List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions

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The Formula One World Drivers' Championship (WDC) is awarded by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) to the most successful Formula One race car driver over a season, as determined by a points system based on Grand Prix results. The Drivers' Championship was first awarded in 1950, to Nino Farina. The first driver to win multiple Championships was Alberto Ascari, in 1952 and 1953.

The FIA do not officially declare the Champion until the end of the season, but a driver is said to have "clinched" the Championship after it is no longer possible for another to obtain more points than them, even if the former driver were to not compete in the remaining races of the season, and the latter to score the maximum number of points possible. The Drivers' Championship has been clinched in the final race of the season 23 times in the 58 seasons it has been awarded. The earliest in a season that the Drivers' Championship has been clinched was in 2002, when Michael Schumacher secured the title with six races remaining.

Overall, twenty-nine different drivers have won the Championship, with German Michael Schumacher holding the record for most titles, at seven. Schumacher also holds the record for most consecutive Drivers' Championships, winning five from 2000 to 2004. The current Drivers' Champion is Kimi Räikkönen, who won his first World Championship in 2007.

By season

Season	Driver	Team	Engine	Tyres	Poles	Wins	Podiums	Fastest Laps	Points	Clinched	Pt. Margin
1950	Nino Farina	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo	Template:Pirelli	2	3	3	3	30	Race 7 of 7	3
1951	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo	Template:Pirelli	4	3Template:Ref	5	5	31	Race 8 of 8	6
1952	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	Ferrari	Template:FirestoneTemplate:Pirelli	5	6	6	6	36	Race 6 of 8	12
1953	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	Ferrari	Template:Pirelli	6	5	5	4	34.5	Race 8 of 9	6.5
1954	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati MercedesTemplate:Ref	Maserati Mercedes	Template:PirelliTemplate:ContinentalTires	5	6	7	3	42	Race 7 of 9	16.86
1955	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	Mercedes	Template:ContinentalTires	3	4	5	3	40	Race 6 of 7	16.5
1956	Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari	Ferrari	Template:Englebert	6	3Template:Ref	5Template:Ref	4	30	Race 8 of 8	3
1957	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	Maserati	Template:Pirelli	4	4	6	2	40	Race 6 of 8	15
1958	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	Ferrari	Template:Englebert	4	1	7	5	42	Race 11 of 11	1
1959	Jack Brabham	Cooper*	Climax	Template:Dunlop	1	2	5	1	31	Race 9 of 9	4
1960	Jack Brabham	Cooper*	Climax	Template:Dunlop	3	5	5	3	43	Race 8 of 10	9
1961	Error creating thumbnail: sh: /usr/sfw/bin/convert: No such file or directory Phil Hill	Ferrari*	Ferrari	Template:Dunlop	5	2	6	2	34	Race 7Template:Ref of 8	1
1962	Graham Hill	BRM*	BRM	Template:Dunlop	1	4	6	3	42	Race 9 of 9	12
1963	Jim Clark	Lotus*	Climax	Template:Dunlop	7	7	9	6	54	Race 7 of 10	21
1964	John SurteesTemplate:Ref	Ferrari*	Ferrari	Template:Dunlop	2	2	6	2	40	Race 10 of 10	1
1965	Jim Clark	Lotus*	Climax	Template:Dunlop	6	6	6	6	54	Race 7 of 10	14
1966	Jack Brabham	Brabham*	Repco	G	3	4	5	1	42	Race 7 of 9	14
1967	Denny Hulme	Brabham*	Repco	G	0	2	8	2	51	Race 11 of 11	5
