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Formula One

motorsport championship held worldwide

25 dated entries naming Formula One, drawn from 20 separate years between 1946 CE and 2021 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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20th century

  • 1946September 1 – 1946 Turin Grand Prix, the first official Formula One Grand Prix, is held in Italy.source
  • 1950May 13 – The first race in the inaugural FIA Formula One World Championship in automobile racing is held, at Silverstone, England.source
  • 1950September 3 – Italian racing driver Giuseppe Farina becomes the first winner of the FIA Formula One World Championship, being the only driver to win the championship in his home country.source
  • 1957August 4 – Juan Manuel Fangio, driving for Maserati, wins the Formula One German Grand Prix, clinching (with 4 wins this season) his record 5th world drivers championship, including his 4th consecutive championship (also a record); these 2 records endure for nearly half a century.source
  • 1960March 21 – Ayrton Senna, Brazilian triple Formula One world champion (died 1994)source
  • 1965May 31 – Scottish racing driver Jim Clark wins the Indianapolis 500, later this year winning the Formula One world driving championship.source
  • 1968April 7 – Jim Clark, Scottish racing driver and double Formula One World Champion (born 1936)source
  • 1968September 28 – Mika Häkkinen, Finnish double Formula 1 world championsource
  • 1969January 3 – Michael Schumacher, German seven-time Formula One world championsource
  • 1970October 4 – Jochen Rindt becomes Formula One World Driving Champion, the first to earn the honor posthumously.source
  • 1971April 9 – Jacques Villeneuve, Canadian 1997 Formula 1 world champion, 1995 Indy 500 and series champion.source
  • 1971August 15 – Jackie Stewart becomes Formula One World Drivers' Champion in the Tyrrell 003-Cosworth.source
  • 1972September 10 – Brazilian driver Emerson Fittipaldi wins the Italian Grand Prix at Monza and becomes the youngest Formula One World Champion at the age of 25.source
  • 1979October 17 – Kimi Räikkönen, Finnish 2007 Formula 1 world championsource
  • 1987July 3 – Sebastian Vettel, German racing driver, 4-time champions in Formula Onesource
  • 198720 September – 1987 Portuguese Grand Prix (Formula One race)source
  • 1991August 25 – Michael Schumacher, regarded as one of the greatest Formula One drivers in history, makes his Formula One debut at the Belgian Grand Prix.source
  • 1994May 1 – Three-time Formula One world champion Ayrton Senna is killed in an accident during the San Marino Grand Prix in Imola, Italy.source

21st century

  • 2007October 21 – Finnish racing driver Kimi Räikkönen won his first Formula One World Championship, driving for Scuderia Ferrari at the Brazilian Grand Prix.source
  • 2008November 2 – In a race won by Brazilian driver Felipe Massa, British driver Lewis Hamilton ends in 5th place in 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix and becomes the first black driver to win the Formula One World Championship, and the second youngest driver to achieve the feat at the age of 23.source
  • 2009October 18 – British racing driver Jenson Button won his first Formula One World Championship, driving for Brawn GP at the Brazilian Grand Prix.source
  • 2012October 4 – Racing legend Micheal Schumacher announced his retirement from Formula One during the Japanese Grand Prix.source
  • 2014May 19 – Sir Jack Brabham, 88, Australian racing driver, triple Formula One world champion (1959, 1960, 1966).source
  • 2021September 26 – Lewis Hamilton wins his 100th Grand Prix in Formula 1, becoming the first to reach the milestone, at an eventful Russian Grand Prix.source
  • 2021December 12 – Max Verstappen won his first Formula One World Championship and the first for a Dutch driver, driving for Red Bull Racing at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.source

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