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Fangio is the oldest winner of the World Drivers' Championship; he was 46 years and 41 days old when he won the 1957 title. [15] 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.
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).
Luigi Fagioli is the oldest winner of a Formula One Grand Prix; he was 53 years and 22 days old when he won the 1951 French Grand Prix. [13] 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]
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 ...
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]
The following is a list of Formula One records: List of Formula One driver records; List of Formula One constructor records; List of Formula One engine records; List of Formula One tyre records; List of Formula One race records
Drivers' champion Phil Hill in the Ferrari 156 F1 in 1962. There have been 58 Formula One drivers from the United States including two World Drivers' Championship winners, Mario Andretti and Phil Hill. Andretti is the most successful American Formula One driver having won 12 races, and only Eddie Cheever has started more Grands Prix.
In 2016, Nico Rosberg became the third driver from Germany to win the F1 World Drivers' Championship. 1970 champion Jochen Rindt was born in Germany, but chose to race under the Austrian flag. Nico Hülkenberg is currently the only active German race driver in Formula One.