1968	Graham Hill	Lotus*	Ford	Template:Firestone	2	3	6	0	48	Race 12 of 12	12
1969	Jackie Stewart	Matra*	Ford	Template:Dunlop	2	6	7	5	63	Race 8 of 11	26
1970	Jochen Rindt	Lotus*	Ford	Template:Firestone	3	5	5	1	45	Race 12Template:Ref of 13	5
1971	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell*	Ford	G	6	6	7	3	62	Race 8 of 11	29
1972	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus*	Ford	Template:Firestone	3	5	8	0	61	Race 10 of 12	16
1973	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell	Ford	G	3	5	8	1	71	Race 13 of 15	16
1974	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren*	Ford	G	2	3	7	0	55	Race 15 of 15	3
1975	Niki Lauda	Ferrari*	Ferrari	G	9	5	8	2	64.5	Race 13 of 14	19.5
1976	James Hunt	McLaren	Ford	G	8	6	8	2	69	Race 16 of 16	1
1977	Niki Lauda	Ferrari*	Ferrari	G	2	3	10	3	72	Race 15 of 17	17
1978	Error creating thumbnail: sh: /usr/sfw/bin/convert: No such file or directory Mario Andretti	Lotus*	Ford	G	8	6	7	3	64	Race 14Template:Ref of 16	13
1979	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari*	Ferrari	M	1	3	6	0	51	Race 13 of 15	4
1980	Alan Jones	Williams*	Ford	G	3	5	10	5	67	Race 13 of 14	13
1981	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	Ford	M	4	3	7	1	50	Race 15 of 15	1
1982	Keke Rosberg	Williams	Ford	G	1	1	6	0	44	Race 16 of 16	5
1983	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	BMW	M	1	3	8	4	59	Race 15 of 15	2
1984	Niki Lauda	McLaren*	TAG	M	0	5	9	5	72	Race 16 of 16	0.5Template:Ref
1985	Alain Prost	McLaren*	TAG	G	2	5	11	5	73	Race 14 of 16	20
1986	Alain Prost	McLaren	TAG	G	1	4	11	2	72	Race 16 of 16	2
1987	Nelson Piquet	Williams*	Honda	G	4	3	11	4	73	Race 15 of 16	12
1988	Ayrton Senna	McLaren*	Honda	G	13	8	11	3	90	Race 15 of 16	3
1989	Alain Prost	McLaren*	Honda	G	2	4	11	5	76	Race 15Template:Ref of 16	16
1990	Ayrton Senna	McLaren*	Honda	G	10	6	11	2	78	Race 15 of 16	7
1991	Ayrton Senna	McLaren*	Honda	G	8	7	12	2	96	Race 15 of 16	24
1992	Nigel Mansell	Williams*	Renault	G	14	9	12	8	108	Race 11 of 16	52
1993	Alain Prost	Williams*	Renault	G	13	7	12	6	99	Race 14 of 16	26
1994	Michael Schumacher	Benetton	Ford	G	6	8	10	8	92	Race 16 of 16	1
1995	Michael Schumacher	Benetton*	Renault	G	4	9	11	8	102	Race 15 of 17	33
1996	Damon HillTemplate:Ref	Williams*	Renault	G	9	8	10	5	97	Race 16 of 16	19
1997	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams*	Renault	G	10	7	8	3	81	Race 17 of 17	39Template:Ref
1998	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren*	Mercedes	B	9	8	11	6	100	Race 16 of 16	14
1999	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	Mercedes	B	11	5	10	6	76	Race 16 of 16	2
2000	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari*	Ferrari	B	9	9	12	2	108	Race 16 of 17	19
2001	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari*	Ferrari	B	11	9	14	3	123	Race 13 of 17	58
2002	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari*	Ferrari	B	7	11	17	7	144	Race 11 of 17	67
2003	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari*	Ferrari	B	5	6	8	5	93	Race 16 of 16	2
2004	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari*	Ferrari	B	8	13	15	10	148	Race 14 of 18	34
2005	Fernando Alonso	Renault*	Renault	M	6	7	15	2	133	Race 17 of 19	21
2006	Fernando Alonso	Renault*	Renault	M	6	7	14	5	134	Race 18 of 18	13
2007	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari*	Ferrari	B	3	6	12	6	110	Race 17 of 17	1Template:Ref

Notes

* Indicates the team also won the Constructors' Championship (awarded since 1958).

