F1, EXPLAINED.
Welcome. Let’s get you introduced to the world of Formula 1.
LIGHTS OUT, AND AWAY WE GO!
You’ve probably seen cars moving so fast they barely look real, crowds going wild in cities across the world, drivers becoming global celebrities. That is Formula 1. But what actually is it?
NOT JUST ANOTHER RACE…
At its simplest, Formula 1 is a racing competition. Twenty drivers, from different countries, racing purpose-built cars against each other across a season of events held in some of the most exciting cities on earth, including Miami, Monaco, Singapore, Las Vegas, Barcelona and more. The driver who scores the most points across the season wins the World Championship.
But calling Formula 1 just a racing competition is like calling the World Cup just a football tournament. That would be technically accurate, but wildly insufficient!
Formula 1 races span six continents. The audience is growing fast, and Africans are quickly becoming hard to ignore in the space.
more than speed…
The cars are the fastest racing machines ever built by humans. They are capable of reaching speeds of over 350km/h. If you’re familiar with cars, you might think, “well, a Lamborghini Aventador can do that…” Here’s the big difference, an Aventador can achieve such top speeds in a straight line, but a Formula 1 car can do insane speeds around corners and full circuits, epically overshadowing the performance of an Aventador or Bugatti Veyron.
The teams behind these feats of engineering include some of the greatest engineers and designers on the planet, spending hundreds of millions of dollars every year in pursuit of fractions of a second that could make all the difference for a championship win.
Formula 1 is speed, yes. But it is also strategy, politics, fashion, music, celebrity and culture. It is one of the few sports where the whole world genuinely shows up.
And now, so do we.
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If you found the first chapter of our F1 introduction insightful, you’re welcome to proceed to the next level.
