Formula One drivers from Australia Formula One drivers from Australia There have been 17 Formula One drivers from Australia, 14 of which have taken part in at least one race since the championship began in 1950, and 3 failed to qualify. Two drivers have won the World Drivers' Championship: Jack Brabham, who won it three times, and Alan Jones, the most recent Australian world champion. One driver is currently active in the sport. Two Australian drivers won the World Drivers' Championship, Jack Brabham in 1959, 1960, and 1966, and Alan Jones in 1980. Brabham is the only driver to win the title in one of
Formula One drivers from Portugal States Grand Prix. The team, re-branded Midland, retained him for 2006 however he did not score another point and with Midland taken over by Spyker for 2007 Monteiro did not retain his drive, switching to the World Touring Car Championship. Formula One drivers from Portugal There have been 5 Formula One drivers from Portugal. Casimiro de Oliveira is regarded as Portugal's first Formula One driver, despite not arriving to the only race he was entered in, the 1958 Portuguese Grand Prix. He did test a Maserati 250F at the Circuito da Boavista before the race, however withdrew on safety grounds.