Wikipedia:WikiProject Formula One

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[edit] Introduction

Anyone who would like to take part in WikiProject Formula One is welcome to do so. The project aims primarily to create and standardize complete articles on all people, teams, races, and other aspects of Formula One.

If you are interested, please feel free to help, and add your name to the list below. If you have any questions, please inquire on the project's talk page.

[edit] Goals

  1. To divide the subject of Formula One into appropriate subtopics
  2. To gather complete and accurate information in all F1-related articles
  3. To standardize the appearance of F1-related pages, such as articles on grands prix, drivers, and constructors, as well as race reports and season summaries
  4. To maintain Portal:Formula One and keep all F1-related articles up-to-date
  5. To improve Formula One and as many related pages as possible to Featured Article standard

[edit] Newsletter

If you would like to sign up to the WP:F1 newsletter, please sign your name on the main newsletter page.

[edit] Members

Feel free to add yourself on the list below! Please keep the list in alphabetical order. Once you've done this, you may want to put the Wikiproject:Formula One user box on your user-page by adding {{Template:User WP:F1}}.

[edit] How to help

[edit] Featured content

For All Featured content on Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Featured content

Some of the content supported by WikiProject Formula One has reached featured article, featured list or featured picture status (FA,FL and FP, respectively), meaning they are amongst the very best content in Wikipedia. They are listed below; a bold title indicates the article was "today's featured article" for the date listed. Also included here are articles that are either featured article candidates (FAC), FAC's that failed, those that have undergone peer review (PR) as part of an effort to get them to FA status, and those that have achieved good article (GA) status, the next-highest level of quality.

[edit] Articles

Article Status Peer Review FAC Portal
Damon Hill (August 3, 2006) Featured Article PR FAC June, 2006
Alain Prost (January 27, 2007) Featured Article PR FAC October, 2006
1994 San Marino Grand Prix (May 1, 2007) Featured Article PR FAC November, 2006
2005 United States Grand Prix Featured Article PR FACs: 1, 2; FAR August, 2006
Brabham Featured Article PR FAC February, 2007
Tom Pryce Featured Article PR FAC March, 2007
Brabham BT19 Featured Article PR FAC April, 2008
Michael Schumacher Failed FAC, Good Article PR FACs: 1, 2 December, 2005
Mark Webber Good Article May, 2006
Gilles Villeneuve Good Article PR July, 2006
Brabham BT46 Good Article
Monaco Grand Prix Failed FAC, Good Article PR FAC September, 2006
Fittipaldi Automotive Good Article PR March 2008
1997 European Grand Prix Good Article PR April, 2007
Mauricio Gugelmin Good Article PR January, 2007
2007 Australian Grand Prix Good Article
2007 Malaysian Grand Prix Failed FAC, Good Article PR FACs: 1, 2
2007 Canadian Grand Prix Failed FAC, Good Article PRs: 1, 2 FACs: 1, 2
Mario Andretti Good Article
Lewis Hamilton Failed FAC, Good Article PR FAC
2007 French Grand Prix Failed FAC, Good Article FAC
Max Mosley Failed FAC, Good Article PR FAC May, 2008
1995 Japanese Grand Prix Failed FAC, Good Article PR FACs: 1, 2 June, 2008
Formula One (September 23, 2005) Former Featured Article PR FACs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; FAR Constant
WilliamsF1 Failed GA, Peer Review PR
Minardi Failed GA
2006 Brazilian Grand Prix Failed GA
Toyota F1 Failed GA
Forti Failed GA
Hideki Noda Peer Review PR
2006 Formula One season Peer Review PR

[edit] Lists

Article Status Peer Review FLC
List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions Featured List FLC
List of Formula One World Constructors' Champions Featured List FLC
List of Formula One drivers Featured List FLC
List of Formula One fatal accidents Featured List PR FLC

[edit] Pictures

Mark Webber (Jaguar), 2004 United States Grand Prix (FPC) (December 2, 2004 & February 13, 2006)

Nick Heidfeld (BMW) and Nico Rosberg (Williams), 2008 Australian Grand Prix (FPC)

Ralf Schumacher (Williams), 2003 United States Grand Prix (Failed FPC)

Mark Webber (Williams), 2006 French Grand Prix (PR)

[edit] Types of articles

[edit] Formula One and its series

Formula One
Current season summary

2008 Formula One season
Related articles

History of Formula One
Formula One regulations
Formula One cars
Formula One engines
Formula One racing
Future of Formula One
Lists
Drivers Constructors Grands Prix · Circuits

Pointscoring systems
Engines · National colors
Sponsorship liveries
Racing flags · People
TV broadcasters
Fatal accidents
Drivers who never qualified
Records

Drivers (Wins)
Constructors (Wins)
Tyres · Races

The sport's primary article is the "top" article of a series which includes five other related topics. The Wikipedians who created these articles intended to divide the topic of Formula One into specific subtopics, and chose the five topics they thought would best accomplish this goal. The appropriateness of the subtopics is open to discussion.

