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The Current Improvement Drive is History of Formula One.

WikiProject Formula One

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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.

Goals

To divide the subject of Formula One into appropriate subtopics
To gather complete and accurate information in all F1-related articles
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
To maintain Portal:Formula One and keep all F1-related articles up-to-date
To improve Formula One and as many related pages as possible to Featured Article standard

How to help

Complete a task on one of the to-do lists:
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Formula One/Task template, which appears on the project's talk page template as well as the F1 Wikiportal
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Formula One/To-do, the auxiliary list
Work on the monthly F1 selected article at Portal talk:Formula One/Management of selected articles
Request an article by adding it to one of the to-do lists.
Watch a race and write a summary for its race report article. See below for instructions on titling and formatting race report articles.
Pick an old race report article and standardize it according to the guidelines below. A complete list may be found at List of Formula One races#Races by season.
Keep an eye on recent edits to all Formula One-related articles.

Featured material

- 5 Articles at Featured Article status.
- 7 Articles at Good Article status.

See Wikipedia:WikiProject Formula One/Featured material

Portal

The Formula One Portal comes under the scope of WikiProject F1, please feel free to help with it's management and contribute "Did you know's".

Participants

Project participants are listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Formula One/Participants. Feel free to add your name.

Article style guide

Formula One and its series

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.

Lists

There are nine 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.

List of Formula One drivers
List of Formula One constructors
List of Formula One World Champions
- List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions
- List of Formula One World Constructors' Champions
List of Formula One Grands Prix - The races on this list should match those listed on Template:Formula One races.
List of Formula One circuits
List of Formula One people
List of Formula One records

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.

Seasons

This article type is more or less under development. See 2005 Formula One season for a very nifty work-in-progress. Once the season is complete, we will establish standards.

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|Australian]] Grand Prix |
  Flag               = Australia_flag_large.png |
  Circuit            = [[Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit]] |
  Circuit_image      = Australiagprix.png |
  Laps               = 58 |
  Circuit_length_km  = 5.30 |
  Circuit_length_mi  = 3.30 |
  Race_length_km     = 307.57 |
  Race_length_mi     = 191.12 |
  Current_year       = 2004 |
  Winning_time       = 1:24'15.757 |
  Winner             = [[Michael Schumacher]] |
  Winning_team       = [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] |
  Pole_time          = 1'24.408 |
  Pole_driver        = [[Michael Schumacher]] |
  Pole_team          = [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] |
  Fastest_lap        = 1'24.125 |
  Fastest_lap_driver = [[Michael Schumacher]] |
  Fastest_lap_team   = [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
}}

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 (e.g. Moroccan Grand Prix), 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.

At the bottom, the template {{Formula One races}}.
All articles on F1 grands prix should be also part of Category:Formula One Grands Prix.

Circuits

All F1 circuit articles (i.e. any circuit ever used for an F1 race) should include an infobox:

{{F1 circuit|
  Name          = Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit | 
  Location      = [[Albert Park]], [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]] |
  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]]
}}

All articles on F1 circuits should be also part of Category:Formula One circuits.

Drivers

All articles on F1 drivers should be part of Category:Formula One drivers and should contain the appropriate infobox, {{F1 driver}} or {{Former F1 driver}}.

Example of {{F1 driver}} from Michael Schumacher:

{{F1 driver|
  Name = Michael Schumacher |
  Image = [[Image:Michael Schumacher-I'm the man (cropped).jpg|222px]] |
  Caption = Schumacher before the [[2005 United States Grand Prix]] |
  Nationality = German |
  Car number = 5 |
  Team = [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] |
  Races = 213 |
  Championships = 7 ([[1994]], [[1995]], [[2000]], [[2001]], [[2002]], [[2003]], [[2004]]) |
  Wins = 83 |
  Podiums = 137 |
  Poles = 63 |
  Fastest laps = 66 |
  First race = [[1991 Belgian Grand Prix|1991]] [[Belgian Grand Prix]] |
  First win = [[1992 Belgian Grand Prix|1992]] [[Belgian Grand Prix]] |
  Last season = [[2004]] |
  Last position = 1st |
}}

