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| Years || [[1990 Formula One season|1990]] ...ao Grand Prix, achieved in 1985 with a [[March Engineering|March]] Formula 3000.

|Years || 1997 ...se enough funds to gain a race seat at the time. In 1996 he was [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]]'s test driver.

|Years || {{F1|1992}} ...[Italy]]. She is best known as the last female driver to have entered the Formula One World Championship.

...CI Vallelunga Circuit]]. In 1954 and 1963 the Rome Grand Prix was run to [[Formula One]] rules, but neither event was included in the World Championship. Recently there have been proposals to revive the Rome Grand Prix as a [[Formula One]] street race.

...and Prix]], the very race which also took the life of three-time [[list of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|world champion]] [[Ayrton Senna]]. Born in [[ ...s, after which he forged a successful career in the [[Japan]]ese [[Formula 3000]] series.

|Years || 1989 - 2001 |Team(s) || [[Tyrrell]], [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]], [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]], [[Sauber]], [[Prost Grand Prix|Prost]], [[Jordan Grand Prix|Jor

...(born [[6 August]] [[1981]] in [[Locorotondo]]) is an [[Italy|Italian]] [[Formula One]] driver, who drives for [[Scuderia Toro Rosso]]. ...ing the [[2001]] World Karting Championship, beating Formula One [[list of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|champion]] [[Michael Schumacher]] in one race.

| Current series || [[Italian Formula Three Championship|Italian Formula 3]]<br> [[A1 Grand Prix]] ...ries|Formula 3 Euroseries]]<br> [[German Formula Three Championship|German Formula 3]]

|Years || 1993 ...on]] champion in 1994. More recently, he has competed in Italian [[Formula 3000]], and in Japanese [[Super GT]] [[sports car racing]].

|Years || 1989 - 1992 ...Italy]]. He made his debut in 1987 and 1988 in [[Formula 2]] and [[Formula 3000]].

|Years || 1992 - 1994 | Awards || 1991 [[Formula 3000]] champion<br>[[1995 Indianapolis 500]]

|Years || {{F1|2003}}-{{F1|2004}} ...Italy|Italian]] [[automobile racing|racing]] driver who in 2004 drove in [[Formula One]] with the [[Minardi]] team, and is now racing in the F1-supporting [[G

...[racing car driver]]. He has always stated his determination to become a [[Formula 1]] driver. He won the [[Indy Racing League]] (IRL) championship in [[2003] == Early Years ==

'''Felipe Massa''' (born [[April 25]], [[1981]]) is a [[Brazil|Brazilian]] [[Formula One]] racing driver formerly in the employ of the [[Sauber]] team and for [ ...opportunity to move into [[Formula 3]], he opted instead for the [[Formula 3000]] Euro-Series, and was dominant, winning 6 of the 8 races to take the champ

|Years || 1991 - 1993 ...2]] [[1963]] in [[Monza]], [[Lombardy]]) is an [[Italy|Italian]] former [[Formula One]] driver who raced for the [[Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives|AGS]]

|Years || {{F1|1989}} - {{F1|1990}} ...lo Barilla''' (born [[20 April]] [[1961]] in [[Milan]], [[Italy]]) was a [[Formula One]] driver who raced for the [[Minardi]] team. Paolo is one of the heirs

[[Image:F3000.jpg|thumb|300px|right|'''Formula 3000 is a type of Formula Racing''']] ...ominated by works-run cars with factory engines; the hope was that Formula 3000 would offer quicker, cheaper, more open racing.

...ssman, and initially took up motor racing as a hobby. He is Israel's first Formula One driver, and the first [[Jewish]] F1 driver since [[Tomas Scheckter]] te ...season. Since then he has progressed, via [[Formula 3000]], to become a [[Formula One]] test driver.

|Years || 1955 - 1970 ...pril 2]], [[1926]]) is an [[Australia|Australian]] racing driver who was [[Formula One]] champion in [[1959]], [[1960]] and [[1966]].

|Years || 1991, 1993 - 1995 ...mula One]], [[sports car]], and [[CART]] racing driver. He is currently a Formula One commentator for [[ITV]].

...[[Formula Ford]] - Austrian Karl Wendlinger found himself in the German [[Formula 3]] Championship in [[1988]]. After managing tenth place in that inagural s ...as we all now know - Schumacher and Frentzen went on to become top-level [[Formula One]] drivers, with Michael, arguably transpiring into perhaps the best eve

| Years || 1997 - ...ionship]] in 2000, and winner of the [[12 Hours of Sebring]] in both those years.

| Years || 1989 - 2000 | Team(s) || [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]], [[Tyrrell]], [[Team Lotus|Lotus]], [[Ligier]], [[Sauber]], [[St

|Years || 1993 - 2002 ...rvine, Jr.''' (b. [[10 November]] [[1965]], [[Newtownards]]) is a former [[Formula One]] racing driver from [[Northern Ireland]].

...[[May 23]] [[1972]] in [[São Paulo (city)|São Paulo]], [[Brazil]], is a [[Formula One]] race driver. ...lace did little to hurt his value, joined the [[Jordan Grand Prix|Jordan]] Formula One team for the [[1993]] [[Season (sport)|season]].

...discontinuation of the long-term [[Formula One]] 'feeder' sport, [[Formula 3000]]. The format was conceived by [[Bernie Ecclestone]] and [[Flavio Briatore] ...e of the infrastructure (marshalls, medical facilities etc) in place for a Formula One event.

|Years || 2003 - 2004 ...orld Series|CART]] Championship in 2002, and former [[Toyota F1|Toyota]] [[Formula One]] driver.

...ess. 1993 and 1994 were spent driving for Paul Stewart Racing in [[Formula 3000]]. De Ferran finished fourth in the series in 1993 and third in 1994. ...iciently impressed to offer de Ferran a drive for 1995. With no top-line [[Formula One]] drive available de Ferran took up the offer to drive in America.

...Three]] and [[Formula 3000]], the team was one of the least successful in Formula One history. The tiny team never had appropriate human, financial or techni ...990. From 1987 to 1991, the Coloni team made 82 attempts to take part in a Formula One race but only qualified 14 times. On the five occasions when a Coloni c

...3000]] in 1985, but in 2009 the [[Formula Two]] name returns. The 2009 FIA Formula Two Championship will begin at Valencia on the 31 May. Visit the official F ...ed for a path to reach this peak. For much of the history of Formula One, Formula Two has represented the penultimate step on the motorsport ladder.

|Years || {{F1|1985}} - {{F1|1993}} ...(born in [[Milan]], [[May 24]], [[1963]]) is an [[Italy|Italian]] former [[Formula One]] driver. He participated in 98 Grands Prix, debuting on [[October 6]],

| Years || [[1989 Formula One season|1989]] - [[1991 Formula One season|1991]] | Team(s) || [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]], [[Scuderia Italia]]

|Years || 1958 - 1964, 1966 ...d States]] automobile racer and the only American-born driver to win the [[Formula One]] World Drivers' Championship. Hill was described as a "thoughtful, gen

==Early years== ..., he won five races to become Rookie of the Year (6th overall) in French [[Formula 3]]. He won the series outright in 1999, with eight wins and three poles. T

|Years || 1991 - 1994, 1999 ...anardi''', b. [[October 23]], [[1966]] in [[Bologna]], [[Italy]], is an ex-Formula One driver who is better known for his dominance of CART during the late 19

| Years || F1 1984 – 1985, F1 1988 – 1995 He participated in 124 [[Formula One]] Grands Prix, debuting on [[September 9]], [[1984]] substituting for [

...alian Grand Prix-3.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Bruno Senna]] drives a Dallara F304 [[Formula Three]] Car during a support race at the [[2006 Australian Grand Prix]]]] ...[[motor racing]] series, being most notable for its near-[[monopoly]] in [[Formula 3]] since 1993. Dallara also is the chassis used by almost all teams in the

! colspan=2 |'''Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (Formula 1 Layout)''' |Events:||[[Formula One]]; [[Spa 24 Hours]]; [[1000km Spa]]; [[GP2]]; [[Deutsche Tourenwagen Ma

...g]]; [[Formula One]]; [[British Formula Three Championship|British F3]]; [[Formula Three Euroseries|F3 Euroseries]]; [[A1 Grand Prix|A1GP]]; [[British Superbi ...86]]. Those in attendance were treated to some spectacular racing over the years; events such as [[Jo Siffert|Jo Siffert's]] epic duel with [[Chris Amon]] i

|Championships || 1 ([[2005 Formula One season|2005]]) ...ld Drivers' Champions|World Driver's Championship]] title at the age of 24 years and 59 days, thus breaking [[Emerson Fittipaldi]]'s record of being the you

| Years || {{F1|1994}}–{{F1|2008}} ...er he has amassed a notable points haul, and lies seventh on the [[List of Formula One driver records#Career points|all-time scorers list]], being the top [[U

...by Lotus, Cooper, Porsche and [[Ferrari]] and the grids were populated by Formula I drivers. Lurani’s proposal was quickly adopted by the FIA. ...gines which would also qualify. The Italians quickly made cars for the new formula, and the first race was held on January 1958 at [[Monza]].

|Years || F1 1994, 2000, 2002 ...November 30]], [[1966]] in [[Helsinki]]) is a [[Finland|Finnish]] former [[Formula One]] driver. His best ranking was 10th in the world championship in 1999.

...o F1 as a [[List of Formula One constructors|constructor]] and [[:Category:Formula One entrants|entrant]] in {{F1|1995}} and continued into {{F1|1996}}, befor ==Establishment and early years==

...e held as part of [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile]]'s annual [[Formula One]] automobile racing championships. ...Cours was an attempt to stimulate the economy of the area, but many within Formula One complain about the remote nature of the circuit.

