Comparing Football governing body's and F1/motorsports is stupid.
FIA (Is French) but the teams are different, same as football if you say (UEFA) is french then they are, but the teams are not.
And Jensenb calling Britain the home of F1 is even more stupid and arrogant. But then again I should expect that from the likes of him.
I stand by my assertion.
your assertion and your arrogance, all are meaningless.
Irony.
Formula One is French. It was born in France. Britain dominates it, only Italy comes close to matching the UK. End of discussion.
Ok Ok, this is all quite silly now.
Yes, Formula One's origins may well of been in France in the 1890's and it was in essence a "French Sport" up until the 1930's where Germany where dominating, then there was a era of Italian Domination and then back to German Domination (thanks to Adolph Hitler) and this was then the start of aerodynamics, fuel concoctions and a more awareness on how important weight was.
Now to AKR's point, in 1950 the FIA announced the plans for a World Championship, Juan Manuel Fangio won the "Pau Grand Prix" which was the start of the "International Formula One" and about a month later from this Silverstone hosted the British Grand Prix this was the first championship race, thus making the "F1 Championship"
In the mid 1950's Sterling Moss who is possibly the best driver not to win a championship, but around 1958 Mike Hawthorm got eh first British Championship in a Ferrari following the death of his fellow Brit Peter Collins, with the death and Ferrari's politics he decided to retire from F1 only to be killed in a road accident in 1959.
Shortly After, the dominate era of the British Grand Prix teams was to come, making the "British racing green" the "official" color of F1 from 1962 to 1973, during this time Britain won 12 World Championships, the engineering feats and development during this era was substantial and in it all really started because of Sterling Moss's enthusiasm rubbing off onto engineers who decided to try a revolutionary rear-engine design which for Jack Brambahm captured back to back f1 titles, also the monocoque chassis....
That era is the main thing what made today's F1 like it is now, that's why AKR says in essence that F1 is a British Motorsport.
