List of formula one world drivers champions simple english. Jack brabham, who won it three times, and alan jones, the most recent australian world champion. A sixtime formula one world champion, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest drivers in the history of the sport, and considered by some to be the greatest of all time. 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. The son of former f1 driver jos, 21yearold max verstappen has already won eight races. Team numbers ordered by world constructors championship position of the previous season, with no. Scientists name greatest formula one driver of all time in. Daniel ricciardo quietly killing with a smile planetf1. A 4 times world champion and a rookie thats frighteningly quick makes for an excellent driver pairing. 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. Nico hulkenberg f1 driver biography formula one racefans. Only the world champion is allowed to use number 1.
The season commenced in australia on 16 march and concluded in abu dhabi on 23 november. The four times world champion, the hero of the sport sebastian vettel is a german f1 driver currently driving for scuderia ferrari. That says a lot about gaslys character, and this podium, the first of his f1 career, was justrewards for a driver who in recent months has shown the form that earned him the red bull seat in the. List of formula one world drivers champions simple. To receive points a driver must finish in the top 10 positions and need not finish the race, but must have covered at least 90 % of the winners race distance. Driver records listed here include all rounds which formed part of the world championship since 1950. F1 rewind 2014 bahrain grand prix, full race replay duration. Following are some of the charismatic and fastest drivers of all times in the history of f1 racing. Your goto source for the latest f1 news, video highlights, gp results, live timing, indepth analysis and expert commentary. All the current f1 drivers ordered by who has the most pole positions, this has gained an importance boost after the pole position trophy was announced for.
From 2014, the driver with the most pole positions in a season is awarded the pole trophy. Lewis hamilton is a british racing driver and sixtime formula one world champion. List of formula one grand prix wins by lewis hamilton. This number cannot be reallocated unless the driver has not driven in the sport for two seasons. Check out the position of your favourite driver or team in this 2014 formula 1. He also matched damon hill with 20 pole positions each and his next contender is fernando alonso with 22 pole positions. The following season proved to be intense, with lewis and ferraris vettel trading places at the top of the 2018 standings. Standings drivers world championship formula 1 bbc sport.
It took into account team and driver performance between 1950 and 2014, along with the weather conditions in which the drivers competed and the tracks. Pole position is the place for motor sport fans and petrol heads covering the very best races, teams and drivers from around the world. A look at the best and worst of f1 2019, based on the average positions of our regular power rankings but do the numbers give a fair representation of each drivers season. The team finished the 2014 season 296 points ahead of their closest rival red bull racing in the world constructors championship standings. Some are the product of skill and dominance and others of perseverance and luck the stuff of which f1 racing is made. Hamilton has also won at least one race in each of his consecutive. His total of 84 wins is the second highest of all time, behind only michael schumacher 91. Two drivers have won the world drivers championship. Valtteri bottas racing career profile driver database. Lewis hamilton claimed his second formula one world championship with victory at the abu dhabi grand prix as he beat mercedes teammate. These statistics attempt to give a relative view of the top fifteen formula one pilots of all time, and offer a. According to the universitys study, the top 10 f1 drivers of all time are. 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. Lewis secured his fourth world title in mexico with two rounds to spare and ended the year with the most race wins 10 and pole positions 11 of any driver.
Checkered bar these are the f1 statistics that are not covered in race recaps and season winspoints standings. The 2014 abu dhabi grand prix formally known as the 2014 formula 1 etihad airways abu dhabi grand prix is a formula one motor race that was held at the yas marina circuit on 23 november 2014. Nico rosberg got his 20th pole position in mexico becoming the driver with the most pole positions without being a world champion. In the nineteen grands prix of the season, a total. Nico rosberg became 2nd, both drivers won 16 races of the total 19 grand prix event in 2014.
The 2014 fia formula one world championship was the 68th season of fia formula one motor racing. Here you can find the 2014 f1 championship standings for all drivers and teams that participated in the 2014 f1 season. Since 2014, formula one drivers each select a permanent race number which they carry throughout their career. The race was the nineteenth and final round of the 2014 season, the 916th world championship race, and marked the sixth running of the abu dhabi grand prix. After returning to f1, he drove for both lotus and ferrari before joining alfa romeo for the 2019 season. Daniel ricciardo racing career profile driver database. There have been 17 formula one drivers from australia, 14 of which have taken part in at least one race since the championship began in 1950, and 3 failed to qualify. The world drivers championship, which became the fia formula one world championship in 1981, has been one of the premier forms of racing around the world since its inaugural season in 1950. His seven pole positions in 2019 also made him the youngest and first nonmercedes winner of f1s pole trophy.
All the formula 1 grand prix results for every race in the 2014 season on bbc sport, including the race times, grid positions, championship points and more. Its a classic question and, thanks to dr andrew bell and his team at the university of sheffield, it now has a definitive answer. Sadly, ferrari simply didnt have the skills to manage two top drivers simultaneously. The driver, who scores the most points in a formula one world championship season, is awarded the formula one world drivers. Ranking the 2020 f1 drivers from worst to best hotcars. The formula one world drivers championship wdc is the most successful formula one race car driver of the year. Lewis hamilton racing career profile driver database. Comparing f1 drivers across eras is inherently difficult. Official list of current f1 standings filter by driver or team constructor to see world championship standings, plus access previous years.
