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