The world-wide championship of Formula 1 began officially in 1950, year in which Giuseppe Farina gained the first title. Previously to this year, numerous international races were developed. Some of the most outstanding pilots were Felice Nazzaro (1881-1940), a bold pilot, of enormous anger and physical force. The Italian was pilot of Fiat and was consecrated tacitly like the best pilot of the world, for that then.

After the war, Italy consolidated its profile like producer of the best cars of race, and Alfa Romeo was constituted like the most successful equipment, gaining infinity of tests. Thus, it was not strange that Antonio Ascari and Giuseppe Campari became two of most able and admired race pilots.

Rudolp Caracciola, German pilot, born in 1901 kept in readiness during almost three decades. It obtained an enormous number of victories in different types from automobile. He was the unbeatable pilot in rain, precise and constant, it did not commit conductivos excesses nor errors.

Nuvolari, a teacher of the steering wheel able to dominate any car of competition

Another outstanding pilot of this Pre time Formula 1, was Tazio Nuvolari. This talented Italian established an audacious style of conduction. Before arriving at a curve, he aimed at the cord, without decelerating. Then, when arriving at the same, he gave a sharp turn, obtaining that the car was put of flank and the four wheels would slide thoroughly on the curve with the accelerator. Thus, the car was straightened long before with respect to the following straight line that the others, and could leave the sooner, gaining precious time. That technique of the “controlled skid” became famous. The Italians of to today continue it for all time considering like the best peninsular pilot.

After this brief introduction, the official championship arrives from Formula 1, that is believed in 1950. Emilio Giuseppe Farina gained the first title with an Alfa Romeo 158, three points in front of Juan Manuel Fangio.

The following season (1951) was dominated by one of the greatest champions of Formula 1, the Argentinean Juan Manuel Fangio. In the two following seasons the Italian Alberto Ascari snatched the crown to him to balcarceño.

Fangio was 5 times champion of the world leading the best cars in its respective years

The statistics show Fangio like the nearest pilot perfectly. This Argentine pilot began running in Europe to the 37 years of age, a somewhat mature age, but with an excellent physical training conditions. Fangio gained five titles: 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956 and 1957. It ran 51 races, it gained 24, it obtained 28 pole positions and 23 fast returns. Fangio prevailed with Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Mercedes and Maseratti. For the season of the 58, Juan Manuel retired of the F1 and the young person Mike Hawhtorn obtained the title with a Ferrari 246.

Brabham jack was champion three times, in 1959 and 1960, with a Cooper Climax, and in 1966 obtained something that until now nobody could repeat, gained the title with a car of its own construction, Brabham BT19/20 Repco. His first two titles on board del Cooper Climax marked a new one was for Formula 1. Jack was aircraft commander in gaining a championship of the world with a car with back motor.

Bon Trips was going to become the first German champion of F1. After its death, Germany had to hope until 1994 to see it Michael Schumacher champion of the world

The season of the 61 was dominated by Wolfang Von Trips on board a Ferrari 156. The German was going away to turn into aircraft commander in giving the crown to his mother country, but lamentably he was injured mortally in occasion of the Great Prize of Italy. Bon Trips left the served title him his coequiper, Phil Hill, that ironically became the first North American champion of the world, on board the other Ferrari 156.

In 1962, the English Graham Hill gave to the first title to BRM with chassis and own motor him.

The great “Jimmy” passed away in a race of F2. Clark was one of the quickest pilots for all time

In 1963, the championship was in the power of one of the most talented and precise pilots of the world, the call “Arcángel of the speed”, Jim Clark. To his two it gained them championships with a Lotus, models 25 and 33. Jim always stayed faithful to Lotus. The tactics of Clark were to make the two first returns fast and soon remove a second by return in the rest. For Jim its first serious accident was the last one of its short life. One confused fatally in a race of Formula 2, in Hockenheim. It obtained two world-wide championships, it participated in 72 races, it won in 24, it obtained 33 poles and 28 fast returns. It gained the 500 miles of Indianapolis in the 65 and the Tasmania glass between year 67 and 68.

Stewart, an example as much was like within the track. Stewart-Tyrrell formed the more outstanding combination pilot-equipment of the F1, comparable to the one of Schumacher-Ferrari

After the era Clark, it arrived the one from another flying Scot, Jackie Stewart. The Scot adjudged three world-wide titles: 69, 71 and 73, whereas in the 70 the crown was into the hands of Jochen Rindt, the unique champion post-mortem of the F1. Stewart means the hinge between two ways to understand the conduction of Grand Prix. , One ended the diletantismo, the Bohemian, and is born an authentically professional pilot. Thus an own seal, the obsession to incorporate the technical knowledge to the sport conduction understood Jackie to the races incorporating to him. Its association with Ken Tyrrell and Ford Cosworth was shining. Jackie ran 99 races, obtained 27 triumphs, 17 poles and 15 fast returns.

