Vote for your favourite f1 driver of all time at the bottom. The british racing driver, 34, is now just one behind alltime record holder michael schumacher. The 10 most successful formula one drivers f1 formula 1. The 30 drivers with the most race wins in formula 1 history. The current drivers for finland are kimi raikkonen and valtteri bottas. Renault, williams and haas make ontrack debut with 2020 cars.
List of formula one grand prix winners simple english. Formula one world championship, rd18, brazilian grand prix, practice, sao paulo, brazil, friday 7 november 2014. So, with the exciting new campaign on the horizon, weve taken a look at the 30 drivers with the most race wins in history. Nov 04, 2019 lewis hamilton has clinched a sixth formula 1 world championship title at the us grand prix. Check out who scored most f1 wins, championships, grand prix, poles, podiums. Lewis hamilton will once again be the bestpaid driver on the formula 1 grid in 2019 as mercedes reward the fivetime world champion for his dominant run of titlewinning success, with rival sebastian vettel and daniel ricciardo completing the top three. The list displays the all time f1 driver rankings for the most amount of races, victories, podiums, pole positions, fastest laps and the total amount of points for each f1 driver. Michael schumacher or lewis hamilton, who is the greatest formula 1 driver of all time. British formula three championship, rd6, spafrancorchamps, belgium, 2426 july 2009. The formula one world drivers championship wdc is the most successful formula one race car driver of the year. There have been 233 formula one drivers from the united states including two world drivers championship winners, mario andretti and phil hill. Michael schumacher won the f1 drivers championship 7 times.
The world championship of drivers has been held since 1950. Bold entries indicate the recordholder competed in the 2019 season this page is accurate as of the 2019 abu dhabi grand prix. Greatest formula one driver of all time sciencedaily. Formula 1 has some of the best and brave athletes around, and the new season is set to begin in australia this weekend. We use technologies such as cookies in order to integrate with social media. But the odds of any of these drivers performing at a higher level than the driver who is pursuing the alltime formula 1 championships and wins records over the course of an entire 21race season. Andretti is the most successful american formula one driver having won 12 races, and only eddie cheever has started more grands prix. The best f1 drivers of all time, as chosen by science. The highlyrated esteban ocon returns with renault after a year on the f1 sidelines, while williams nicholas latifi has the honour of being the sole rookie on the grid.
This is a list of records in the fia world championships, since 1950. Formula one grand prix winners rank country driver wins seasons active first win last win 1 germany michael schumacher. Win by taking the lead in the last lap in a year without winning the championship win without led win without pole position win and fastest lap consecutively different winner different driver over a year. After careful scrutiny, they found that the greatest formula one driver ever is argentinas fivetime world champion juan manuel fangio. Apr 25, 2017 the most successful formula one grand prix winners. Drivers with most consecutive formula one race wins. German f1 legend michael schumacher holds the record for the most f1 win, a record 91 wins followed by fivetime world champion lewis hamilton who stands. Michael schumacher has the most f1 wins followed by lewis hamilton and sebastian vettel. Hamilton has also won at least one race in each of his consecutive. Zhou wins virtual f1 bahrain grand prix while the race was short on f1 stars, it was fun to be watching racing again. The drivers championship was first awarded in 1950, to giuseppe farina. The f1 world championship season consists of a series of races, known as grands prix, held usually on purpose.
In his first dip into the indycar world, mclaren formula 1 driver lando norris beat series regulars at circuit of. Number 5 on the list is finland with 46 formula one grand prix wins. Mclaren formula 1 driver lando norris wins indycar iracing challenge at cota. List of formula one world drivers champions wikipedia. Formula 1 races that were not qualification rounds. Lewis hamilton has clinched a sixth formula 1 world championship title at the us grand prix. Five titles in seven years, achieved with four different teams, is a. The two mercedes drivers collided in the first lap itself and retired from the race. The top ten best formula 1 drivers of all time 1 ayrton senna ayrton senna da silva 21 march 1960 1 may 1994 was a brazilian racing driver who won three formula one world championships for mclaren in 1988, 1990 and 1991 and is regarded as one of the greatest formula one drivers of all time. Apr 03, 2020 michael schumacher or lewis hamilton, who is the greatest formula 1 driver of all time. Having forged almost a decade of sheer dominance, schumacher took five consecutive titles between 2000 and 2004. He entered formula one in 2007 with mclaren, with whom he won 21 grands prix, before moving to mercedes in 20 where, to date, he has won 63 races.
