Dyatlova Nastya 1 st year RSUPE student Humanity

Dyatlova Nastya, 1 st year RSUPE student, Humanity Institute, Public Relations

Formula 1(official name is the FIA Formula One World Championships) – the circuit racing championship in the class open-wheel cars. Many refer to Formula 1 "queen of motorsport", "top motorsport", "royal formula", "royal car racing"

Britain is considered to be the ancestor of the Formula 1. The first world championship race was held at Silverstone, United Kingdom in 1950

"F 1 Supremo" Bernie Ecclestone is an English business magnate, as president of Formula One Management and Formula One Administration. As such, he is generally considered the primary authority in Formula One racing

Records for the number of «Grand Slam» : 1. Jim Clark 2. Michael Schumacher - 5 «Grand Slams» - 8 «Grand Slams»

In the current championship Britain represented just 3 teams:

Mc. Laren Racing Limited, trading as Vodafone Mc. Laren Mercedes, is a British Formula One team based in Woking, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. The team is the second oldest active team (after Ferrari) and one of the most successful teams in Formula One, having won 182 races, 12 drivers' championships and 8 constructors' championships

The team competed under the Lotus name for the first time in the 2012 Formula One season, following the renaming of the former Renault team based at Enstone in Oxfordshire. The team achieved fourth position in the Formula One Constructors' World Championship in their first season under the Lotus title

Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited (FWB: WGF 1), trading as Williams F 1, is a British Formula One motor racing team and constructor. Williams won nine Constructor's titles between 1980 and 1997. This stood as a record until Ferrari surpassed it in 2000. It was founded and run by former team owner Sir Frank Williams and automotive engineer Patrick Head

Also among active drivers there are three represents people from Albion: Jenson Button Lewis Hamilton Paul di Resta

Jenson Button – is a pilot of British team «Vodafone Mc. Laren Mercedes» . Button is the Champion of F 1 in 2009 season.

Lewis Hamilton

Paul di Resta Scotland-born pilot of «Sahara Force India F 1 Team» debuting in 2008

It is best known as the home of the British Grand Prix, which has been held on the circuit every year since 1987. The circuit is also home to the BRDC International Trophy, formerly one of the premier non-Championship F 1 races in the calendar, today awarded to the winner of a race for historic F 1 cars at the annual Silverstone Classic meeting. The circuit is owned by the British Racing Drivers' Club

Formula 1 teams are also called the stables, by analogy with the jumps, so popular in the UK, in which was born Formula 1 and because the boxes for the first F 1 car were old stables. Of race as a steward came terms (in Formula 1 since 2006 - a man who is always present at all stages of the World Cup and make decisions on contentious issues) and pole position