All six articles should include the template {{Formula One}} at the top.

  • Formula One is the main article for the sport, including general information; summaries of the articles on history, cars, and racing; general sections on drivers/constructors, grands prix, and circuits; a section noting the important people in F1's history; a 2004 season section; and a section on the Future of F1.
    • History of Formula One - the sport's history, in detail. This should include major regulation changes, major technical advances, and the most important drivers and constructors of each era.
    • Formula One cars - a detailed description of the modern F1 car. Information about historical F1 cars belongs in the History article.
    • Formula One racing - the schedule and procedure of an F1 grand prix weekend; information about racing strategy.
    • Formula One regulations - both current and historical information on the FIA's technical and sporting regulations.
    • Future of Formula One - a look at proposed changes to the sport and new regulations for future seasons.

[edit] Lists

There are thirteen Formula One-related lists. These should be historically complete, and include the template {{Formula One}}. Each, when updated, should also be marked "Accurate as of [date]" in order to assist future editors.

[edit] Race reports

A long-term goal of this project is to create articles containing a summary of every Formula One race since the sport's inception in 1950.

Thanks to a bot written by Bill Cook, articles containing full classifications of every past race now exist, but most need summaries and many need standardization.

The standard structure may be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Formula One/Example race report. The wikitext is annotated with comments and may be copied to assist with the creation of a new report.

The infobox templates to use for race report articles is {{Grand Prix race report infobox}}, which caters for both Championship and non-Championship races. A cut and paste pro forma is available at the template doc page.

[edit] Seasons

All season summary articles contain, as a minimum:

  • an overview of the season
  • a Drivers' Championship table
  • a Constructors' Championship table (from 1958 onwards)

Articles for more recent season contain additional information. As a general rule, the current season article is in the "ideal" format; future season summary articles should use the same format.

[edit] Grands Prix

There should be a complete article on every race which has been a part of the Formula One calendar since the series started in 1950 (see List of Formula One Grands Prix). Each article should contain:

  • At the top, an infobox:
{{F1 race 
| Name                  = [[Australia]]n Grand Prix 
| Flag                  = Flag of Australia.svg
| Circuit               = [[Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit]] 
| Circuit_image         = Circuit Albert Park.png
| Laps                  = 58 
| Circuit_length_km     = 5.303
| Circuit_length_mi     = 3.295
| Race_length_km        = 307.574
| Race_length_mi        = 191.110 
| Lap_record            = 1:24.125 ([[2004 Formula One season|2004]]) <br> {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Michael Schumacher]]
| Most_wins_driver      = {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Lex Davison]](non championship races) (4)<br/>{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Michael Schumacher]] (4) 
| Most_wins_constructor = {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] (10) <br />{{flagicon|UK}} [[McLaren]] (10) 
| Current_year          = 2008
| Winner                = {{flagicon|UK}} [[Lewis Hamilton]] 
| Winning_team          = [[McLaren]]-[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]] 
| Winning_time          = 1:34:50.616  (194.578 km/h)
| Pole_driver           = {{flagicon|UK}} [[Lewis Hamilton]] 
| Pole_team             = [[McLaren]]-[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]] 
| Pole_time             = 1:26.714
| Fastest_lap_driver    = {{flagicon|Finland}} [[Heikki Kovalainen]] 
| Fastest_lap_team      = [[McLaren]]-[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]]
| Fastest_lap           = 1:27.418
}}
  • History. This should cover all F1 races held under that name, and should note changes in venue, and the reasons for the change. The history should also cover races from other series held under the same name, if applicable.
  • A reverse-chronological list of winners in table format, including year, driver, constructor, location, and links to the relevant race reports, formatted thus:
Year Driver Constructor Location Report
2005 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault Melbourne Report
2004 Michael Schumacher Ferrari Melbourne Report 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Year
! Driver 
! Constructor
! Location
! Report
|-
! [[2005 Formula One season|2005]]
| [[Giancarlo Fisichella]]
| [[Renault Sport|Renault]]
| [[Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit|Melbourne]]
| [[2005 Australian Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
! [[2004 Formula One season|2004]]
| [[Michael Schumacher]]
| [[Ferrari]]
| [[Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit|Melbourne]]
| [[2004 Australian Grand Prix|Report]]
|}
If a grand prix was only run once, there need not be a table of winners; instead, the race report article should redirect to the race's article, and the article should be structured like a race report.
If a grand prix was run as a non-Championship event in some years (e.g. Moroccan Grand Prix), then those years should be highlighted in pink in the results chart.

