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1950s
Giuseppe Farina / Alberto Ascari (1952-53)
Farina earned a place in history becoming F1s rst champion in 1950. In
1953 he was partnered at Ferrari by Alberto Ascari and Mike Hawthorn
and the three of them won every championship race, bar Monza.
1960s
John Surtees / Lorenzo Bandini (1963-66)
Motorcycle champion John Surtees clinched the F1 title in 1964, when
his closest rivals ran into trouble. Alongside him was Lorenzo Bandini,
who took his only world championship win in Austria.
1970s
Niki Lauda / Carlos Reutemann (1977)
The methodical Lauda took his second drivers championship
alongside analytical Argentine Carlos Reutemann in 1977, and
Ferrari dominated the constructors championship that year.
1980s
Gilles Villeneuve / Didier Pironi (1981-82)
In their rst year together (81) amboyantly fast Villeneuve had the
measure of team-mate Pironi. The relationship turned sour at Imola in
82 and Villeneuve crashed fatally during practice at the next race.
1990s
Alain Prost / Nigel Mansell (1990)
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to Ferrari to partner Nigel Mansell. The Frenchman did gain the upper
hand, but got more than he bargained for from the forceful Mansell.
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Michael Schumacher / Rubens Barrichello (2000-2005)
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of Schumachers four back-to-back drivers titles. And the dutiful
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As Sebastian Vettel strides
towards his fourth title, we
look at the numbers behind the
drivers world championship
1
The earliest in the John Surtees, James Hunt
JULY season that a world and Sebastian Vettel each
champion has ever led the points standings
21
been crowned, when in their title-winning years
Michael Schumacher (1964, 1976 and 2010) just
clinched the 2002 title once and only when it
in France. There were really mattered: after
still six races to go the nal race
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has been settled by one point
THREE
teams have failed to win the constructors title in the
last 30 seasons when one of their drivers has claimed
or less: 1958, 1961, 1964, 1976, the drivers title: Brabham (1983), McLaren (1986,
1981, 1984, 1994, 2007 and 2008 1999, 2008) and Benetton (1994)
4
nal race of
the season with
a chance of
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being crowned
champion: Alonso,
Webber, Vettel and
Hamilton in 2010
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titles that have been
1994
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times Alain Prost
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December: Jack were championship
Brabhams on the runners-up. While
12th in 1959 and
Graham Hills on
Prost matched his four
second places with
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1min 44.588secs Q2
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TOM CLARKSON Inside the paddock from our man on the road
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