Formula 1 Championships

Formula 1 racing is more popular overseas than it is in America, but for your your serious gearheads, names like Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso are plenty familiar.

The German-born Schumacher won seven World Championships, claimed 68 poles, and finished first in 91 of the 250 Grand Prix events he entered. By the time he retired in 2004, he had set standards likely never to be broken.

Between 1950 and 2007, 28 different drivers won the Formula One World Championship. Of those, 14 prevailed more than once.

Here’s the list:

7 — Michael Schumacher (1994-95, 2000-04)

5 — Juan Manuel Fangio (1951, 1954-57)

4 — Alain Prost (1985-86, ‘89, ‘93)

3 – Jack Brabham (1959, ‘60, ‘66)

3 — Niki Lauda (1975, ‘77, ‘84)

3 — Nelson Piquet (1981, ‘83, ‘87)

3 — Ayrton Senna (1988,  1990-91)

3 — Jackie Stewart (1969, ‘71, ‘73)

2 — Fernando Alonso (2005-06)

2 — Alberto Ascari (1952-53)

2 – Jim Clark (1963, ‘65)

2 — Emerson Fittipaldi (1972, ‘74)

2 — Mika Hakkinen (1998-99)

2 – Graham Hill (1962, ‘68)

To find out more about these drivers and Formula 1 racing in general, visit formula1.com.