Driver Champion

Here are the top five lists of records related to driver champions of drivers.
You can click the links at the bottom of the lists to see a whole list of the corresponding record.

All-time Drivers

  1. Giuseppe Farina

    1950

  2. Juan Manuel Fangio

    1951

  3. Alberto Ascari

    1952

  4. Mike Hawthorn

    1958

  5. Jack Brabham

    1959

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Most Champions

Career

  1. Michael Schumacher

    7

  2. Lewis Hamilton

    7

  3. Juan Manuel Fangio

    5

  4. Alain Prost

    4

  5. Sebastian Vettel

    4

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Team

  1. Lewis Hamilton

    Mercedes

    6

  2. Michael Schumacher

    Ferrari

    5

  3. Sebastian Vettel

    Red Bull

    4

  4. Jackie Stewart

    Tyrrell

    3

  5. Alain Prost

    McLaren

    3

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Constructor

  1. Lewis Hamilton

    Mercedes

    6

  2. Michael Schumacher

    Ferrari

    5

  3. Sebastian Vettel

    Red Bull

    4

  4. Alain Prost

    McLaren

    3

  5. Ayrton Senna

    McLaren

    3

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Consecutive Champions

  1. Michael Schumacher

    5

  2. Juan Manuel Fangio

    4

  3. Sebastian Vettel

    4

  4. Lewis Hamilton

    4

  5. Max Verstappen

    3

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Percentage of Champions

  1. Juan Manuel Fangio

    62.50%

  2. Lewis Hamilton

    41.18%

  3. Michael Schumacher

    36.84%

  4. Alberto Ascari

    33.33%

  5. Jackie Stewart

    33.33%

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Champion Season

Pole Positions

  1. Sebastian Vettel

    2011

    15

  2. Nigel Mansell

    1992

    14

  3. Ayrton Senna

    1988

    13

  4. Alain Prost

    1993

    13

  5. Max Verstappen

    2023

    12

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Wins

  1. Max Verstappen

    2023

    19

  2. Max Verstappen

    2022

    15

  3. Michael Schumacher

    2004

    13

  4. Sebastian Vettel

    2013

    13

  5. Michael Schumacher

    2002

    11

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Podiums

  1. Max Verstappen

    2023

    21

  2. Max Verstappen

    2021

    18

  3. Michael Schumacher

    2002

    17

  4. Sebastian Vettel

    2011

    17

  5. Lewis Hamilton

    2015

    17

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Points

  1. Max Verstappen

    2023

    575pts

  2. Max Verstappen

    2022

    454pts

  3. Lewis Hamilton

    2019

    413pts

  4. Lewis Hamilton

    2018

    408pts

  5. Sebastian Vettel

    2013

    397pts

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Point Margin

  1. Max Verstappen

    2023

    290pts

  2. Sebastian Vettel

    2013

    155pts

  3. Max Verstappen

    2022

    146pts

  4. Lewis Hamilton

    2020

    124pts

  5. Sebastian Vettel

    2011

    122pts

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Races after Clinch

  1. Michael Schumacher

    2002

    6

  2. Nigel Mansell

    1992

    5

  3. Max Verstappen

    2023

    5

  4. Michael Schumacher

    2001

    4

  5. Michael Schumacher

    2004

    4

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First Champion

Age

  1. Sebastian Vettel

    23y135d

  2. Lewis Hamilton

    23y300d

  3. Fernando Alonso

    24y59d

  4. Max Verstappen

    24y74d

  5. Emerson Fittipaldi

    25y274d

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Seasons

  1. Giuseppe Farina

    1

  2. Juan Manuel Fangio

    2

  3. Jacques Villeneuve

    2

  4. Lewis Hamilton

    2

  5. Alberto Ascari

    3

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Last Champion

Age

  1. Juan Manuel Fangio

    46y42d

  2. Giuseppe Farina

    43y309d

  3. Jack Brabham

    40y156d

  4. Graham Hill

    39y262d

  5. Nigel Mansell

    39y9d

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Seasons

  1. Michael Schumacher

    14

  2. Lewis Hamilton

    14

  3. Nigel Mansell

    13

  4. Alain Prost

    13

  5. Jack Brabham

    12

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Seasons between First and Last Champion

  1. Lewis Hamilton

    11

  2. Michael Schumacher

    9

  3. Niki Lauda

    8

  4. Alain Prost

    7

  5. Jack Brabham

    6

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Seasons between Two Champion

  1. Niki Lauda

    6

  2. Jack Brabham

    5

  3. Graham Hill

    5

  4. Lewis Hamilton

    5

  5. Michael Schumacher

    4

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Number of Teams

  1. Juan Manuel Fangio

    4

  2. John Surtees

    2

  3. Jack Brabham

    2

  4. Graham Hill

    2

  5. Emerson Fittipaldi

    2

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Number of Constructors

  1. Juan Manuel Fangio

    4

  2. Jack Brabham

    2

  3. Graham Hill

    2

  4. Jackie Stewart

    2

  5. Emerson Fittipaldi

    2

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