List of World Drivers' Champions

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 Grand Prix results of that year. The Drivers' Championship was first awarded in , to Nino Farina. The first driver to win multiple Championships was Alberto Ascari, in and . The current Drivers' Champion is Max Verstappen, who won his first World Championship in the 2021 season.
The FIA does 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 him, 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 won in the final race of the season 29 times in the 70 seasons it has been awarded. The earliest in a season that the Drivers' Championship has been clinched was in , when Michael Schumacher secured the title with six races remaining.
Overall, thirty-four different drivers have won the Championship, with German Michael Schumacher and Briton Lewis Hamilton both holding the record for most titles, at seven. Schumacher also holds the record for most consecutive Drivers' Championships, winning five from to . However, Great Britain has produced, by far, the most number of World Championship winning drivers with ten (Brazil, Germany and Finland are next closest, with three each).
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==By season==
Season	Driver 	Team	Tyres	Poles	Wins	Podiums	Fastest Laps	Points	Clinched 	Margin
 	Nino Farina 	 	 	2 	3 	3 	3 	30 	Race 7 of 7 	3
 	Juan Manuel Fangio	 	 	4 	3 	5 	5 	31 	Race 8 of 8 	6
 	Alberto Ascari 	 	 	5 	6 	6 	6 	36 	Race 6 of 8 	12
 	Alberto Ascari 	 	 	6 	5 	5 	4 	34.5 	Race 8 of 9 	6.5
 	Juan Manuel Fangio	 	 	5 	6 	7 	3 	42 	Race 7 of 9 	16.86
 	Juan Manuel Fangio	 	 	3 	4 	5 	3 	40 	Race 6 of 7 	16.5
 	Juan Manuel Fangio	 	 	6 	3 	5 	4 	30 	Race 8 of 8 	3
 	Juan Manuel Fangio	 	 	4 	4 	6 	2 	40 	Race 6 of 8 	15
 	Mike Hawthorn 	 	 	4 	1 	7 	5 	42 	Race 11 of 11 	1
 	Jack Brabham 	* 	 	1 	2 	5 	1 	31 	Race 9 of 9 	4
 	Jack Brabham 	* 	 	3 	5 	5 	3 	43 	Race 8 of 10 	9
 	Phil Hill 	* 	 	5 	2 	6 	2 	34 	Race 7 of 8 	1
 	Graham Hill 	* 	 	1 	4 	6 	3 	42 	Race 9 of 9 	12
 	Jim Clark 	* 	 	7 	7 	9 	6 	54 	Race 7 of 10 	21
 	John Surtees 	* 	 	2 	2 	6 	2 	40 	Race 10 of 10 	1
 	Jim Clark 	* 	 	6 	6 	6 	6 	54 	Race 7 of 10 	14
 	Jack Brabham 	* 	 	3 	4 	5 	1 	42 	Race 7 of 9 	14
 	Denny Hulme 	* 	 	0 	2 	8 	2 	51 	Race 11 of 11 	5
 	Graham Hill 	* 	 	2 	3 	6 	0 	48 	Race 12 of 12 	12
 	Jackie Stewart 	* 	 	2 	6 	7 	5 	63 	Race 8 of 11 	26
 	Jochen Rindt 	* 	 	3 	5 	5 	1 	45 	Race 12 of 13 	5
 	Jackie Stewart 	* 	 	6 	6 	7 	3 	62 	Race 8 of 11 	29
 	Emerson Fittipaldi	* 	 	3 	5 	8 	0 	61 	Race 10 of 12 	16
 	Jackie Stewart 	 	 	3 	5 	8 	1 	71 	Race 13 of 15 	16
 	Emerson Fittipaldi	* 	 	2 	3 	7 	0 	55 	Race 15 of 15 	3
 	Niki Lauda 	* 	 	9 	5 	8 	2 	64.5 	Race 13 of 14 	19.5
 	James Hunt 	 	 	8 	6 	8 	2 	69 	Race 16 of 16 	1
 	Niki Lauda 	* 	 	2 	3 	10 	3 	72 	Race 15 of 17 	17
