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Grand Prix racing: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As GP racing
Notable Honorees Niki Lauda • James Hunt

Photos

Max Verstappen in the Red Bull Racing car leads a group of Formula One cars around a brightly lit curve at the Marina Bay Street Circuit during the Singapore Grand Prix.
Three Formula One race cars take a sharp turn on the track during the 2008 Kuala Lumpur Grand Prix in Malaysia, with a yellow Renault car leading.
Ayrton Senna
Lewis Hamilton in a racing suit and Pirelli cap smiles and gives a thumbs up on the victory podium after winning the Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix.
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Key People

Formula One winner
Michael Schumacher
German race-car driver
F1's youngest race winner
Max Verstappen
Belgian-born race-car driver
Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton
British race-car driver
Sebastian Vettel, wearing a racing suit, sits cross-legged and works on a crossword puzzle in a book before practice at the Italian Formula One Grand Prix in Monza.
Sebastian Vettel
German race-car driver
Andrea Kimi Antonelli in a Mercedes AMG Petronas racing suit celebrates on the podium holding a trophy and a champagne bottle at the F1 Grand Prix of Spain in Madrid.
Kimi Antonelli
Italian race-car driver
Lando Norris
Lando Norris
British automobile racing driver
Formula One driver
Oscar Piastri
Australian race-car driver
A smiling Daniel Ricciardo at the 2018 Australian Grand Prix.
Daniel Ricciardo
Australian race-car driver
Ayrton Senna
Ayrton Senna
Brazilian race-car driver
Brabham, Jack
Jack Brabham
Australian race-car driver, engineer, and team owner
Mario Andretti in a white racing suit with sponsor patches, smiling and seated outdoors at the 1970 British Grand Prix in Brands Hatch, Kent, England.
Mario Andretti
Italian-born American race-car driver
Phil Hill at the wheel
Phil Hill
American race-car driver
Bernd Rosemeyer
Bernd Rosemeyer
German race-car driver
McLaren, Bruce
Bruce McLaren
New Zealand automobile racer
Caracciola, Rudolf
Rudolf Caracciola
German race-car driver
Graham Hill
Graham Hill
British race-car driver
Juan Manuel Fangio drives a vintage silver Mercedes race car around a curve on the Laguna Seca Raceway track, with red and white curbing visible.
Juan Manuel Fangio
Argentine automobile racing driver
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John Michael Hawthorn
British automobile racer
Sir Stirling Moss sits in a vintage silver Mercedes race car with a red number 8, smiling at the camera, with a crowd of spectators in the background at Goodwood House.
Stirling Moss
British race-car driver
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Alberto Ascari
Italian automobile racer

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