But midway through that year, permanent numbers were trialled, and in 1974, permanent numbers were issued based on the Constructors' Championship positions in 1973.

Up to 1973, the numbers were given out by the race organisers. Until 2013, the numbers were allocated with two rules: the previous season's World Champion used the number 1 following the Champion and his team-mate (car number 2), the teams were ordered by their position in the previous season's Constructors' Championship. This number cannot be reallocated unless the driver has not driven in the sport for two seasons. Only the World Champion is allowed to use number 1. Currently, drivers are allowed to pick their own number for their career from 0, 2 through 99. There’s so many things happening in the race, it’s so dynamic, the car balance is changing, the fuel load is changing, so it’s difficult to keep up with all these changes and stay on top of things.A Formula One car number is the number on a car used to identify a car and its driver. “It was difficult, very difficult to be honest – first time obviously in a long, long time. “It was interesting,” said Hulkenberg after the race.

WEEKEND WARM-UP: The drivers get ready to return to the Jeddah Corniche Circuit Hulkenberg will now get to experience the dramatic Jeddah Corniche Circuit for the very first time, following a difficult opening Grand Prix for Aston Martin in Sakhir, which saw neither Hulkenberg nor Lance Stroll score. The news means that, as in Bahrain, Nico Hulkenberg will be called up for Aston Martin, with the German having remained in the Middle East in case he was required to jump into the AMR22. Sebastian Vettel will miss his second consecutive race of 2022, the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, with the German still recovering from contracting Covid-19 ahead of the season-opening race in Bahrain.

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