The first driver to win multiple championships was alberto. List of formula one grand prix wins by lewis hamilton. This top 100 ranking goes back to the start of formula 1 in 1950. Williams will kick off the new decade of formula one with a revised colour scheme. Prost began his formula one career in 1980 when he joined the mclaren team. At the other end of the spectrum, the oldest driver to win in f1 was luigi fagioli, who took victory at the 1951 french grand prix just after his. Formula 1 driver daniel ricciardo breaks down racing movies gq sports duration. Scientists name greatest formula one driver of all time in. When considering the best f1 driver, michael schumacher immediately springs to mind. Best formula 1 drivers of all time top ten list thetoptens. Valtteri bottas fin williams fw36 locks up under braking. April 6 2020 it is a topten list that no formula 1 driver wants to be onbut sometimes the world championship just proves to be too.
The bbc f1 team were asked to provide their own personal top 20s, which were combined to produce a bbc list. Sky sports held a poll, which recently ended as the 2018. See all formula 1 records that stand since the beginning of formula one. While many drivers from the united states have competed in formula one, the vast majority only competed in the. Nov 17, 2019 max verstappen wins formula ones brazilian grand prix. Mclaren formula 1 driver lando norris wins indycar iracing. We also have the all time f1 teams ranking the ranking is sorted by default on total points. Bbc sport is profiling 20 of the greatest formula 1 drivers of all time.
Each session or race is treated as if it were a roundrobin 1on1 tournament. Mar 10, 2019 formula 1 driver salaries 2019 lewis hamilton will once again be the bestpaid driver on the formula 1 grid in 2019 as mercedes reward the fivetime world champion for his dominant run of titlewinning success, with rival sebastian vettel and daniel ricciardo completing the top three. List of formula one world drivers champions simple english. Formula one grand prix won by nationality of driver. The most successful formula one grand prix winners. He scored the first and last of his 10 wins for benetton in two spells with the team, punctuated by stints at two of f1s greatest teams. His total of 84 wins is the second highest of all time, behind only michael schumacher 91. Sergey sirotkin has won sky sports best driver of 2018 poll, as the fans voted him as the best driver in the 2018 formula 1 season. Max verstappen wins formula ones brazilian grand prix. A driver who finishes second out of 15 cars is viewed as having gone 1 in this tournament, losing to the first. Apr 25, 2020 mclaren formula 1 driver lando norris wins indycar iracing challenge at cota.
By number chronology by age the seniors consecutively grand prix before season before wins gap with the most. Seventime world drivers champion michael schumacher holds the record for. List of formula one world drivers champions simple. A veteran of 210 grands prix over 14 seasons, gerhard berger had the potential to be the fastest driver in f1 on his day. The 30 drivers with the most race wins in formula 1. Juan manuel fangio is the greatest formula one driver of all time, according to new research. Mar 23, 2018 formula 1 driver daniel ricciardo breaks down racing movies gq sports duration. That was the question prompted by luke slater, who stated in a recent article that by simply breaking. List of drivers with most f1 wins most f1 wins f1 records.
He was killed in an accident while leading the 1994 san marino grand. This page handles statistics for the formula 1 between the years 1950 and 2020. Ranking the best formula 1 drivers to never win the world. Driver records listed here include all rounds which formed part of the world championship since 1950.
Stability is the name of the game for the 2020 season, with eight of the 10 formula 1 teams fielding unaltered lineups in their bid for grand prix glory. Charles leclerc stats, race results, wins, news, record. In his first dip into the indycar world, mclaren formula 1 driver lando norris beat series regulars at circuit of the. May 18, 2016 nico rosbergs streak of winning consecutive f1 races has come to an end at the spanish gp. The first driver to win more than one championship was alberto ascari, in 1952 and 1953. Formula one drivers from the united states wikipedia. Top 10 tv segments that went viral on youtube duration. Formula 1 is famous for its attention to detail, millimetricprecision and quest for improvements, so naturally its a sport in which records are king. Driver nationality wins seasons active first win last win race no. The wdc was first awarded in 1950, to giuseppe nino farina.
Latest f1 news, updates, calendar, predictions and more. The formula in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants and cars must conform. F1 drivers 2020 hamilton, verstappen, vettel and more. Nico rosbergs streak of winning consecutive f1 races has come to an end at the spanish gp.
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