Fast of Champions – Formula 1

Fast of Champions - Formula 1

Lewis Hamilton certainly lined up for the 2022 British GP that he would break a record: either he would become the driver with the most number of singles GP wins in Formula 1 (in which case, a win at Silverstone would be his ninth ) circuit, beating Michael Schumacher’s eight at France) or their worst streak without a win in the category. And the seven-time champion was very close to crossing the finish line again on English soil, but Carlos Sainz’s victory left Hamilton home with a negative record in his baggage.

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Now, Lewis already has 11 races to go without climbing to the top of the podium, but history shows other champions have raced even faster in the category, and grand premium Made this list. Certain criteria were defined for arriving at the numbers, and the main thing is that the highlighted sequence is calculated from the moment the driver already has a title in F1.

Officially organized races were also considered, regardless of whether the above pilot participated in it or not. And the final criterion for that list rules out the recent winless streaks of Fernando Alonso, who hasn’t won since the 2013 Spanish GP, and Sebastian Vettel, who last won at the 2019 Singapore GP. The number of GPs held can still increase until both win.

Criteria clear, here is the list with the ten biggest wins of the F1 champions fast:

Kimi Raikkonen – 114 runs

Raikkonen won his only F1 title in 2007 – incidentally, the year of Hamilton’s debut in the series – while defending Ferrari. After the feat, the Finn spent two more seasons with the Italian team before moving to Lotus in 2012.

After winning with the new team and finishing third at the World Championships, Rikkönen started 2013 by climbing to the top of the podium at the Australian GP. A very encouraging start, but it was followed by several hits on the beam (in total, they were six second in 2013). In 2014, the driver returned to Maranello, but found his way back only 114 races later, winning in the United States in 2018.

Raikkonen and his reunion with victory in the United States in 2018 (Photo: Ferrari)

Nelson Piquet – 51 runs

Today, there is a headlines around the world regarding racism Against Lewis Hamilton, Piquet achieved his period of glory in Formula 1 in the 1980s, when he won three of his titles in the category. In 1987, the year he won the third championship, Piquet won the 11th stage held in Italy. Since then, however, he would only return to the highest position on the podium again in Japan in 1990 – a season that marked Ayrton Senna’s double championship.

Jack Brabham – 51 runs

The first of three titles won by the Australian was in 1959. The following year, Brabham became a two-time champion, the victory in Portugal being the last before his longest period without a win in Formula 1. From the victory in Porto to 60, 51 GPs were held. until Brabham returned to the highest position on the podium, in the French GP of 66. That year, the Australian would still reach his third title in F1.

Australian Jack Brabham has scored 14 F1 victories (Photo: Reproduction)

Niki Lauda – 48 runs

Another three-time champion on the list, and Lauda is undoubtedly one of those great characters on Formula 1’s grid. The first title came in 1975, with five wins that year. In 1976, even after a serious crash at the Nürburgring, the Austrian lost the title to James Hunt by only one point, indicating that he still had much to achieve in the elite of world motorsport.

The bi with Ferrari came in ’77, and Lauda decided to move to Brabham later that year. But the ’78 season didn’t go as the driver expected, with Nicky winning just two races, the last being in Italy. Then, he would win again in the United States only in 1982, already at McLaren – but this did not disappoint him at all: two years later, Lauda would write his name for good in history by becoming world champion for the third time. ,

Niki Lauda;  McLaren;  1982;
Niki Lauda returned to Formula 1 in 1982. Two years later, he became champion again (Photo: McLaren)

Alain Prost – 34 races

The four-time champion had his longest winning streak in Formula 1 between the 1990 and 1993 seasons. In Ayrton Senna’s second title year, Prost, who was in his first season with Ferrari, won the last five times in Spain. From there, the French saw Senna become champion three times in 1991, Nigel Mansell won the title in 1992, and only then, in 1993, returned to the top stage of the podium. After 34 races, Prost won that year’s South African GP – and was lucky to be on his way back to winning, because at the end of that championship, he became a four-time champion.

Nigel Mansell – 33 runs

Williams dominated in 1992 with their historic FW14B, a model with active suspension combined with the power of a Renault engine that did not give opponents a chance. Mansell was the champion after second place at that year’s Hungarian GP, ​​11th on the calendar. As well as securing the title, he would win in Portugal for the last time in 1992, and since then, he would cross the finish line only for the first time in the last race of the 1994 season in Australia.

Nigel Mansell, 32, with the Williams FW16B at the 1994 Australian GP (Photo: AFP)

Demon Hill – 29 Races

On October 13, 1996, Damon Hill made history by becoming the first son of an F1 world champion to become champion in this category. That year’s victory at the Japanese GP, however, ended after a fast start, which would later end only 29 races in 1998. The stage was Spa-Francorchamps, in a race that was marked by several accidents when it started in the rain. , with 13 cars crashing – among them David Coulthard (McLaren), Eddie Irvine (Ferrari) and Rubens Barrichello (Stewart).

Hill, along with Jordan, managed to escape the chaos and win – incidentally, the victory in Belgium was also the British’s last victory in Formula 1.

Sebastian Vettel – 27 races

As stated at the beginning of the text, Vettel’s recent fast is not on this list as it is in progress, but the four-time champion’s second longest fast occurred from 2015 to 2017. During this period, Seb defended Ferrari and was a luxury supporter at the beginning of Mercedes’ dominance in Formula 1. Defending Maranello in his first season, Vettel won three times, the last in Singapore. He would then return to the top of the podium again at the opening of the 2017 World Cup in Australia.

Vettel went a long time without a win at Ferrari between 2015 and 2017 (Photo: Ferrari)

Denny Hulme – 25 runs

The New Zealander is part of the late 1960s generation, having been champions at Brabham’s wheel in 1967, winning two wins, three second places and three thirds that year. The following year, he would win two more races, but finish the championship only in third behind Graham Hill and Jackie Stewart.

In 1969, with McLaren, Hulme won just one race in Mexico. Then, he would climb to the top stage of the podium again only three years later, at the 1972 South African GP (it is worth remembering that the season at that time, on average, was about 12 races).

Graham Hill – 22 races

Damon’s father also went through a drought when he was already champion in Formula 1, one of the greats of the 60s, with BRM first champion in 1962. In 65, with two runners-up after his first title, the Englishman was the first to receive the checkered flag in Monaco and then in the United States. Since then, Hill would only win again in the Spanish GP in 1968 – a victory that helped him win his second F1 title.

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