 | |
| Drivers | 98 |
|---|---|
| Grands Prix | 860 |
| Entries | 3411 |
| Starts | 2992 |
| Best season finish | 1st (1950, 1952, 1953) |
| Wins | 43 |
| Podiums | 207 |
| Pole positions | 48 |
| Fastest laps | 51 |
| Points | 2040.8 |
| First entry | 1950 British Grand Prix |
| First win | 1950 British Grand Prix |
| Latest win | 2006 Malaysian Grand Prix |
| Latest entry | 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix |
| 2024 drivers | None |
There have been 98[citation needed] Formula One drivers from Italy including two World Drivers' Champions. Giuseppe "Nino" Farina was the first ever World Champion and Alberto Ascari was the first double World Champion. All three championships came in the early 1950s and very few Italian drivers have come close since Ascari's 1953 victory. In 1989 and again for the following two years there were 13 drivers from Italy.[1] Antonio Giovinazzi was the last Italian driver, having competed in F1 in 2017 and from 2019 to 2021. Andrea Kimi Antonelli is contracted to join Mercedes in 2025. Prior to Giovinazzi, there were five consecutive seasons without an Italian driver, with 2012 marking the first season an Italian driver did not enter a Formula One race weekend and the first season since 1969 that an Italian driver did not start a race.
- ^ Collantine, Keith (19 February 2012). "Italy left without an F1 driver in 2012". F1 Fanatic. Retrieved 4 November 2012.