[edit] Circuits

  • All F1 circuit articles (i.e. any circuit ever used for an F1 race) should include an infobox:
{{Motorsport venue|
  Name          = Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit | 
  Location      = [[Albert Park]], [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]] |
  Time          = [[GMT]] +/- 00 |
  Image         = [[Image:Australiagprix.png|230px]] |
  Events        = [[Formula One]]; [[V8 Supercar]]s; [[Carrera Cup]]; [[Formula Ford]] |
  Length_km     = 5.30 |
  Length_mi     = 3.30 |
  Turns         = 16 |
  Record_time   = 1'24.125 |
  Record_driver = [[Michael Schumacher]] |
  Record_team   = [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] |
  Record_year   = [[2004]]
}}

[edit] Drivers

Example of {{F1 driver}} from Fernando Alonso:
{{F1 driver|
  Name = Fernando Alonso |
  Image =  [[Image:Alonso_usgp_2004_pits.jpg|222px]] |
  Caption = Fernando Alonso |
  Nationality = {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Spain|Spanish]] |
  Car number = 1 |
  Team = [[McLaren|Vodafone McLaren Mercedes]] | 
  Team for 2007 = [[McLaren|Vodafone McLaren Mercedes]] |
  Races = 88 |
  Championships = 2 ([[2005 Formula One season|2005]], [[2006 Formula One season|2006]]) |
  Wins = 15 |
  Podiums = 37|
  Poles = 15 |
  Fastest laps = 8 |
  First race = [[2001 Australian Grand Prix]] |
  First win = [[2003 Hungarian Grand Prix]] |
  Last win = [[2006 Japanese Grand Prix]] |
  Last race = [[2006 Brazilian Grand Prix]] |
  Last season = 2006 |
  Last position = 1st (134 pts)|
  Career points = 381
}}
Example of {{Former F1 driver}} from Ayrton Senna:
{{Former F1 driver|
  Name = Ayrton Senna |
  Image = Sennabw.jpg |
  Nationality = Brazilian |
  Years = 1984 - 1994 |
  Team(s) =  [[Toleman]], [[Team Lotus|Lotus]], [[Team McLaren|McLaren]],
 [[WilliamsF1|Williams]] |
  Races = 161 |
  Championships = 3 |
  Wins = 41 |
  Podiums = 80 |
  Points = 610 (614) |
  Poles = 65 |
  Fastest laps = 19 |
  First race = [[1984 Brazilian Grand Prix]] |
  First win = [[1985 Portuguese Grand Prix]] |
  Last win = [[1993 Australian Grand Prix]] |
  Last race = [[1994 San Marino Grand Prix]] |
}}

[edit] Constructors

{{F1 team |
| Constructor_name = {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Williams
| Long_name = [[AT&T]] WilliamsF1 Team
| Logo = [[Image:2007WilliamsF1Logo.gif]]
| Base = [[Grove, Oxfordshire|Grove]], [[Oxfordshire]], [[United Kingdom]]
| Principal = {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Frank Williams]]<br />{{flagicon|UK}} [[Patrick Head]]
| Director = {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Sam Michael]]
| Drivers = 7.{{flagicon|Germany}}[[Nico Rosberg]]<br />8.{{flagicon|Japan}}[[Kazuki Nakajima]]
| Test_drivers =34.{{flagicon|Germany}}[[Nicolas Hülkenberg]]
| Chassis = [[Williams FW30|FW30]]
| Engine = [[Toyota F1|Toyota]] RVX-08
| Tyres = [[Bridgestone]]
| Debut = [[1978 Argentine Grand Prix]]
| Final = [[2008 Bahrain Grand Prix]]
| Races = 502
| Cons_champ = 9 ([[1980 Formula One season|1980]], [[1981 Formula One season|1981]], [[1986 Formula One season|1986]], [[1987 Formula One season|1987]], [[1992 Formula One season|1992]], [[1993 Formula One season|1993]], [[1994 Formula One season|1994]], [[1996 Formula One season|1996]], [[1997 Formula One season|1997]])
| Drivers_champ = 7 ([[1980 Formula One season|1980]], [[1982 Formula One season|1982]], [[1987 Formula One season|1987]], [[1992 Formula One season|1992]], [[1993 Formula One season|1993]], [[1996 Formula One season|1996]], [[1997 Formula One season|1997]])
| Wins = 113
| Poles = 125
| Fastest_laps = 128
| Last_season = 2007
| Last_position = 4th (33 points)
}}

