F1 nation profile · since 1950

British F1 Drivers & Statistics Overview

169 drivers · 11 World Champions · 334 victories

1169Driversmost of any nation

121Drivers’ titles11 champions

1334Victories106 · Lewis Hamilton

828Podiums208 · Lewis Hamilton

324Grand Prix PolesGP Poles105 · Lewis Hamilton

291Fastest laps69 · Lewis Hamilton

4,519Race starts397 · Lewis Hamilton

13,456.8Points5,157.5 · Lewis Hamilton

United Kingdom is Formula 1’s most successful nation. Since 1950, 169 British drivers have started 4,519 Grands Prix and won 334 of them · more than any other country. 11 drivers share 21 World Championships, from Mike Hawthorn in 1958 to Lewis Hamilton’s 7 titles.

Key Nation Landmarks

Race

1950 British F1 GP 11 drivers on the grid

2026 Singapore F1 GP 5 drivers on the grid

Win

1953 French F1 GP Mike Hawthorn

2026 Azerbaijan F1 GP George Russell

Pole

1955 British F1 GP Stirling Moss

2026 Azerbaijan F1 GP George Russell

Podium

1950 British F1 GP Reg Parnell

2026 Bahrain F1 GP Lewis Hamilton

Title

1958 World Championship Mike Hawthorn

2025 World Championship Lando Norris

World Champions

11 drivers · 21 titles

Lewis Hamilton

United Kingdom’s most successful driver · 106 wins, 105 poles and 7 World Championships

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19621968

19631965

1958

1964

1976

1992

1996

2009

2025

On the 2026 grid

With championship position

George Russell

Mercedes

P2 · 238 pts

Lewis Hamilton

Ferrari

P3 · 229 pts

Lando Norris

McLaren

P6 · 201 pts

Arvid Lindblad

Racing Bulls

P11 · 38 pts

Oliver Bearman

Haas

P13 · 23 pts

77 seasons of British wins

Gold marks a title year

1 1 1 4 4 9 4 2 3 7 10 7 9 4 5 7 7 1 7 4 7 1 7 3 1 2 1 2 5 6 2 1 5 9 3 7 7 8 2 2 7 3 2 1 1 1 4 5 8 5 6 7 1 11 10 10 9 11 11 11 8 1 8 9 6

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One bar per season, height is the number of Grand Prix wins that year. Each bar links to that season’s standings. Scroll back for the earlier seasons.