==Comparison with Formula One car== ...[racing car]]. For much of their history Champ Cars have been similar to [[Formula One]] cars, although there have traditionally been several key differences

...benefited [[Ducati]] and it was able to dominate the championship for many years. From 1993 to 1999 [[Carl Fogarty]] and [[Ducati]] dominated, Fogarty won t ...most impressive comeback in the history of motorcycle racing. During these years the Superbike World Championship reached the zenith of its popularity, with

|Years || [[1992 Formula One season|1992]] - [[1999 Formula One season|1999]] |Championships || 1 ([[1996 Formula One season|1996]])

Mainly, these are their 1966 to 1980 [[Formula One]] cars, and also their 1969 to 1973 sports prototypes of the [[Ferrari For the 1966 F1 season, the rules were changed, now allowing 3000 cm³ engines. The F1 teams, even though asking for "the return to power", w

...tructor founded in [[1979]] by [[Giancarlo Minardi]]. It competed in the [[Formula One]] World Championship from [[1985]] until [[2005]] with little success, ...]] under various names from 1972 to 1979 - even briefly running a customer Formula One [[Ferrari 312T]] as Scuderia Everest in 1976 - before gaining financial

! 1.0 45 Formula | 67 Nm @ 3000 rpm

{{Formula One}} ...jpg|thumb|400px|[[Fernando Alonso]] qualifying in a [[Renault F1|Renault]] Formula One car at the [[2005 United States Grand Prix]]]]

...was a problem. With a limited budget stretched by [[Formula 1]] racing, [[Formula 2]], [[GT]] [[sports car]] world championship pursuit and regular road car ...would sell the rights to someone who had the money and material to produce 3000 units of the baby Ferrari--originally called the "Ferrarina"--and therefore

...The Drivers' Championship was won by [[Michael Schumacher]] of [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]] for the second year in a row, beating [[Damon Hill]] of [[Willia ...peared from the grid along with [[Larrousse]]. Only one new team entered [[Formula One]] and that was [[Forti]].

[[Image:formula_one_car.jpg|thumb|300px|right|A modern Formula One car]] ...ne is widely considered to be the pinnacle of motorsports, and a seat in a Formula One car is undoubtedly the peak of any driver's racing career. In North Ame

...e 250 GTO or 365 Daytona, when times 12, will give a total displacement of 3000 resp. 4380&nbsp;cc. However, in the specific case of world sports car champ ...g [[Group 6]] Prototypes to a maximum engine capacity of 3.0 litres, as in Formula 1. Despite having a suitable engine, Ferrari sat out the 1968 season, to re

...otá]], [[Colombia]]) is a [[race car driver]] in [[NASCAR]] and a former [[Formula One]] and [[CART]] driver. He has enjoyed great success, most famously in t ...T title in his [[rookie]] year, the first being [[1992 Formula One season| Formula One World Champion]] [[Nigel Mansell]] in [[1993 CART World Series season|1

...acciola]] repeated a similar upset win at the [[Mille Miglia]] a couple of years later. In 1926, [[Eliska Junkova]], one of the great female drivers in [[Gr ...e years, the greats of [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix racing]] and [[Formula One]] such as Argentina's [[Juan Manuel Fangio]], Belgium's [[Olivier Gende

...enissima]]'s [[Count Giovanni Volpi]], a road-going [[sports car]] and a [[Formula One]] car. Image:atsfront.jpg|<font color=>'''ATS original as 45 years ago'''

| Caption || The start of a [[Formula One]] race in 2008 [[Image:formula_one_car.jpg|thumb|300px|right|A modern Formula One car]]

...s one of the five victories that season that would make him France’s first Formula One world champion. © Schlegelmilch]] ...[[1980 Formula One season|1980]]–[[1991 Formula One season|1991]], [[1993 Formula One season|1993]]

...n a single season. Schumacher is the only German to have won the [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|drivers' championship]]. ...e team's season-best grid position of seventh. The race-winning [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]] team signed him before the next race, despite what Jordan believ

...F4 750 cc and F4 1000 cc "[[Ayrton Senna]]" editions in memory of the late Formula One Champion of the same name (who was an avid Ducati and MV Agusta collect Between 1948 and 1976 MV Agusta motorcycles have won over 3000 races.

...'s racing division has recently devoted its attention and funding to its [[Formula One]] team, '''Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro'''. ...ix World Championship had been laid out before the war but it took several years afterward for the series to get going; meanwhile Ferrari rebuilt his works

...n mass which is needed can be calculated using the rocket equation and the formula for <math>I_{sp}</math> This formula reflects the fact that even with 100% engine efficiency, certainly not all

==Foundation and early years== ...he onset of [[World War I]] halted automobile production at ALFA for three years.

...e, the Astura will be but the “Queen” of the specially built ones of those years: nearly all the Italian carriage makers and many foreign carriage makers of ...o Farina]] (the future first Champion of the World of the history of [[the Formula One]], in the [[1950]]) and from Ernesto Oneto.