Formulation 1 is already the top of motorsport, however there’s a good smaller class of drivers expert sufficient to take the checkered flag first.
Many racers contemplate merely being on the F1 grid as the top of their profession, however one in seven have reached the rostrum.
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As of the 2024 Singapore Grand Prix, 115 drivers of the 777 who’ve participated in a GP have crossed the end line in first place.
That quantity drops by one other third for legends of the game who’ve racked up double-digit wins.
74 seasons of F1 have resulted in 34 completely different driver world champions, however lower than half have managed to do it greater than as soon as.
Who has probably the most victories in F1?
Whether or not the query is most race wins or world championships, the reply to each is: Sir Lewis Hamilton.
The 39-year-old, who’s amongst these chosen by talkSPORT.com as the best British sportsman of all time, has a library of F1 data.
Probably the most coveted is his standing as a seven-time world champion, a joint report he shares with the legendary Michael Schumacher.
Hamilton regarded to have secured his eighth place end within the 2021 ultimate earlier than an notorious late security automotive name on the ultimate lap of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix determined the race and due to this fact the title in favor of Max Verstappen.
Regardless, the present Mercedes star and future Ferrari star had already surpassed Schumacher’s race victory report with 105 wins.
Hamilton equaled the German icon’s 91 Grand Prix victories within the latter’s dwelling nation on the Eifel Grand Prix in 2020, on the finish of his dominance within the turbo-hybrid period.
The Silver Arrows’ struggles with new aerodynamic laws launched in 2022, which led to the crew struggling its first winless season since 2011 final 12 months, additionally had disastrous penalties for Hamilton.
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The Stevenage-born driver endured a 945-day wait to win between Saudi Arabia 2021 and Silverstone this summer season.
His record-extending ninth British GP win surpassed one other of Schumacher’s data for many wins at a single circuit in F1 historical past.
Hamilton has since damaged his personal feat because the oldest driver to win a Grand Prix within the twenty first century along with his a hundred and fifth victory and his most up-to-date in Belgium in July.
Nonetheless, his prized achievement as race-winning chief is within the sights of Verstappen, who pulled away from Sebastian Vettel in third place.
Fernando Alonso is the one different lively driver within the prime 10, and the Spaniard remains to be hoping for victory quantity 33, having not received because the 2013 Spanish Grand Prix.
The Aston Martin veteran is in seventh place, forward of Nigel Mansell (31) and Jackie Stewart (27), with fellow Brit Jim Clark tied for tenth on 25 wins with Niki Lauda.
Most F1 drivers’ world championships received
* – Nonetheless lively
Seven
*Lewis Hamilton – 2008, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Michael Schumacher – 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
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Juan Manuel Fangio – 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957
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Alain Prost – 1985, 1986, 1989, 1993
Sebastian Vettel – 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Three
*Max Verstappen – 2021, 2022, 2023
Jack Brabham – 1959, 1960, 1966
Jackie Stewart – 1969, 1971, 1973
Niki Lauda – 1975, 1977, 1984
Nelson Piquet – 1981, 1983, 1987
Ayrton Senna – 1988, 1990, 1991
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Who has probably the most factors?
Factors scoring has modified in F1 because the championship’s debut in 1950, when solely seven races have been held.
Again then, Grand Prix drivers competed on a scale of 8-6-4-3-2, with winners incomes 9 factors per race victory in 1961 and 10 in 1991.
Since then, the F1 calendar has elevated to a report 24 occasions this 12 months, with the primary place price 25 factors since 2010.
Till 1990, the single-seater competitors additionally used a format that solely counted the motive force’s greatest outcomes in the direction of the title.
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The introduction of dash racing in 2021 and the next evaluate of factors the next 12 months has meant that extra scoring alternatives are on provide for present drivers in comparison with some titans of the previous.
For instance, Verstappen took a report 19 wins in 2023 to complete the 12 months 290 factors forward of teammate Perez and 51 extra forward of his closest non-Purple Bull rival, Hamilton, in third place.
His complete season haul of 575 is unlikely to be surpassed, as Giuseppe Farina wanted simply 30 factors to realize glory in 1950.
Adjusted for the present rating, Schumacher could be second on an all-time listing, with Prost, Senna and Piquet additionally within the prime ten.
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Daniel Ricciardo was on the verge of retaining tenth place when he was changed by Liam Lawson in Visa Money App RB.
Nonetheless, Charles Leclerc’s eight victories in his profession, the identical quantity that the Australian gathered, have moved him up the listing.
Following the ultimate spherical in Singapore, RB confirmed that Lawson would change Ricciardo for the rest of the 2024 season.
‘The Honey Badger’ leaves F1, in all probability endlessly, with 1329 factors.
As issues stand, the present prime ten is as follows…
10. Charles Leclerc- 1349
9. Michael Schumacher – 1566 (4,660.2 within the fashionable system)
8. Nico Rosberg – 1594.5
7. Sergio Pérez – 1636
6. Valtteri Bottas – 1797
5. Kimi Räikkönen – 1873
4.Fernando Alonso – 2329
3. Max Verstappen – 2940.5
2. Sebastian Vettel – 3098
1.Lewis Hamilton – 4816.5