All 169 British F1 drivers

Ranked by career points

British F1 drivers ranked by career points; the column headers sort the table.
POS	Driver	Years	GP	1st	2nd	3rd	Pod	Pole	FL	DT	Points
1	LewisHamilton2026	2007–2026	397	106	59	43	208	105	69	7	5,157.5
2	LandoNorris2026	2019–2026	168	13	22	14	49	19	20	1	1,512
3	JensonButton	2000–2017	306	15	15	20	50	8	8	1	1,235
4	GeorgeRussell2026	2019–2026	169	8	9	15	32	13	13		1,157
5	DavidCoulthard	1994–2008	246	13	26	23	62	12	18		535
6	NigelMansell	1980–1995	188	31	17	11	59	32	30	1	482
7	JackieStewart	1965–1973	100	27	11	5	43	17	15	3	360
8	DamonHill	1992–1999	115	22	15	5	42	20	19	1	360
9	GrahamHill	1958–1975	177	14	15	7	36	13	10	2	289
10	JimClark	1960–1968	72	25	1	6	32	33	28	2	274
11	EddieIrvine	1993–2002	146	4	6	16	26	0	1		191
12	StirlingMoss	1951–1961	66	16	5	3	24	16	19		186.6
13	JohnSurtees	1960–1972	111	6	10	8	24	8	11	1	180
14	JamesHunt	1973–1979	92	10	6	7	23	14	8	1	179
15	JohnWatson	1973–1985	152	5	6	9	20	2	5		169
16	MikeHawthorn	1952–1958	46	3	9	6	18	4	6	1	127.6
17	Pauldi Resta	2011–2017	59	0	0	0	0	0	0		121
18	MartinBrundle	1984–1996	158	0	2	7	9	0	0		98
19	JohnnyHerbert	1989–2000	161	3	1	3	7	0	0		98
20	TonyBrooks	1956–1961	39	6	2	2	10	3	3		75
21	DerekWarwick	1981–1993	147	0	2	2	4	0	2		71
22	OliverBearman2026	2024–2026	44	0	0	0	0	0	0		65
23	PeterRevson	1964–1974	30	2	2	4	8	1	0		61
24	PeterCollins	1952–1958	32	3	3	3	9	0	0		47
25	InnesIreland	1959–1966	52	1	2	1	4	0	1		47
26	ArvidLindblad2026	2026–2026	16	0	0	0	0	0	0		37
27	MarkBlundell	1991–1995	61	0	0	3	3	0	0		32
28	MikeHailwood	1963–1974	51	0	1	1	2	0	1		29
29	MikeSpence	1963–1968	36	0	0	1	1	0	0		27
30	PiersCourage	1967–1970	27	0	2	0	2	0	0		20
31	TomPryce	1974–1977	42	0	0	2	2	1	0		19
32	RoySalvadori	1952–1962	48	0	1	1	2	0	0		19
33	StuartLewis-Evans	1957–1958	14	0	0	2	2	2	0		16
34	MikeParkes	1959–1967	6	0	2	0	2	1	0		14
35	JonathanPalmer	1983–1989	84	0	0	0	0	0	1		14
36	JackieOliver	1967–1977	50	0	0	2	2	0	1		13
37	PeterArundell	1962–1966	13	0	0	2	2	0	0		12
38	CliffAllison	1958–1961	16	0	1	0	1	0	0		11
39	RichardAttwood	1964–1969	17	0	1	0	1	0	1		11
40	PeterGethin	1970–1974	30	1	0	0	1	0	0		11
41	RegParnell	1950–1954	6	0	0	1	1	0	0		9
42	JolyonPalmer	2016–2017	35	0	0	0	0	0	0		9
43	BrianRedman	1968–1974	12	0	0	1	1	0	0		8
44	VicElford	1968–1971	13	0	0	0	0	0	0		8
45	BobAnderson	1963–1967	25	0	0	1	1	0	0		8
46	TrevorTaylor	1959–1966	27	0	1	0	1	0	0		8
47	JackFairman	1953–1961	12	0	0	0	0	0	0		5
48	RonFlockhart	1954–1960	13	0	0	1	1	0	0		5
49	PeterWhitehead	1950–1954	10	0	0	1	1	0	0		4
50	DennisPoore	1952–1952	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		3
51	HenryTaylor	1959–1961	8	0	0	0	0	0	0		3
52	JackieLewis	1961–1962	9	0	0	0	0	0	0		3
53	JohnnyDumfries	1986–1986	15	0	0	0	0	0	0		3
54	KenWharton	1952–1955	15	0	0	0	0	0	0		3
55	EricThompson	1952–1952	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		2
56	AlanBrown	1952–1954	8	0	0	0	0	0	0		2
57	ChrisIrwin	1966–1967	10	0	0	0	0	0	0		2
58	JohnMiles	1969–1970	13	0	0	0	0	0	0		2
59	HoraceGould	1954–1960	14	0	0	0	0	0	0		2
60	JohnTaylor	1964–1966	5	0	0	0	0	0	0		1
61	JulianBailey	1988–1991	7	0	0	0	0	0	0		1
62	DerekBell	1968–1974	9	0	0	0	0	0	0		1
63	TonyBrise	1975–1975	10	0	0	0	0	0	0		1
64	JustinWilson	2003–2003	16	0	0	0	0	0	0		1
65	StephenSouth	1980–1980	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
66	AlanRollinson	1965–1965	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
67	DennisTaylor	1959–1959	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
68	BillMoss	1959–1959	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
69	DivinaGalica	1976–1978	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
70	AndySutcliffe	1977–1977	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
71	KenRichardson	1951–1951	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
72	TonyTrimmer	1975–1978	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
73	TedWhiteaway	1955–1955	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
74	BrianGubby	1965–1965	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
75	ColinChapman	1956–1956	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
76	BernieEcclestone	1958–1958	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
77	JohnJames	1951–1951	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
78	PeterAshdown	1959–1959	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
79	PhilipFotheringham-Parker	1951–1951	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
80	JonathanWilliams	1967–1967	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
81	Archie-ScottBrown	1956–1956	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
82	JohnRhodes	1965–1965	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
83	RobinMontgomerie-Charrington	1952–1952	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
84	PeterWestbury	1969–1970	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
85	JackLewis	1962–1962	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
86	JohnRiseley-Prichard	1954–1954	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
87	BrianHart	1967–1967	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
88	BillWhitehouse	1954–1954	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
89	ChrisCraft	1971–1971	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
90	MikeMacDowel	1957–1957	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
91	JimmyStewart	1953–1953	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
92	TomBridger	1958–1958	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
93	TiffNeedell	1980–1980	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
94	VicWilson	1960–1966	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
95	PerryMcCarthy	1992–1992	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
96	LeslieThorne	1954–1954	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
97	DesmondTitterington	1956–1956	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
98	JohnBarber	1953–1953	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
99	PaulEmery	1956–1958	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
100	DonBeauman	1954–1954	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
101	GrahamWhitehead	1952–1952	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
102	DamienMagee	1975–1976	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
103	BillAston	1952–1952	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
104	ArthurOwen	1960–1960	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
105	LeslieJohnson	1950–1950	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
106	KenMiles	1961–1961	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
107	JoeFry	1950–1950	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
108	DaveMorgan	1975–1975	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
109	JackAitken	2020–2020	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
110	IanStewart	1953–1953	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
111	GeoffDuke	1961–1961	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
112	RobinWiddows	1968–1968	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
113	RodneyNuckey	1953–1954	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
114	MikeTaylor	1959–1960	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
115	TonyCrook	1952–1953	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
116	LeslieMarr	1954–1955	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
117	LesLeston	1956–1957	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
118	JimCrawford	1975–1975	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
119	KenDowning	1952–1952	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
120	TimParnell	1959–1963	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
121	GeoffCrossley	1950–1950	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
122	DavidPiper	1959–1960	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
123	DickGibson	1957–1958	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
124	Brian-ShaweTaylor	1950–1951	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
125	RogerWilliamson	1973–1973	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
126	ChrisLawrence	1966–1966	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
127	DavidProphet	1963–1965	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
128	GeorgeAbecassis	1951–1952	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
129	AlanRees	1967–1967	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
130	RogerLaurent	1952–1952	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
131	DavidHampshire	1950–1950	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
132	IanRaby	1963–1965	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
133	RichardRobarts	1974–1974	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
134	ColinDavis	1959–1962	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
135	TonyRolt	1950–1955	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
136	MikeWilds	1974–1976	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
137	KennyAcheson	1983–1985	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
138	CuthHarrison	1950–1950	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
139	GerryAshmore	1961–1962	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
140	ChrisBristow	1959–1960	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
141	KeithGreene	1959–1962	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
142	DavidMurray	1950–1952	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
143	PeterWalker	1950–1955	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
144	JohnCampbell-Jones	1961–1963	5	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
145	DuncanHamilton	1951–1953	5	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
146	IvorBueb	1957–1959	5	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
147	IanAshley	1974–1977	5	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
148	EricBrandon	1952–1954	5	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
149	GeoffLees	1978–1982	5	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
150	AlanStacey	1958–1960	7	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
151	BobGerard	1950–1957	7	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
152	KennethMcAlpine	1952–1955	7	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
153	DavidHobbs	1967–1974	7	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
154	BruceHalford	1956–1960	8	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
155	BrianNaylor	1957–1961	8	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
156	TonyMarsh	1957–1962	8	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
157	DavidPurley	1973–1977	8	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
158	BobEvans	1975–1976	10	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
159	GuyEdwards	1974–1977	11	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
160	LanceMacklin	1952–1955	13	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
161	MartinDonnelly	1989–1990	14	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
162	AllanMcNish	2002–2002	16	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
163	WillStevens	2014–2015	19	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
164	BrianHenton	1975–1982	20	0	0	0	0	0	1		0
165	IanBurgess	1958–1963	22	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
166	AnthonyDavidson	2002–2008	24	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
167	RupertKeegan	1977–1982	25	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
168	MikeBeuttler	1971–1973	28	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
169	MaxChilton	2013–2014	35	0	0	0	0	0	0		0

