The formula one is the most popular international car
competition. The formula one consist in races that are called "Grand
Prix" and the competition that grouped them is called "Formula One
World Championship".
Most of the circuits where celebrate the Grand Prix
are permanent circuits (circuits that are specifically designed for
competitions), like the circuit of Sepang, in Malaysia. But also there is
another type of circuit: the street circuit,
it is a circuit composed of public streets. There are several street circuits,
like the famous circuit of Monaco, which is a very difficult race, with a high
average of retirements for race, due to the narrow streets of Monaco or our race celebrated in Valencia, which is called
the Grand Prix of Europe.
CIRCUIT OF MONACO
CIRCUIT OF SEPANG
CIRCUIT OF VALENCIA
The FIA is the organization which directs the formula one. The FIA has got rules, and
the drivers must to carry out all the rules. Here you can see the rules; the meaning of all the flags, the rules that have
to carry out the single-seaters, the punctuation system, which changes each few years, like you can see
in the table:
The drivers must to drive his single-seater as fast as
possible to win the Grand Prix therefore their single-seaters have several
devices, to help the car to go faster, I'm going to tell you one: the DRS, is a
device introduced in the 2011 season of formula one with the purpose of
reducing aerodynamic load of the single-seater and increase his speed to
facilitate the overtaking.
Every single-seater is driving by a driver, and every
driver has got a motor-racing team, which is composed by two drivers. For
example:
DRIVERS
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MOTOR-RACING TEAM
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Fernando Alonso
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Felipe Massa
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Ferrari
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Sebastian Vettel
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Mark Webber
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Red Bull
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Lewis Hamilton
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Jeson Button
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McLaren
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The Spanish driver more prize-winning of the history
of the formula one is Fernando Alonso. He is twice champion of the Formula One
World Championship, in 2005 and 2006, and he is the third driver with more
podiums in the history of the formula one and the fifth driver with more
victories. Also, Fernando is one of the four drivers in make one's debut with a
victory in the motor-racing team of Ferrari.
And now, some questions about the formula one!!
1- Where is celebrated the famous Grand Prix in which the
drivers compete at night?
2- Who is the driver who more Formula One World
Championship has in his power?
3- What is the meaning of the abbreviation
"DRS"?
4- Tell me a device for the improvement of the
single-seater in the race (not DRS).
