Formula One

Yes and no. Drivers are not required to pay for a seat directly. Teams choose and hire their drivers themselves.

Some drivers are chosen based purely on talent and offered a salary by the team, others are chosen based on a mix of talent and cash/sponsorship money they bring to the team.

Many teams will opt for a less talented driver that brings money with them to help fund the team, where as some teams pay their drivers millions of dollars per year.

All drivers have to pay for a superlicense in order to be eligible to drive in Formula 1. This superlicense costs $12,800, plus $1,280 for each championship point earned the previous year., meaning some drivers have to pay over $1million for a superlicense while others only have to pay $12,800!

Very good question, i know plenty of car racers and car lovers who wouldn't be able to start an f1 experience car on the first try.

This is how it goes:

First, a huge 'Prod' like is plonked/plugged in quickly into the back of the car, where the gearbox is usually, with the driver being already in the car, he ignite the engine, and start clutching and revving the engine.

This is very hard to do, usually with normal drivers the car will just stall.

Once a Formula One car's engine is started its need to move becomes very urgent. As they are designed to operate at high speed (where there is a good supply of cooling air flowing over surfaces) modern Formula One cars have very little in the way of cooling - and the heat created by running engines while stationary puts enormous strain on the mechanical parts of the car.

Yes. Michael once crashed during the 1999 British GP in Silverstone. His car crashed due to a brake failure and he had a broken leg due to it.

Because of this accident, he was ruled out of the 1999 season for 6 races.

I did rally racing before and one of my friends now races in F1 the tickets he gave me were VIP to Germany race in 09 they were 800 Euros for 1 person That's just tickets without the travel. Regular seat tickets go for about 80-300 euros. So if you would like to go to Europe this month check out their website and find location where they are then book the flight and then take that and add it to Race tickets they can be from 1 race day to all 3 days 3 days are about 500 and 1 day can be as cheap as 80 Euros and cheap seats they all go about looks of the seats ofcourse good once are about 500.

Ken Wharton was born in Smethwick. He started 15 races in the Formula One World Championship from 1952 to 1955. He also won four British Hill Climb Championships (1951 to 1954).

The 1999 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on March 7, 1999 at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit in Melbourne, Australia. It was the first race of the 1999 Formula One season - the 50th World Championship season in the history of Formula One.

Mika Häkkinen and David Coulthard dominated in practice and the opening stage of the race, but retired with technical problems - the new McLaren MP4/14 proved to be very fast but not yet reliable. Michael Schumacher also had problems during this eventful race, which gave his Ferrari team mate Eddie Irvine the opportunity to take his first Grand Prix victory. The Irishman made no mistakes and beat Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Ralf Schumacher to the finish by a few seconds.

Jacques Villenueve had eleven in a row from the start of the season (and there was only 16 races!)

He might have had another one after that too but I forget...

You better believe it! The Nürburgring, simply known as "The Ring" by enthusiasts, is a motorsport race track in Nürburg, Germany. It was built in the 1920s around the village and medieval castle of Nürburg in the Eifel, which is about 70 kilometres (43 mi) south of Cologne, and 120 kilometres (75 mi) northwest of Frankfurt. Nicknamed The Green Hell by Jackie Stewart, it is widely considered the toughest, most dangerous and most demanding purpose-built race track in the world. The annual highlight is the 24 Hours Nürburgring weekend, held usually in mid-June, featuring 220 cars (from small 100 hp (75 kW) cars to 700 hp (520 kW) Turbo Porsches or 500 hp (370 kW) factory race cars built by BMW, Opel, Audi, Mercedes-Benz), over 700 drivers (amateurs and professionals) and up to 290,000 spectators. Because of its demanding layout, the Nordschleife is used by many auto manufacturers as a proving ground for car prototypes. Some of the most notable corporate "Ring Rats" are BMW, Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Nissan, Lexus, Saleen, and starting in 2002, General Motors. GM's first wave of Nürburgring-honed vehicles includes the Cadillac CTS-V and the fifth and sixth-generation Chevrolet Corvette. Nissan's Japanese domestic market supercar, the Skyline GT-R, was tuned at Nürburgring (Skyline GT-R V-spec II Nür) and held the unofficial lap record for road legal cars for some time. Some stats about the track itself..... Location Nürburg, Germany Time zone GMT +1 (DST: +2) Major Events ADAC, DTM, 24 Hours Nürburgring, 1000km Nürburgring, VLN GP-Strecke Surface Asphalt Circuit Length 5.148 km (3.2 mi) Turns 16 Lap Record 1:29.468 ( Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, 2004, Formula 1) Nordschleife Surface Asphalt/Concrete Circuit Length 20.81 km (12.93 mi) Turns 73 Lap Record 6:11.13 ( Stefan Bellof, Porsche 956, 1984 WSC)

