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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.
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).
Each winner is presented with a trophy and the results of each race are combined to determine two annual Championships, one for drivers and one for constructors. [4] The World Championship for Drivers has been contended since 1950, [2] after the Formula One standard was agreed upon in 1946. [5]
Red Bull. Max Verstappen – A+. A near-flawless year for the world champion, who won his fourth title in a car which will finish third in the constructors’ championship – the first time that ...
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 .
Mansell became the first driver to win a race in a car with a semi-automatic gearbox. The race saw him as the first driver to win in their debut race for the Scuderia since Mario Andretti had won the 1971 South African Grand Prix and he would remain the last man to win on his Ferrari debut until Kimi Räikkönen won the 2007 Australian Grand Prix.
The 1967 Formula One season was the 21st season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 18th World Championship of Drivers, the 10th International Cup for F1 Manufacturers, and six non-championship races open to Formula One cars. The World Championship was contested over eleven races between 2 January and 22 October 1967.
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 ...