Some of the least guessed drivers have the most amazing stories: John Surtees won the Formula One and als also the Motorbike championship; Rindt was already dead, when he became champion; Farina was the first champion ever.
Your comment got me researching, would've made a great story, but
This is simply not true.
Ickx startet at every race and despite his best efforts and some race wins finished 5 points behind Rindt in the championship, with Rindt winning 5 races and Ickx 3.
Rindt tragically died during training for the fourth to last race that year in Monza. Even though Ickx managed to get the pole-position for that race, he had to retire his car on lap 26 due to a clutch failure. After Monza, Ickx was only 6th in the championship and would've needed to win all the remaining races to win the championship by 1 single point.
Despite having the then fastest car (and - granted - being Jacky Ickx) he only managed to win 2 of the remaining 3 races, as he suffered a fuel leakage in the final laps of the second to last race, putting him a lap down and in 4th position, ending his chances at the championship title.
surtees is also the only champion to ever win by team orders during the last laps. it was talked about before abu dhabi last year with the piastri-norris situation
In the video, Raikkonen says all the world champions until himself in 2007. And when the journalist tells him he'll stop when he's making a mistake, he says "I also won in 2006" just to end the game
It's a shame really - the 2021 championship will always be remembered as controversial with the fastest driver on the day having it taken away on the last lap. I do hope Verstappen wins in 2022 to prove he is actually an F1 champion.
Ah yes, the old "crying" comment! I've watched F1 my whole life, but the embarrassment of watching elite sportsmen and engineers having thier work undone by WWE-insipred faux-sports-entertainment was too much for me! The whole thing was a shambolic display of manufactured rating-counting which left the true fans angered, embarrassed and dejected! I'm sure you must be a true sports-fan of you're happy for those in charge to change the rules at the drop of a hat to make for "exciting endings"...? In the last 2 minutes of the World Cup final, why not make the penalty box 30 yards bigger.... or have 8 pockets for the snooker final... or have tries worth 10 points! Pretty sure that would be considered a joke?
I only remembered 21 champs, which is pretty average. My age only allowed me to name most of the drivers from the 80's onward although l am kicking myself for forgetting the reasonably recent Sebastian Wettel...
Took me a few attempts, but I got all of them. My least guessed was Alan Jones with 36% and my most was Nico/Keke Rosberg, Hamilton, Prost, Fangio, Mansell, Farina, Hamilton, Verstappen, Schumacher, Vettel, Alonso, Senna, and Raikkonen with 100% of all my guesses. It took me a few times to remember Hulme and Rindt, and I only did because of when Sebastian Vettel named every champ (From 2020 and previous). I'd managed to take the win with 14 seconds left with John Surtees as the final champ I could remember in the moment. Great quiz, and thanks for keeping it updated since 2013!
I updated it about 15 seconds after Lando crossed the finish line, but Wikipedia was even faster. I know because I went to Lando's article to verify his nationality.
It's the perfect car for him and a driver's nightmare for others. It's not speed that the Red Bull lacks; the car is prone to oversteering. Perfect for an aggressive driver like Verstappen, but it harms everyone else.
Are you sure? Multiple sources say he is a human being who races in Formula 1, not a decorative pillow case for beds and couches. Please research before making absurd claims.
Look, we all know Max proved he was the best driver in 2025, but aside from McLaren preferences, there were no unfair aspects to his victory. He legitimately won the championship
Not saying Rindt didn't deserve the title, I'm just stating facts here.
This is simply not true.
Ickx startet at every race and despite his best efforts and some race wins finished 5 points behind Rindt in the championship, with Rindt winning 5 races and Ickx 3.
Rindt tragically died during training for the fourth to last race that year in Monza. Even though Ickx managed to get the pole-position for that race, he had to retire his car on lap 26 due to a clutch failure. After Monza, Ickx was only 6th in the championship and would've needed to win all the remaining races to win the championship by 1 single point.
Despite having the then fastest car (and - granted - being Jacky Ickx) he only managed to win 2 of the remaining 3 races, as he suffered a fuel leakage in the final laps of the second to last race, putting him a lap down and in 4th position, ending his chances at the championship title.
Him: " '79 Sheckter, '78 Andretti, '77 Lauda, '76 Hunt '75 Lauda..."
One with yellow box:
https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/1257042/every-formula-one-champion-yellow-box
One where you choose the right driver:
https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/1257042/choose-the-right-formula-one-champion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH9yXEpoMEw
5 stars for him!
And we accept Raikkonen for 2006 :)
I hope that Max Verstappen is gonna win
What a fight to the end between Max, Oscar, and him!
THE WOOOORLD CHAMPIOOOOON
To put this in perspective his teammate, Yuki Tsunoda, finished 17th out of 20 in points this season with only 33 points.
When Verstappen has the fastest car, he's unstoppable.
Reminiscent of 2016.