Fewest Seasons to the First Driver Champion

A list of records for the fewest number of seasons from the debut to the first driver champion by drivers. This list includes drivers, numbers of seasons, debut races, and races that achieved the first driver champion.
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#	Driver	Debut	First Champion	Seasons
1	Giuseppe Farina	1950 British Grand Prix	1950 Italian Grand Prix	1
2	Juan Manuel Fangio	1950 British Grand Prix	1951 Spanish Grand Prix	2
3	Jacques Villeneuve	1996 Australian Grand Prix	1997 European Grand Prix	2
4	Lewis Hamilton	2007 Australian Grand Prix	2008 Brazilian Grand Prix	2
5	Alberto Ascari	1950 Monaco Grand Prix	1952 German Grand Prix	3
6	Denny Hulme	1965 Monaco Grand Prix	1967 Mexican Grand Prix	3
7	Emerson Fittipaldi	1970 British Grand Prix	1972 Italian Grand Prix	3
8	Phil Hill	1958 French Grand Prix	1961 Italian Grand Prix	4
9	Jim Clark	1960 Dutch Grand Prix	1963 Italian Grand Prix	4
10	James Hunt	1973 Monaco Grand Prix	1976 Japanese Grand Prix	4
11	Nelson Piquet	1978 German Grand Prix	1981 Caesars Palace Grand Prix	4
12	Michael Schumacher	1991 Belgian Grand Prix	1994 Australian Grand Prix	4
13	Fernando Alonso	2001 Australian Grand Prix	2005 Brazilian Grand Prix	4
14	Sebastian Vettel	2007 United States Grand Prix	2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	4
15	Jack Brabham	1955 British Grand Prix	1959 United States Grand Prix	5
16	Graham Hill	1958 Monaco Grand Prix	1962 South African Grand Prix	5
17	John Surtees	1960 Monaco Grand Prix	1964 Mexican Grand Prix	5
18	Jackie Stewart	1965 South African Grand Prix	1969 Italian Grand Prix	5
19	Niki Lauda	1971 Austrian Grand Prix	1975 Italian Grand Prix	5
20	Keke Rosberg	1978 South African Grand Prix	1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix	5
21	Ayrton Senna	1984 Brazilian Grand Prix	1988 Japanese Grand Prix	5
22	Damon Hill	1992 Spanish Grand Prix	1996 Japanese Grand Prix	5
23	Alan Jones	1975 Spanish Grand Prix	1980 Canadian Grand Prix	6
24	Alain Prost	1980 Argentine Grand Prix	1985 European Grand Prix	6
25	Mike Hawthorn	1952 Belgian Grand Prix	1958 Moroccan Grand Prix	7
26	Jochen Rindt	1964 Austrian Grand Prix	1970 United States Grand Prix	7
27	Kimi Räikkönen	2001 Australian Grand Prix	2007 Brazilian Grand Prix	7
28	Max Verstappen	2015 Australian Grand Prix	2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	7
29	Jody Scheckter	1972 United States Grand Prix	1979 Italian Grand Prix	8
30	Mika Häkkinen	1991 United States Grand Prix	1998 Japanese Grand Prix	8
31	Mario Andretti	1968 Italian Grand Prix	1978 Italian Grand Prix	10
32	Jenson Button	2000 Australian Grand Prix	2009 Brazilian Grand Prix	10
33	Nico Rosberg	2006 Bahrain Grand Prix	2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	11
34	Nigel Mansell	1980 Austrian Grand Prix	1992 Hungarian Grand Prix	13