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List of Formula One Grand Prix winners

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List of Formula One Grand Prix winners
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Formula One (F1) is the highest class of open-wheeled motor racing defined by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), motorsport's world governing body.[1] The F1 World Championship season consists of a series of races, known as Grands Prix, held usually on purpose-built circuits, and in a few cases on closed city streets.[2] Each winner is presented with a trophy and the results of each race are combined to determine two annual Championships, one for drivers and one for constructors.[3] The World Championship for Drivers has been contended since 1950,[4] after the Formula One standard was agreed upon in 1946.[5] The Constructors' Championship was added for the 1958 season and has been awarded ever since.[4]

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Lewis Hamilton has won a record 105 Grands Prix during his career: 21 with McLaren and 84 with Mercedes.

Lewis Hamilton holds the record for the most race wins in Formula One history, with 105 wins to date. Michael Schumacher, the previous record holder, is second with 91 wins, and Max Verstappen is third with 65 victories.[6][7] Hamilton also holds the distinction of having the longest time between his first win and his last. He won his first Grand Prix at the 2007 Canadian Grand Prix, and his last at the 2024 Belgian Grand Prix, a span of 17 years, 1 month and 18 days.[8] Riccardo Patrese holds the record for the longest period of time between two race wins – more than six-and-a-half years between the 1983 South African Grand Prix and the 1990 San Marino Grand Prix.[9] Mario Andretti had to wait the longest time between his maiden victory at the 1971 South African Grand Prix and his second win – coming five years, seven months and 18 days later at the 1976 Japanese Grand Prix.[10] Verstappen holds the record for the most consecutive wins, having won ten Grands Prix in a row from the 2023 Miami Grand Prix to the 2023 Italian Grand Prix.[11] Verstappen is also the youngest winner of a Grand Prix; he was 18 years and 228 days old when he won the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix.[12] Luigi Fagioli is the oldest winner of a Formula One Grand Prix; he was 53 years and 22 days old when he won the 1951 French Grand Prix.[13]

As of the 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix, out of the 781 drivers who started a Grand Prix,[14] there have been 115 Formula One Grand Prix winners.[15] The first Grand Prix winner was Giuseppe Farina at the 1950 British Grand Prix, and the most recent driver to score their first Grand Prix win is Oscar Piastri who took his first win at the 2024 Hungarian Grand Prix.[15] Three Grands Prix, the 1951 French, the 1956 Argentine and the 1957 British Grand Prix, were won by two drivers sharing a car, so both drivers in each event were credited with a Grand Prix victory.[16] In addition to event-specific trophies, gold medals have been awarded to all victors from the 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix onwards.[17]

This list includes the winners of the Indianapolis 500 race between 1950 and 1960, as they formed part of the World Championships, even though they were not run by Formula One regulations, nor are they referred to as Grands Prix.[18]

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By driver

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Michael Schumacher held the record until 2020, with 91 victories.
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Max Verstappen has won 65 Grands Prix, and is the youngest winner in Formula One history.
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Sebastian Vettel took 53 victories across 16 seasons.
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Alain Prost held the record until 2001, with 51 victories.
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Oscar Piastri is the 115th and latest first-time Grand Prix winner, taking his maiden victory at the 2024 Hungarian Grand Prix.
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Most wins per season

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Record progression

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Progression of the record for most F1 Grand Prix wins
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