FEATURE! From the 500th (1990 Adelaide GP) to the 1000th Formula 1 race (2019 Chinese GP)

It took 40 years for Formula 1 to reach its 500^th world championship grand prix milestone, from the first race at Silverstone in the United Kingdom in May 1950 to the 500^th in Adelaide in November 1990. With the proliferation of grands prix in the modern era of Formula 1, it’s just 29 years between the 500^th race and the 1000^th in China in April 2019. Yet much has still changed in Formula 1 in those 29 years, as we examine in the difference between the 1990 Adelaide Grand Prix and 2019 Chinese Grand Prix:

Entries:

1990: 30 entrants, 26 starters (in Adelaide – Nelson Piquet, Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost, Gerhard Berger, Thierry Boutsen, Riccardo Patrese, Roberto Moreno, Jean Alesi, Pierluigi Martini, Nicola Larini, Philippe Alliot, Stefano Modena, Olivier Grouillard, Emanuele Pirro, Ayrton Senna, Gabriele Tarquini, Johnny Herbert, Satoru Nakajima, Ivan Capelli, Derek Warwick, Maurício Gugelmin, Andrea de Cesaris, Éric Bernard, Gianni Morbidelli, David Brabham, Aguri Suzuki, Michele Alboreto, Yannick Dalmas, Alex Caffi, Bertrand Gachot).

2019: 20 entrants (Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas, Kimi Räikkönen, Antonio Giovinazzi, Sebastian Vettel, Charles Leclerc, Romain Grosjean, Kevin Magnussen, Lando Norris, Carlos Sainz, Sergio Pérez, Lance Stroll, Pierre Gasly, Max Verstappen, Daniel Ricciardo, Nico Hülkenberg, Alexander Albon, Daniil Kvyat, George Russell, Robert Kubica).

Nationalities:

1990: Eight (in Adelaide – Brazil, Britain, France, Austria, Belgium, Italy, Japan, Australia).

2019: 15 (Britain, Finland, Italy, Germany, Monaco, France, Denmark, Spain, Mexico, Canada, Holland, Australia, Thailand, Russia, Poland).

Teams:

1990: 16 (in Adelaide – McLaren, Scuderia Ferrari, Williams, Benetton, Tyrrell, Minardi, Ligier, Leyton House, Lotus, Scuderia Italia, Brabham, Osella, Larrousse, AGS, Coloni, Arrows).

2019: 10 (McLaren, Scuderia Ferrari, Williams, Mercedes AMG, Red Bull Racing, Alfa Romeo, Haas, Renault, Racing Point, Scuderia Toro Rosso).

Races:

1990: 16 (United States of America, Brazil, San Marino, Monaco, Canada, Mexico, France, Britain, Germany, Hungary, Belgium, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Japan, Australia).

2019: 21 (Australia, Bahrain, China, Azerbaijan, Spain, Monaco, Canada, France, Austria, Britain, Germany, Hungary, Belgium, Italy, Singapore, Russia, Japan, Mexico, United States of America, Brazil, Abu Dhabi).

Engines:

1990: Naturally-aspirated 3.5-litre V8 to V12 (Ferrari V12, Lamborghini V12, Renault V10, Honda V10, Ford Cosworth/Judd V8).

2019: Turbo-hybrid 1.6-litre V6 engines (Ferrari, Mercedes, Renault, Honda).

Lineage of teams:

Teams that have remained the same:

Scuderia Ferrari.
McLaren.
Williams.

Teams that have changed ownership:

Benetton (1990-2001) > Renault (2002-2010) > Lotus (2011-2015) > Renault (2016 to present).
Tyrrell (1990-1998) > British American Racing (1999-2005) > Honda (2006-2008) > Brawn (2009) > Mercedes AMG (2010 to present).
Minardi (1985-2005) > Scuderia Toro Rosso (2006 to present).

Teams new to F1 since the 1990 Adelaide Grand Prix:

Sauber/Alfa Romeo (1993 to present).
Jordan (1991-2005) > Midland (2006) > Spyker (2007) > Force India (2008 to 2018) > Racing Point (2018 to present).
Stewart (1997-1999) > Jaguar (2000-2004) > Red Bull Racing (2005 to present).
Haas (2016 to present).

Teams no longer around since the 1990 Adelaide Grand Prix: