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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. [8] [9] The
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).
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 ...
As of the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, out of the 778 drivers who started a Grand Prix, [14] there have been 115 Formula One Grand Prix winners. [15] The first Grand Prix winner was Giuseppe Farina at the 1950 British Grand Prix , and the most recent driver to score their first Grand Prix win is Oscar Piastri who took his first win at the 2024 ...
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]
Aston Martin has won the race to sign Adrian Newey, widely regarded as the greatest Formula One designer of all time.. The 65-year-old has signed a long-term contract with the British team and ...
At the time the race was accepted as being part of the Formula One World Championship, even though very few teams or drivers from Europe participated at the event. [1] [2] Several American drivers only ever competed in that race and, if included in the overall statistics, it means that 233 drivers have been entered for a Formula One event since ...
For 12 seasons, Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes penned one of the most fabled stories in the history of Formula One.. On the track, they rewrote the record books with seven consecutive constructors ...