Refuelling was banned from 2010, on cost and safety grounds — teams hauled heavy rigs around the world, and the era produced fires and botched releases, most famously Jos Verstappen's 1994 pit fire at Hockenheim.
Through the FIA's licensing ladder. Virtually every current driver started karting between ages 5 and 10, then progressed through Formula 4, Formula 3 and Formula 2, collecting superlicence points — 40 points across three seasons are required, a rule introduced after Max Verstappen debuted at 17 in 2015, along with an 18-year minimum age.
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Refuelling was banned from 2010, on cost and safety grounds — teams hauled heavy rigs around the world, and the era produced fires and botched releases, most famously Jos Verstappen's 1994 pit fire at Hockenheim.
Through the FIA's licensing ladder. Virtually every current driver started karting between ages 5 and 10, then progressed through Formula 4, Formula 3 and Formula 2, collecting superlicence points — 40 points across three seasons are required, a rule introduced after Max Verstappen debuted at 17 in 2015, along with an 18-year minimum age.
Formula 1 crowns two separate titles each season. The World Drivers' Championship goes to the individual driver who accumulates the most points across the year — the personal glory prize that defines a career.
A Grand Prix is won by covering the race distance — a minimum of 305 kilometres, cut to about 260 at Monaco — in the shortest total time, starting from a grid position earned in Saturday's qualifying. But a single Sunday is only half the contest.
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