1950:- Guiseppe Farina

1951:- Juan Manuel Fangio

1952:- Alberto Ascari

1953:- Alberto Ascari

1954:- Juan Manuel Fangio

1955:- Juan Manuel Fangio

1956:- Juan Manuel Fangio

1957:- Juan Manuel Fangio

1958:- Mike Hawthorn

1959:- Jack Brabham

1960:- Jack Brabham

1961:- Phil Hill

1962:- Graham Hill

1963:- Jim Clark

1964:- John Surtees

1965:- Jim Clark

1966:- Jack Brabham

1967:- Denny Hulme

1968:- Graham Hill

1969:- Jackie Stewart

1970:- Jochen Rindt

1971:- Jackie Stewart

1972:- Emerson Fittipaldi

1973:- Jackie Stewart

1974:- Emerson Fittipaldi

1975:- Niki Lauda

1976:- James Hunt

1977:- Niki Lauda

1978:- Mario Andretti

1979:- Jody Scheckter

1980:- Alan Jones

1981:- Nelson Piquet

1982:- Keke Rosberg

1983:- Nelson Piquet

1984:- Niki Lauda

1985:- Alain Prost

1986:- Alain Prost

1987:- Nelson Piquet

1988:- Ayrton Senna

1989:- Alain Prost

1990:- Ayrton Senna

1991:- Ayrton Senna

1992:- Nigel Mansell

1993:- Alain Prost

1994:- Michael Schumacher

1995:- Michael Schumacher

1996:- Damon Hill

1997:- Jacques Villeneuve

1998:- Mika Hakkinen

1999:- Mika Hakkinen

2000:- Michael Schumacher

2001:- Michael Schumacher

2002:- Michael Schumacher

2003:- Michael Schumacher

2004:- Michael Schumacher

2005:- Fernando Alonso

2006:- Fernando Alonso

2007:- Kimi Raikkonen

2008:- Lewis Hamilton

2009:- Jenson Button

Statistically Michael Schumacher is the greatest driver in history having won the most drivers championships,wins,pole positions,laps lead,fastest laps, and many other records throughout his career.

Carbon fibre has a high tensile strength, meaning that is can flex but maintain it's strength without snapping into pieces and it has a very low density. So it is due to lightness and strength which is vital for F1.

Around three to four seconds.

The British GP was first held in a circuit called Brooklands in 1926. Silverstone has been an entrant in the yearly F1 race season as early as 1950 and has been the venue for the British Grand Prix. Even the Donnington Park circuit was expected to host the British GP but unfortunately they could not gather enough funds and so the idea was dropped.

3 - Team Lotus, Virgin and HRT (Hispania Racing Team).

Nine, by Sebastian Vettel in the last nnine races of 2013.

No but he smokes cigarettes and drinks alcohol.

To reduce the overall weight of the vehicle and it's centre of gravity. Carbon fibre is also stronger than steel or aluminium.

F1 racing is the most popular and expensive car racing category in the world. Unfortunately in the US it is not well known. Technology developed by F1 teams eventually is used in street vehicles such as the rear view mirror! Check out www.f1.com for more information on this amazing sport!

Andy smith

Michael Schumacher is his full name.

yes Michael has a brother named Ralph he raced from 1997-2007 he was raced for Mercedes. the only reason he was in formula one was because they thought since his brother (Michael) is a prodigy he might be good. but he (in my opion) sucks.

He has a brother named Ralf who raced from 1997-2007 he raced for Jordan, Williams and Toyota and won 6 races between 2001-2003. He came close to winning the championship in 2003 when he won 2 races straight but his results went downhill.

A Formula One engine reaches 18,000 RPMs.

yes he has a pet sausage dog

Michael Schumacher actually won the Formula 1 World Driver's Championship 7 times; 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 & 2004. He won 91 races and had a total of 1,369 points before retiring at the end of the 2006 season!

He dosent live anywhere .he goes to different places to race