[Sport] Car number «1» in Formula One will return

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In all editions of Formula 1 it was common for the champion driver to display the number 1 as the number of his vehicle, a fact that occurred frequently until 2015, when Lewis Hamilton as the defending monarch of the category at that time preferred to use 44, but that in 2022 he will return from the hand of Max Verstappen.

Meridiano reported that the numbering rules varied for the 2014 season and gave priority to the driver choosing his digits, instead of being ordered by the sporting results of last season, which then governed which number each vehicle should use, except for the champion who could still use 1 and if he changed teams.

Then, the Englishman was anchored at 44, despite winning in 2014 and 2015, while for 2016, after the championship of Nico Rosberg, that was expected to change for 2017, but the retirement of the German for that contest prevented the 1 came back.

But, the scepter obtained by the Dutch in this 2021 gave him the possibility to choose his number, and instead of staying with his usual 33, which he uses since he debuted with Toro Rosso seven seasons ago, he will use the 1 in his Red Bull in 2022. He had said before, but finally the announcement was made two days after being crowned in the premier class of motorsport, after beating Hamilton by eight points, after winning the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Now, Verstappen 1 and Sergio Pérez 11 will be the ones that will be exhibited by the next cars of the Austrian team, which now instead of being known as "energetic" or "Red Bulls", will be the 111.

The last time a Red Bull used the 1 was in 2014, after Sebastian Vettel's four-time championship a calendar ago. That was his last season with that team.

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