List of Formula One drivers
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Template:Sidebar with collapsible lists Formula One, abbreviated to F1, is the highest class of open-wheeled auto racing defined by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), motorsport's world governing body.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The "formula" in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants and cars must conform.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Each year, the F1 World Championship season is held. It consists of a series of races, known as Template:Not a typo, held usually on purpose-built circuits, and in a few cases on closed city streets.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Drivers are awarded points based on their finishing position in each race, and the driver who accumulates the most points over each championship is crowned that year's World Drivers' Champion.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> As of the 2025 Monaco Grand Prix, there have been 781 Formula One drivers from 41 different nationalities who have started at least one of the 1,133 FIA World Championship races since the first such event,<ref name=SkyDriversStats>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> the Template:F1GP.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Seven-time champions Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton hold the record for the most championships.<ref name="8WChamps">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="CF1Champs">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Hamilton also holds the record for the most wins with Template:F1stat,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> the most pole positions with Template:F1stat,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> the most points with Template:F1stat,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and the most podiums with Template:F1stat.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Fernando Alonso has entered more Template:Not a typo than anyone else (Template:F1stat) and also holds the record for the most Grand Prix starts (Template:F1stat).<ref name=StatsF1ChronlogyRecord>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The United Kingdom is the most represented country, having produced 163 drivers.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Nine countries have been represented by just one.<ref name=SkyDriversStats/> China became the latest country to be represented by a driver when Zhou Guanyu made his Formula One debut at the Template:F1GP driving for Alfa Romeo.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The most recent drivers to make their Formula One debuts are Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Gabriel Bortoleto and Isack Hadjar, who debuted at the Template:F1GP.<ref name=StatsF1Drivers>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
This list includes all drivers who have entered a World Championship race, including 104 participants of the Indianapolis 500 between Template:F1 and Template:F1 when it formed a round of the World Championship (although not being run according to Formula One rules or sanctioned by the FIA).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- Drivers with 4 or more World Championships
- Michael Schumacher 2005 United States GP (19872855) (cropped).jpg
Michael Schumacher won seven World Drivers' Championship titles between Template:F1 and Template:F1.
- Lewis Hamilton 2016 Malaysia 2.jpg
Lewis Hamilton has won seven World Drivers' Championship titles since Template:F1.
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Juan Manuel Fangio won five World Drivers' Championship titles between Template:F1 and Template:F1.
- Alain Prost 2009 MEDEF cropped.jpg
Alain Prost won four World Drivers' Championship titles between Template:F1 and Template:F1.
- Sebastian Vettel 2010 Japan.jpg
Sebastian Vettel won four consecutive World Drivers' Championship titles from Template:F1 to Template:F1.
- 2024-08-25 Motorsport, Formel 1, Großer Preis der Niederlande 2024 STP 3973 by Stepro (headshot2).jpg
Max Verstappen has won four consecutive World Drivers' Championship titles from Template:F1 to Template:F1.
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* | Driver has competed in 2025 and has not won the World Drivers' Championship |
^ | Driver has won the World Drivers' Championship and has not competed in 2025 |
This list is accurate as of the [[Template:F1stat]]. Drivers who only participated in Friday practice and who were not actually entered for the race are not included.
By countryEdit
Drivers from 41 countries have entered a World Championship race. The United Kingdom is the most heavily represented with 163 drivers.Template:Efn Second is the United States with 160; between 1950 and 1960 the American Indianapolis 500 race, then rarely contested by drivers from outside the United States, was part of the World Championship (but it was not sanctioned by the FIA and was instead sanctioned by either AAA in 1950–1955 or USAC in 1956–1960). A total of 58 American drivers have started World Championship races sanctioned by the FIA. Third is Italy with 100. Nine of these countries were represented in the very first race, the Template:F1GP, and the most recent newly represented country is China, with Zhou Guanyu making his debut at the 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix. Statistics are accurate as of the Template:Latest F1GP.
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ReferencesEdit
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- Twite, Mike. "De Tomaso: Italian Precision with Brute Force", in Northey, Tom, editor. World of Automobiles, Volume 5, pp. 531–2. London: Orbis, 1974.
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