Formula One world champion title was first won by Italian racer Giuseppe Farina with his Alfa Romeo car of the year
1950, by beating his teammate, Argentine Juan Manuel Fangio. However, Fangio won the world title in 1951 and four times in the next six years. Fangio then became a legend that dominated the first years of Formula One competition.
The first world champion from the United Kingdom was Mike Hawthorn, who drove a Ferrari winning title in 1958. Then Colin Chapman entered the F1 competition as a car designer and later became the founder of Lotus,
British racing green came to dominate the competition in the next few decades. Jim Clark, Jackie Stewart, Jack Brabham, Graham Hill and Denny Hulme are a row of riders from the British and Commonwealth teams that won twelve world titles between 1962 and 1973.
In 1962, Lotus introduced a car with an aluminum frame known as monocoque that replaced the traditional tubular frame. The discovery was then a major technological step forward since the discovery of mid-engines. The year 1968 was the first year of this sport using sponsorship that started with Lotus which painted "Imperial Tobacco" in his car ..
Until now, Michael Schumacher is still the world's most F1 champion with 7 world championship title ..