Mexican driver pedro rodriguez took his first and second f1 wins three years, five months and five days apart at the 1967 south african gp, and 1970 belgian gp. It featured the 67th formula one world championship, a motor racing championship for formula one cars which is recognised by the sports governing body, the fia, as the highest class of competition for openwheel racing cars. Formula one drivers from the united kingdom wikipedia. Hamilton and ricciardo take control of the 2021 f1. Retirements and penalties which cars have broken down the most. Lewis hamilton clinched his second drivers world championship with a comfortable victory in the season ending abu dhabi grand prix. Michael schumacher won the f1 drivers championship 7 times. Driver records listed here include all rounds which formed part of the world championship since 1950. Lewis hamiltons great british grand prix wins youtube.
The drivers championship was first awarded in 1950, to nino farina. Which f1 drivers are entering a contract year in 2020. Who is the greatest driver never to win an f1 title. Before that drivers received only 10 points for a win and earlier in the championships history it was even less. Since the first win for a british constructor in 1957, british constructors won races in every season except 2006 until 20, and have not won a race since the 20 australian grand prix. The formula in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants and cars must conform. No driver fought harder to get into formula one racing and few fought harder when they got there. A promising british driver, he was given a chance with ferrari for 1956 and never finished off the podium, at least when he saw the flag. Qualifying the best and worst f1 qualifiers of 2019. Formula one, abbreviated to f1, is a form of openwheeled auto racing. In the current formula 1 driver s british driver lewis hamilton has won the most titles with the recent and his fifth world championship title being in the 2018 f1 season. Sebastian vettel wins british grand prix in thrilling dash to. He would eventually become only the 3rd australian driver to win a formula one race, after jack brabham and alan jones, at. Formula 1 races that were not qualification rounds.
The first driver to win multiple championships was alberto ascari. Pierre gasly admitted on sunday that he was happy to shun formula ones hastilyorganised virtual world as he concentrates on getting physically stronger by training in dubai. By number chronology by age the seniors consecutively grand prix before season before wins gap with the most. From 2014 onwards the driver who achieves the most pole positions in a season is awarded the pole trophy. May 25, 2018 over the four season stretch from 1962 to 1965, british rivals. Which british grand prix driver has won the most races. Nov 04, 2019 lewis hamilton has clinched a sixth formula 1 world championship title at the us grand prix. List of world drivers champions the formula 1 wiki fandom. Five seasons 1973, 1986, 1991, 1992, and 1993 witnessed wins by only british constructors.
The first grand prix winner was giuseppe farina at the 1950 british grand prix, and the most recent driver to score. He may have been granted a reprieve by mclaren, but he still trails well behind his british rival in terms of race wins. Where do jenson button and lewis hamilton rank in britains greatest f1 drivers. Bold entries indicate the recordholder competed in the 2019 season this page is accurate as of the 2019 abu dhabi grand prix. Dec 02, 2019 the formula one world championship may be over for another year, with british driver lewis hamilton cementing himself as one of the alltime greats with his sixth title victory, but that does not mean that interest in the sport is set to go dormant. But it was a run of wins over the second half of the season that sent. Some drivers of current championship are in the race for breaking records. Latest f1 news, updates, calendar, predictions and more. The 30 drivers with the most race wins in formula 1 history. Lewis hamilton wins f1 british grand prix for record sixth time. This is a list of records in the fia world championships, since 1950. Jun 21, 2019 s eason by season, nobody has come close to matching mercedes for wins. 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.
Where do jenson button and lewis hamilton rank in britain. F1 has had 76 different race winners since its inception. Verstappens maiden win spanish grand prix 2016 youtube. Sebastian vettel wins british grand prix in thrilling dash to the finish. Championship points full drivers and teams points standings for 2019. List of formula one grand prix wins by lewis hamilton. Add up the total and you see how uncompetitive f1 has become at the very front. The latter victory was taken during his last full season in f1, as he sadly lost his life the following year in a sportscar crash at the norisring. Hamilton wins f1 title, verstappen wins mexican grand prix. F1 championship leader lewis hamilton hails his best season. Name the drivers with the most f1 wins f1 news crash. Apr 11, 2020 in s third f1 quiz during the postponement caused to the 2020 season amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, see if you can name each of the top 20 drivers who have notched up the most. Formula one, abbreviated to f1, is the highest class of openwheeled motor racing defined.
