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.