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
2019 Formula One World Championship team is that he is to replace Carlos Sainz Jr.. Ricciardo's drive at Red Bull Racing is scheduled to be taken by Pierre Gasly, who is to be promoted from Scuderia Toro Rosso with whom he made his first Formula One start at the 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix. Daniil Kvyat is scheduled to rejoin Toro Rosso after last racing for the team in 2017. He will be partnered with Formula Two driver Alexander Albon, who is set to replace Brendon Hartley at the team. Albon will subsequently become only the second Thai driver to race in Formula One, making his