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Which country has the most F1 championships?

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Find out which country holds the record of most F1 championships in the world

Formula One recently crowned the 34th different champion in Max Verstappen. Verstappen won his maiden Formula One driver’s championship after a championship race for the ages against Lewis Hamilton who was in search of his 8th world title.

The sport of Formula One which we know today was started back in 1950 and has crowned 34 different champions since then. We all know that Hamilton and Michael Schumacher are two of Formula One’s most successful racers, many still wonder about which country holds the record of most F1 championships. As mentioned earlier, there have been 34 different F1 champions in the history of the sport. However, only 15 countries have ever produced a Formula One world champion. With that being said, let’s find out which country has produced the most Formula 1 world champions.

Lewis Hamilton after winning the Brazilian GP (The Hindu)

Which country holds the record of most F1 championships in the world

When it comes to producing Formula One world champions, no country comes close to the United Kingdom. The UK is widely regarded as the birth-place of F1 and has the records to back that claim as well. With that being said, let’s have a look at all the 15 countries that have produced a Formula One world champion.

United Kingdom

As mentioned earlier, the United Kingdom overshadows every other country on the list having produced most world champions in the sport. The country has produced a total of 10 different formula one world champions. Interestingly four out of those ten have won multiple world titles. Lewis Hamilton, Jackie Stewart, Graham Hill, Jim Clark, Jenson Button, Mike Hawthorn, Damon Hill, James Hunt, Nigel Mansell, and also John Surtees.

Finland, Brazil and Germany

Finland, Brazil, and Germany come in at joint second place having produced three Formula One world champions each. Brazil has Ayrton Senna, Nelson Piquet, and Emerson Fittipaldi. Finland has: Mika Hakkinen, Kimi Raikkonen and Keke Rosberg. And, Germany has Michael Schumacher, Nico Rosberg, and also Sebastian Vettel.

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Sebastian Vettel (Getty)

Austria, Australia, Italy and USA

All of the four countries come in at joint-third place having produced two world champions each. Joehen Rindt and Niki Lauda won world championships for Austria. For Australia, there was Alan Jones and also Jack Brabham. Italy has Giuseppe Furina and Alberto Ascari. And, the USA has Phil Hill and also Mario Andretti.

Argentina, Spain, New Zealand, Canada, France, South Africa and Netherlands

Max Verstappen holds the race winner’s trophy at Spa in 2021 (Imago)

The above-mentioned countries have managed to produce one F1 world champion each. Argentina: Juan Manuel Fangio, Spain: Fernando Alonso, New Zealand: Denny Hulme, Canada: Jacques Vileneuve, France: Alain Prost, South Africa: Jody Schekter and Netherlands: Max Verstappen.

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Shivam Khatwani

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