 	Mario Andretti 	* 	 	8 	6 	7 	3 	64 	Race 14 of 16 	13
 	Jody Scheckter 	* 	 	1 	3 	6 	0 	51 	Race 13 of 15 	4
 	Alan Jones 	* 	 	3 	5 	10 	5 	67 	Race 13 of 14 	13
 	Nelson Piquet 	 	 	4 	3 	7 	1 	50 	Race 15 of 15 	1
 	Keke Rosberg 	 	 	1 	1 	6 	0 	44 	Race 16 of 16 	5
 	Nelson Piquet 	 	 	1 	3 	8 	4 	59 	Race 15 of 15 	2
 	Niki Lauda 	* 	 	0 	5 	9 	5 	72 	Race 16 of 16 	0.5
 	Alain Prost 	* 	 	2 	5 	11 	5 	73 	Race 14 of 16 	20
 	Alain Prost 	 	 	1 	4 	11 	2 	72 	Race 16 of 16 	2
 	Nelson Piquet 	* 	 	4 	3 	11 	4 	73 	Race 15 of 16 	12
 	Ayrton Senna 	* 	 	13 	8 	11 	3 	90 	Race 15 of 16 	3
 	Alain Prost 	* 	 	2 	4 	11 	5 	76 	Race 15 of 16 	16
 	Ayrton Senna 	* 	 	10 	6 	11 	2 	78 	Race 15 of 16 	7
 	Ayrton Senna 	* 	 	8 	7 	12 	2 	96 	Race 15 of 16 	24
 	Nigel Mansell 	* 	 	14 	9 	12 	8 	108 	Race 11 of 16 	52
 	Alain Prost 	* 	 	13 	7 	12 	6 	99 	Race 14 of 16 	26
 	Michael Schumacher	 	 	6 	8 	10 	8 	92 	Race 16 of 16 	1
 	Michael Schumacher	* 	 	4 	9 	11 	8 	102 	Race 15 of 17 	33
 	Damon Hill 	* 	 	9 	8 	10 	5 	97 	Race 16 of 16 	19
 	Jacques Villeneuve	* 	 	10 	7 	8 	3 	81 	Race 17 of 17 	39
 	Mika Häkkinen 	* 	 	9 	8 	11 	6 	100 	Race 16 of 16 	14
 	Mika Häkkinen 	 	 	11 	5 	10 	6 	76 	Race 16 of 16 	2
 	Michael Schumacher	* 	 	9 	9 	12 	2 	108 	Race 16 of 17 	19
 	Michael Schumacher	* 	 	11 	9 	14 	3 	123 	Race 13 of 17 	58
 	Michael Schumacher	* 	 	7 	11 	17 	7 	144 	Race 11 of 17†	67
 	Michael Schumacher	* 	 	5 	6 	8 	5 	93 	Race 16 of 16 	2
 	Michael Schumacher	* 	 	8 	13 	15 	10† 	148 	Race 14 of 18 	34
 	Fernando Alonso 	* 	 	6 	7 	15 	2 	133 	Race 17 of 19 	21
 	Fernando Alonso 	* 	 	6 	7 	14 	5 	134 	Race 18 of 18 	13
 	Kimi Räikkönen 	* 	 	3 	6 	12 	6 	110 	Race 17 of 17 	1
 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	 	7 	5 	10 	1 	98 	Race 18 of 18 	1
 	Jenson Button 	* 	 	4 	6 	9 	2 	95 	Race 16 of 17 	11
 	Sebastian Vettel 	* 	 	10 	5 	10 	3 	256 	Race 19 of 19 	4
 	Sebastian Vettel 	* 	 	15† 	11 	17 	3 	392 	Race 15 of 19 	122
 	Sebastian Vettel 	* 	 	6 	5 	10 	6 	281 	Race 20 of 20 	3
 	Sebastian Vettel 	* 	 	9 	13 	16 	7 	397 	Race 16 of 19 	155
 	Lewis Hamilton 	* 	 	7 	11 	16 	7 	384 	Race 19 of 19 	67
 	Lewis Hamilton 	* 	 	11 	10 	17 	8 	381 	Race 16 of 19 	59
 	Nico Rosberg 	* 	 	8 	9 	16 	6 	385 	Race 21 of 21 	5
 	Lewis Hamilton 	* 	 	11 	9 	13 	7 	363 	Race 18 of 20 	46
 	Lewis Hamilton 	* 	 	11 	11 	17 	3 	408 	Race 19 of 21 	88
 	Lewis Hamilton 	* 	 	5 	11 	17 	6 	413 	Race 19 of 21 	87
 	Lewis Hamilton 	* 	 	10 	11 	14 	6 	347 	Race 14 of 17 	124
 	Max Verstappen 	 	 	9 	10 	18† 	6 	395.5 	Race 22 of 22 	8
 	Max Verstappen 	* 	 	7 	15† 	17 	5 	454† 	Race 18 of 22 	146
 	Max Verstappen 	* 	 	10~ 	14~ 	16~ 	8~ 	433~ 	Race 17 of 22 	209~†
====Notes====
:* Indicates the team also won the Constructors' Championship (awarded since ).
