List of Formula One drivers

<a href="/facts/Formula_One/BwdePyWY">Formula One</a>, abbreviated to F1, is the highest class of <a href="/facts/Open-wheel_car/EcvjqQj5">open-wheeled</a> <a href="/facts/Auto_racing/0ErdCCV3">auto racing</a> defined by the <a href="/facts/F%25C3%25A9d%25C3%25A9ration_Internationale_de_l%2527Automobile/CotB5SzW">Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile</a> (FIA), motorsport's world governing body. The "formula" in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants and cars must conform. Each year, the <a href="/facts/List_of_Formula_One_seasons/yv9nc1yD">F1 World Championship season</a> is held. It consists of a series of races, known as <a href="/facts/List_of_Formula_One_Grands_Prix/XABKHkml">Grands Prix</a>, held usually on purpose-built <a href="/facts/List_of_Formula_One_circuits/0ktD8qeQ">circuits</a>, and in a few cases on <a href="/facts/Street_circuit/0xEdlsLt">closed city streets</a>. Drivers are awarded points based on their finishing position in each race, and the driver who accumulates the most points over each championship is crowned that year's <a href="/facts/List_of_Formula_One_World_Drivers%2527_Champions/RVaDSets">World Drivers' Champion</a>. As of the <a href="/facts/2025_Canadian_Grand_Prix/tPSN5jsv">2025 Canadian Grand Prix</a>, there have been 781 Formula One drivers from 41 different <a href="/facts/FIA_Super_Licence/wzpE5l2b">nationalities</a> who have started at least one of the 1,135 FIA <a href="/facts/Formula_One/BwdePyWY">World Championship races</a> since the first such event, the <a href="/facts/1950_British_Grand_Prix/aqs6Plkr">1950 British Grand Prix</a>.
Seven-time champions <a href="/facts/Michael_Schumacher/Pt9t1VUy">Michael Schumacher</a> and <a href="/facts/Lewis_Hamilton/rqSQeCXq">Lewis Hamilton</a> hold the record for the most championships. Hamilton also holds the record for the most wins with 105, the most pole positions with 104, the most points with 4953.5, and the most podiums with 202. <a href="/facts/Fernando_Alonso/9SapruYS">Fernando Alonso</a> has entered more Grands Prix than anyone else (415) and also holds the record for the most Grand Prix starts (412). The United Kingdom is the most represented country, having produced 163 drivers. Nine countries have been represented by just one. <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">China</a> became the latest country to be represented by a driver when <a href="/facts/Zhou_Guanyu/ENu7wwtL">Zhou Guanyu</a> made his <a href="/facts/Formula_One/BwdePyWY">Formula One</a> debut at the <a href="/facts/2022_Bahrain_Grand_Prix/wtIkUKls">2022 Bahrain Grand Prix</a> driving for <a href="/facts/Alfa_Romeo_in_Formula_One/eslf015z">Alfa Romeo</a>. The most recent drivers to make their Formula One debuts are <a href="/facts/Andrea_Kimi_Antonelli/Gx2lkNJj">Andrea Kimi Antonelli</a>, <a href="/facts/Gabriel_Bortoleto/130L4JN1">Gabriel Bortoleto</a> and <a href="/facts/Isack_Hadjar/xmR5HKdV">Isack Hadjar</a>, who debuted at the <a href="/facts/2025_Australian_Grand_Prix/tPSN5jsv">2025 Australian Grand Prix</a>.
This list includes all drivers who have entered a World Championship race, including 104 participants of the <a href="/facts/Indianapolis_500/zNasWCrK">Indianapolis 500</a> between <a href="/facts/1950_Formula_One_season/V3tCHSQN">1950</a> and <a href="/facts/1960_Formula_One_season/Hypjpzb6">1960</a> when it formed a round of the World Championship (although not being run according to Formula One rules or sanctioned by the FIA).

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