11 Facts About F1

F1 offered Formula One to circuit owners as a package, which they could take or leave.

The rivalry between racers Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost became F1's central focus during 1988 and continued until Prost retired at the end of 1993.

The Honda F1 team went through a management buyout to become Brawn GP with Ross Brawn and Nick Fry running and owning the majority of the organisation.

BMW F1 was bought out by the original founder of the team, Peter Sauber.

The Lotus F1 Team were another, formerly manufacturer-owned team that reverted to "privateer" ownership, together with the buy-out of the Renault team by Genii Capital investors.

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F1's charge was halted by Max Verstappen, who took his maiden win in Spain in his debut race for Red Bull.

Those few circuits that run anticlockwise can cause drivers neck problems due to the enormous lateral forces generated by F1 cars pulling their heads in the opposite direction to normal.

In March 2007, F1 Racing published its annual estimates of spending by Formula One teams.

On 12 January 2011, F1 announced that it would adopt the HD format for the 2011 season.

Sky launched a dedicated channel, Sky Sports F1 which covered all races live without commercial interruption as well as live practice and qualifying sessions, along with F1 programming, including interviews, archive action and magazine shows.

Sky Sports F1 coverage remained unaffected and BBC Radio 5 Live and 5 Live Sports Extra coverage was extended until 2021.