By Nationality
Drivers from a total of 38 different nations have entered a World Championship race. The United Kingdom is the most heavily represented with 158 drivers. Second is the United States with 155; between 1950 and 1960 the American Indianapolis 500 race, rarely contested by drivers from outside the United States, was part of the World Drivers' Championship. Third is Italy with 101. Nine of these countries were represented in the very first race, the 1950 British Grand Prix, and the most recent newly-represented nation is Russia, with Vitaly Petrov making his debut at the 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix. Statistics are accurate up to and including the end of the 2012 season.
| Country | Total drivers |
Champions | Championships | Drivers in last race (25 November 2012) |
First driver(s) | Last race driver(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 25 | 70001000000000000001 (Juan Manuel Fangio ) |
70005000000000000005 (1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957) |
0 | Juan Manuel Fangio (1950 British Grand Prix) | — |
| Australia | 16 | 70002000000000000002 (Jack Brabham, Alan Jones) |
70004000000000000004 (1959, 1960, 1966, 1980) |
2 | Tony Gaze (1952 Belgian Grand Prix) | Daniel Ricciardo, Mark Webber |
| Austria | 16 | 70002000000000000002 (Jochen Rindt, Niki Lauda ) |
70004000000000000004 (1970, 1975, 1977, 1984) |
0 | Jochen Rindt (1964 Austrian Grand Prix) | — |
| Belgium | 23 | 50000000000000000000 | 50000000000000000000 | 0 | Johnny Claes (1950 British Grand Prix) | — |
| Brazil | 30 | 70003000000000000003 (Emerson Fittipaldi, Nelson Piquet, Ayrton Senna ) |
70008000000000000008 (1972, 1974, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991) |
2 | Chico Landi (1951 Italian Grand Prix) | Felipe Massa, Bruno Senna |
| Canada | 13 | 70001000000000000001 (Jacques Villeneuve) |
70001000000000000001 (1997) |
0 | Peter Ryan (1961 United States Grand Prix) | — |
| Chile | 1 | 50000000000000000000 | 50000000000000000000 | 0 | Eliseo Salazar (1981 USA West Grand Prix) | — |
| Colombia | 3 | 50000000000000000000 | 50000000000000000000 | 0 | Ricardo Londoño (1981 Brazilian Grand Prix) | — |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 50000000000000000000 | 50000000000000000000 | 0 | Tomáš Enge (2001 Italian Grand Prix) | — |
| Denmark | 4 | 50000000000000000000 | 50000000000000000000 | 0 | Tom Belsø (1973 Swedish Grand Prix) | — |
| East Germany | 4 | 50000000000000000000 | 50000000000000000000 | 0 | Rudolf Krause, Ernst Klodwig (1952 German Grand Prix) | — |
| Finland | 8 | 70003000000000000003 (Keke Rosberg, Mika Häkkinen, Kimi Räikkönen) |
70004000000000000004 (1982, 1998, 1999, 2007) |
2 | Leo Kinnunen (1974 Belgian Grand Prix) | Heikki Kovalainen, Kimi Räikkönen |
| France | 71 | 70001000000000000001 (Alain Prost ) |
70004000000000000004 (1985, 1986, 1989, 1993) |
3 | Yves Giraud-Cabantous, Eugène Martin, Louis Rosier, Philippe Étancelin (1950 British Grand Prix) | Romain Grosjean, Charles Pic, Jean-Éric Vergne |
| Germany | 50 | 70002000000000000002 (Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel ) |
700110000000000000010 (1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2012) |
5 | Paul Pietsch (1950 Italian Grand Prix) | Timo Glock, Nico Hülkenberg, Nico Rosberg, Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel |
| Hungary | 1 | 50000000000000000000 | 50000000000000000000 | 0 | Zsolt Baumgartner (2003 Hungarian Grand Prix) | — |
