Formula 1 Legends
F1 World Champions and racing's greatest drivers.
The All-Time Greatest Formula 1 Drivers
Ranked by career honours, records and our FSP GOAT Score.
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Browse 104 of the greatest formula 1 drivers of all time.
French
Alain Prost
Formula 1 Driver
Four-time Formula 1 World Champion whose calculated, tyre-preserving style earned him 51 race wins…
Thai
Alexander Albon
Driver
Thai-British Formula 1 driver known for his adaptability and racecraft, achieving podium finishes…
Italian
Andrea Kimi Antonelli
Driver
Italian Formula 1 driver who became the youngest driver to test a modern F1 car at age 17 and…
Brazilian
Ayrton Senna
Racing Driver
Brazilian Formula 1 driver who won three World Championships (1988, 1990, 1991) and 65 pole…
Spanish
Carlos Sainz
Formula 1 Driver
Smooth Operator — four race wins including a Singapore GP masterclass and the most complete…
Monégasque
Charles Leclerc
Formula 1 Driver
Monégasque Formula 1 driver for Scuderia Ferrari, first Monégasque to win Monaco Grand Prix,…
British
Damon Hill
Racing Driver
The son who became champion — 1996 World Championship and the unique distinction of being son of a…
Australian
Daniel Ricciardo
Formula 1 Driver
Australian Formula 1 driver known for his aggressive overtaking, infectious personality, and eight…
Scottish
David Coulthard
Racing Driver
Scotland's most successful Formula 1 driver — 13 Grand Prix victories and now one of the sport's…
South African
Desire Wilson
Racing Driver
South African racing driver who became the first and only woman to win a Formula 1 race, achieving…
Brazilian
Emerson Fittipaldi
Driver
Two-time Formula One World Champion from Brazil whose calm brilliance and smooth driving style…
French
Esteban Ocon
Driver
French Formula 1 driver who won the 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix with Alpine, known for his…
Brazilian
Felipe Massa
Driver
Brazilian Formula 1 racing driver who competed from 2002-2017, winning 11 Grand Prix races and…
Spanish
Fernando Alonso
Racing Driver
Two-time World Champion and the most complete racing driver of his generation — widely regarded as…
Argentine
Franco Colapinto
Driver
Argentine Formula 1 driver who became the first Argentine to score F1 points since 1982, racing for…
British
George Russell
Formula 1 Driver
British Formula 1 driver for Mercedes, known for his speed and consistency, youngest British F2…
Austrian
Gerhard Berger
Driver
Austrian Formula 1 racing driver who competed from 1984-1997, winning 10 Grand Prix races and…
Italian
Giancarlo Fisichella
Driver
Italian Formula 1 driver who competed from 1996-2009, achieving 3 Grand Prix victories and 19…
Canadian
Gilles Villeneuve
Racing Driver
Canadian Formula 1 racing driver who competed from 1977-1982, known for his fearless driving style…
British
Graham Hill
Racing Driver
Mr Monaco — the only driver to win the Triple Crown: F1 World Champion, Indianapolis 500 and Le…
Australian
Jack Brabham
Driver
Australian Formula 1 driver and constructor who won three World Championships and became the first…
Canadian
Jacques Villeneuve
Driver
Canadian Formula 1 driver who won the 1997 World Drivers' Championship and remains the only driver…
British
James Hunt
Formula 1 Driver
British Formula 1 racing driver who won the 1976 World Drivers Championship in a dramatic…
Italian
Jarno Trulli
Driver
Italian Formula One driver known for exceptional qualifying pace and defensive driving, winning…
French
Jean Alesi
Driver
French Formula 1 driver known for his passionate driving style and emotional connection with fans,…
British
Jenson Button
Formula 1 Driver
British Formula 1 driver who won the 2009 World Championship with Brawn GP in one of the sport's…
Scottish
Jim Clark
Racing Driver
Scottish Formula 1 driver who won two World Championships (1963, 1965) and 25 Grands Prix from 72…
British
John Surtees
Driver
British racing driver who uniquely won world championships on both two wheels and four wheels,…
Argentine
Juan Manuel Fangio
Racing Driver
Argentine Formula 1 driver whose five World Championships (1951, 1954–1957) in four different…
Colombian
Juan Pablo Montoya
Driver
Colombian racing driver who competed in Formula 1, IndyCar, and NASCAR, winning the Indianapolis…
Japanese
Juju Noda
Racing Driver
Japanese racing driver and daughter of former Formula 1 driver Hideki Noda, competing in junior…
British
Katherine Legge
Racing Driver
British racing driver who became the first woman to lead a Champ Car race and competed across…
Finnish
Kimi Räikkönen
Formula 1 Driver
Finnish Formula 1 driver known as 'The Iceman' for his calm demeanor. 2007 World Champion with…
Canadian
Lance Stroll
Driver
Canadian Formula 1 driver known for his podium finishes and pole position, competing for teams…
