List of Formula One Grand Prix winners

Formula One (F1) is the highest class of open-wheeled motor racing defined by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), motorsport's world governing body. The "formula" in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants and cars must conform. The F1 World Championship season consists of a series of races, known as Grands Prix, held usually on purpose-built circuits, and in a few cases on closed city streets. Each winner is presented with a trophy and the results of each race are combined to determine two annual Championships, one for drivers and one for constructors. The World Championship for Drivers is held since 1950, after the Formula One standard was agreed upon in 1946. The Constructors' Championship was added for the 1958 season and has been awarded ever since.

Alain Prost holds the record for most race wins in Formula One history, with 46 wins to date. Ayrton Senna is second with 32 victories, and Jackie Stewart, the previous record holder, is third with 27 victories. Riccardo Patrese holds the record for the longest period of time between two race wins – more than six-and-a-half years between the 1983 South African Grand Prix and the 1990 Canadian Grand Prix. Mario Andretti had to wait the longest time between his maiden victory at the 1971 South African Grand Prix and his second win – coming five years, seven months and 18 days later at the 1976 Japanese Grand Prix. Luigi Fagioli is the oldest winner of a Formula One Grand Prix; he was 53 years and 22 days old when he won the 1951 French Grand Prix.

As of the 1993 San Marino Grand Prix, out of the 641 drivers who started a Grand Prix, there have been 80 Formula One Grand Prix winners. The first Grand Prix winner was Giuseppe Farina at the 1950 British Grand Prix, and the most recent driver to score their first Grand Prix win was Michael Schumacher at the 1992 Mexican Grand Prix. Three Grands Prix, the 1951 French, the 1956 Argentine and the 1957 British Grand Prix, were won by two drivers sharing a car.

This list includes the winners of the Indianapolis 500 race between 1950 and 1960, as they formed part of the World Championships, even though they were not run by Formula One regulations, nor are they referred to as Grands Prix.

## By driver

All figures correct as of the *1993 San Marino Grand Prix*

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## By nationality

All figures correct as of the *1993 San Marino Grand Prix*

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## Most wins per season

All figures correct as of the *1993 San Marino Grand Prix*

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## References

1. ↑ About FIA. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA).
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 A brief history of Formula One. ESPN.
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4. ↑ 2020 Formula One Sporting Regulations (PDF) 3–4, 49–50. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) (7 April 2020).
5. ↑ Timeline of Formula One. ESPN.
6. ↑ The 5 Drivers with the Biggest Gap between First and Second F1 Wins. WTF1 (18 August 2017).
7. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Lynch, Steven (3 February 2012). "Over forty but still fast". ESPN. Archived from the original on 25 April 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
8. ↑ 111 F1 winners. Andrew Noakes.
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