Turbo chargers (which would also eventually be banned) were introduced in 1977, with turbo charged F1 cars dominating racing in the early and mid 1980s. The turbo era ended, however, in 1989, when turbo chargers were banned in favor of normally aspirated engineers.

The Automatic Age: Computer controlled systems were added in the late 1980s, followed by the introduction of semi-automatic gearboxes, traction control, starting programs, and anti-lock brakes. Like previous technological introductions, however, it was deemed that they were removing F1 driver skill and were eventually banned in 1993.

Future of F1: While F1 racing is still very popular and continues to expand globally, there are potential dark clouds brewing on the horizon.
F1 Car manufacturers have for years threatened to form their own rival series, citing unhappiness with the fact that despite spending hundreds of millions of dollars on cars each year, they have no ownership interest in the F1 series.

While F1 head Bernie Ecclestone had managed to maintain a tenuous peace with unhappy F1 manufacturers for years, the crisis escalated in 2004, when BMW, DaimlerChrysler, Fiat, Ford and Renault formed GPWC Holdings, a corporate vehicle designed to establish their own rival F1 series that would start racing in 2008. (BMW supplies engines to Williams; Ford owns the Jaguar racing team; Ferrari is part of Fiat; and DaimlerChrysler is the parent company of Mercedes, which supplies engines to McLaren.)

Their plans suffered a setback in 2005, however, when the popular F1 Ferrari team (the biggest draw in F1 racing) signed a new deal with F1 to continue racing with the series until 2012. F1 is currently attempting to negotiate a new deal with all of the teams involved in potentially breaking away to start a new series, hoping to extend their current agreement until at least 2012.

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