how does one become a f1 driver?
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When you find yourself arrested often for rash driving.
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Most drivers in any top series(F1, NASCAR, Indy, Champ Car, etc.) start at an early age. However, I believe it was Scott Speed or Scott Sharp who won the Indy title several years ago actually started racing at 27! I guess he was just a natural, but at that age it would still be hard to convince people of your talent just because of your lack of experience. Good luck!
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Your ambition is great! Unfortunately, you're between a rock & a hard spot. Serious racing sponsors consider not just experienced racers, but only those with winning records. Nobody wants to be in last place & few want to be connected with a nameless rookie. I know that sounds cruel, but those are the facts. Before I retired, approving & issuing sponsorships for racecars & show cars was part of my job. I turned down hundreds of racers & only bought into a few each year. If you can grasp the reality that no one is going to pay you to learn (if they would, we'd all be drivers), I can tell you how to proceed.\nYou need to eat, sleep & breathe racing. You should be at the track every chance you get. You need to talk to & become friendly with drivers, owners & technicians. You should offer to help with the dirty work, even for free.  Once you're in this circle it is much easier to gain a sponsorship.  Most often drivers/owners get sponsors through networking.  That is, knowing someone who knows someone who knows someone who recommends you to a sponsor. Get car people on your side.  It isn't easy.  But if it was...well, you know.
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here are the technological rules that limit the technology that can go into f1 cars:\n\nhttp://www.formula1.com/insight/rulesandregs/14/479.html
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Some have driven in the Indy Racing League (Tony Stewart, Robby Gordon, John Andretti, etc.)\n\nNone have ever driven a Formula One race. Jeff Gordon did, however, drive Juan Pablo Montoya's car at Indy for a publicity thingy....but not for a real race.
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I don't know, I'd like to drive though, you can be my mechanic ...if you're good.  There are special schools but I think they cost quite a bit.  Here's one I ran across coming back from Charllotte yesterday.  \n\nwww.motorsportsintern.com
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It will be hard, but possible - not all top drivers come from rich families. You should really have talent and some luck would do too.
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Usually people start out on go karts, then move on to formula 3, become a test driver for one of the F1 teams, and then from there become an F1 driver. \n\nOf course there is more than 1 way to get there. Just depends on whether you get spotted or not.
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You have to prove you know how to drive, so you have to take the driving part. Or take a driver's ed class, and you study and drive with the instructor, and get your license with the class's completion.
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Formula 1. The ultimate test of man and machine.
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Go to this website:\nhttp://www.racing-reference.com/driver?id=earnhda02
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NO.\nis used and I don't have a F1 car
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hi,\n\nski instructor qualifications are awarded by the governing body i.e. BASI (british system) or CASI (canadian system)\n\nEssentially there are two ways to do it:\n\n1. there are lots of companies which run courses. I did one of these. it was fun but realtively expensive. i.e. you give them money, they will probably sort out food accomodation, training and booking of courses for you.\n\n2. you can just do courses run by the governing body itself. you'll have to sort out the details but might be cheaper.\n\n\nat the start of your careers you are unlikely to be able to work everwhere in europe. it is hard to work in france, you have to pass a difficult race called the speed test but realtively easy to work in switzerland.\n\ngive me an email if you'd like more help. also i especially recommend www.natives.co.uk - it is where people go to chat about seasons.\n\ngoodluck,\n\njonathan
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its a little hard dude.you must have enough mony at first\nand then after the first term try to ger scholarships ,award , waivers ,part-time job.\nthis sites are very usefull for finding schloarship\nwww.fastweb.com\nwww.f1study.com\nwww.persian.usinfo.state.gov
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Don't be surprised at any driver you may approach for an autograph, they are very accommodating. They will even engage you in conversation depending on what point it is before or after the race.  They are probably the most fan-friendly sport around at the moment.
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Start in kart racing. NOW. Get really, really good. then hope you're noticed. Red Bull has a driver search program. The link is below\n\nKimi Räikkönen only had 23 professional races when he was signed by Peter Sauber.You don't need a lot of experience, you just need to be really, really good.
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Grand Prix = Formula One Racing\n\nPoints are awarded to drivers and teams exclusively on where they finish in a race, with the winner receiving 10 points, the second place finisher 8 points, third 6, fourth 5, fifth 4 and sixth 3, seventh 2 and eighth 1. If a race has to be abandoned before 75% of the planned distance has been completed all points are halved. The winner of the annual championship is the driver (or team, for the Constructors' Championship) with the most points.\n\nHistorically, the races were scored on the basis of a six-place tally: IE: via an 8-6-4-3-2-1 scoring system, with the holder of the fastest race lap also receiving a bonus point. In the late 1950s, the scoring was revised to give the winner nine points instead of eight, and the single point awarded for fastest lap was abandoned.\n\nIn the late 1980s, the points system was again revised to give the victor 10 points, with all other scorers recording the same 6-4-3-2-1 result. This was thought to have been something of a knee-jerk reaction to the spate of drivers who had won the championship despite scoring fewer victories than their nearest challenger.\n\nIn the mid 2000s, the FIA again revised the scoring system to apportion points to the first eight classified finishers (a classified finisher must complete 90% of race distance) on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis. The winner of the world championship is the driver who accumulates the most points throughout the course of the season.\n\nAt certain periods in F1's history, the world champion has been determined by virtue of the "best 7 scores" in each "half" of the world championship, meaning that drivers have been able to "discard" lower scores in either half of the season. This was done in order to equalise the footings of teams which may not have had the wherewithall to compete in all events. With the advent of the Concorde Agreements, this practice has been discontinued, though it did feature prominently in several world championships through the 1970s and 1980s.\n\nThe change in the awarding of world championship points has rendered the comparison of historical teams and drivers to current ones largely ineffectual. For instance, Michael Schumacher is widely credited with being the most successful GP driver of all time. While his statistics are very impressive and easily outstrip those of his nearest competitor, it is worth noting that his points tally vs points available, and winning percentage of grands prix entered, do not significantly exceed those of Juan Manuel Fangio, whom he dethroned as "winningest" driver recently. As with most other sports, it is very difficult to compare stars of different eras owing to the changes in the sport and regulations.