British
Lando Norris
Formula 1 Driver
British McLaren driver who won the 2025 Formula 1 World Championship, ending Max Verstappen's…
Italian
Lella Lombardi
Racing Driver
Italian Formula 1 racing driver who became the first and only woman to score World Championship…
Italian
Maria Teresa de Filippis
Racing Driver
Italian Formula 1 racing driver who became the first woman to compete in F1 World Championship…
American
Mario Andretti
Driver
American racing driver who became Formula 1 World Champion in 1978, the only American to achieve…
Dutch
Max Verstappen
Racing Driver
Dutch Formula 1 driver who became the youngest race winner in F1 history and dominated the sport…
German
Michael Schumacher
Racing Driver
German Formula 1 driver and record seven-time World Champion who also holds outright records for…
Finnish
Mika Häkkinen
Racing Driver
Two World Championships and one of F1's most remarkable personal stories — Häkkinen recovered from…
Brazilian
Nelson Piquet
Driver
Brazilian Formula 1 driver who won three World Championships (1981, 1983, 1987) and is considered…
German
Nico Rosberg
Racing Driver
German-Finnish Formula 1 driver who won the 2016 World Championship with Mercedes before retiring…
British
Nigel Mansell
Formula 1 Driver
British Formula 1 driver who became World Champion in 1992 and uniquely won the IndyCar…
Austrian
Niki Lauda
Formula 1 Driver
Austrian Formula 1 racing driver who won three World Championships and became legendary for his…
British
Oliver Bearman
Driver
British Formula 1 driver who became the youngest British driver to score points on debut, finishing…
Australian
Oscar Piastri
Formula 1 Driver
Australian Formula 1 driver who became the youngest driver to win F3 and F2 championships in…
French
Pierre Gasly
Formula 1 Driver
French Formula 1 racing driver known for his 2020 Italian Grand Prix victory with AlphaTauri and…
German
Ralf Schumacher
Driver
German Formula 1 racing driver who won 6 Grand Prix races during his career from 1997-2007, driving…
Polish
Robert Kubica
Driver
Polish Formula 1 driver who became the first Pole to win an F1 race and made a remarkable comeback…
Brazilian
Rubens Barrichello
Driver
Brazilian Formula 1 driver who competed for 19 seasons, winning 11 races and finishing runner-up in…
American
Sarah Fisher
Racing Driver (IndyCar)
American IndyCar driver who became the first woman to win an Indianapolis 500 pole position and…
German
Sebastian Vettel
Racing Driver
German Formula 1 driver who won four consecutive World Championships (2010-2013) with Red Bull…
Mexican
Sergio Pérez
Formula 1 Driver
Mexican Formula 1 driver known for his racecraft, tyre management skills, and being the most…
Swiss
Simona de Silvestro
Racing Driver
Swiss racing driver known as 'Iron Maiden' for her fearless driving style in IndyCar, Formula 1…
Scottish
Sir Jackie Stewart
Racing Driver
Three world championships and the man who transformed F1 safety — Sir Jackie Stewart saved…
British
Sir Lewis Hamilton
Racing Driver
British Formula 1 driver and joint record seven-time World Champion who holds outright records for…
British
Stirling Moss
Racing Driver
British Formula 1 racing driver widely regarded as the greatest F1 driver never to win a World…
Colombian
Tatiana Calderón
Racing Driver
Colombian Formula 1 test driver and motorsport pioneer, first woman to drive F1 car in official…
Finnish
Valtteri Bottas
Formula 1 Driver
Finnish Formula 1 driver who achieved 10 Grand Prix victories and 20 pole positions during his…
Japanese
Yuki Tsunoda
Driver
Japanese Formula 1 driver who became the first Japanese F1 driver since Kamui Kobayashi, competing…
Chinese
Zhou Guanyu
Driver
Chinese Formula 1 driver who became the first Chinese driver to compete in F1, racing for Alfa…
Austrian
Jochen Rindt
Driver
Austrian racing driver and the only posthumous World Champion in Formula 1 history, killed in…
American
Michael Andretti
Driver
American racing driver and 1991 CART champion, son of 1978 F1 World Champion Mario Andretti, whose…
British
Eddie Irvine
Driver
Northern Irish racing driver who finished runner-up in the 1999 Formula 1 World Championship with…
German
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Driver
German racing driver who finished runner-up in the 1997 World Championship with Williams and third…
French
Olivier Panis
Driver
French racing driver who won a chaotic 1996 Monaco Grand Prix from 14th on the grid, the only…
Argentine
Carlos Reutemann
Driver
Argentine racing driver who finished runner-up in the 1981 Formula 1 World Championship by a single…
Swiss
Clay Regazzoni
Driver
Swiss racing driver who finished runner-up in the 1974 World Championship with Ferrari, winning…
Swedish
Ronnie Peterson
Driver
Swedish racing driver twice runner-up in the World Championship, celebrated as one of the most…
