F1 2019 season: 10 changes every Formula 1 fan should know about

Modified Apr 03, 2019 13:08 GMT

The third race of the 2019 F1 season will be a landmark race - It will be the 1000th F1 Grand Prix. F1 has indeed come a long way since the days when races were held only in Europe.

#3 Red Bull forges a bond with Honda

Team Principal Christian Horner will hope that his team's decision to opt for Honda engines will be a gamechanger for them

Red Bull Racing suspended its 12-year long partnership with French automaker Renault and have made the switch to Honda engines effective 2019. Red Bull thus joined its sister team - Scuderia Torro Roso who have been making use of Honda engines since 2018. Whether or not Christian Horner and his Team have made a tactically brilliant move or a disastrous one, only time will tell

#2 The dawn of the 4-figure mark in F1 history

14th April 2019 is going to be a red-letter day in the history of Motorsport racing and Formula One in particular, for it will mark the 1000th Grand Prix in the rich and illustrious history of F1. The 1950 British Grand Prix was the first ever F1 race and it is indeed fitting that the 1000th race is held in China, a place about 5,700 miles away from the iconic Silverstone Circuit where the first race was held. This very fact embodies the truly global appeal that F1 has attained over the course of the years more so especially since the 1990s.