:~ Indicates season is still in progress. Statistics subject to change, but title has already been decided.
:† Indicates the record for each category
#The and championships were run to Formula Two regulations.
#Fangio competed in the 1954 Argentine and Belgian Grands Prix with Maserati, then completed the season with .
#Rindt died during practice for the 1970 Italian Grand Prix (the tenth round of the season) but his Championship was not confirmed until two rounds later.
#Michael Schumacher scored 78 points during the 1997 season, only 3 points behind Villeneuve. However, Schumacher was disqualified from the championship for colliding with Villeneuve at 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.
#In , Formula 1 introduced sprint races, which changed the way pole position was awarded.2021 Pirelli Pole Position Award | Formula 1®
==By driver==
Driver 	Total	Season(s) 	ChampionshipWinner
Michael Schumacher	7 	, , , , , ,	24th
Lewis Hamilton 	7 	, , , , , ,	30th
Juan Manuel Fangio	5 	, , , , 	2nd
Alain Prost 	4 	, , , 	21st
Sebastian Vettel 	4 	, , , 	32nd
Jack Brabham 	3 	, , 	5th
Jackie Stewart 	3 	, , 	11th
Niki Lauda 	3 	, , 	14th
Nelson Piquet 	3 	, , 	19th
Ayrton Senna 	3 	, , 	22nd
Max Verstappen 	3 	, , 2023 	34th
Alberto Ascari 	2 	, 	3rd
Jim Clark 	2 	, 	8th
Graham Hill 	2 	, 	7th
Emerson Fittipaldi	2 	, 	13th
Mika Häkkinen 	2 	, 	27th
Fernando Alonso 	2 	, 	28th
Nino Farina 	1 	 	1st
Mike Hawthorn 	1 	 	4th
Phil Hill 	1 	 	6th
John Surtees 	1 	 	9th
Denny Hulme 	1 	 	10th
Jochen Rindt 	1 	 	12th
James Hunt 	1 	 	15th
Mario Andretti 	1 	 	16th
Jody Scheckter 	1 	 	17th
Alan Jones 	1 	 	18th
Keke Rosberg 	1 	 	20th
Nigel Mansell 	1 	 	23rd
Damon Hill 	1 	 	25th
Jacques Villeneuve	1 	 	26th
Kimi Räikkönen 	1 	 	29th
Jenson Button 	1 	 	31st
Nico Rosberg 	1 	 	33rd
Drivers in bold are still competing in the World Championship.
==By nationality==
Country	Drivers	Total	Drivers by Name (titles)
 	10 	20 	Lewis Hamilton (7), Jackie Stewart (3), Jim Clark (2), Graham Hill (2), Mike Hawthorn (1), John Surtees (1), James Hunt (1), Nigel Mansell (1), Damon Hill (1), Jenson Button (1)
 	3 	12 	Michael Schumacher (7), Sebastian Vettel (4), Nico Rosberg (1)
 	3 	8 	Nelson Piquet (3), Ayrton Senna (3), Emerson Fittipaldi (2)
 	1 	5 	Juan Manuel Fangio (5)
 	3 	4 	Mika Häkkinen (2), Keke Rosberg (1), Kimi Räikkönen (1)
 	2 	4 	Jack Brabham (3), Alan Jones (1)
 	2 	4 	Niki Lauda (3), Jochen Rindt (1)
 	1 	4 	Alain Prost (4)
 	2 	3 	Alberto Ascari (2), Nino Farina (1)
 	1 	3 	Max Verstappen (3)
 	2 	2 	Phil Hill (1), Mario Andretti (1)
 	1 	2 	Fernando Alonso (2)
 	1 	1 	Jacques Villeneuve (1)
 	1 	1 	Denny Hulme (1)
 	1 	1 	Jody Scheckter (1)
Drivers in bold are still competing in the World Championship.
