This first Championship was won by an Italian driver, driving for the Alfa Romeo team. Now in the 2023 Championship season There will be 23 races. If the names of the team seem familiar, It’s because most of the teams in Formula 1 racing Are car manufacturers. Here comes the most unique aspect of Formula 1 racing. Winning a Formula 1 Championship doesn’t depend solely on the skill of the driver, On how well the driver can drive. But it also depends on how well the car was made. This game is a competition of technology as well. To see who can manufacture the fastest car.
This is why several car manufacturers, Participate in Formula 1 Championship. Other than the publicity of these companies, Another benefit to them is that When new technologies would be innovated during Formula 1. Those technologies can be later used for manufacturing consumer cars. The cars commonly sold to average people can also be improved.
There are several examples of this Technologies that are nowadays used in most common cars, That were first discovered during F1, for example, Carbon Fibre. A material that is used in BMW, Aston Martin, and Porsche cars now. It was used for the first time in 1981 by McLaren in Formula 1. The first company to build a car chassis with this material. This was an expensive but light material. It improved fuel efficiency.
