The Turkish GP Formula 1 which took place in Istanbul on Sunday (15/11) became the official witness of Lewis Hamilton coming out as world champion for the 2020 season. Even though he still has three more races left, Hamilton's team-mate Valtteri Bottas cannot catch the points in the standings .
The racer 's collection of world titles with the car number 44 is now equivalent to Michael Schumacher, namely seven titles. Apart from Hamilton and Schumacher there are a number of racers in the list of winners of the most Formula 1 world titles. Who are they? Just take a look at the following.
1. Michael Schumacher (7 times)
Even though he is no longer in Formula 1, Michael Schumacher's name is still remembered today. The father of Formula 2 racer, Mick Schumacher, has collected seven world titles.
His first title was won in the 1994 season while strengthening Mild Seven Benetton. The following season he was able to win again with the same team. It was only in 1996 that the German racer started his adventure with Ferrari. At the beginning of his time together with Ferrari Schumacher was able to immediately end the season in third position in the final standings.
The sweetness of the new title he got with the team nicknamed the prancing horse in the 2000 season. The title at the same time quenched Ferrari's thirst because none of the riders from the team had won the world title for 21 years.
The dominance of Schumacher and Ferrari continued in succession until 2004. In total, he successfully presented five titles with the distinctive red team. Now, even though his health condition is still a topic of conversation after suffering a head injury while skiing in December 2013, his prowess during his career in Formula 1 is still remembered today.
2. Lewis Hamilton (7 times)
Lewis Hamilton is now side by side with Michael Schumacher as the winner of the most Formula 1 world titles. A record that has not been touched since 2004 when Schumacher was the last world champion. Certainty was obtained when winning the Turkish Grand Prix this season.
Judging from Hamilton's previous journey, the first racer title born on January 7, 1985 was obtained when strengthening Vodafone McLaren Mercedes in 2008. At that time, he was 23 years and 300 days old and made him the second youngest racer in Formula 1 history to win the world title.
Together with Mercedes AMG Petronas, Hamilton laid out his path of success by winning six titles. The 2014 season was the beginning of Mercedes and Hamilton's dominance, marked by the world title of both drivers whose full name was Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton, which continued in the 2015 season.
Had failed to win the world title in 2016 after his teammate at that time, Nico Rosberg, who successfully grabbed the prestigious title, Hamilton became even more unchallenged and won four consecutive titles from the 2017 to 2020 season.
3.Juan Manuel Fangio (5 times)
The man who was born June 24, 1911 has entered the automotive world since he was 11 years old. At that time he worked as a mechanic and spent four decades in that job.
Not only as a mechanic, Juan Manuel Fangio is also a reliable racer armed with his knowledge and experience as a mechanic. Plus his experience of having participated in local races in his native Argentina as well as in several countries in South America made him appear okay in Formula 1.
The five world titles are clear evidence of the greatness of the racer nicknamed El Maestro. Each title was obtained in 1951 and four times in succession from 1954 to 1957.
4. Alain Prost (4 times)
So far Alain Prost is still the most successful French racer in the Formula 1 arena. The four world titles he has won place him as the racer with the highest number of titles in the history of the competition.
Prost's collaboration with Marlboro McLaren brought the man who is now active as a Non-Executive Director of the Renault F1 Team from 1984 to 1989 to produce three world titles. After taking a season off in 1992 after parting ways with Ferrari, Alain Prost apparently still managed to win the world title.
In 1993, strengthening Canon Williams Prost carved a fourth title while marking the end of his journey in Formula 1 as a racer. The Professor said his farewell by saying that the sport he had been doing had no value anymore.
5. Sebastian Vettel (4 times)
Sebastian Vettel became the fifth racer with the title to win the most world titles in Formula 1. The German racer with Red Bull Racing won four titles.
His first title in the 2010 season put the man who is now strengthening the Scuderia Ferrari as the youngest racer in the history of the competition to be able to carve a world title. At that time he was 23 years and 133 days old.
Throughout the 2010 to 2013 season Vettel drove with Red Bull Racing to dominate Formula 1. In total during the four seasons as world champion Vettel has bagged 34 wins and 53 podium finishes.
These five racers have proven their abilities on the track. Their achievements deserve appreciation because it's not an easy matter to win after victory in every race.
Formula 1 for the 2020 season now leaves three series. The two series will be held consecutively in Bahrain on November 29 and December 6 and the closing series in Abu Dhabi on December 13