==By constructor team==
Constructor	Total
 	15
 	12
 	9
 	7
 	6
 	6
 	4
 	2
 	2
 	2
 	2
 	2
 	2
 	1
 	1
 	1
Constructors in bold are still competing in the World Championship.
==By constructor nationality ==
Nationality 	Total
United Kingdom	37
Italy 	19
Germany 	9
Austria 	6
France 	3
==By engine==
Engine	Total
 	15
 	13
 	13
 	11
 	6
 	4
 	3
 	2
 	2
 	2
 	1
 	1
 	1
Engine manufacturers in bold are still competing in the World Championship.
====Notes====
*The 1966 Repco engines were based on production Oldsmobile engine blocks from the USA.
*The TAG engines were designed and built by German company Porsche.
* 10 of the constructors' championships for Ford engines were with the (Ford-financed) Cosworth DFV engine.
*Mercedes won 9 with their own team, 3 with and 1 with .
==By tyre manufacturer==
Pos	Manufacturer	Manufacturer	Country 	Total	Seasons
1 	 	Goodyear 	United States	24 	–, , 1973–1978, 1980, 1982, 1985–1997
2 	 	Pirelli 	Italy 	 	–, , –present
3 	 	Bridgestone 	Japan 	11 	1998–2004, 2007–2010
4 	 	Dunlop 	Great Britain	8 	1959–1965, 1969
5 	 	Michelin 	France 	6 	1979, 1981, 1983–1984, 2005–2006
6 	 	Firestone 	United States	4 	1952, 1968, 1970, 1972
7 	 	Continental 	Germany 	2 	–1955
7 	 	Englebert 	Belgium 	2 	1956, 1958
Tyre manufacturers in bold are still competing in the World Championship.
====Notes====
*Goodyear was the sole tyre supplier for the 1987, 1988, & 1992 – 1996 Seasons
*Bridgestone was the sole tyre supplier for the 1999 & 2000 Seasons, and 2007 – 2010
* Pirelli were the sole tyre supplier from 2011 to 
*Fangio competed in the Argentine and Belgian Grands Prix on Pirelli with , then completed the Season on Continental with 
*Ascari competed in the 1952 Indianapolis 500 on Firestone tyres, then completed the Season on Pirelli
==Records==
===Youngest Drivers' Champion===
 	Driver 	Age 	Season
1 	Sebastian Vettel 	23 years, 133 days	
2 	Lewis Hamilton 	23 years, 301 days	2008
3 	Fernando Alonso 	24 years, 58 days 	2005
4 	Max Verstappen 	24 years, 72 days 	2021
5 	Emerson Fittipaldi	25 years, 273 days	1972
6 	Michael Schumacher	25 years, 314 days	1994
7 	Niki Lauda 	26 years, 197 days	1975
8 	Jacques Villeneuve	26 years, 200 days	1997
9 	Jim Clark 	27 years, 188 days	1963
10	Kimi Räikkönen 	28 years, 4 days 	2007
Drivers in bold are still competing in Formula 1.
===Oldest Drivers' Champion===
 	Driver 	Age 	Season
1 	Juan Manuel Fangio	46 years, 41 days 	1957
2 	Nino Farina 	43 years, 308 days	1950
3 	Jack Brabham 	40 years, 155 days	1966
4 	Graham Hill 	39 years, 262 days	1968
5 	Nigel Mansell 	39 years, 8 days 	1992
6 	Alain Prost 	38 years, 214 days	1993
7 	Mario Andretti 	38 years, 193 days	1978
8 	Damon Hill 	36 years, 26 days 	1996
9 	Niki Lauda 	35 years, 242 days	1984
10	Michael Schumacher	35 years, 239 days	
Drivers in bold are still competing in Formula 1.
===Consecutive Drivers' Championships===
Ten drivers have achieved consecutive wins in the Formula One Drivers' Championship.
Championships	Driver 	Seasons
5 	Michael Schumacher	–
4 	Juan Manuel Fangio	–
4 	Sebastian Vettel 	–
4 	Lewis Hamilton 	–
3 	Max Verstappen 	–
2 	Alberto Ascari 	–
2 	Jack Brabham 	–
2 	Alain Prost 	–
2 	Ayrton Senna 	–
2 	Michael Schumacher	–
2 	Mika Häkkinen 	–
2 	Fernando Alonso 	–
2 	Lewis Hamilton 	–
Drivers in bold are still competing in Formula 1.
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