F1 World Drivers' Championship previous winners

Read a full list of previous winners of the Formula One World Drivers' Championship since its inception in 1950.

Who has the most F1 Drivers' World Championship wins?

Lewis Hamilton is the most decorated driver in Formula 1 history and both he and Michael Schumacher have achieved a record seven titles.

Schumacher won his first in 1994 with Benetton and went back-to-back in 1995. He would wait another five years before embarking on a period of remarkable dominance with Ferrari, winning five consecutive drivers' championships.

Hamilton's title haul shares similarities to Schumacher in that the Brit won his first with McLaren in 2008 and it was another six years before he won his second, which marked the start of Mercedes' supremacy.

Hamilton and Schumacher are two of four drivers to win four consecutive titles, including Juan Manuel Fangio and Max Verstappen.

In total, there have been 34 different F1 world title winners.

F1 Drivers' Championship Winners' (1950 - Present)

• 2024 - Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
• 2023 - Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
• 2022 - Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
• 2021 - Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
• 2020 - Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
• 2019 - Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
• 2018 - Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
• 2017 - Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
• 2016 - Nico Rosberg (Mercedes)
• 2015 - Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
• 2014 - Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
• 2013 - Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull)
• 2012 - Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull)
• 2011 - Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull)
• 2010 - Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull)
• 2009 - Jenson Button (Brawn)
• 2008 - Lewis Hamilton (McLaren)
• 2007 - Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari)
• 2006 - Fernando Alonso (Renault)
• 2005 - Fernando Alonso (Renault)
• 2004 - Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)
• 2003 - Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)
• 2002 - Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)
• 2001 - Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)
• 2000 - Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)
• 1999 - Mika Hakkinen (McLaren)
• 1998 - Mika Hakkinen (McLaren)
• 1997 - Jacques Villeneuve (Williams)
• 1996 - Damon Hill (Williams)
• 1995 - Michael Schumacher (Benetton)
• 1994 - Michael Schumacher (Benetton)
• 1993 - Alain Prost (Williams)
• 1992 - Nigel Mansell (Williams)
• 1991 - Ayrton Senna (McLaren)
• 1990 - Ayrton Senna (McLaren)
• 1989 - Alain Prost (McLaren)
• 1988 - Ayrton Senna (McLaren)
• 1987 - Nelson Piquet (Williams)
• 1986 - Alain Prost (McLaren)
• 1985 - Alain Prost (McLaren)
• 1984 - Niki Lauda (McLaren)
• 1983 - Nelson Piquet (Brabham)
• 1982 - Keke Rosberg (Williams)
• 1981 - Nelson Piquet (Brabham)
• 1980 - Alan Jones (Williams)
• 1979 - Jody Scheckter (Ferrari)
• 1978 - Mario Andretti (Lotus)
• 1977 - Niki Lauda (Ferrari)
• 1976 - James Hunt (McLaren)
• 1975 - Niki Lauda (Ferrari)
• 1974 - Emerson Fittipaldi (McLaren)
• 1973 - Jackie Stewart (Tyrrell)
• 1972 - Emerson Fittipaldi (Lotus)
• 1971 - Jackie Stewart (Tyrrell)
• 1970 - Jochen Rindt (Lotus)
• 1969 - Jackie Stewart (Matra)
• 1968 - Graham Hill (Lotus)
• 1967 - Denny Hulme (Brabham)
• 1966 - Jack Brabham (Brabham)
• 1965 - Jim Clark (Lotus)
• 1964 - John Surtees (Ferrari)
• 1963 - Jim Clark (Lotus)
• 1962 - Graham Hill (BRM)
• 1961 - Phil Hill (Ferrari)
• 1960 - Jack Brabham (Cooper)
• 1959 - Jack Brabham (Cooper)
• 1958 - Mike Hawthorn (Ferrari)
• 1957 - Juan Manuel Fangio (Maserati)
• 1956 - Juan Manuel Fangio (Ferrari)
• 1955 - Juan Manuel Fangio (Mercedes)
• 1954 - Juan Manuel Fangio (Maserati/Mercedes)
• 1953 - Alberto Ascari (Ferrari)
• 1952 - Alberto Ascari (Ferrari)
• 1951 - Juan Manuel Fangio (Alfa Romeo)
• 1950 - Giuseppe Farina (Alfa Romeo)

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