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Most Successful Formula 1 Drivers by Country (Top 5)

There have been 24 countries with at least five drivers in the Formula 1 series throughout the history. Can you name the five most successful drivers from each country?
Prioritization of merits: World Championships > Grand Prix wins > podiums > points (2020 equalized) > races started
Only includes countries that have had at least 5 drivers start in an F1 Grand prix
As of Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2024
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Argentina
Juan Manuel Fangio
1950-1951, 1953-1958
5 championships
Carlos Reutemann
1972-1982
12 wins
José Froilán Gonzalez
1950-1957, 1960
2 wins
Onofre Marimón
1951, 1953-1954
2 podiums
Carlos Menditeguy
1953-1958, 1960
1 podium
 
 
 
Australia
Jack Brabham
1955-1970
3 championships
Alan Jones
1975-1981, 1983, 1985-1986
1 championship
Mark Webber
2002-2013
9 wins
Daniel Ricciardo
2011-2024
8 wins
Oscar Piastri
2023-
2 wins
 
 
 
Austria
Niki Lauda
1971-1979, 1982-1985
3 championships
Jochen Rindt
1964-1970
1 championship
Gerhard Berger
1984-1997
10 wins
Alexander Wurz
1997-2000, 2005, 2007
3 podiums
Karl Wendlinger
1991-1995
78 points
 
 
 
Brazil
Ayrton Senna
1984-1994
3 championships, 41 wins
Nelson Piquet
1978-1991
3 championships, 23 wins
Emerson Fittipaldi
1970-1980
2 championships
Rubens Barrichello
1993-2011
11 wins, 68 podiums
Felipe Massa
2002, 2004-2017
11 wins, 41 podiums
 
 
 
Belgium
Jacky Ickx
1967-1979
8 wins
Thierry Boutsen
1983-1993
3 wins
Olivier Gendebien
1956, 1958-1961
2 podiums
Paul Frere
1952-1956
1 podium, 43 points
Lucien Bianchi
1959-1963,1965, 1968
1 podium, 33 points, 17 starts
 
 
 
Canada
Jacques Villeneuve
1996-2006
1 championship
Gilles Villeneuve
1977-1982
6 wins
Lance Stroll
2017-
3 podiums
Nicholas Latifi
2020-2022
9 points
Peter Broker
1963
6 points
 
 
 
Finland
Mika Häkkinen
1991-2001
2 championships
Kimi Räikkönen
2001-2009, 2012-2021
1 championship, 21 wins
Keke Rosberg
1978-1986
1 championship, 5 wins
Valtteri Bottas
2013-2024
10 wins
Heikki Kovalainen
2007-2013
1 win
 
 
 
France
Alain Prost
1980-1991, 1993
4 championships
René Arnoux
1978-1989
7 wins
Jacques Laffite
1974-1986
6 wins
Didier Pironi
1978-1982
3 wins
Patrick Depailler
1972, 1974-1980
2 wins, 19 podiums
 
 
 
Germany
Michael Schumacher
1991-2006, 2010-2012
7 championships
Sebastian Vettel
2007-2022
4 championships
Nico Rosberg
2006-2016
1 championship
Ralf Schumacher
1997-2007
6 wins
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
1994-2003
3 wins
 
 
 
Italy
Alberto Ascari
1950-1955
2 championships
Giuseppe Farina
1950-1955
1 championship
Riccardo Patrese
1977-1993
6 wins
Michele Alboreto
1981-1994
5 wins
Giancarlo Fisichella
1996-2009
3 wins
 
 
 
Japan
Takuma Sato
2002-2008
1 podium, 137 points
Kamui Kobayashi
2009-2012, 2014
1 podium, 133 points
Aguri Suzuki
1988-1995
1 podium, 88 points
Satoru Nakajima
1987-1991
155 points
Yuki Tsunoda
2021-
87 points
 
 
 
Mexico
Sergio Pérez
2011-
6 wins
Pedro Rodriguez
1963-1971
2 wins
Héctor Rebaque
1977-1981
80 points
Ricardo Rodriguez
1961-1962
20 points
Esteban Gutiérrez
2013-2014, 2016
6 points
 
 
 
Netherlands
Max Verstappen
2015-
4 championships
Jos Verstappen
1994-1998, 2000-2001, 2003
2 podiums
Carel Godin de Beaufort
1957-1964
57 points
Gijs van Lennep
1971, 1973-1975
23 points
Huub Rothengatter
1984-1986
18 points
 
 
 
New Zealand
Denny Hulme
1965-1974
1 championship
Bruce McLaren
1958-1970
4 wins
Chris Amon
1963-1976
11 podiums
Howden Ganley
1971-1974
84 points
Liam Lawson
2023-
6 points
 
 
 
South Africa
Jody Scheckter
1972-1980
1 championship
Tony Maggs
1961-1965
3 podiums
Neville Lederle
1962, 1965
8 points
Bruce Johnstone
1962
2 points
Peter de Klerk
1963, 1965, 1969-1970
1 point, 4 starts
 
 
 
Spain
Fernando Alonso
2001, 2003-2018, 2021-
2 championships
Carlos Sainz
2015-
4 wins
Pedro de la Rosa
1999-2002, 2005-2006, 2010-2012
1 podium, 128 points
Alfonso de Portago
1956-1957
1 podium, 14.5 points
Paco Godia
1951, 1954,1956-1958
49 points
 
 
 
Sweden
Ronnie Peterson
1970-1978
10 wins
Gunnar Nilsson
1976-1977
1 win, 4 podiums
Jo Bonnier
1956-1971
1 win, 1 podium
Stefan Johansson
1980, 1983-1991
12 podiums
Reine Wisell
1970-1974
1 podium
 
 
 
Switzerland
Clay Regazzoni
1970-1980
5 wins
Jo Siffert
1962-1971
2 wins
Rudi Fischer
1951-1952
2 podiums
Marc Surer
1979-1986
186 points
Toulo de Graffenried
1950-1954, 1956
90 points
 
 
 
United Kingdom
Lewis Hamilton
2007-
7 championships
Jackie Stewart
1965-1973
3 championships
Jim Clark
1960-1968
2 championships, 25 wins
Graham Hill
1958-1975
2 championships, 14 wins
Nigel Mansell
1980-1992, 1994-1995
1 championship, 31 wins
 
 
 
United States
Mario Andretti
1963-1972, 1974-1982
1 championship, 12 wins
Phil Hill
1958-1964, 1966
1 championship, 3 wins
Dan Gurney
1959-1968, 1970
4 wins
Peter Revson
1964, 1971-1974
2 wins, 8 podiums
Bill Vukovich
1951-1955
2 wins, 2 podiums
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