Formula 1- Marcel Rimrodt

By Marcel Rimrodt
Panther Staff Writer

The Formula 1 (actually the “FIA Formula One World Championship”) is also known as the Champions league of the car racing.

The races are on the weekends and are called a “Grand Prix”. On Saturday the Qualifying takes place. This race is important to figure out the order of the drivers in the main race on Sunday. The actual race has normally a length of round about 305 kilometers.

Many of the Grand Prix’ take place in Europe because the “Formula One” is the most popular in Europe.
Nevertheless there are periodical Grand Prix in America, Australia and Asia as well.

The three dominating drivers right now are Sebastian Vettel (Germany), Fernando Alonso (Spain) and Kimi Räikkönen (Finland). In each race you can get points*. Sebastian Vettel won the last three World Championships in a row and has a too many projection points to Fernando Alonso so he will win the next one as well.
If you’re interested, you can search for videos on Youtube. There you can watch whole races and I’m sure you will get a great impression!

* Points System:
1st place -> 25 points
2nd place -> 18 points
3rd place -> 15 points
4th place -> 12 points
5th place -> 10 points
6th place -> 8 points
7th place -> 6 points
8th place -> 4 points
9th place -> 2 points
10th place -> 1 point
11th – last place -> 0 points