Formula One drivers from Spain

Formula One drivers from Spain
Drivers15
Grands Prix581
Entries910
Starts868
Best season finish1st (2005, 2006)
Wins36
Podiums133
Pole positions28
Fastest laps31
Points3637.5
First entry1951 Spanish Grand Prix
First win2003 Hungarian Grand Prix
Latest win2024 Mexico City Grand Prix
Latest entry2024 São Paulo Grand Prix
2024 driversFernando Alonso
Carlos Sainz Jr.
Fernando Alonso in a McLaren at the 2018 Austrian Grand Prix
Carlos Sainz Jr. in a Ferrari at the 2022 French Grand Prix

There have been fifteen Formula One drivers from Spain, the most successful of them being Fernando Alonso who won the World Drivers' Championship twice. Alonso is the only Spanish champion and one of only two Spanish drivers to win a Grand Prix, the other being Carlos Sainz Jr.[1][2] Two other Spanish drivers have achieved a podium with Pedro de la Rosa and Alfonso de Portago having taken one apiece.[3]

  1. ^ "Drivers". ESPN F1. ESPN EMEA Ltd. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Barcelona Practice 3: Vettel peaking at the right time". YallaF1.com. 12 May 2012. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  3. ^ "Take 12 Spaniards – a nation's racing history". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. 24 April 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2012.