Who was the last British Formula One World Champion?
1996 Formula One World Championship 1996 Formula One World Championship The 1996 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 50th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. The championship commenced on 10 March 1996 and ended on 13 October after sixteen races. Two World Championship titles were awarded, one for Drivers and one for Constructors. Damon Hill won the Drivers' Championship two years after being beaten by a point by Michael Schumacher, making him the first son of a World Champion (his father Graham having won the title in 1962 and 1968) to have won the title himself. Hill, who had finished runner-up for the
2019 Formula One World Championship debut 65 years after Prince Bira last start at the 1954 Spanish Grand Prix. Sainz Jr., who was on loan to Renault in 2018, did not have his deal with Red Bull renewed and is scheduled to move to McLaren to replace two-time World Drivers' Champion Fernando Alonso, who had earlier announced that he would not compete in Formula One in 2019, where he is to be partnered with 2017 European Formula 3 champion Lando Norris. Stoffel Vandoorne is set to leave McLaren after the 2018 season to race in Formula E with the Mercedes-affiliated HWA Team. Charles Leclerc is