The German Michael Schumacher is the outstanding leader of all F1 World Champions with 7 wins and 5 other podium places. He is the only one to have equaled and surpassed the legendary Juan Manuel Fangio of Argentina who won the World Champion's crown 5 times in the far away 1950s.
Unfortunately, Schumacher tarnished his golden record by making a comeback in 2010, driving a Mercedes GP car. This time, his performance has been a ghostly shadow of his glorious past achievements, finishing 9th in 2010, 8th in 2011, and 13th in 2012 — far better than the average F1 candidate, but appalling for a champion of his class.
Meanwhile, a new German car-racing star is born : the young Sebastian Vettel has achieved 4 champion titles in a row, demonstrating an obvious superiority over his challengers. However, recent years have been marked by the Mercedes team unassailable supremacy, casting a shadow on Ferrari's Vettel performance. The future will tell whether or not he will be able to equal his country fellow's record performance.
Formula 1 World Championship Podiums | ||||||
First name |
Name |
Nation |
Champion |
Second |
Third |
Total Podiums |
| Michele | Alboreto | Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Fernando | Alonso | Spain | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Mario | Andretti | USA | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Rene | Arnoux | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Alberto | Ascari | Italy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Rubens | Barrichello | Brazil | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Gerhard | Berger | Austria | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Jack | Brabham | Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Tony | Brooks | United Kingdom | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jenson | Button | United Kingdom | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Eugenio | Castellotti | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Francois | Cevert | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jim | Clark | United Kingdom | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Peter | Collins | United Kingdom | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| David | Coulthard | United Kingdom | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Elio | de Angelis | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Luigi | Fagioli | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Juan Manuel | Fangio | Argentina | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Nino | Farina | Italy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Emerson | Fittipaldi | Brazil | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Heinz-Harald | Frentzen | Germany | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Richie | Ginther | USA | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jose Froilan | Gonzalez | Argentina | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mika | Hakkinen | Finland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Lewis | Hamilton | United Kingdom | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Mike | Hawthorn | United Kingdom | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Damon | Hill | United Kingdom | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Graham | Hill | United Kingdom | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Phil | Hill | USA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Denny | Hulme | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| James | Hunt | United Kingdom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jacky | Ickx | Belgium | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Eddie | Irvine | United Kingdom | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Alan | Jones | Australia | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Niki | Lauda | Austria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Nigel | Mansell | United Kingdom | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Felipe | Massa | Brazil | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Bruce | McLaren | New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Juan Pablo | Montoya | Colombia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Stirling | Moss | United Kingdom | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Luigi | Musso | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Riccardo | Patrese | Italy | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Ronnie | Peterson | Sweden | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Nelson | Piquet | Brazil | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Didier | Pironi | France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Alain | Prost | France | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| Kimi | Räikkönen | Finland | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Clay | Regazzoni | Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Carlos | Reutemann | Argentina | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Daniel | Ricciardo | Australia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Jochen | Rindt | Austria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Keke | Rosberg | Finland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Nico | Rosberg | Germany | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Jody | Scheckter | South Africa | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Michael | Schumacher | Germany | 7 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| Ayrton | Senna | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Jackie | Stewart | United Kingdom | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| John | Surtees | United Kingdom | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Piero | Taruffi | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sebastian | Vettel | Germany | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Gilles | Villeneuve | Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jacques | Villeneuve | Canada | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Wolfgang | von Trips | Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| John | Watson | United Kingdom | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mark | Webber | Australia | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Total | 67 | 67 | 67 | 201 | ||
Sources: see Formula 1
