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Formula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1 and referred to officially as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the most restrictive class of single seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The "formula" in the name refers to a set of rules with which all participants' cars must comply. The F1 season consists of a series of races, known as Grands Prix (translated to English as "Big Prizes"), held on purpose-built circuits and public roads. The results of each race are combined to determine two annual World Championships, one for the drivers and one for the constructors, with racing drivers, constructor teams, track officials, organizers, and circuits required to be holders of valid Super Licences, the most restrictive class of racing licence issued by the FIA.
Formula One cars race at high speeds – up to 360 km/h (220 mph) – with engines the performance of which is limited to a maximum of 18,000 revolutions per minute (rpms). The cars are capable of lateral acceleration in excess of 5 g in corners. The formula has had much evolution and change through the history of the sport. Europe, where all the Formula One racing teams are based, is the sport's traditional basis and where about half of each year's races occur. However, the sport's scope has expanded significantly during recent years and an increasing number of Grands Prix are held on other continents.
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Mario Gabriele Andretti (born February 28, 1940) is an Italian American former racecar driver, and one of the most successful Americans in the history of auto racing. He is one of only two drivers to win races in the four major motor racing categories: Formula One, IndyCar (USAC), World Sportscar Championship and NASCAR, the other being Dan Gurney. He also won races in midget cars, sprint cars and drag racing cars. During his career, Andretti won four IndyCar titles, the 1978 Formula One World Championship, and IROC VI (the 1978 - 1979 IROC). To date, he remains the only driver ever to win the Indianapolis 500 (1969), the Daytona 500 (1967), and the Formula One World Championship, and, along with Juan Pablo Montoya, the only driver to have won a race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Formula One, and an Indianapolis 500. No American has won a Formula One race since Andretti at the 1978 Dutch Grand Prix. Andretti had 109 career wins on major circuits. Andretti had a long career in racing. He was the only person to be named United States Driver of the Year in three decades (1967, 1978, and 1984). He was also one of only three drivers to win races on road courses, paved ovals, and dirt tracks in one season, a feat that he accomplished four times.
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Did you know...
- ... that the Aston Martin DBR4 (pictured) Formula One car failed to score even a single World Championship point, even though Aston Martin sports cars won many races?
- ... that Johnny Servoz-Gavin is the one and only driver to score a point in the World Championship with a four-wheel drive car?
- ... that motor racing has been banned in Switzerland since 1955, but a Swiss Grand Prix was held in 1982?
- ... that Manchester City F.C. chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak was also the man who negotiated the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix's inclusion in the 2009 Formula One season?
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Forti Corse, commonly known as Forti, was an Italian motor racing team chiefly known for its brief, and unsuccessful, involvement in Formula One in the mid-1990s. It was established in the 1970s and competed in lower formulae for two decades. The team's successes during this period included four drivers' championships in Italian Formula Three during the 1980s, and race wins in the International Formula 3000 championship, in which it competed from 1987 to 1994. In the course of events, Guido Forti formed a sponsorship deal with the wealthy Brazilian businessman Abílio dos Santos Diniz family that gave his racing driver son, Pedro, a permanent seat in the team and the outfit a suitably high budget with which to enter Formula One. Forti graduated to F1 as a constructor and entrant in 1995, but its first car - the Forti FG01 - proved to be uncompetitive, and the team failed to score a point. Despite this setback, Forti was committed to a three-year deal with Diniz, which was broken when Pedro moved to the Ligier team prior to the 1996 season, taking most of the team's sponsorship money with him. Nevertheless, Forti continued to compete in the sport, and even produced a much-improved FG03 chassis, before succumbing to financial problems mid-season after an ultimately fruitless deal with a mysterious entity known as Shannon Racing. The team competed in a total of 27 Grands Prix, scoring no points, and is recognised as one of the last truly privateer teams to race in an era when many large car manufacturers were increasing their involvement in the sport.
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Current World Championship standings
| Drivers' Championship | Constructors' Championship | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Team | Points | Constructor | Points |
 Sebastian Vettel |
Red Bull-Renault | 77 |  Red Bull-Renault |
109 |
 Kimi Räikkönen |
Lotus-Renault | 67 |  Lotus-Renault |
93 |
| Lewis Hamilton |
Mercedes | 50 |  Ferrari |
77 |
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- July 9: Mark Webber wins 2012 British Grand Prix
- July 3: Marussia F1 test driver Maria de Villota seriously injured in testing accident
- August 2: Jenson Button wins Hungarian Grand Prix
- February 24: Bahrain Grand Prix cancelled amid political turmoil
- November 26: Bernie Ecclestone attacked outside London headquarters; no arrests made
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