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As of the 2024 season, out of the 777 drivers who have started a Formula One Grand Prix, [16] the 75 titles awarded have been won by a total of 34 different drivers. [8] [9] The first Formula One World Drivers' Champion was Giuseppe Farina in the 1950 championship and the current title holder is Max Verstappen in the 2024 season.
Progression of the record for most F1 Grand Prix wins Lewis Hamilton holds the record for the most Grand Prix victories with 105. Seven-time World Drivers' Champion Michael Schumacher held the record with 91, before being surpassed by Hamilton in 2020.
The World Championship of Drivers has been held since 1950.Driver records listed here include all rounds which formed part of the World Championship since 1950: this includes the Indianapolis 500 from 1950–1960 (although it was not run to Formula One rules), and the 1952 and 1953 World Championship Grands Prix (which were run to Formula Two rules).
He went on to win the World Drivers' Championship five times—a record that stood for 46 years—and became the only driver in F1 history to win titles with four different teams: Alfa Romeo , Maserati (1954 and 1957), Mercedes-Benz (1954 and 1955), and Ferrari .
He won twice more later in the year for a second consecutive World Championship, [17] becoming Formula One's first two-time champion. [2] [3] [5] Aged 35, he was also the youngest two-time champion and the youngest back-to-back champion, both records beaten by the 34-year-old Jack Brabham in 1960, as the average age of a Formula One driver ...
Nigel Ernest James Mansell (/ ˈ m æ n s əl /; born 8 August 1953) is a British former racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1980 to 1995. Mansell won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1992 with Williams, and won 31 Grands Prix across 15 seasons.
James Clark (4 March 1936 – 7 April 1968) was a British racing driver from Scotland, who competed in Formula One from 1960 to 1968.Clark won two Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles with Lotus, and—at the time of his death—held the records for most wins (25), pole positions (33), and fastest laps (28), among others.
He took his maiden win at the 1962 French Grand Prix, which remains Porsche's only victory as a constructor in Formula One. Gurney moved to Brabham in 1963 as their first-ever driver, taking multiple wins in three seasons at the team, including another fourth-placed championship finish in 1965 .