[edit] Cars

  • All Formula One car articles need to be categorised either under the general Category:Formula One cars or the specific manufacturer category, and should have an infobox, {{Racing car}}, at the top:
{{Racing car |
  Car_name         = Tyrrell 006 |
  Logo             = [[Image:Tyrrell.gif]] |
  Category         = [[Formula One]] |
  Constructor      = [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell Racing Organisation]] |
  Designer         = [[Derek Gardner]] |
  Team             = [[Tyrrell Racing|Elf Team Tyrrell]] |
  Drivers          = [[François Cevert]],<br>[[Jackie Stewart]],<br>[[Patrick Depailler]],<br>[[Jody
 Scheckter]] |
  Chassis          = [[Aluminium]] [[monocoque]] |
  Front suspension = [[Double wishbone suspension|Double wishbone]], outboard [[Spring (device)|
 spring]]/[[shock absorber|damper]]. |
  Rear suspension  = Single top-link, parallel lower-links, twin [[Radius rod|radius arms]],
 outboard [[Spring (device)|spring]]/[[shock absorber|damper]]. |
  Engine name      = [[Ford]]-[[Cosworth DFV]] |
  Capacity         = 2993[[cubic centimetre|cc]] |
  Configuration    = [[V8 engine|V8]] |
  Turbo/NA         = [[naturally aspirated]] |
  Engine position  = [[Mid-engine]]d, [[longitudinal engine| longitudianlly mounted]] |
  Gearbox name     = [[Hewland]] FG400 |
  Gears            = 5-speed |
  Type             = [[Manual transmission|manual]] |
  Differential     = [[ZF Friedrichshafen|ZF]] [[Differential (mechanics)|differential]] |
  Fuel             = [[Elf Aquitaine|Elf]] |
  Tyres            = [[Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company|Goodyear]] |
  Debut            = [[1972 Canadian Grand Prix]],<br>[[Mosport Park]]. |
  Races            = 18 |
  Wins             = 5 |
  Cons_champ       = 0 |
  Drivers_champ    = '''1''' ([[1973 Formula One season|1973]]) |
  Poles            = 3 |
  Fastest_laps     = 2 |
}}

For an unformatted, cut-and-paste pro forma, please see this template's talk page. For Formula One articles, most details should be available. Otherwise simply leave blank any unknown fields and enter n/a for irrelevant or highly variable fields. Many customer cars will have had highly variable set up, I would suggest using either the most common configuration (if such a thing exists) or simply stating a brief range of options in lieu of precise specifications.

[edit] People

... nothing yet :-)

[edit] Updating

Since Formula One is a constantly-changing subject, its pages need constant updating. The following guidelines should help when updating F1-related articles.

[edit] After a race

[edit] After a season

[edit] Templates

Templates should be inserted using the syntax {{Formula One}}.

[edit] Categories

[edit] Assessment

Statistics
Formula One
articles		 Importance
Top High Mid Low None Total
Quality
Featured article FA 3 5 1 9
A 2 2
Good article GA 3 5 2 6 16
B 19 34 31 57 11 152
Start 12 85 114 238 294 743
Stub 26 45 836 531 1438
List 5 8 8 1 22
Assessed 42 163 203 1138 836 2382
Unassessed 1 1
Total 42 163 203 1138 837 2383
See also:

[edit] Standard table formats

Standard formats for the Driver and Constructor/team summary tables are defined here.

[edit] Other Conventions

Other conventions observed throughout the Formula One articles are listed here.

[edit] External links