The Formula One World Championship is a motor racing series which takes place each year, having been created in 1950.
Each Grand Prix, drivers are given points based on their race finishing positions, currently this is 25 points for a victory, 18 points for second place, 16 points for third place, reducing incrementally to tenth position which receives 1 point. At the end of the season the driver with the most points in the Drivers’ Championship is named the Formula One World Champion.
Britain’s Lewis Hamilton and Germany’s Michael Schumacher jointly hold the record for most Drivers Championships with seven titles each.
Formula 1 Drivers Champions
Season | Driver | Constructor | Points |
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2021 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull-Honda | 395.5 |
2020 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 347 |
2019 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 413 |
2018 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 408 |
2017 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 363 |
2016 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 385 |
2015 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 381 |
2014 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 384 |
2013 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 397 |
2012 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 281 |
2011 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 392 |
2010 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 256 |
2009 | Jenson Button | Brawn-Mercedes | 95 |
2008 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 98 |
2007 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 110 |
2006 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 134 |
2005 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 133 |
2004 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 148 |
2003 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 93 |
2002 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 144 |
2001 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 123 |
2000 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 108 |
1999 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren-Mercedes | 76 |
1998 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren-Mercedes | 100 |
1997 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams-Renault | 81 |
1996 | Damon Hill | Williams-Renault | 97 |
1995 | Michael Schumacher | Benetton-Renault | 102 |
1994 | Michael Schumacher | Benetton-Ford | 92 |
1993 | Alain Prost | Williams-Renault | 99 |
1992 | Nigel Mansell | Williams-Renault | 108 |
1991 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren-Honda | 96 |
1990 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren-Honda | 78 |
1989 | Alain Prost | McLaren-Honda | 76 |
1988 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren-Honda | 90 |
1987 | Nelson Piquet | Williams-Honda | 73 |
1986 | Alain Prost | McLaren-TAG | 72 |
1985 | Alain Prost | McLaren-TAG | 73 |
1984 | Niki Lauda | McLaren-TAG | 72 |
1983 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-BMW | 59 |
1982 | Keke Rosberg | Williams-Ford | 44 |
1981 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Ford | 50 |
1980 | Alan Jones | Williams-Ford | 67 |
1979 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 51 |
1978 | Mario Andretti | Lotus-Ford | 64 |
1977 | Niki Lauda | Ferrari | 72 |
1976 | James Hunt | McLaren-Ford | 69 |
1975 | Niki Lauda | Ferrari | 64.5 |
1974 | Emerson Fittipaldi | McLaren-Ford | 55 |
1973 | Jackie Stewart | Tyrrell-Ford | 71 |
1972 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Lotus-Ford | 61 |
1971 | Jackie Stewart | Tyrrell-Ford | 62 |
1970 | Jochen Rindt | Lotus-Ford | 45 |
1969 | Jackie Stewart | Matra-Ford | 63 |
1968 | Graham Hill | Lotus-Ford | 48 |
1967 | Denny Hulme | Brabham-Repco | 51 |
1966 | Jack Brabham | Brabham-Repco | 42 |
1965 | Jim Clark | Lotus-Climax | 54 |
1964 | John Surtees | Ferrari | 40 |
1963 | Jim Clark | Lotus-Climax | 54 |
1962 | Graham Hill | BRM | 42 |
1961 | Phil Hill | Ferrari | 34 |
1960 | Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax | 43 |
1959 | Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax | 31 |
1958 | Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari | 42 |
1957 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Maserati | 40 |
1956 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Ferrari | 30 |
1955 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Mercedes | 40 |
1954 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Maserati | 42 |
1954 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Mercedes | 42 |
1953 | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari | 34.5 |
1952 | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari | 36 |
1951 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Alfa Romeo | 31 |
1950 | Giuseppe Farina | Alfa Romeo | 30 |