Most Successful Formula 1 Drivers by Country

There have been representatives from 40 different countries in Formula 1 series. Can you name each country's most successful driver?

Prioritization of merits: World Championships, Grand Prix-wins, podiums, points gathered (2021 adjusted), races started

Includes countries that no longer exist

As of Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2024

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Country	Most Successful Driver	Active years	Merits
Argentina	Juan Manuel Fangio	1950-1951, 1953-1958	5 championships
Australia	Jack Brabham	1955-1970	3 championships
Austria	Niki Lauda	1971-1979, 1982-1985	3 championships
Brazil	Ayrton Senna	1984-1994	3 chamionships, 41 wins
Belgium	Jacky Ickx	1967-1979	8 wins
Canada	Jacques Villeneuve	1996-2006	1 championship
Chile	Eliseo Salazar	1981-1983	22 points
China	Zhou Guanyu	2022-2024	16 points
Colombia	Juan Pablo Montoya	2001-2006	7 wins
Czech Republic	Tomáš Enge	2001	3 starts
Denmark	Kevin Magnussen	2014-2020, 2022-2024	1 podium
East Germany	Ernst Klodwig, Rudolf Krause	1952-1953	2 starts
Finland	Mika Häkkinen	1991-2001	2 championships
France	Alain Prost	1980-1991, 1993	4 championships
Germany	Michael Schumacher	1991-2006, 2010-2012	7 championships
Hungary	Zsolt Baumgartner	2003-2004	7 points
India	Narain Karthikeyan	2005, 2011-2012	12 points
Indonesia	Rio Haryanto	2016	12 starts
Ireland	Derek Daly	1978-1982	118 points
Italy	Alberto Ascari	1950-1955	2 championships
Japan	Takuma Sato	2002-2008	1 podium, 137 points
Liechtenstein	Rikky von Opel	1973-1974	4 points
Malaysia	Alex Yoong	2001-2002	7 points
Mexico	Sergio Perez	2011-	6 wins
Monaco	Charles Leclerc	2018-	8 wins
Morocco	Robert La Caze	1958	1 start
Netherlands	Max Verstappen	2015-	4 championships
New Zealand	Denny Hulme	1965-1974	1 championship
Poland	Robert Kubica	2006-2010, 2019, 2021	1 win
Portugal	Tiago Monteiro	2005-2006	1 podium
Rhodesia	John Love	1962-1965, 1967-1972	1 podium
Russia	Daniil Kvyat	2014-2017, 2019-2020	3 podiums
South Africa	Jody Scheckter	1972-1980	1 championship
Spain	Fernando Alonso	2001, 2003-2018, 2021-	2 championships
Sweden	Ronnie Peterson	1970-1978	10 wins
Switzerland	Clay Regazzoni	1970-1980	5 wins
Thailand	Alexander Albon	2019-2020, 2022-	2 podiums
United Kingdom	Lewis Hamilton	2007-	7 championships
United States	Mario Andretti	1968-1972, 1974-1982	1 championship, 12 wins
Uruguay	Alberto Uria	1955-1956	4 points
Venezuela	Pastor Maldonado	2011-2015	1 win

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5 Comments

Level 28

May 23, 2020

There’s no space for Thailand, Bira is auto filled but there’s no secondary box

Level 60

May 24, 2020

Fixed

Level 30

Sep 22, 2022

Karthikeyan's and Baumgartner's point totals are wrong

Level 60

Sep 23, 2022

As explained in the caveat, the points are equalized according to the 2020 points system. This is done in order to better compare drivers who drove under different point systems.

Level 73

Sep 12, 2024

I tried Innes Ireland for Ireland :D