He did not win any races in the recently concluded 2010 f1 season but still is the driver with the most number of wins. German constructors are third, having won 101 grands prix between three constructors. Michael schumacher set 10 fastest laps during 2004 with his ferrari f248 out of 18 races 2. Yet the 2004 f1 season was utterly dominated by one driver in particular. As of the 2019 abu dhabi grand prix, out of the 764 drivers who started a grand prix, there have been 108 formula one grand prix winners. Which driver holds the record of the most wins in one season. He has also tied prost for the most wins by a driver at his home grand prix, while it is his ninth british grand prix podium another record with his name on it. And on top of all of that, he has now scored in 55 out of the last 56 races. Odds for the 2020 f1 world championship season grand prix 247. 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 second with a total of 74 wins and sebastian vettel is third with 52 wins to credit.
The world championship of drivers has been held since 1950. List of formula one world drivers champions wikipedia. Formula 1 has some of the best and brave athletes around, and the new season is set to begin in australia this weekend. Every season has grand prix, which is a series of races on f1 circuits and. Your goto source for the latest f1 news, video highlights, gp results, live timing, indepth analysis and expert commentary. Renault furlough most of british based f1 team 4 hours ago formula one. List of drivers with most f1 wins most f1 wins f1 records.
As an engine manufacturer, honda has won six world constructors championships, five world drivers championships and over 70 grands prix, ranking fifth in formula one history. The british racing driver, 34, is now just one behind alltime record holder michael schumacher. So, with the exciting new campaign on the horizon, weve taken a look at the 30 drivers with the most race wins in history. He retired from the final race of the season in the usa and never made it to the start of the next. Oct 28, 2018 the british driver won his fifth career f1 championship with a fourthplace finish sunday at the mexican grand prix. 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.
Lewis hamilton, british racecar driver who was one of the most successful formula one f1 grand prix racing drivers of the early 21st century. Progression of the record for most f1 grand prix wins seventime world drivers champion michael schumacher holds the record for the most grand prix victories lewis hamilton has raced for mclaren and mercedes. Jul 14, 2019 lewis hamilton wins f1 british grand prix for record sixth time. F1 legends micheal schumacher and ayrton senna still hold a lot of records in the lists below. Fast forward nearly 70 years and the british grand prix is one of only two to have remained on the formula one calendar in every season, the. Jul 09, 2019 the fivetime world champion, and fivetime winner at silverstone shares his most treasured memories from racing at his home grand prix.
Hamilton might get even with schumachers most f1 wins and his amount of driver championships in 2020. Which current f1 driver has the most race wins in their. He took wins out of 18 races in 2004, whereas vettel took out of 19, meaning the elder german has the highest percentage of wins in a season ever. Among teams, scuderia ferrari has produced the most winning drivers with 15.
The british grand prix is where it all began in formula one, with the first ever championship race being held at silverstone in 1950. Jul 25, 2019 the british driver, now in his th year in the sport, leads the world championship after a dominant opening with seven wins in 10 races. Sorted by average finishing position this season, rookies include any driver in their first two full seasons. Latest news feature the best debuts in f1 history 08 apr 2016 share mclaren reserve stoffel vandoorne drew praise from peers, pundits and fans alike after his assured maiden drive to a pointscoring tenth place in bahrain last weekend, standing in at short notice for the injured fernando alonso. With his win or bust approach 31 wins and 32 crashes he became the most successful british driver and joined the ranks of the alltime greats in terms of fastest laps, wins and poles. Lewis hamilton wins f1 british grand prix for record sixth. The first grand prix winner was giuseppe farina at the 1950 british grand prix, and the most recent driver to. Lewis hamilton wins second drivers world championship. The 15 best formula one drivers in history and 15 notsogreat. With the most different constructors with the most different engines 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. Revisit the most dramatic moments of the 2016 f1 season. As of the 2019 monaco grand prix, there have been 102 different formula one grand prix winners.
But hes hardly alone in taking the checkered flag lots of. Most formula one wins of all time 19502019 top 10 f1. The 2020 season could feature the most open driver market in recent formula one history, with many of the grids big names out of contract at the end of the season. Dec 20, 2011 which british grand prix driver has won. Ranking the top 10 british racing drivers in formula 1. Peter collins formula 1 record shows a total of just three race wins, but thats far from the full story. There have been 163 formula one drivers from the united kingdom, three of whom compete in the 2019 season. Lewis hamilton scored 384 points during the 2014 season. Michael schumacher had a total of 91 race wins in his formula one career. Hugely determined, immensely aggressive and spectacularly daring, he was one of the most exciting drivers ever. Lewis hamilton is a british racing driver and sixtime formula one world champion. Hunts victory was the last title until 1992, nigel mansells winning season.
