Formula 1 will live-stream seven races consecutively on YouTube to mark 75 years since the first world championship grand prix.
The world championship began on May 13th, 1950 at Silverstone. Giuseppe Farina started from pole position and led almost every lap on his way to victory for Alfa Romeo.
Since then 1,131 grands prix have taken place. F1 has chosen seven of those which it will stream live on YouTube starting tonight at midnight GMT (11pm UTC).
Here are the seven races F1 selected, plus how you rated each of them in RaceFans’ Rate the Race polls and their ranking among the 338 grands prix we’ve covered in it:
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- 2010 Australian Grand Prix: Following a dull opener on an extended version of the Bahrain circuit, mixed conditions in Melbourne produced a lively and unpredictable race.
- 2011 Canadian Grand Prix: Another wet race filled with drama, not to mention a long red flag due to rain. Jenson Button eventually pressured Sebastian Vettel into a race-losing last-lap error – though under today’s rules the race would have been called off before that point.
- 2018 Monaco Grand Prix: The race which proved overtaking is so difficult at Monaco the leader can cling on for victory even after an MGU-K failure. The following year’s Monaco Grand Prix, where Lewis Hamilton was harried constantly by Max Verstappen, was far more exciting.
- 2019 German Grand Prix: Verstappen’s seventh victory came in a barnstormer of a race of changing fortunes for almost every driver in treacherous conditions.
- 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix: This championship-deciding race was all about the jaw-dropping last-lap twist which sent the title from a broken-hearted Felipe Massa to an overjoyed Hamilton, 12 months after the title slipped his grasp at the same circuit. Massa is still trying to change that outcome, however.
- 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix: The only Bahrain Grand Prix ever held on the unusual ‘Outer’ circuit almost saw a stunning debut win for George Russell as he substituted for the unwell Lewis Hamilton, but a pit stop calamity instead opened the door for Sergio Perez to take a shock win from the back of the field for Racing Point, at a time when his F1 future was in doubt. Truly a ‘couldn’t have scripted it better’ race.
- 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix: Russell strolled to victory from pole position while Verstappen clinched the title with fifth place. That, plus the fact Las Vegas is Liberty Media’s showpiece race, presumably explains its inclusion
RaceFans readers’ Top 100 Races
While several of the highest-rated races by our readers have been selected for F1’s live stream, the number one race is notably absent. This was the thrilling title-decider of 2012, held at Interlagos.
Find our full top 100 here:
The list is updated at the end of each season. You can rate this year’s races here:
Over to you
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