John Surtees in 1964 and Ayrton Senna in 1988 both won the Formula One World Drivers’ Championship despite scoring fewer total points than the runner-up. Niki Lauda won the 1984 championship by 0.5 points over Alain Prost, while Max Verstappen took the 2023 title by 290 points over Sergio Pérez.
Source: Wikipedia, “List of Formula One World Drivers’ Champions” (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Photos via Wikimedia Commons:
– 2024-08-25 Motorsport, Formel 1, Großer Preis der Niederlande 2024 STP 3968 by Stepro (cropped2) by Original: Steffen Prößdorf ; Derivative work: Mb2437 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
– FIA F1 Austria 2021 Nr. 33 Verstappen (side) by Lukas Raich (CC BY-SA 4.0)
– Fangio-MB-W196-3lMotor-1986 by Lothar Spurzem (CC BY-SA 2.0 de)
– Lewis Hamilton-Mercedes W11 (4) by Alberto-g-rovi (CC BY 3.0)
– Lewis Hamilton 2016 Malaysia 2 by Morio (CC BY-SA 4.0)
– World Drivers’ Championship Trophy and List of Champions at Formula 1 Exhibition, London by Hullian111 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
– World Drivers’ Championship Trophy at Formula 1 Exhibition, London by Hullian111 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
– 01 – Formula One drivers by Pava (CC BY-SA 3.0 it)
– Max Verstappen 2017 Malaysia 1 by Morio (CC BY-SA 4.0)
– 1965-05-23 07b John Surtees, Ferrari 330P2 by Spurzem – Lothar Spurzem (CC BY-SA 2.0 de)
– 1985 European GP Senna by Jerry Lewis-Evans (CC BY-SA 2.0)
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