British
Mike Hawthorn
Driver
British racing driver who became the country's first Formula 1 World Champion in 1958, immediately…
British
Tony Brooks
Driver
British racing driver who won six Grands Prix and finished runner-up in the 1959 World Championship…
British
Peter Collins
Driver
British racing driver and three-time Grand Prix winner for Ferrari who became the first Briton to…
American
Dan Gurney
Driver / Constructor
American racing driver and constructor who won the 1967 Belgian Grand Prix in his own Eagle car,…
French
René Arnoux
Formula 1 Driver
René Arnoux was a French Formula 1 driver renowned for his blistering one-lap pace, famed for a…
French
Didier Pironi
Formula 1 Driver
Didier Pironi was a French Formula 1 driver who was leading the 1982 World Championship for Ferrari…
French
Jacques Laffite
Formula 1 Driver
Jacques Laffite was a French Formula 1 driver and Ligier's most successful pilot, winning six…
German
Nico Hülkenberg
Formula 1 Driver
Nico Hülkenberg is a German Formula 1 driver known for his rookie pole position in 2010 and…
German
Nick Heidfeld
Formula 1 Driver
Nick Heidfeld was a German Formula 1 driver who holds the record for the most career podium…
German
Wolfgang von Trips
Formula 1 Driver
Wolfgang von Trips was a German Ferrari driver who was leading the 1961 World Championship and on…
Italian
Alberto Ascari
Formula 1 Driver
Alberto Ascari was an Italian racing driver who won back-to-back Formula 1 World Championships with…
Italian
Giuseppe Farina
Formula 1 Driver
Giuseppe 'Nino' Farina was an Italian racing driver who won the first-ever Formula 1 World…
Italian
Riccardo Patrese
Formula 1 Driver
Riccardo Patrese was an Italian Formula 1 driver who held the record for the most Grand Prix starts…
Brazilian
Carlos Pace
Formula 1 Driver
Carlos Pace was a Brazilian Formula 1 driver who won his home Brazilian Grand Prix in 1975, with…
Brazilian
Nelson Piquet Jr.
Formula 1 Driver
Nelson Piquet Jr. is a Brazilian racing driver, the son of three-time F1 champion Nelson Piquet,…
Brazilian
Christian Fittipaldi
Formula 1 Driver
Christian Fittipaldi is a Brazilian former Formula 1 driver, nephew of two-time champion Emerson…
American
Phil Hill
Formula 1 Driver
Phil Hill was an American racing driver who became the first American-born Formula 1 World Champion…
American
Peter Revson
Formula 1 Driver
Peter Revson was an American racing driver who won two Grands Prix for McLaren in 1973 before being…
American
Eddie Cheever
Formula 1 Driver
Eddie Cheever is an American former racing driver who started more Formula 1 Grands Prix than any…
Argentine
José Froilán González
Formula 1 Driver
José Froilán González, nicknamed 'The Pampas Bull', was an Argentine racing driver who gave Ferrari…
Argentine
Onofre Marimón
Formula 1 Driver
Onofre Marimón was an Argentine racing driver and protégé of Juan Manuel Fangio who was emerging as…
Argentine
Nasif Estéfano
Formula 1 Driver
Nasif Estéfano was an Argentine racing driver who briefly competed in Formula 1 before becoming a…
Finnish
Keke Rosberg
Formula 1 Driver
Keke Rosberg is a Finnish former racing driver who became Finland's first Formula 1 World Champion…
Finnish
Heikki Kovalainen
Formula 1 Driver
Heikki Kovalainen is a Finnish racing driver who became the 100th different driver to win a Formula…
Finnish
JJ Lehto
Formula 1 Driver
JJ Lehto is a Finnish former racing driver who competed in Formula 1 in the early 1990s before…
Dutch
Jos Verstappen
Formula 1 Driver
Jos Verstappen, nicknamed 'Jos the Boss', is a Dutch former Formula 1 driver who competed for over…
Dutch
Giedo van der Garde
Formula 1 Driver
Giedo van der Garde is a Dutch former racing driver who competed in Formula 1 for Caterham in 2013…
Dutch
Christijan Albers
Formula 1 Driver
Christijan Albers is a Dutch former racing driver who competed in Formula 1 for Minardi, Midland,…
South African
Jody Scheckter
Formula 1 Driver
Jody Scheckter is a South African former racing driver who won the 1979 Formula 1 World…
South African
Tony Maggs
Formula 1 Driver
Tony Maggs was a South African racing driver and Formula 1 pioneer, the first South African to…
South African
Ian Scheckter
Formula 1 Driver
Ian Scheckter is a South African former racing driver, the older brother of 1979 World Champion…
Spanish
Pedro de la Rosa
Formula 1 Driver
Pedro de la Rosa is a Spanish former Formula 1 driver and long-serving test driver for McLaren and…
Spanish
Marc Gené
Formula 1 Driver
Marc Gené is a Spanish former Formula 1 driver and longtime Ferrari test driver who became the…
Spanish
Luis Pérez-Sala
Formula 1 Driver
Luis Pérez-Sala is a Spanish former Formula 1 driver who raced for Minardi in the late 1980s,…
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