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British F1 drivers · Frequently Asked Questions

How many British drivers have raced in Formula 1?

169 British drivers have entered a Formula 1 World Championship round, more than any other nation. Together they made 4,519 Grand Prix starts.

How many British F1 World Champions are there?

11 British drivers have won the Formula 1 World Championship, sharing 21 titles between them. Lewis Hamilton leads with 7.

Who was the first British F1 World Champion?

Mike Hawthorn, in 1958.

Which British driver has the most F1 wins?

Lewis Hamilton, with 106 Grand Prix victories.

Which British drivers race in Formula 1 in 2026?

5 drivers: George Russell (Mercedes), Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari), Lando Norris (McLaren), Arvid Lindblad (Racing Bulls), Oliver Bearman (Haas).

When was the most recent British F1 victory?

The 2026 Azerbaijan F1 GP, won by George Russell.

Pos.	F1 Drivers	DT
1	Lewis Hamilton	7
2	Michael Schumacher	7
3	Juan-Manuel Fangio	5
4	Max Verstappen	4
5	Sebastian Vettel	4
6	Alain Prost	4
7	Ayrton Senna	3
8	Nelson Piquet	3
9	Niki Lauda	3
10	Jackie Stewart	3

Pos.	F1 Drivers		Points
1		Kimi AntonelliMercedes · #12	340
2		George RussellMercedes · #63	238−102
3		Lewis HamiltonFerrari · #44	229−9
4	Up 2 places since the previous round	Max VerstappenRed Bull · #3	221−8
5	Down 1 place since the previous round	Charles LeclercFerrari · #16	215−6
6	Down 1 place since the previous round	Lando NorrisMcLaren · #1	201−14
7		Oscar PiastriMcLaren · #81	138−63
8		Isack HadjarRed Bull · #6	97−41
9		Liam LawsonRacing Bulls · #30	75−22
10		Pierre GaslyAlpine · #10	41−34

British F1 Drivers & Statistics Overview

Key Nation Landmarks

World Champions

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77 seasons of British wins

All 169 British F1 drivers

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