| India | 2 | 50000000000000000000 | 50000000000000000000 | 1 | Narain Karthikeyan (2005 Australian Grand Prix) | Narain Karthikeyan |
| Ireland | 5 | 50000000000000000000 | 50000000000000000000 | 0 | Joe Kelly (1950 British Grand Prix) | — |
| Italy | 101 | 70002000000000000002 (Nino Farina, Alberto Ascari ) |
70003000000000000003 (1950, 1952, 1953) |
0 | Nino Farina, Luigi Fagioli (1950 British Grand Prix) | — |
| Japan | 20 | 50000000000000000000 | 50000000000000000000 | 1 | Hiroshi Fushida (1975 Dutch Grand Prix) | Kamui Kobayashi |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 50000000000000000000 | 50000000000000000000 | 0 | Rikky von Opel (1973 French Grand Prix) | — |
| Malaysia | 1 | 50000000000000000000 | 50000000000000000000 | 0 | Alex Yoong (2001 Italian Grand Prix) | — |
| Mexico | 5 | 50000000000000000000 | 50000000000000000000 | 1 | Ricardo Rodríguez (1961 Italian Grand Prix) | Sergio Pérez |
| Monaco | 3 | 50000000000000000000 | 50000000000000000000 | 0 | Louis Chiron (1950 British Grand Prix) | — |
| Netherlands | 14 | 50000000000000000000 | 50000000000000000000 | 0 | Jan Flinterman, Dries van der Lof (1952 Dutch Grand Prix) | — |
| New Zealand | 8 | 70001000000000000001 (Denny Hulme) |
70001000000000000001 (1967) |
0 | Bruce McLaren (1958 German Grand Prix) | — |
| Poland | 1 | 50000000000000000000 | 50000000000000000000 | 0 | Robert Kubica (2006 Hungarian Grand Prix) | — |
| Portugal | 4 | 50000000000000000000 | 50000000000000000000 | 0 | Mário Araújo de Cabral (1959 Portuguese Grand Prix) | — |
| Rhodesia | 5 | 50000000000000000000 | 50000000000000000000 | 0 | John Love (1962 South African Grand Prix) | — |
| Russia | 1 | 50000000000000000000 | 50000000000000000000 | 1 | Vitaly Petrov (2010 Bahrain Grand Prix) | Vitaly Petrov |
| South Africa | 23 | 70001000000000000001 (Jody Scheckter) |
70001000000000000001 (1979) |
0 | Tony Maggs (1961 British Grand Prix) | — |
| Spain | 13 | 70001000000000000001 (Fernando Alonso ) |
70002000000000000002 (2005, 2006) |
2 | Paco Godia, Juan Jover (1951 Spanish Grand Prix) | Fernando Alonso, Pedro de la Rosa |
| Sweden | 9 | 50000000000000000000 | 50000000000000000000 | 0 | Joakim Bonnier (1956 Italian Grand Prix) | — |
| Switzerland | 24 | 50000000000000000000 | 50000000000000000000 | 0 | Toulo de Graffenried (1950 British Grand Prix) | — |
| Thailand | 1 | 50000000000000000000 | 50000000000000000000 | 0 | Prince Bira (1950 British Grand Prix) | — |
| United Kingdom | 158 | 700110000000000000010 (Mike Hawthorn, Graham Hill, Jim Clark, John Surtees, Jackie Stewart, James Hunt, Nigel Mansell, Damon Hill, Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button) |
700114000000000000014 (1958, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1992, 1996, 2008, 2009) |
3 | Reg Parnell, Peter Walker, Leslie Johnson, Bob Gerard, Cuth Harrison, David Hampshire, Geoffrey Crossley, David Murray, Joe Fry (1950 British Grand Prix) | Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Paul di Resta |
| United States | 155 | 70002000000000000002 (Phil Hill, Mario Andretti) |
70002000000000000002 (1961, 1978) |
0 | Harry Schell (1950 Monaco Grand Prix) | — |
| Uruguay | 4 | 50000000000000000000 | 50000000000000000000 | 0 | Eitel Cantoni (1952 British Grand Prix) | — |
| Venezuela | 3 | 50000000000000000000 | 50000000000000000000 | 1 | Ettore Chimeri (1960 Argentine Grand Prix) | Pastor Maldonado |
Read more about this topic: List Of Formula One Drivers
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