A reminder of the overall championship tables...
Original Car Number Allocation System (1950 - 1973)Car numbers would vary from race-to-race, with numbers allocated by race organisers.
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Year Driver Points Driver's Team
1950 Juan-Manuel Fangio 458 Alfa Romeo
1951 Juan-Manuel Fangio 979 Alfa Romeo
1952 Alboreto Ascari 1218 Ferrari
1953 Juan-Manuel Fangio 762 Maserati
1954 Juan-Manuel Fangio 686 Maserati, Mercedes
1955 Maurice Trintignant 389 1/3 Ferrari
1956 Stirling Moss 699 Maserati
1957 Stirling Moss 502 Maserati, Vanwall
1958 George Amick 594 Epperly
1959 Phil Hill 544 Ferrari
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1960 Olivier Gendebien 400 Cooper
1961 Giancarlo Baghetti 450 Ferrari
1962 Bruce McLaren 452 Cooper
1963 Jim Clark 428 Lotus
1964 Jim Clark 416 Lotus
1965 Jackie Stewart 504 BRM
1966 Jack Brabham 354 Brabham
1967 Dan Gurney 364 Eagle
1968 Jacky Ickx 439 Ferrari
1969 Jackie Stewart 438 Matra
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1970 Jacky Ickx 466 Ferrari
1971 Ronnie Peterson 640 March
1972 Emerson Fittipaldi 824 Lotus
1973 James Hunt 378 March
Prior to 1996, the teams tended to keep the same numbers unless/until they won the championship (when they then swapped with the previous holders of the numbers 1 & 2). Here are my results for the originally-allocated numbers.
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Year Driver No. Points Driver's Team Winning Constructor
1974 Clay Regazzoni 11 572 Ferrari Ferrari
1975 James Hunt 24 792 Hesketh Ferrari
1976 James Hunt 11 759 McLaren McLaren
1977 Jody Scheckter 20 1100 Wolf Ferrari
1978 Carlos Reutemann 11 528 Ferrari Ferrari
1979 Alan Jones 27 1080 Williams Williams
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1980 Alan Jones 27 1809 Williams Williams
1981 Jacques Laffite 26 1144 Ligier Ligier
1982 Didier Pironi 28 1092 Ferrari Ferrari
1983 Rene Arnoux 28 1372 Ferrari Ferrari
1984 Michele Alboreto 27 823.5 Ferrari Ferrari
1985 Michele Alboreto 27 1431 Ferrari Ferrari
1986 Ayrton Senna 12 660 Lotus Ferrari
1987 Gerhard Berger 28 1008 Ferrari Ferrari
1988 Gerhard Berger 28 1148 Ferrari McLaren
1989 Nigel Mansell 27 1026 Ferrari Ferrari
('87* Philippe Alliot 30 1290 Larrousse Larrousse)
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1990 Ayrton Senna 27 2106 McLaren McLaren
1991 Alain Prost 27 918 Ferrari Ferrari
1992 Michael Schumacher 19 1007 Benetton Benetton
1993 Ayrton Senna 8 584 McLaren Ferrari
1994 Gerhard Berger 28 1148 Ferrari Ferrari
1995 Jean Alesi 27 1134 Ferrari Ferrari
*=Jim Clark/Colin Chapman Trophies for normally-aspirated cars
In 1996, teams would no longer keep the numbers with which they raced for many years and the numbers are now allocated based upon finishing order in the previous year's Constructors' Championship.
Overall winners with current car number allocation system: 1996-dateCode: Select all
Year Winner car no. Points Original position
1996 Damon Hill 5 485 1st
1997 David Coulthard 10 360 3rd=
1998 Mika Hakkinen 8 800 1st
1999 Heinz-Harald Frentzen 8 432 3rd
2000 Jacques Villeneuve 22 374 7th
2001 David Coulthard 4 260 2nd
2002 Juan-Pablo Montoya 6 300 3rd
2003 Kimi Raikkonen 6 546 2nd
2004 Jenson Button 9 765 3rd
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2005 Kimi Raikkonen 9 1008 2nd
2006 Jenson Button 12 672 6th
2007 Kimi Raikkonen 6 660 1st
2008 Lewis Hamilton 22 2156 1st
2009 Jenson Button 22 2090 1st
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2010 Fernando Alonso 8 2016 2nd
2011 Fernando Alonso 5 1285 4th
2012 Kimi Raikkonen 9 1863 3rd
Meaning the following drivers have the following number of titles:
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Juan-Manuel Fangio 4 ('50, '51. '53, '54)
Kimi Raikkonen 4 ('03, '05, '07, '12)
James Hunt 3 ('73, '75, '76)
Ayrton Senna 3 ('86, '90, '93)
Gerhard Berger 3 ('87, '88, '94)
Jenson Button 3 ('04, '06, '09)
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Stirling Moss 2 ('56, '57)
Jim Clark 2 ('63, '64)
Jackie Stewart 2 ('65, '69)
Jacky Ickx 2 ('68, '70)
Alan Jones 2 ('79, '80)
Michele Alboreto 2 ('84, '85)
David Coulthard 2 ('97,'01)
Fernando Alonso 2 ('10, '11)
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Alberto Ascari 1 ('52)
Maurice Trintignant 1 ('55)
George Amick 1 ('58)
Phil Hill 1 ('59)
Olivier Gendebien 1 ('60)
Giancarlo Baghetti 1 ('61)
Bruce McLaren 1 ('62)
Jack Brabham 1 ('66)
Dan Gurney 1 ('67)
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Ronnie Peterson 1 ('71)
Emerson Fittipaldi 1 ('72)
Clay Regazzoni 1 ('74)
Jody Scheckter 1 ('77)
Carlos Reutemann 1 ('78)
Jacques Laffite 1 ('81)
Didier Pironi 1 ('82)
Rene Arnoux 1 ('83)
Nigel Mansell 1 ('89)
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Alain Prost 1 ('91)
Michael Schumacher 1 ('92)
Jean Alesi 1 ('95)
Damon Hill 1 ('96)
Mika Hakkinen 1 ('98)
Heinz-Harald Frentzen 1 ('99)
Jacques Villeneuve 1 ('00)
Juan-Pablo Montoya 1 ('02)
Lewis Hamilton 1 ('08)