Which country is the most successful in Formula One?

Jim Clark from Great Britain in his Lotus

Here are the top 5 countries:

(all the victories are not made by world champions)

1. Great Britain - 226 victories, 14 world championships / 10 world champions (Mike Hawthorn, Graham Hill, Jim Clark, John Surtees, Jackie Stewart, James Hunt, Nigel Mansell, Damon Hill, Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button)

2. Germany - 136 victories, 10 world championships / 2 world champions (Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel)

3. Brazil - 101 victories, 8 world championships / 3 world champions (Emerson Fittipaldi, Nelson Piquet, Ayrton Senna)

4. France - 79 victories, 4 world championships / 1 world champion (Alain Prost)

5. Finland - 46 victories, 4 world championships / 3 world champions (Keke Rosberg, Mika Häkkinen, Kimi Räikkönen)

But is it fair to compare these countries like this? Some countries are much bigger than others and some have much more people.

If you would divide by the population then Finland would be number one. Finland is also the most successful of the countries that doesn't have a home grand prix.

Then on the other hand there is a lot of countries that have GP's but no drivers at the moment in F1 (China, Abu Dhabi / Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Singapore, Malaysia, Belgium, Canada, United States, Korea, Hungary, Monaco, India).

These are just statistics and useless facts. The drivers don't drive for their countries, they are driving for their teams.

The most successful teams in F1 history are: 

1. Ferrari - 221 victories
2. McLaren - 182 victories
3. Williams - 114 victories
4. Lotus - 79 victories
5. Red Bull - 37 victories

I'll ramble some more about random F1 records and statistics tomorrow.

F1 Top Gear: Lewis Hamilton Drives Ayrton Senna's MP4/4 F1 Car

Lewis Hamilton drives Ayrton Senna's McLaren Honda.

The race after Ayrton Senna's death

Here we have the full 1994 Monaco GP. Right after Ayrton Senna's death. Almost 20 years ago.

F1 - 4 - Life on Facebook!

I just started this page on Facebook so I need all of your support!

https://www.facebook.com/f14lifeblog

Please join and share with other F1 fans if possible. The more likes I get the more I am going to write in the future.

I am still posting everything here first and then later on the Facebook page as well. You can also post pictures and comments yourselves on the FB-page.

The last thing I want to say is that I am very happy that people are already reading my blog in over 20 countries. I have also managed to get regular readers who have given me nothing but positive feedback.

Thanks to you all and hopefully this blog will get even more readers in the future so that I have more people to write for. I have enjoyed this very much and I hope it will stay that way.

I promise you every day something F1 related to read/watch.

F1 Monaco 1965 Full Race

I did it again! I found an even older full grand prix on YouTube for you to watch. This one is again in Monte Carlo, Monaco from 1965.

You can see legendary drivers in this GP such as  Graham Hill, Jackie Stewart, Bruce McLaren, John Surtees, Denny Hulme, Jack Brabham and Jochen Rindt. Very interesting!

The quality is pretty good cause this classic F1 GP is recorded from ESPN a few years ago.

My 60th post in 3 weeks! - My F1 book collection

This is my complete Formula One book collection. I have got most of these books as gifts.

My friends and family know that I am a Formula One fanatic so it's quite easy to buy me F1 stuff as gifts (unless I already own them of course).

I always get the season reviews on DVD but sometimes it's nice to read about the season from a book. Some books even have extra stuff between the pages. For example the book that is called "The treasures of Formula One" has old cards from different F1 races, ticket replicas from historical races, maps, flyers etc. You can't get that from a DVD!

Some of my books are in finnish because that's my second language. The finnish books are usually extremely patriotic and mainly about finnish drivers. For example the book under Hamilton's biography is a book called "Sinivalkoisia Formula 1 -hetkiä" which means "Blue and white Formula 1 moments". The colors come from the finnish flag of course.

The first finnish driver was Leo Kinnunen in the 70's. He didn't really succeed in F1 but the finns were very proud anyways. Later there was a man named Mikko Kozarowitzky who tried F1 but failed to qualify in 2 races and it was the end of it. Then came Keke Rosberg who became world champion in 1982. After this moment F1 was one of the most popular sports in Finland that was shown on TV.

I went a bit off topic there but I hope you found it interesting. So if you buy a F1 book in Finland it's easier to find reading material about finnish drivers than F1 itself. In my opinion it's a bit strange that some people are more interested about a person than the sport itself. I mean I don't need drivers from my country to drive F1 to enjoy it. I watch it anyways..

If I buy any new books I will post it here and maybe talk a bit about it. A small review if you will.

By the way! If you have something F1 related in finnish you would like me to translate then just ask.

1973 F1 Nurburgring Nordschleife

Now I found on YouTube an even older GP than last time! This is not from 1976, this is from 1973!
I am almost certain that Jackie Stewart won this GP. At least he won the championship that year.

This video is without commentating but it doesn't matter to me so hopefully it won't to you either.