1. ↑  Fangio shared the win of the 1951 French Grand Prix with Luigi Fagioli.
2. ↑  Fangio competed in the 1954 Argentine and Belgian Grands Prix with Maserati, then completed the season with Mercedes.
3. ↑  Fangio shared the win of the 1956 Argentine Grand Prix with Luigi Musso.
4. ↑  Fangio shared 2nd position in the 1956 Monaco and Italian Grands Prix with Peter Collins.
5. ↑  Hill won the Championship at the 1961 Italian Grand Prix, where teammate Wolfgang von Trips died after an accident in the race.
6. ↑  Surtees became the first person to win World Championships on motorcycles and cars, having previously won seven titles in both 350cc and 500cc.
7. ↑  Rindt died during practice for the 1970 Italian Grand Prix, but his Championship was not confirmed until two rounds later, making him Formula One's first (and only) posthumous World Drivers' Champion.
8. ↑  Andretti became Champion after teammate Ronnie Peterson died following an operation due to a collision at the 1978 Italian Grand Prix.
9. ↑  Narrowest margin of victory ever, after half points were awarded at Monaco due to early finish because of bad weather.
10. ↑  Ayrton Senna won the 1989 Japanese Grand Prix, but was disqualified for cutting the chicane after receiving a push-start from track-side marshalls. McLaren appealed the decision but lost, handing Prost the title.
11. ↑  Damon Hill is the son of Graham Hill, who won the Drivers' Championship in 1962 and 1968, making them the first father-son pair to both win Drivers' Championships.
12. ↑  Michael Schumacher scored 78 points during the 1997 season, only 3 points behind Villeneuve. However, Schumacher was disqualified from the championship, leaving Villeneuve with a 39 point margin over Heinz-Harald Frentzen with 42 points.
13. ↑  Kimi Räikkönen won by 1 point over both Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso.

By driver

Driver	Total	Seasons
Michael Schumacher	7	1994-1995, 2000-2004
Juan Manuel Fangio	5	1951, 1954-1957
Alain Prost	4	1985-1986, 1989, 1993
Jack Brabham	3	1959-1960, 1966
Jackie Stewart	3	1969, 1971, 1973
Niki Lauda	3	1975, 1977, 1984
Nelson Piquet	3	1981, 1983, 1987
Ayrton Senna	3	1988, 1990-1991
Alberto Ascari	2	1952-1953
Jim Clark	2	1963, 1965
Graham Hill	2	1962, 1968
Emerson Fittipaldi	2	1972, 1974
Mika Häkkinen	2	1998-1999
Fernando Alonso	2	2005-2006
Nino Farina	1	1950
Mike Hawthorn	1	1958
Error creating thumbnail: sh: /usr/sfw/bin/convert: No such file or directory Phil Hill	1	1961
John Surtees	1	1964
Denny Hulme	1	1967
Jochen Rindt	1	1970
James Hunt	1	1976
Error creating thumbnail: sh: /usr/sfw/bin/convert: No such file or directory Mario Andretti	1	1978
Jody Scheckter	1	1979
Alan Jones	1	1980
Keke Rosberg	1	1982
Nigel Mansell	1	1992
Damon Hill	1	1996
Jacques Villeneuve	1	1997
Kimi Räikkönen	1	2007

By nationality

By constructor

Constructor	Total
Ferrari	15
McLaren	11
Williams	7
Lotus	6
Brabham	4
Cooper	2
Renault
Benetton
Mercedes
Alfa Romeo
Tyrrell
Maserati
BRM	1
Matra

Constructors in bold are still competing in the World Championship.

By engine

Engine manufacturers in bold are still competing in the World Championship.

