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Formula one, also known as F1 or Grand Prix is the most popular motorsport in the world, with F1 Supremo, Bernie Ecclestone, being the ultimate authority in the sport.

Defending champion for the 2006 Grand Prix season is Fernando Alonso, who won the 2005 Championship with Renault. Alonso is the youngest Grand Prix driver to win the formula one championship, being only 24 years-old.

The current Championship season finds Michael Schumacher quite behind in Formula One Championship points and faces the prospect of Fernando Alonso getting a bigger distance.

The governing body of the sport has been criticised by Grand Prix teams, including Ferrari and McLaren, about the strict regulations that their cars have to abide to.

The teams are arguing that with all those changes in the world of Grand Prix Formula one, the sport is loosing it's appeal to the fans, while the spectacle is not what it used to be.

Certain car manufacturers are threatening with the incorporation of a competing Grand Prix which will be run by an independent body.

McLaren's Grand Prix driver Juan Pablo Montoya stunned the formula one world by announcing his retirement from further Grand Prixs.