The seasons of 72 and 74 were dominated by a super pilot quick, able to surpass and to win to the very same Jackie Stewart. Emerson Fittipaldi, Brazilian, very young by that then, obtained del Lotus 72 Ford Cosworth on board the championship of the 72, surpassing to Stewart by 16 points. The rivalry between both pilots was highest. Fittipaldi returned to win in the 74, in this case with a McLaren M23 Ford Cosworth, but already with distant Stewart. Time later Emerson would move away of the F1, by differences with the category.

Lauda returned from the death and gained his third crown of the world. A pilot with remarkable anger and determination

From the Seventies Formula 1 began to show a professional, related line with the marketing that towards prey of the maximum category. Niki Lauda was aircraft commander who paid to be able to occupy an armchair. The virtues of this Austrian were several: analytical, it fried and extremely fighting. These virtues were taken into account by Ferrari, contracted that it. Niki did not defraud them. He gained the titles of 75 and 77. In the year 76 Lauda he suffered a terrible accident in Nurburgring, seriously burned returned to the tracks the same year. The championship of the 76 escaped to him, but in the 77 revenge was taken and won the title with the 312 Ferrari T2. Of this form it demonstrated to Ferrari, that had put in doubt its recovery, that their conditions were intact.

In 1984, Lauda gained the duel to him, in a epic fight, to their young individual companion of square Alain Prost on board McLaren MP4 Porsche. The difference was of only average point. Without a doubt that Niki Lauda, next to the unforgettable Gilles Villeneuve, was more of the daring pilots of the F1.

Hunt has a discussion with Gilles Villeneuve. The style of James marked a time in years 70

The title of the 76 that Lauda lost, was in the skillful wrists of the English James Hunt. Only a year took in giving him to the crown to McLaren, maintaining always its desperjuiciado style, as much inside as outside the track, with a style of innate handling, not learned, equipped by nature without no type of analysis doing what his I devise it indicated to him.

The seasons from the 78 to the 82 were gained by five different pilots. The 78 it was into the hands of Mario Andretti with the wonderful Lotus 79 Ford Cosworth, a car technologically superior to the rest, added to the ability of the small Mario, formed a lethal combination.

The South African Jody Scheckter was the last champion with previous Ferrari to the era Michael Schumacher

In the year 79 Jody Scheckter he gained the championship with Ferrari. Jody maintained an exciting duel with the pilots of the Ligier equipment (Jacques Laffite and Patrick Depallier), who surprise began dominating the first part of the championship, it are debilitated on the end because of a rivalry between both French. Scheckter also had to face his coequiper Gilles Villeneuve, a truly unforgettable pilot, always to the front without concerning the conditions of the car or of the track it was the motto of Gilles. Escudería past Ferrari the season of the 79 had to hope 29 years to return to see a Ferrari champion.

Piquet obtained three championships and it retired of the F1 with more than 200 competitions. In its last season it had like coequiper to Michael Schumacher

In the 80, Alan Jones remained with the championship with doubtful conductiva honesty and in prejudice of Nelson Piquet. Whereas in the 82, Rosberg did the own thing, both on board the Williams equipped with Ford Cosworth V8, the most successful motor of the category top. Nelson Piquet was characterized for being a quick and seasoned pilot. The Brazilian maintained interesting duels with the Argentinean Carlos Reutemann and the English Nigel Mansell. Piquet secured three world-wide titles: 81, 83 and 87.

The talent of the Brazilian was undisputed. In 1992, already moved away of Formula 1, it tried to classify itself for the 500 miles of Indianapolis, but it suffered a tremendous accident which motivated its definitive distance of the competition. Nelson Piquet ran 204 races, gained 23 with 24 pole positions and 23 fast returns.

Prost could not be champion with Ferrari, but with McLaren and Williams. One retired in 1993, exactly consecrated champion

Alain Prost made debut with a sixth position in the Great Prize of Argentina of 1980. Prost without doubt, was and will be one of the pilots most shining of all the history of the F1. Alain, French of low stature and particular expression in its face, demonstrated that its dimension like pilot was sensational. Prost was closely together to obtain 6 titles of the world. First point in favor of Niki escaped to him by means Lauda. The French revindicó and gained the championships of the 85, 86, 89 and 93. The contest of year 90, when it competed for Ferrari, escaped to him when Ayrton the Seine deliberately hit in anteúltima race, in Japan. Whereas in the 92, it was literally into the hands of Nigel Mansell with a Williams FW14 Renault of “another category”. In the sum, Prost gained four world-wide titles, disputed 199 races, prevailed in 51, pole was adjudged to 33 positions and 41 fast returns.