The drivers and constructors championship titles are awarded to the driver and constructor that have the most points at the end of the season. On 21 june 20, renault unveiled its new engine at the paris air show. He is a sixtime formula one world drivers champion, taking the title in 2008 with mclaren, and in 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019 with mercedes. Scientists name greatest formula one driver of all time in new study. Hes not quite surpassed schumachers titles and race wins total, but check out his win ratio and pole positions record often the purest test of a drivers speed and youll see he is already a.
F1 driver with the most pole positions this season. May 01, 2014 senna on the podium in canada with alain prost and thierry boutsen, 1988. Nico hulkenbergs ascent through the ranks of junior motorsport began on the german karting scene he won the german junior kart championship aged 15 and followed that up with victory in the german kart championship in 2003. This was apparent last year when the team constantly ordered drivers to. Points are used in formula one to determine the outcome of both the drivers and constructors world championships. This top 100 ranking goes back to the start of formula 1 in 1950. With 18 pole positions, 16 wins and 11 12s out of 19 races, mercedes dominated this first year of the v6 turbo era. He won his first world drivers championship with mclaren.
Its time to take our personality test and find out. Read more on add formula 1 alerts in the bbc sport. Bizarrely christian fittipaldi, nephew of ninthplaced twotime world champion emerson, is ranked in 11th spot despite only notching a highestplaced finish in the drivers championship of th in his threeyear f1 career. Carlos began in karts and won the asiapacific kf3 title in 2008, and in the same year achieved runnerup. Leclercs godfather is jules bianchi who tragically lost his life to injuries he sustained at the 2014 japanese grand prix bianchi, like leclerc, also came into f1 as part of the ferrari driver academy. May 25, 2018 argentine driver juan manuel fangio no. Ranking the 2020 f1 drivers from worst to best do seasoned f1 stars still have what it takes to beat the promising young drivers in 2020. F1 driver carlos sainz had his eyes fixed on a career in circuit racing from an early age. Photo courtesy instituto ayrton senna from 1984 until his untimely death at san marino, italy, on may 1, 1994, no single driver in the world of formula 1 was as polarizing or as controversial as brazils ayrton senna. From 2014 to 2017, the fia awarded a trophy to the driver who won the most pole positions in a season without sponsorship. Nov 26, 2014 2014 modelbased driver rankings november 26, 2014 by f1metrics in driver rankings, mathematical models, predictions 86 comments 2014 was a year completely dominated by the mercedes team, with the barest sniff of the title for ricciardo. The finnish driver had his f1 debut for sauber in 2001, and then raced for nine seasons before leaving the sport to compete in the world rally championship in 2011 and 2012. The world championship of drivers has been held since 1950.
Currently, points are awarded to the first ten finishers, with 25 for a win, 18 for second, 15 for third, then 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 for. 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. A formula one car number is the number on a car used to identify a car and its driver. Apr 17, 2014 with six grands prix of the 2014 formula. The championships are awarded to both the driver and the team that have scored the largest number of points over the championship season. Since he made his debut for jordan in 2005 as indias first grand prix driver, f1 has grown. The best f1 drivers of all time, as chosen by science. Lewis hamilton came into formula 1 with a lot to live up to after his record in the junior ranks but, whatever happens in what is likely to be a long career, like it or not his name will go down. Lewis carl davidson hamilton mbe honfreng born 7 january 1985 is a british racing driver who races in formula one for the mercedesamg petronas formula one team. Ranking the top 5 asian drivers in formula 1 history. From f1 to banger racing and from indianapolis to monte. From 2018, the fia pole trophy has been renamed the pirelli pole position award, with the polesitter at each race winning a pirelli wind tunnel tyre with the name of the polesitter and their time.
Mar 04, 2020 official list of current f1 standings filter by driver or team constructor to see world championship standings, plus access previous years. We also have the all time f1 teams ranking the ranking is sorted by default on total points. Lewis carl davidson hamilton born 7 january 1985 in stevenage, hertfordshire, england, united kingdom is a british racing driver who currently drives in formula one for the mercedes team, having driven for mclaren from 2007 to 2012. It was named energy f1 after the renaults road car engines. It first appeared on the formula 1 world championship calendar in 1973 and has been a permanent fixture ever since. Formula 1 on sky sports get the latest f1 news, results, standings, videos and photos, plus watch live races in hd and read about top drivers. Standings drivers world championship formula 1 bbc. Find out which formula 1 driver is top of the fia formula 1 drivers championship on bbc sport. The wdc was first awarded in 1950, to giuseppe nino farina. Charles leclerc to back ferrari on its decision regarding. The first driver to win more than one championship was alberto ascari, in 1952 and 1953. Currently, drivers are allowed to pick their own number for their career from 0, 2 through 99.
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