Who was the first Englishman to win the Formula One Drivers Championship?
Formula One drivers from the United Kingdom Formula One. Stirling Moss has been called the "greatest all-round racing driver" for his successes in sportscars, touring cars, and rallying as well as Formula One. He finished second in the championship in four successive seasons (1955 to 1958) and has therefore been given the title of "the greatest British driver never to win a world title". Mike Hawthorn was the first British world championship title winner, beating Moss to the 1958 title by just one point. He remains one of only two drivers who won the title with only one race win, the other being Keke Rosberg. Though he
Formula One drivers from Belgium Formula One drivers from Belgium There have been 24 Formula One drivers from Belgium, of which Jacky Ickx and Thierry Boutsen were the most successful ones as they were the only Belgians to win races. The most recent Belgian driver is Stoffel Vandoorne, who was promoted to a full-time race seat in the McLaren Honda Formula One team for the 2017 Formula One season. In the early years of Formula One, Belgium was well represented with a highlight in 1953 when there were no less than seven Belgian drivers taking part in the championship. The first victory for a Belgian