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The most recent driver to make their Formula One debut is Jack Doohan, who debuted at the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. [ 18 ] This list includes all drivers who have entered a World Championship race, including participants of the Indianapolis 500 between 1950 and 1960 when it was part of the World Championship (although not being run according ...
The Formula One World Championship season consists of a series of races, known as Grands Prix, held usually on purpose-built circuits, and in a few cases on closed city streets. [3] The World Drivers' Championship is presented by the FIA to the most successful Formula One driver over the course of the season through a points system based on ...
The World Championship of Drivers has been held since 1950.Driver records listed here include all rounds which formed part of the World Championship since 1950: this includes the Indianapolis 500 from 1950–1960 (although it was not run to Formula One rules), and the 1952 and 1953 World Championship Grands Prix (which were run to Formula Two rules).
Drivers' champion Phil Hill in the Ferrari 156 F1 in 1962. There have been 58 Formula One drivers from the United States including two World Drivers' Championship winners, Mario Andretti and Phil Hill. Andretti is the most successful American Formula One driver having won 12 races, and only Eddie Cheever has started more Grands Prix.
Formula One (F1) is the highest class of open-wheeled motor racing defined by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), motorsport's world governing body. [1] The "formula" in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants and cars must conform. [2]
The driver who set the fastest lap in a Grand Prix was awarded a point from the 1950 season to 1959. The point was reintroduced in the 2019 season, [a] but was discontinued at the end of the 2024 season. [5] [6] As of the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 139 different drivers have set a fastest lap in a Formula One Grand Prix. [7]
1967 Formula One World Champion: Jochen Rindt Austria: 1970 Formula One World Champion: James Hunt United Kingdom: 1976 Formula One World Champion: Mario Andretti United States: 1978 Formula One World Champion: Jody Scheckter South Africa: 1979 Formula One World Champion: Alan Jones Australia: 1980 Formula One World Champion: Keke Rosberg Finland
This is a list of female motor racing drivers who have taken part in the Formula One World Championship since the inception of the World Championship for Drivers in 1950. Maria Teresa de Filippis was the first woman to enter a Formula One race.