Drivers - Past

Mark Webber is a nine-time Formula One Grand Prix winner, FIA World Endurance Champion, Porsche ambassador, Red Bull athlete, TV pundit, public speaker, outdoor enthusiast, sports lover and qualified heli pilot – text from to his official website.

Throughout his 12 years in F1, Mark notched up 215 races, nine victories – most notably becoming a double winner of both the prestigious Monaco and British Grands Prix. He accumulated an impressive tally of 42 podium finishes, 13 pole positions and 19 fastest laps. He also helped Red Bull Racing to four consecutive Constructors’ World Championships.

Today Mark Webber is active in the sport, managing drivers and working as a pundit. 

Teams  : Minardi, Jaguar, Williams, and Red Bull.
Country  :  Australia
Podiums  :  42
Points  :  1047.5
Grand Prix entered   :  215
World Championships  :  –

Highest race finish  :  1 (x9)
Highest grid position  :  1 (x19)
Date of birth  : 27/08/1976
Place of birth  : Queanbeyan, Australia

Follow Mark via his website – here

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Karun Chandhok (No 5) is an Indian-born, former F1 driver who drove for HRT and Lotus over the 2014 and 2015 seasons. From a racing family, Karun is one of 2 f1 drivers to come from India’s 1.2bn population, making his way through junior series before securing an F2 drive which led him to first test for Red Bull.

Today Karun is an F1 commentator with Sky Sport, an accomplished track designer and a contributor to various motorsport governing bodies. 

Teams  : HRT, Lotus
Country  :  India
Podiums  :  –
Points  :  –
Grand Prix entered   :  –
World Championships  :  –

Highest race finish  :  17 (x1)
Highest grid position  :  1
Date of birth  : 19/01/1984
Place of birth  : Madras, Tamil Nadu, India

Follow Karun via his website – here

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Michael Schumacher is a German former racing driver who competed in Formula One for Jordan, Benetton, Ferrari, and Mercedes and is one of the greatest the sport has ever seen.

Schumacher has a joint record of seven World Drivers’ Championship titles, tied with Lewis Hamilton in (2021).

Teams : Jordan, Benetton, Ferrari & Mercedes
Country : Germany
Podiums : 155
Points : 1566
Grand Prix entered : 308 (306 starts)
World Championships : 77 (1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)

Highest race finish : 1 (x91)
Highest grid position : 1
Date of birth : 03/01/1969
Place of birth : Hürth, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany

Today (2022) Michael’s son Mick drives for Haas. See Mick’s profile – here

Denis Clive Hulme OBE, known as Denny Hulme, was a New Zealand racing driver who won the 1967 Formula One World Drivers’ Championship for the Brabham team.

Born : 18 June, 1936
Titles : 1
Grand Prix : 112
Wins : 8
Teams : Brabham 1964 – 1967 and McLaren 1968 – 1974

In his younger days, Hulme’s penchant for driving without footwear led to the press in his native New Zealand labelling him ‘The Barefoot Boy from Te Puke’. But the sturdy racer, who remains perhaps the most unheralded world champion in F1 history, was later nicknamed ‘The Bear’ in reference to both his rugged features and his often irascible disposition.

Kimi Raikkonen (No 7) is a Finnish-born, former F1 driver last contracted to Alfa Romeo (2021). While having very little interest in the media, Kimi was arguably one of the most followed drivers. His short and blunt responses to interview questions were more often than not hilarious. 

Teams  : Sauber, McLaren, Ferrari, Lotus, Alfa Romeo
Country  :  Finland
Podiums  :  103
Points  :  1873
Grand Prix entered   :  349
World Championships  :  1 (2007)

Highest race finish  :  1 (x21)
Highest grid position  :  1
Date of birth  : 17/10/1979
Place of birth  : Espoo, Finland

Follow Kimi  :  kimiraikkonen.com

Martin Brundle: “Kimi, you missed the presentation by Pele.”
Kimi : “Yeah.”
Martin: “Will you get over it?”
Kimi: “Yeah. I was having a shit.”

Damon Hill is a former British F1 driver who won the driver’s title in 1996, driving for Williams. Damon is one of three drivers to win the championship as the son of a former winner. His father, Graham Hill, won in 1962 and 1968. The other pairing is Nico Rosberg (2016) and his father Keke Rosberg (1992). 

Today Damon is an F1 pundit, covering many of the race weekends for SkySport in addition to being an anchor in the season race review podcast – F1Nation. 

Listen to Damon talking with Tom Clarkson on Beyond the Grid – here

Nicholas Latifi (No 6) is a Canadian-born, F1 driver contracted to Williams Racing in 2022 and has no contract for 2023. 

Team  : Williams Racing
Country  :  Canada
Podium (s)  :  –
Points  :  9
Grand Prix entered   :  61
World Championships  :  –

Highest race finish  :  7 (x1)
Highest grid position  :  10
Date of birth  : 29/06/1995
Place of birth  : Montreal, Canada

Follow Nicholas  :  nicholaslatifi.com

*Last updated 26th Nov 2022

Sebastian Vettel (No 5) is a German-born F1 driver contracted to Aston Martin in 2022. Sebastian retired from the sport at the end of the 22 season.

Team  :  Aston Marton

Country  :  Germany

Debut  :  Team BMW Sauber in 2007

Grand Prix entered   :  300

World Championships  :  4

Podiums  :  122

Points  :  3098

Highest race finish  :  1 (x53)

Highest grid position  : 1

Date of birth  :  03/07/1987

Place of birth  : Heppenheim, Germany

Follow Sebastian  :  https://sebastianvettel.de

*Last updated 26th Nov 2022

Sebastian had this trophy retracted as he was disqualified for failure to provide sufficient fuel for sampling post race.

Andreas Nikolaus “Niki” Lauda was an Austrian Formula One driver and a three-time F1 World Drivers title holder.

Niki suffered serious burns in a racing accident in 1976 at the Nürburgring and famously returned to racing after six weeks with his burns still heavily bandaged.

Following his racing career, Niki established the very successful Lauda Air, an airline that flew for 30 plus years before being sold and merged into Austrian air.

Niki held a leadership role as non-executive chairman of the Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team and headed up the negotiations to sign Lewis Hamilton to a three-year deal with Mercedes in 2013. He died in 2019 following complications from a lung transplant. 

Niki has written a number of books and his story is told in a number of movies.

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