By tyre manufacturer

Pos	Manufacturer		Country	Total	Seasons
1	G	Goodyear	United States	24	1966-1967, 1971, 1973-1978, 1980, 1982, 1985-1997
2	Template:Dunlop	Dunlop	Great Britain	8	1959-1965, 1969
	B	Bridgestone	Japan	8	1998-2004, 2007
4	Template:Pirelli	Pirelli	Italy	6	1950-1954UNIQ70f40d126bd57c48-ref3be0593433e9492e00000001UNIQ70f40d126bd57c48-ref3be0593433e9492e00000002, 1957
	M	Michelin	France	6	1979, 1981, 1983-1984, 2005-2006
6	Template:Firestone	Firestone	United States	4	1952UNIQ70f40d126bd57c48-ref3be0593433e9492e00000003, 1968, 1970, 1972
7	CONTINENTAL Ford Motor Company Ford | Mercury | Lincoln | Mazda | Edsel | Continental | Merkur | Volvo Mark II Lincoln · Lincoln Continental edit Edsel Ford Corporate website A division of the Ford Motor Company	Continental	Germany	2	1954UNIQ70f40d126bd57c48-ref3be0593433e9492e00000004-1955
	Template:Englebert	Englebert	Belgium	2	1956, 1958

Records

Youngest Drivers' Champion

	Driver	Age	Season
1	Fernando Alonso*	24 years, 58 days	2005 season
2	Emerson Fittipaldi	25 years, 273 days	1972 season
3	Michael Schumacher	25 years, 314 days	1994 season
4	Niki Lauda	26 years, 197 days	1975 season
5	Jacques Villeneuve	26 years, 200 days	1997 season
6	Jim Clark	27 years, 188 days	1963 season
7	Kimi Räikkönen	28 years, 4 days	2007 season
8	Jochen Rindt	28 years, 140 days	1970 season (posthumously)
9	Ayrton Senna	28 years, 223 days	1988 season
10	James Hunt	29 years, 56 days	1976 season
11	Nelson Piquet	29 years, 190 days	1981 season
12	Mike Hawthorn	29 years, 192 days	1958 season
13	Jody Scheckter	29 years, 223 days	1979 season

* Fernando Alonso is also the youngest ever double world champion (25 years, 85 days).

Oldest Drivers' Champion

	Driver	Age	Season
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	46 years, 41 days	1957 season
2	Nino Farina	43 years, 308 days	1950 season
3	Jack Brabham	40 years, 155 days	1966 season
4	Graham Hill	39 years, 262 days	1968 season
5	Nigel Mansell	39 years, 8 days	1992 season
6	Alain Prost	38 years, 214 days	1993 season
7	Mario Andretti	38 years, 193 days	1978 season
8	Damon Hill	36 years, 26 days	1996 season
9	Niki Lauda	35 years, 242 days	1984 season
10	Michael Schumacher	35 years, 239 days	2004 season
11	Alberto Ascari	35 years, 89 days	1953 season
12	Phil Hill	34 years, 143 days	1961 season
13	Jackie Stewart	34 years, 90 days	1973 season

Most consecutive Drivers' Championships

Eight drivers have achieved consecutive wins in the Formula One Drivers' Championship.

Championships	Driver	Seasons
5	Michael Schumacher	2000-2004
4	Juan Manuel Fangio	1954-1957
2	Alberto Ascari	1952-1953
	Jack Brabham	1959-1960
	Alain Prost	1985-1986
	Ayrton Senna	1990-1991
	Michael Schumacher	1994-1995
	Mika Häkkinen	1998-1999
	Fernando Alonso	2005-2006

See also

• List of Formula One World Drivers' Runners-up
• List of Formula One World Constructors' Champions
  • List of Formula One World Constructors' Runners-up
• List of Formula One World Championship pointscoring systems
• List of Formula One drivers
• History of Formula One

References

• GrandPrix.com - Grand Prix Encyclopedia
• Formula1.com - Hall of Fame
• ChicaneF1 - Drivers' Championships
• Formula 1 Championships
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