Fast forward nearly 70 years and the british grand prix is one of only two to have remained on the formula one calendar in every season, the other being the italian. The f1 world championship season consists of a series of races, known as grands prix, held usually on purpose. Which current f1 driver has the most race wins in their career. Of those, lewis hamilton has won the most titles, with six. The 100th grand prix winner was heikki kovalainen at the 2008 hungarian grand prix. Lewis hamilton wins f1 british grand prix for record. Lewis hamilton wins world championship in abu dhabi bbc sport.
Hamilton achieved 9 wins in 2017 and 11 wins in both 2018 and 2019 as he won his fourth, fifth and sixth world championship titles consecutively. It was his sixth british gp triumph, moving him clear of alain prost and jim clarks record. Formula one drivers with the most british grand prix wins. In s third f1 quiz during the postponement caused to the 2020 season amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, see if you can name each of the top 20 drivers who have notched up the most. Stirling moss, f1 driver known as one of the best behind. Michael schumacher has the most f1 wins followed by lewis hamilton and sebastian vettel.
A fastest lap on the last lap of the race gave hamilton, who broke jim clarks 52year record by making it six british gp wins, a bonus point and means he has extended his championship lead to. As of the 2019 abu dhabi grand prix, 100 drivers have been on pole position in the 1,018 grands prix since the first world championship race, the 1950 british grand prix. The first driver to win more than one championship was alberto ascari, in 1952 and 1953. Hes won the f1 world championship four times in his career and is extremely talented in driving his vehicles around the circuits. All 67 f1 driverchampionshipwinning cars fox sports. In 2008 he won his first f1 world drivers championship, becoming the first black driver to capture that title. F1 drivers 2020 hamilton, verstappen, vettel and more.
British driver leads mercedes onetwo with bottas second. Lewis hamilton wins max verstappenvferrari british gp. Driver season wins entries percentage 1 michael schumacher. Lewis hamilton wins sixth world championship title. Best f1 drivers never to win a championship red bull. This video shows the top 10 formula one drivers of all time 19502019. Signed by mercedesbenz the next year, he won the 1955 british grand prix at aintree, becoming the first brit to win his home grand prix, and finished the season as world championship runnerup to. In the current formula 1 drivers british driver lewis hamilton has won the most titles with the recent and his fifth world championship title being in the 2018 f1 season.
No driver fought harder to get into formula one racing and few fought harder when. List of formula one grand prix winners constructors. List of formula one world drivers champions simple. In the video, you can see the history of f1 grand prix wins, world champions of. Hamilton is definitely the best british driver of all time and holds the record for alltime most career points 2,755, the most wins at different circuits 26 and alltime most pole positions 75. Italian constructors are second with 258 wins between five constructors. He has now won five of the last six races here and has seven wins this season.
Michael schumacher won the championship 5 times in a row starting in 2000 and finishing in 2004. He won another 10 races enroute to finishing runnerup to nico rosberg in 2016, setting a new record for the most wins in a season without winning the world championship. The win in germany was arguably the greatest of moss f1 career, but it was to be his last. He already broke the most amount fo f1 pole positions record in 2017. Mar 29, 2020 like so many other records, the prize for the most wins in one season belongs to michael schumacher, although sebastian vettel matched it in 20. In a particularly strong period wins came at two of f1s most storied venues. Highest win % per season, alberto ascari, 75,00%, 6 wins out of 8 races.
Lewis hamilton is the one who has the most chance to break all their records. Three f1 drivers set identical lap times in qualifying. Charles leclerc secured his first ever f1 win at spa so lets take a look back at how some of colleagues on the 2019 grid first tasted victory. Max verstappen makes history in spain, becoming the youngest ever winner in formula 1. Sir stirling moss is regarded as the greatest driver to have never won the formula 1 world championship. List of formula one grand prix winners simple english. Races which f1 driver is making the best starts in 2019. On the eve of the th f1 race, we consulted the history books. Luigi fagioli is the oldest winner of a formula one grand prix. On this page you can find all f1 records that are set by all formula 1 drivers. The 5 drivers with the biggest gaps between first and second. In addition to their success as an engine manufacturer, their three grand prix wins as a team make them the only japanese or asian team to win in formula one. The formula one world drivers championship wdc is the most successful formula one race car driver of the year.
Lewis hamilton made the most of a safety car to grab a recordbreaking sixth british gp win as max verstappen and charles leclerc created the highlights reel and sebastian vettel the drama. Which british racing driver has won the most grand prix. Nigel mansell has won the most formula one races by a british driver with 31 wins fourthbest of alltime from 1980 to 1993. The 5 drivers with the biggest gaps between first and. Which f1 teams have topped the podium most often down the years. British constructors have won the most grands prix, with 15 constructors having won 517 races between them.