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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 racing car driver over a season, as determined by a points system based on individual Grand Prix results.
The Drivers' Championship was first awarded in 1950, to Giuseppe Farina. The first driver to win multiple Championships was Alberto Ascari, in 1952 and 1953. The current Drivers' Champion is Lewis Hamilton who won his fifth title in 2018.
A driver secures the World Championship each season when it is no longer mathematically possible for another driver to beat them no matter the outcome of the remaining races, although it is not officially awarded until the end of the season. The Drivers' Championship has been won in the final race of the season 29 times in the 69 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, thirty-three different drivers have won the Championship, with German Michael Schumacher holding the record for most titles, at seven. He also holds the record for most consecutive Drivers' Championships, winning five from 2000 to 2004. The United Kingdom has produced the most Champions with ten; Brazil, Germany and Finland are next with three each. Of the 33 drivers to win the World Championship, twenty are still alive. The most recently deceased is John Surtees (1934–2017). Among teams, Scuderia Ferrari has produced the most winning drivers with 15.


By season

Notes
Bold indicates the team also won the Constructors' Championship (awarded since 1958).
 The 1952 and 1953 championships were run to Formula Two regulations.
 Fangio competed in the 1954 Argentine and Belgian Grands Prix with Maserati, then completed the season with Mercedes.
 Rindt's championship was confirmed two rounds after he had been killed in an accident during qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix.
 Michael Schumacher scored 78 points during the 1997 season, 3 points behind Villeneuve, but was disqualified from the championship for deliberately colliding with Villeneuve in the final race of the season, the European Grand Prix. This left Villeneuve with a 39-point margin over Heinz-Harald Frentzen with 42 points.
By driver






Drivers in bold have competed in the 2018 World Championship.
By nationality

Drivers in bold have competed in the 2018 World Championship.
By driver in home car
The World Championship has been won by a driver in a home car 15 times in 69 complete seasons, where the constructor team is licensed in the same country as the winning driver.

Drivers in bold have competed in the 2018 World Championship.
Note
In 1966 Australian Jack Brabham won the world championship driving his own car powered by the Australian engine Repco, but the car was built by his team licensed in Britain.[34][35]
In 1969 Briton Jackie Stewart won the world championship driving for a British team Matra International, but the car Matra MS80 was built by a French constructor Matra.
By constructor

Constructors in bold have competed in the 2018 World Championship.
 Fangio competed in the 1954 Argentine and Belgian Grands Prix with Maserati, then completed the season with Mercedes. This shared championship is counted for each of these constructors.
By constructor nationality

By engine

Notes:
Engine manufacturers in bold have competed in the 2018 World Championship.
 Built by  Cosworth.
 In 1998 and 1999 built by  Ilmor.
 Built by  Porsche.
By tyre manufacturer

Tyre manufacturers in bold have competed in the 2018 World Championship. Numbers in parentheses indicate championships won as the sole tyre supplier.
Notes
 Goodyear was the sole tyre supplier for the 1987, 1988 & 1992–1996 seasons
 Pirelli was the sole tyre supplier for the 2011–2018 seasons
 Bridgestone was the sole tyre supplier for the 1999, 2000 & 2007–2010 seasons
 Fangio competed in the 1954 Argentine and Belgian Grands Prix on Pirelli with Maserati, then completed the season on Continental with Mercedes
 Ascari competed in the 1952 Indianapolis 500 on Firestone tyres, then completed the season on Pirelli
Records
Youngest Drivers' Champion


* Drivers in bold have competed in the 2018 World Championship.
** Measured at the race where the driver secured the championship (except for Rindt, measured at the day of his death).
Oldest Drivers' Champion

Consecutive Drivers' Championships
Ten drivers have achieved consecutive wins in the World Drivers' Championship. Of those, only Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton have won two sets of consecutive Formula One Drivers' Championships.

Drivers in bold have competed in the 2018 World Championship.
See also

List of Formula One driver records
List of Formula One World Constructors' Champions
List of Formula One World Championship points scoring systems
List of Formula One drivers
History of Formula One