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In Formula One, each car is numbered. Since the inaugural Formula One World Championship in 1950, several numbering systems have been used. This list covers the numbers used by drivers since the start of the 2014 Formula One season, when drivers have been allowed to choose a number that they would carry throughout their career. [1]
Ahead of the 1994 season, the FIA banned electronic driver aids such as active suspension and traction control. [12] [13] The speed of the change (the FIA was so eager to implement the ban that it initially suggested imposing the ban in the middle of the 1993 season [13]) was criticised by several drivers, who believed that it would lead to unsafe design flaws in the 1994 cars.
The numerous Formula One regulations, made and enforced by the FIA, have changed dramatically since the first Formula One World Championship in 1950. There are two main types of regulations; technical and sporting. Technical regulations are related to car specifications, such as the chassis or the engine.
The 1960s began the way the previous decade had ended for Formula One's rule book with relatively few changes made. However, with the advent of a new breed of innovative and forward thinking designers like Colin Chapman [12] and the beginnings of drivers lobbying for safer racing conditions, [13] the number of rule changes made began to accelerate as the decade came to a close.
Formula One, abbreviated to F1, is the highest class of open-wheeled auto racing defined by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), motorsport's world governing body. [1] The "formula" in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants and cars must conform. [2] Each year, the F1 World Championship season is held.
The 92 was used by Lotus in the first part of the 1983 Formula One season. The car was driven regularly by Nigel Mansell and also in one race (the 1983 Brazilian Grand Prix ) by Elio de Angelis . Engine problems on the warmup lap for de Angelis' Renault turbo -engined Lotus 93T forced him into the spare 92, which eventually led to his ...
The Williams FW12 was a Formula One racing car used by the Williams team for the 1988 season. An updated version, the FW12C , was used for 12 of the 16 races of the 1989 season. [ 3 ] The FW12 was Williams's first naturally aspirated car since the FW08 and FW08 C used in the 1982 and 1983 season.
In order to combat the spiraling costs of running a Formula One team, and to counteract criticism that over-reliance on technology was reducing the drivers to a secondary role, sweeping rule changes were introduced for 1994, most notably a ban on all electronic "driver aids", [11] [12] such as: Active suspension; Anti-lock brakes; Traction control