Max Verstappen is using number 1 in 2022, 2023 and 2024 after his titles in 2021, 2022 and 2023.#2 – Logan Sargent (Williams)

Sargent decided to race with the driver number 2 this season as this was his number when he raced in Formula Renault. He felt he had a good run with the number during this championship and so selected the same number for the 2023 and 2024 F1 season.For the first seven years of his F1 career, Verstappen raced with the number 33 on the front of his car. He revealed that he had wanted the number three, but former team mate Daniel Ricciardo was already using it, so he used 33 to “add double the luck”.

What is Max Verstappen’s number : 33

Max Verstappen #1: Verstappen raced with the number 33 until 2021. However, after claiming the championship in 2021, he was eligible to switch for number 1 – which he did. After winning the drivers' championship in 2023 for the third year in a row, he continues to carry #1 on his car.

Is 69 allowed in F1

How are F1 driver numbers decided In 2014, the FIA introduced a rule in which drivers were allowed to choose their own number between 2 and 99 to race with for the whole of their Formula 1 career, with the number 1 reserved solely for the reigning World Champion.

Who is number 0 in F1 : Damon Hill

The number 0 has been used on a few occasions, mainly by Damon Hill in 1993 and 1994 after Nigel Mansell and Alain Prost, the 1992 and 1993 World Champions, left the sport.

Most of Formula One teams are based in Britain, and racers are a superstitious bunch. So 13 has been skipped. Occasionally #14 has been skipped as well so teams can have the odd-even combination. Mostly though it's superstition, and over a period of at least 30 years that superstitious belief has become habit.

Bianchi, who succumbed to injuries sustained in an accident in last year's Japanese Grand Prix, raced with number 17 during the 2014 season, notably scoring his and the Marussia team's first championship points in Monaco.

Why is Leclerc number 16

He originally wanted the number 7 but this was already taken, so he chose 16 partly because this was his birth date and partly because the numbers 1 and 6 add up to 7.How are F1 driver numbers decided In 2014, the FIA introduced a rule in which drivers were allowed to choose their own number between 2 and 99 to race with for the whole of their Formula 1 career, with the number 1 reserved solely for the reigning World Champion.Formula 1 drivers cannot pick to use the number 17. Jules Bianchi was using this number at the time of his serious accident at Suzuka in 2014. He later succumbed to injuries from that crash. As a tribute, the F1 organisation decided to withdraw this race number.

Following the death of Jules Bianchi, the FIA decided to permanently retire the number 17 he drove with before his accident.

Why is Hamilton number 44 : He said: "I always start with the number 44 because that's the number that I had on my go-kart when I was eight years old. "It was my dad's car registration number, F44, so each year, it's just a new chance to rise to the challenge."

Why is Leclerc banned : Technically, Hamilton and Leclerc's cars breached Article 3.5. 9 e) of the 2023 FIA Formula One Technical Regulations, which states that: “The thickness of the plank assembly measured normal to the lower surface must be 10mm ± 0.2mm [plus or minus 0.2 millimetres] and must be uniform when new.

Did Lewis ever use number 1

"I can always go back to number 33 if I am no longer world champion. But as long as I am world champion, I will use number 1 every single year." In 2014 Sebastian Vettel was the last driver to use the #1. In subsequent years, the title went to Lewis Hamilton, who stuck to his #44, or to Nico Rosberg.

Valtteri Bottas

Valtteri Bottas – F1 Driver for Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber."Charles' bond to the Scuderia goes beyond that of just a driver and a team, as he has been part of the Ferrari family for eight years now," said Ferrari's French boss Fred Vasseur. "His values and those of our team are intertwined and so it was natural for us to be in agreement on extending our collaboration.

What is wrong with Leclerc in F1 : Charles Leclerc revealed his Ferrari Formula 1 car suffered "more than 100 degrees split" in temperature between his front right and left brakes, which triggered lock-ups during the Bahrain Grand Prix.