The Seine is considered by many like the best pilot for all time. Its death caused an enormous emptiness

The archirival of Alain Prost was Ayrton the Seine. The Brazilian era simply a quick, magical pilot incredibly, superequipped, able to realize physically inconceivable maneuvers. The Seine made debut with the Toleman equipment. In Montecar it of that same year, it obtained a second put under a torrential rain. Soon it happened to the Lotus equipment, where first race in Estoril gained his, Portugal. It was contracted by McLaren in the 88, escudería with which one stayed until 1993.

The rivalry of the Seine with Prost surpassed all the well-known in the F1. Their styles so opposed as effective, faced several years, with fights, threats and I touch like those of Japan 89 and 90. Ayrton was a true champion, its skillful victories and maneuvers, their style to lead under rain, will be in the deepest feeling of any fan to the F1. In the year 94 the Seine it was contracted by Williams. In occasion of the Great Prize of San Marino, the Williams underwent technical problems at full speed leaving track in the Tamburello curve, causing to him a maximum fatal accident to at that time the referring one of the modern F1.

Thus the 1994 title was defined. Schumacher hit to Hill and champion devoted itself for the first time

The championship of the 94 adjudged Michael to it Schumacher, without doubts the most complete pilot of the last years. Their conditions of pilotage under rain and its speed are almost matchless. In the 94 the championship with Damon Hill fought until the last competition. The definition was not of most honest, Schumacher locked up to Hill hitting it and bringing about that both were eliminated of the competition, and with this the title into the hands of the German with Benetton B194 Ford Zetec. In the 95, it obtained his second consecutive championship with Benetton (a car inferior to the Williams of that year), this time impelled by the Renault motors.

The attitude of Schumacher in Adelaida 94 returned to repeat itself in the definition of the 1997 championship, where it carried out a similar maneuver against Jacques Villeneuve, in Sherry of the Border. This time, Michael did not secure his assignment and was outside the race.

After several attempts, Hill finally devoted champion in 1996, harassed by its companion Jacques Villeneuve

The championship of the 96 was for Damon Hill, after several years on attempt. Hill was characterized for being a pilot quick, but very erratic. It committed inadmissible errors for a pilot of his caliber. Anyway, the title of in good faith gained it to the 96 with a Williams FW18 unbeatable Renault. In the 97 it happened to compete with Arrows and in the 99 one retired running for Jordan, after to gain in Belgium a year before, under a ferocious storm.

Season 97 continued being dominated by Williams, in this case the Canadian Jacques Villeneuve, son of Gilles, that obtained a shining title. The talent and the natural speed of the young person Jacques, it was demonstrated since well it made debut in the F1.

After obtaining his title with Williams, Jacques left to the new equipment BAR, that finished ruining its race in F1

Jacques formed like pilot in the United States. He obtained the championship of IndyCar in year 95, and also he gained famous the 500 miles of Indianapolis. With these lauros, Villeneuve entered by the great door to the F1, next to the equipment Williams. It won to Schumacher in several occasions and showed all their capacity in the last date in Sherry 97. Jacques did not allow that Schumacher tries to close it and to clear the title to him did since it with Hill. The maneuver of Michael cost one to him lasts penalty and the consequent loss of the subchampionship, that was finally into the hands of the other pilot of Williams, also the German Heinz-Harald Frentzen.

For year 98 they changed several things in the F1. The regulation modified and the cars happened to be narrower and with less adhesion.

Häkkinen obtained two championships of consecutive way, with McLaren Mercedes, and it retired very young of the F1

The seasons of 98 and 99 were dominated by escudería McLaren Mercedes. An extremely quick car. The Finn Mika Häkkinen integrated itself to Formula 1 with the Lotus equipment in year 91. In the 93 he was contracted by Rum Dennis to supplant Michael Andretti. Mika knew to gain the confidence of its landlord, and in spite of his tremendous accident in Adelaida 95, it managed to gain two consecutive championships with an effectiveness and surprising supremacy.

His maximum rival, Michael Schumacher, could not with the flying Finn and had to hope until season 2000 to surpass it and to give back the glory to him to Ferrari, after 29 years of delay without championships.

Schumacher did damage winning 5 championships of consecutive way with Ferrari, a dominion never before seen

The Ferrari-Schumacher combination became lethal for all rivals, winning of consecutive way the championships of pilots and constructors of 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004. In 1999 Ferrari also it had obtained the championship of marks, but not the one of pilots.