How long did it take each F1 champion to win their first title?
(1) Farina, Giuseppe, 1950: 1st season
(5) Fangio, Juan Manuel, 1951, 1954-7: 2nd season
(2) Ascari, Alberto, 1952-3: 3rd season
(1) Hawthorn, Mike, 1958: 7th season
(3) Brabham, Jack, 1959-60, 1966: 5th season
(1) Hill, Phil, 1961: 4th season
(2) Hill, Graham, 1962, 1968: 5th season
(2) Clark, Jim, 1963, 1965: 4th season
(1) Surtees, John, 1964: 5th season
(1) Hulme, Denny, 1967: 3rd season
(3) Stewart, Jackie, 1969, 1971, 1973: 5th season
(1) Rindt, Jochen, 1970: 7th season
(2) Fittipaldi, Emerson, 1972, 1974: 3rd season
(3) Lauda, Niki, 1975, 1977, 1984: 5th season
(1) Hunt, James, 1976: 4th season
(1) Andretti, Mario, 1978: 10th season
(1) Scheckter, Jody, 1979: 8th season
(1) Jones, Alan, 1980: 6th season
(3) Piquet, Nelson, 1981, 1983, 1987: 4th season
(1) Rosberg, Keke, 1982: 5th season
(4) Prost, Alain, 1985-6, 1989, 1993: 6th season
(3) Senna, Ayrton, 1988, 1990-1: 5th season
(1) Mansell, Nigel, 1992: 13th season
(7) Schumacher, Michael, 1994-5, 2001-4: 4th season
(1) Hill, Damon, 1996: 5th season
(1) Villeneuve, Jacques, 1997: 2nd season
(2) Hakkinen, Mika, 1998-9: 8th season
(2) Alonso, Fernando, 2005-6: 4th season
(1) RΓ€ikkΓΆnen, Kimi, 2007: 7th season
(7) Hamilton, Lewis, 2008, 2014-5, 2017-20: 2nd season
(1) Button, Jenson, 2009: 10th season
(4) Vettel, Sebastian, 2010-3: 4th season
(1) Rosberg, Nico, 2016: 11th
(4) Verstappen, Max, 2021-4: 7th season
(1) Norris, Lando, 2025: 7th season
most common: 5 years (8), 4 years (7), 7 years (5).