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|Toleman Hart]], [[Lotus Cars|Lotus]], [[Team McLaren|McLaren]],
 [[WilliamsF1|Williams]] |
  Races = 161 |
  Championships = 3 |
  Wins = 41 |
  Podiums = 80 |
  Poles = 65 |
  Fastest laps = 19 |
  First race = [[1984 Brazilian Grand Prix|1984]] [[Brazilian Grand Prix]] |
  First win = [[1985 Portuguese Grand Prix|1985]] [[Portuguese Grand Prix]] |
  Last win = [[1993 Australian Grand Prix|1993]] [[Australian Grand Prix]] |
  Last race = [[1994 San Marino Grand Prix|1994]] [[San Marino Grand Prix]] |
}}

Constructors

All constructors' articles should have an infobox, {{F1 team}}, at the top:

{{F1 team |

 Short_name    = Williams |
 Long_name     = [[BMW]].WilliamsF1 Team |
 Logo          = [[Image:BMW.WilliamsF1 Team.png|250px]] |
 Base          = [[Grove, Oxfordshire|Grove]], [[Oxfordshire]], [[United Kingdom]] |
 Principal     = [[Frank Williams]] |
 Director      = [[Sam Michael]] |
 Drivers       = 3. [[Juan Pablo Montoya]] <br /> 4. [[Ralf Schumacher]] |
 Test_drivers  = [[Antonio Pizzonia]] <br /> [[Marc Gené]] |
 Chassis       = Williams FW26 |
 Engine        = [[BMW]] P84 |
 Tyres         = [[Michelin]] |
 Debut         = [[1978 Argentine Grand Prix|1978]] [[Argentine Grand Prix]] |
 Races         = 496 |
 Cons_champ    = 9 ([[1980]], [[1981]], [[1986]], [[1987]], [[1992]], [[1993]], [[1994]],
[[1996]], [[1997]]) |
 Drivers_champ = 7 ([[1980]], [[1982]], [[1987]], [[1992]], [[1993]], [[1996]], [[1997]]) |
 Wins          = 113 |
 Poles         = 124 |
 Fastest_laps   = 127 |
 Last_season   = 2004 |
 Last_position = 4th (88 points)

}}

People

... nothing yet :-)

Updating

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

After a race

Add the name and team of the winner to the table in the article on the relevant race, e.g. Monaco Grand Prix.
- Also update the race info box with the winner, pole and fastest lap.
Create a race report article containing the complete classification, e.g. 2005 Monaco Grand Prix.
Add the name and team of the winner to the relevant season article, e.g. 2005 Formula One season.
Update the relevant statistics on the articles of the winning driver and their team.
Update the statistics of all competing drivers in the infobox in their articles and on the list of Formula One drivers.
Add an outline page for the next race, containing dates, location, and F1 race report table.

After a season

Add the name and statistcs of the drivers champions to the list of Formula One World Drivers' Champions and constructors champions to the list of Formula One World Constructors' Champions.
As drivers for the following season are decided, add new drivers' names to the List of Formula One drivers and to their teams' articles. Add the names of new teams to the List of Formula One constructors.
When the FIA releases the next season's calendar, update the List of Formula One Grands Prix.
Update Template:Formula One teams and Template:Formula One races as information becomes available.

Templates

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

Navigation templates:
- {{Formula One}} - top of Formula One, the articles in that series, and the six F1 lists.
- {{Formula One teams}} - bottom of articles on currently active teams and drivers.
- {{Formula One races}} - bottom of every grand prix article (i.e. every article listed on the template, and at List of Formula One Grands Prix).
Custom templates:
- {{F1 team}} - top of all F1 constructor/team articles; see above
- {{F1 race}} - top of all grand prix articles; see above
- {{F1 circuit}} - in all F1 circuit articles, usually at the top; see above
- {{F1 driver}} - top of all driver articles; see above
- {{Former F1 driver}} - top of all driver articles; see above
- {{F1 race report}} - bottom of all race report articles; see above
Table formatting templates:
- {{F1 table}} - for general F1 tables; generates style only
- {{F1 Grand Prix table}} - for lists of winners on GP articles; generates style and column headers
- {{F1 race table}} - for race report classification tables; generates style and column headers
- {{F1 quali table}} - for race report qualification tables; generates style and column headers
Others:
- {{F1 driver results legend}} - to accompany driver results tables of the sort at 2005 Formula One season#Driver _results.
- {{F1-stub}} - all Formula One-related stubs (use {{motorsport-stub}} for more general motorsport stubs)
- {{WikiProject Formula One}} - this WikiProject's template; belongs at the top of the talk page of every F1-related article.
- {{WikiProject Formula One Member}} - for use on user pages.
- {{User WP:F1}} - userbox