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 South Africa became the only driver to win a Formula One race in a six-wheeled car. His move to new start-up – Wolf – saw him win three races and finish second in the championship but he fared less well in 1978, finishing on the podium just four times. This was enough for him to seek a drive elsewhere and he was signed by Enzo Ferrari for what would prove to be his championship-winning 1979 season. Having achieved this goal he became somewhat uninterested in the sport, driving in the 1980 season to see out his contract before retiring. Across his ten