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FIA Masters Historic Formula One
1982 Williams FW07C and 1976 Lotus 77
CategorySingle seater
CountryEurope
Inaugural season2013
Tyre suppliersAvon, Dunlop
Drivers' championNick Padmore (Lotus 77)
Ken Tyrell (Tyrrell 011)
Official websitewww.mastershistoricracing.com
Current season

The FIA Masters Historic Formula One Championship is a championship that has old Formula One cars from "the golden era", which caters for 3-litre engine Formula 1 cars, from 1966 to 1985.[1]

The series grew out of the Grand Prix Masters series (not related or to be confused with the short-lived Grand Prix Masters series, a one-make formula series for retired Formula One drivers), which was an alternative to the Historic Formula One Championship car championship. With entries falling in Historic Formula One Championship and healthier grid being seen at Grand Prix Masters, the FIA awarded Masters Historic Racing the rights to promote the FIA Masters Historic Formula One Championship from 2013 to the present day.

Masters Historic Racing is a United Kingdom based organisation, headed by entrepreneur Ron Maydon,[2] which also operates a number of other historic race categories, including a sister American series open to the same cars as the FIA Masters Historic Formula One Championship.[3]

The 2017 season was marred by the death of 61 year-old French driver David Ferrer at Zandvoort. Ferrer was driving a March 701.[4][5]

Circuits

The season schedule includes six circuits in 2023: Hockenheimring, Brands Hatch, Zandvoort, Silverstone, Spa-Francorchamps, and Algarve.

Regulations

[1]

Champions

2023 Head/Lauda class champion, Ken Tyrrell (Tyrrell 011)
2023 Fittipaldi/Stewart class champion Nick Padmore (Lotus 77)
2022 Head/Lauda class champion Steve Hartley (McLaren MP4/1) in front of 2021 Head/Lauda class champion Mike Cantillon (Williams FW07C)
Season Champion Car
2013[6] Fittipaldi/Stewart: United States John Delane Tyrrell 002
Head/Lauda: United Kingdom Greg Thornton Lotus 92
2014 Fittipaldi/Stewart: Switzerland Manfredo Rossi di Montelera Brabham BT42
Head/Lauda: United Kingdom Steve Hartley Arrows A4
2015 Fittipaldi/Stewart: United Kingdom Nick Padmore Surtees TS9B / Lotus 77
Head/Lauda: United Kingdom Andy Wolfe Tyrrell 011
2016 Fittipaldi/Stewart: United Kingdom Michael Lyons Hesketh 308E / McLaren M26
Head/Lauda: United Kingdom Nick Padmore Williams FW07C
2017 Fittipaldi/Stewart: United Kingdom Max Smith-Hilliard Shadow DN5 / Fittipaldi F5A
Head/Lauda: United Kingdom Michael Lyons Williams FW07B
2018[7] Fittipaldi/Stewart: United Kingdom Greg Thornton Lotus 77 / March 761
Head/Lauda: United Kingdom Nick Padmore Williams FW07C
2019 Fittipaldi/Stewart: United Kingdom Henry Fletcher March 761
Head/Lauda: Italy Matteo Ferrer-Aza Ligier JS11/15
2020 unknown
2021[8] Fittipaldi/Stewart: Austria Lukas Halusa McLaren M23
Head/Lauda: United Kingdom Mike Cantillon Williams FW07C
2022[9] Fittipaldi/Stewart: France Patrick d’Aubreby March 761
Head/Lauda: United Kingdom Steve Hartley McLaren MP4/1
2023[10] Fittipaldi/Stewart: United Kingdom Nick Padmore Lotus 77
Head/Lauda: United States Ken Tyrrell Tyrrell 011

See also

External links

References

  1. ^ a b "FIA Masters Historic Formula One Championship". Themastersseries.com. Archived from the original on 26 August 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Catching Up With…. Masters Historic Racing Founder & President Ron Maydon". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Three USA races for Masters Historic Racing in 2023". RACER. 8 February 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  4. ^ Jacobs, Caleb (7 September 2017). "French Driver Dies After Historic F1 Championship Crash at Zandvoort". The Drive. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Motorsport Memorial -". www.motorsportmemorial.org. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Thornton and Delane take F1 titles". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 12 October 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  7. ^ "FIA Masters Historic F1 champions Padmore and Thornton crowned". www.autosport.com. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Masters Historic Racing". 28 November 2021. Archived from the original on 28 November 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  9. ^ "Masters Historic Racing". 1 December 2022. Archived from the original on 1 December 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  10. ^ "Masters Historic Racing". www.mastershistoricracing.com. Retrieved 6 November 2023.


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