Formula One, abbreviated to F1, is the highest class of open-wheeled auto racing defined by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), motorsport's world governing body.
[2] The F1 World Championship season consists of a series of races, known as Grands Prix, held usually on purpose-built circuits, and in a few cases on closed city streets.
[6] The Constructors' Championship is won when it is no longer mathematically possible for another constructor to overtake another's points total regardless of the outcome of the remaining races,[7] although it is not officially awarded until the FIA Prize Giving Ceremony held in various cities following the conclusion of the season.
[10] Out of the 170 chassis constructors that have entered an F1 Grand Prix,[11] a total of 15 have won the Championship in its 63 seasons.
Ferrari holds the record for the highest number of World Constructors' Championships victories, having won the title on 16 occasions.
Of those, only Ferrari and Williams have won four sets of consecutive Formula One World Constructors' Championships.