The Formula One championship started in 1950 and since then there have been 34 different World Champions. The top 5 of all time are: Michael Schumacher x7 (1994,1995,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004) Lewis Hamilton x7 (2008,2014,2015,2017,2018,2019,2020) Juan Manuel Fangio x5 (1951,1954,1955,1956,1957) Alain Prost x4 (1985,1986,1989,1993) Sebastian Vettel x4 (2010,2011,2012,2013) Here is a list of all F1 World Champions from 1950 to 2023: 1950: Giuseppe Farina 1951: Juan Manuel Fangio 1952: Alberto Ascari 1953: Alberto Ascari 1954: Juan Manuel Fangio 1955: Juan Manuel Fangio 1956: Juan Manuel Fangio 1957: Juan Manuel Fangio 1958: Mike Hawthorn 1959: Jack Brabham 1960: Jack Brabham 1961: Phil Hill 1962: Graham Hill 1963: Jim Clark 1964: John Surtees 1965: Jim Clark 1966: Jack Brabham 1967: Denny Hulme 1968: Graham Hill 1969: Jackie Stewart 1970: Jochen Rindt 1971: Jackie Stewart 1972: Emerson Fittipaldi 1973: Jackie Stewart 1974: Emerson Fittipaldi 1975: Niki Lauda 1976: James Hunt 1977: Niki Lauda 1978: Mario Andretti 1979:Jody Scheckter 1980: Alan Jones 1981: Nelson Piquet 1982: Keke Rosberg 1983: Nelson Piquet 1984: Niki Lauda 1985: Alain Prost 1986: Alain Prost 1987: Nelson Piquet 1988: Aryton Senna 1989: Alain Prost 1990: Aryton Senna 1991: Aryton Senna 1992: Nigel Mansell 1993: Alain Prost 1994: Michael Schumacher 1995: Michael Schumacher 1996: Damon Hill 1997: Jacques Villeneuve 1998: Mika Hakkinen 1999: Mika Hakkinen 2000: Michael Schumacher 2001: Michael Schumacher 2002: Michael Schumacher 2003: Michael Schumacher 2004: Michael Schumacher 2005: Fernando Alonso 2006: Fernando Alonso 2007: Kimi Raikkonen 2008: Lewis Hamilton 2009: Jenson Button 2010: Sebastian Vettel 2011: Sebastian Vettel 2012: Sebastian Vettel 2013: Sebastian Vettel 2014: Lewis Hamilton 2015: Lewis Hamilton 2016: Nico Rosberg 2017: Lewis Hamilton 2018: Lewis Hamilton 2019: Lewis Hamilton 2020: Lewis Hamilton 2021: Max Verstappen 2022: Max Verstappen 2023: Max Verstappen 2024: Max Verstappen