Zhou Guanyu (born May 30, 1999) is the first and so far only Chinese racing driver to compete in Formula One. He raced for Sauber alongside Valtteri Bottas from 2022 to 2024, with the Swiss team operating as Alfa Romeo during Zhou’s first two seasons. After a dismal final season in 2024 where Zhou …
Charles Marc Hervé Perceval Leclerc (born October 16, 1997) is a Monégasque Formula One driver currently driving for Scuderia Ferrari. He is noted for having broken Ferrari’s nine-year win drought at the Italian Grand Prix and being signed to an unusually long five-year contract with the Italian team. Sauber Leclerc made his Formula One …
Jean Robert Alesi (born June 11, 1964) is a French former racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1989 to 2001 with a total of 32 podiums and one win. Alesi famously achieved his only victory at the 1995 Canadian Grand Prix with Ferrari. Tyrrell Alesi’s Formula One career began at the 1989 French …
Robert Józef Kubica (born December 7, 1984) is a Polish racing driver who previously competed in Formula One, and is perhaps most famously known for his near-fatal rally crash in early 2011 that resulted in a partial amputation of his right forearm and costing him his 2012 Scuderia Ferrari seat. F1 Career Kubica became the …
Kimi-Matias Räikkönen (born October 17, 1979) is the 2007 Formula One World Champion, who capped off his Grand Prix career in 2021 with 21 race wins and 103 podiums from 349 starts. F1 Career and World Championship “The Iceman” began his Formula One career in 2001 with Sauber-Petronas, notably with only a single season of …
Valtteri Viktor Bottas (born August 28, 1989) is a Finnish former Formula One driver, with 10 wins and 67 podiums. Bottas began his Formula One career in 2013 with Williams as Pastor Maldonado’s teammate and later alongside Felipe Massa, scoring a total of nine podiums with the legendary British team. He signed with Mercedes in …
Tissot was founded in 1853 by Charles-Félicien Tissot and his son, Charles-Émile Tissot in Le Locle. The father and son team initially worked out of their house, finding early success with selling pocket watches in the Russian Empire which led to establishing a branch in Moscow. Alliance with Omega and the Swatch Group Tissot formed …
Certina was founded in 1888 by Adolf and Alfred Kurth in Grenchen, Switzerland. Originally a movement and supplies factory, Certina did not start producing complete watches until several years later. Their first brand name was Grana, named after the Latin name of Grenchen. The name Certina first came into use in the 1930s, and …