Formula 1 history is filled with remarkable characters. People who triumphed against tremendous odds, drivers tragically claimed before they achieved their dreams. Some dominated whole seasons, decades even, others shone only briefly.
Every one of them – winners, backmarkers, team owners and more – have their stories to tell. These are the people who made Formula 1.
RaceFans’ Formula 1 driver biographies index is an ongoing project which is still being expanded. Entries added to date include the following:
- Every world champion, from Giuseppe Farina to Max Verstappen.
- Champions racing today including Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso.
- Newest F1 race drivers Liam Lawson, Oliver Bearman, Jack Doohan and Franco Colapinto.
Browse F1 People alphabetically:
A
Jean Alesi
Jaime Alguersuari
Giovanna Amati
Christijan Albers
Alexander Albon
Michele Alboreto
Philippe Alliot
Fernando Alonso
Mario Andretti
Michael Andretti
Andrea Kimi Antonelli
Rene Arnoux
Alberto Ascari
Marko Asmer
B
Luca Badoer
Lorenzo Bandini
Rubens Barrichello
Oliver Bearman
Gerhard Berger
Mark Blundell
Valtteri Bottas
Sebastien Bourdais
Thierry Boutsen
David Brabham
Gary Brabham
Jack Brabham
Vittorio Brambilla
Flavio Briatore
Martin Brundle
Sebastien Buemi
Jenson Button
Rory Byrne
C
Colin Chapman
Max Chilton
Jim Clark
Franco Colapinto
Mike Coughlan
David Coulthard
D
Derek Daly
Jerome D’Ambrosio
Christian Danner
Anthony Davidson
Elio de Angelis
Andrea de Cesaris
Pedro de la Rosa
Nyck de Vries
Patrick Depailler
Lucas di Grassi
Paul di Resta
Jack Doohan
Felipe Drugovich
Gerard Ducarouge
E
F
Teo Fabi
Juan-Manuel Fangio
Giuseppe ‘Nino’ Farina
Fairuz Fauzy
Giancarlo Fisichella
Emerson Fittipaldi
Mauro Forghieri
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
G
Giedo van der Garde
Pierre Gasly
Bruno Giacomelli
Timo Glock
Romain Grosjean
Olivier Grouillard
Esteban Gutierrez
H
Mika Hakkinen
Lewis Hamilton
Rio Haryanto
Mike Hawthorn
Patrick Head
Nick Heidfeld
Johnny Herbert
Damon Hill
Graham Hill
Phil Hill
Christian Horner
Denny Hulme
Nico Hulkenberg
James Hunt
I
Yuji Ide
Innes Ireland
Eddie Irvine
J
K
Narain Karthikeyan
Christian Klien
Kamui Kobayashi
Heikki Kovalainen
Robert Kubica
Daniil Kvyat
L
Pedro Lamy
Nicholas Latifi
Niki Lauda
Liam Lawson
Charles Leclerc
JJ Lehto
Vitantonio Liuzzi
Andre Lotterer
M
Owen Maddock
Kevin Magnussen
Pastor Maldonado
Nigel Mansell
Pierluigi Martini
Felipe Massa
Perry McCarthy
Stefano Modena
Franck Montagny
Tiago Monteiro
Juan-Pablo Montoya
Gianni Morbidelli
Roberto Moreno
Max Mosley
Stirling Moss
Gordon Murray
N
Kazuki Nakajima
Alessandro Nannini
Adrian Newey
Lando Norris
O
P
Jolyon Palmer
Riccardo Patrese
Sergio Perez
Ronnie Peterson
Vitaly Petrov
Oscar Piastri
Charles Pic
Nelson Piquet
Nelson Piquet Jnr
Antonio Pizzonia
Harvey Postlethwaite
Alain Prost
Q
R
Kimi Raikkonen
Roland Ratzenberger
Luiz Razia
Daniel Ricciardo
David Richards
Jochen Rindt
Roldan Rodriguez
Keke Rosberg
Nico Rosberg
Ricardo Rosset
George Russell
S
Carlos Sainz Jnr
Eliseo Salazar
Logan Sargeant
Takuma Sato
Ludovico Scarfiotti
Jody Scheckter
Michael Schumacher
Mick Schumacher
Ralf Schumacher
Ayrton Senna
Bruno Senna
Scott Speed
Jackie Stewart
Nigel Stepney
Will Stevens
Philippe Streiff
Lance Stroll
John Surtees
Adrian Sutil
T
Patrick Tambay
Mario Theissen
Jarno Trulli
Yuki Tsunoda
U
V
Davide Valsecchi
Stoffel Vandoorne
Jean-Eric Vergne
Max Verstappen
Sebastian Vettel
Gilles Villeneuve
Jacques Villeneuve
Wolfgang von Trips
W
Murray Walker
Derek Warwick
Professor Sid Watkins
John Watson
Mark Webber
Pascal Wehrlein
Justin Wilson
Markus Winkelhock
Alexander Wurz