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. Fastest laps 0 jenson alexander lyons button mbe born 19 january 1980 is a british racing driver and former formula one driver. The 10 british formula 1 world champions since its introduction in 1950 the fast and exciting, if sometimes dangerous, world of formula 1 motor racing has gripped millions of fans around the world and just a week ago 32 year old lewis hamilton added a fourth drivers title to his impressive cv. The 30th formula one world champion was the youngest ever, taking the title in the. He won his first world drivers championship with mclaren in 2008, before moving to mercedes in 20, with whom he has won a further five. He won the 2009 formula one world championship, driving for brawn gp. The formula in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants and cars must conform. The united kingdom has produced the most champions with ten. Formula one drivers from the united kingdom wikipedia. In winning the title, hamilton became the youngest driver ever to win the title a record since supplanted by sebastian vettel. Lewis hamilton, champion of the 2008 formula one season felipe massa finished second in the world drivers championship, one point behind hamilton kimi raikkonen, the 2007 world champion, finished the season ranked 3rd. Answer ten drivers from the united kingdom have been formula one world drivers champions. The formula one world drivers championship wdc is awarded by the federation.
Formula one, abbreviated to f1, is the highest class of openwheeled motor racing. There have been 163 formula one drivers from the united kingdom, three of whom compete in the 2019 season. The drivers championship was first awarded in 1950, to giuseppe farina. Stirling moss, the british racing driver who ranked as an alltime formula one great despite never winning the world championship, died on sunday at. Every winner of the formula one drivers title since. Sir stirling craufurd moss, obe 17 september 1929 12 april 2020 was a british formula one racing driver. The sensational triumph of the sports first black driver, in only his second year at the. 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.
Their feud, exacerbated by alonsos resentment of the britishbased teams. F1 world champions juan manuel fangio, jim clark, ayrton senna and michael. British formula one world champion drivers answers. Lewis hamilton is a formula one world champion and driver. It was the ninth race of the 2008 formula one season. Lewis hamilton has clinched a sixth formula 1 world championship title at the us grand prix. Lap leaders the 2008 british grand prix formally the formula 1 santander british grand prix was a formula one motor race held on 6 july 2008 at the silverstone circuit, silverstone, england. Of those, lewis hamilton has won the most titles, with six. Rivalries fernando alonso nico rosberg v t e lewis carl davidson hamilton mbe honfreng is a british racing driver who races in formula one for the mercedesamg petronas formula one team. On assuming the role of team leader in 2008 when alonso returned to. The f1 world championship season consists of a series of races, known as grands prix, held usually on purpose. The 1960s saw british drivers graham hill and jim clark notch two. An inductee into the international motorsports hall of fame, he won 212 of the 529 races he entered across several categories of competition and has been described as the greatest driver never to win the world championship.
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