36 world championships, 391 race wins: F1′s greats meet in Bahrain (Pictures)
Don't bother looking for Raikkonen and Piquet - they missed the event
The Bahrain Grand Prix organisers brought together 18 of the 20 living F1 champions for a special event to mark the 60th anniversary of the world championship last weekend.
Between them these 18 drivers won 36 world titles and 391 races – that’s almost half the 821 F1 championship races since 1950.
The oldest of the living champions is Australian Sir Jack Brabham. He won the first of his three world championships in 1959, then aged 33. Now 83, and not in great health, he still made it to Bahrain for the event – which is more than can be said for some of the younger successors to his crown.
Four of the 18 are still racing in F1 and may yet add to their successes. They’re in impressive company, as the record of their achievements below shows (click the drivers’ names for their biographies):
| Name | Champion in | Wins | Poles | F’laps | Starts |
| Alain Prost | 1985, 1986, 1989, 1993 | 51 | 33 | 41 | 199 |
| Alan Jones | 1980 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 116 |
| Nigel Mansell | 1992 | 31 | 32 | 30 | 187 |
| Mika Hakkinen | 1998, 1999 | 20 | 26 | 25 | 161 |
| Jacques Villeneuve | 1997 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 163 |
| Keke Rosberg | 1982 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 114 |
| Jody Scheckter | 1979 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 111 |
| Michael Schumacher | 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 | 91 | 68 | 76 | 249 |
| Damon Hill | 1996 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 115 |
| Fernando Alonso | 2005, 2006 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 139 |
| Jenson Button | 2009 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 171 |
| Niki Lauda | 1975, 1977, 1984 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 171 |
| Mario Andretti | 1978 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 128 |
| Jack Brabham | 1959, 1960, 1966 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 126 |
| Jackie Stewart | 1969, 1971, 1973 | 27 | 17 | 15 | 99 |
| John Surtees | 1964 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 111 |
| Emerson Fittipaldi | 1972, 1974 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 144 |
| Lewis Hamilton | 2008 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 53 |
| Total | 36 | 391 | 334 | 317 | 2,557 |
Two former champions were missing from the party. Nelson Piquet (three championships, 23 wins, 24 pole positions and 23 fastest laps) probably stayed away due to the fall-out from the Singapore 2008 controversy.
It’s not clear why Kimi Räikkönen (one championship, 18 wins, 16 pole positions and 35 fastest laps) didn’t go. He switched from F1 to the World Rally Championship this year but he wasn’t at a rally last weekend.
The remaining champions have all passed away. They are Giuseppe Farina, Juan Manuel Fangio, Alberto Ascari, Mike Hawthorn, Phil Hill, Jim Clark, Denny Hulme, Graham Hill, Jochen Rindt, James Hunt and Ayrton Senna.
F1′s greats in Bahrain – Pictures
The 18 champions are pictures below with Bernie Ecclestone, FIA president Jean Todt and Todt’s partner Michelle Yeoh:
Back: Alain Prost, Alan Jones, Nigel Mansell, Mika Hakkinen, Jacques Villeneuve, Keke Rosberg, Jody Scheckter, Michael Schumacher, Damon Hill. Front: Fernando Alonso, Jenson Button, Niki Lauda, Bernie Ecclestone, Mario Andretti, Jeat Todt, Michelle Yeoh, Jack Brabham, Jackie Stewart, John Surtees, Emerson Fittipaldi, Lewis Hamilton
Here are the 18 drivers plus the rest of the 2010 F1 drivers:
F1's former champions plus the 2010 F1 drivers
Images (C) Bridgestone
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