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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).
[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. [8] [9] The title has been won by drivers from the United Kingdom 20 times between 10 drivers, more than any other nation, followed by Brazil, Finland and Germany with three ...
As of the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, there have been 778 Formula One drivers from 41 different nationalities who have started at least one of the 1,125 FIA World Championship races since the first such event, [5] [6] [7] the 1950 British Grand Prix. [8] Seven-time champions Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton hold the record for the most ...
In 2023, former Formula One rival Giancarlo Fisichella observed that Schumacher "did not even seem to have sweated" during races, adding that Schumacher is the greatest Formula One driver of all time and "rewrote the history of Formula One". [325] In 2003, F1 Racing magazine analysed Schumacher's driving style using telemetry data. [326]
3-time Formula One World Champion (1969, 1971, 1973) Niki Lauda Austria: 3-time Formula One World Champion (1975, 1977, 1984) Nelson Piquet Brazil: 3-time Formula One World Champion (1981, 1983, 1987) Ayrton Senna Brazil: 3-time Formula One World Champion (1988, 1990, 1991) Alain Prost France: 4-time Formula One World Champion (1985, 1986, 1989 ...
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.
The winner of the FIA Formula One World Drivers' Championship (WDC) is the most successful Formula One driver over a particular season, as determined by a points system based on individual Grand Prix results. [2] Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher hold the joint record for most Drivers' Championships with seven apiece. [3]
Prost is widely regarded as one of Formula One's greatest-ever drivers. He has the fourth-most Drivers' Championships of all time, behind only Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher, and Juan Manuel Fangio. [86] In addition, he was just 12.5 points away from an eight-title career. [24]