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Felipe Massa is a Brazilian driver who formerly competed in Formula One. Having driven for Ferrari from 2006 to 2013, Massa joined Williams from 2014 to 2017. Massa had drove for Sauber in 2002 before joining Ferrari as a test driver in 2003. Having finished 3rd in the 2006 Drivers' World Championship, he finished a single point behind champion Lewis Hamilton in 2008. Massa had been in a championship-winning position as the Brazilian crossed the line at the final race of the season, but was overtaken in the championship when Hamilton overtook Timo Glock at the Jungçao corner on the final lap.

In the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix, Massa was injured from a torsion spring which became detached from Rubens Barrichello's car during practice, and hit Massa's helmet. As a result of his injuries, Massa missed the remainder of the season.

After his injury from 2009, he never won another race. He was on the way to win the 2010 German Grand Prix, but team orders from Ferrari prevented him from winning.

After his retirement from Formula 1, he moved over to compete in Formula E. He retired from Formula E at the end of the w:c:formulae:2019/20 season.

In 2022, Massa was appointed by FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem to act as President of the FIA Drivers' Commission. This commission was created to give Formula 1 drivers a voice in the decision making process of the FIA.

Formula One Career[]

2002-2005: Sauber[]

2002[]

Massa made his Formula One début for the Sauber team at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. He made an impression by qualifying 9th and ahead of his team-mate Nick Heidfeld, but a multi-crash put both him and Nick out of the race. He would score his first point in the next race at Malaysia.

Massa had a big crash in Monaco on lap 63, crashing head-on into the Turn 1 corner Sainte Devote. Massa had a brake failure with his car, which the shunt was a bad one, leaving his car badly damaged. He walked unhurt from the crash.

He had an one-race ban from participating in the United States Grand Prix, being replaced by former Sauber driver Heinz-Harald Frentzen. Eventually, he would not be selected as a full-time driver for the 2003 season.

2003: Ferrari test driver[]

Massa spent a year with Sauber's engine suppliers, Scuderia Ferrari, gaining experience by testing for the championship-winning team.

2004[]

After Nick Heidfeld left for Jordan and Frentzen announced his retirement from Formula One racing, Massa got the Sauber seat back, partnering with Giancarlo Fisichella. His best result of the season was a 4th place at Belgium, finishing ahead of his team-mate.

2005[]

Massa finished the 2005 season with a best result of 4th in Canada.

At the end of the season, after Sauber was taken over by BMW, he was replaced by his former team-mate Heidfeld. As Rubens Barrichello left Ferrari, he joined the team for the 2006 season.

2006-2013: Ferrari[]

2006[]

Massa won for the first time as a Ferrari driver in Turkey, starting from pole position and leading the most of the race.

2007[]

Massa began to be very competitive in the 2007 season, scoring consistent results plus three pole-to-wins of the season. However, he would finish 4th with 94 points in the drivers' standings, behind both McLaren drivers.

2008[]

Massa retired from the first 2 races of the season. In Australia, he retired from an engine failure, and in Malaysia, he spun out into Turn 8. He was a title contender, but lost out at a possible title to McLaren's Lewis Hamilton.

2009[]

In 2009, Ferrari, as the defending Constructors' Champion, were not successful as last year, as Brawn and Red Bull started to dominate the sport. Massa secured his first podium position at the Nürburgring, but an injury happened at Hungary, ruling him out for the rest of the season.

In Brazil, he was given a honour of waving the chequered flag at the end of the race.

2010[]

Massa's 2010 season started off with a 2nd place and a 3rd place at the first two races of the season. He was on the way to win at Germany, but team orders prevented him, losing out to teammate Fernando Alonso. He secured only five podium positions compared to Alonso's 10.

2011[]

In 2011, Massa failed to finish on the podium for the first time since 2005. His season was notable for the 5 incidents against McLaren's Lewis Hamilton at Monaco, Britain, Singapore, Japan and India.

In Monaco, Hamilton tried to pass Massa coming into the hairpin on lap 32, but the two made contact, leaving Massa hitting the rear end of Red Bull's Mark Webber, taking Massa out of the race and bringing out the safety car due to the debris from the incident.

In the British Grand Prix, Hamilton tried to pass Massa on the final lap of the race down into the Club corner, but Hamilton hit Massa on the left sidepod. Hamilton eventually beat Massa for 4th place.

In Singapore, Hamilton made contact with Massa, hitting his right rear tyre at turn 7. He dropped down to 19th, but would finish 9th and in the points. After the race, he publicly slammed Hamilton after the race, and also went up to Hamilton in the post-race TV interview area as he was about to start an interview with RTL Television, patted his shoulder, and sarcastically said "Good job, bro." Hamilton responded "Don't touch me again."

In Japan, Massa tried to pass Hamilton on the outside coming into the chicane, but both made contact for the fourth time.

In India, Hamilton tried to overtake Massa into Turn 5, but he hit Massa's left rear tyre, sending him out of the race due to a suspension problem on lap 32.

2012[]

Massa's 2012 season was another unsuccessful season, finishing only two times on the podium and being out-classed by his team-mate.

2013[]

Massa's last podium finish for Ferrari would come in Spain; the race was actually won by his teammate Fernando Alonso.

In Monaco, Massa crashed hard twice. In Free Practice, with a suspension failure coming into Sainte Devote, hitting the left barrier and head-on into the tyre barrier, putting him out of qualifying. In the race, he crashed again, similarly to his Free Practice crash, but this time it was a suspension failure and he went T-bone into the barriers. He eventually walked unhurt in both crashes.

2014-2017: Williams[]

2014[]

In September 2013, Massa signed a contract with the Williams team for the 2014 season.

In Canada, Massa hit the left rear of Sergio Pérez's Force India car, coming into the first turn of the final lap of the race. Both were unhurt in the crash.

Massa's first pole position happened at Austria for the first time since 2008, and his first podium came at Italy. He went on to score two more podium finishes at his home race and the final race of the season.

2015[]

At his home race in Interlagos, he originally finished eighth, but his rear right tyre exceeded the temperature limits, and he was disqualified from the race results.

In November 2015, Massa mulled over a retirement after the 2016 season if he could not secure a seat at a competitive team.

2016[]

Massa regularly finished in the points from Australia to Azerbaijan. However, in the following four races, his pace started to fall off, failing to finish in the points. On 1 September, it was announced that he would retire from Formula One at the end of the season.[1][2][3] Williams confirmed on 3 November that Lance Stroll would take his place in 2017.[4]

2017[]

Following Valtteri Bottas' move to Mercedes, Massa went back into the motorsport to rejoin Williams.[5] While he competed in the practice sessions of the Hungarian Grand Prix, he was forced to drop out of qualifying and the race after becoming ill, whilst reserve driver Paul di Resta took his place.[6][7]

Driving Style[]

Peter Windsor[]

In 2015, Windsor conducted a driving analysis of the different Formula One drivers' during February pre-season testing.[8] Windsor watched the drivers' as they entered and exited the highly technical corners of turns two and three of the Circuit de Catalunya.[8]

Massa was described to have a very similar driving style to Nico Hülkenberg.[8] Windsor noting they were "very similar in their input". It was noted that Hülkenberg was only "just getting the car as straight as possible" through the corners to which the car would ever so slightly, "squiggle" with instability.[8] 

Formula One Statistical Overview[]

Formula One Record[]

Year Entrant Team WDC Pts. WDC Pos. Report
2001 Switzerland Red Bull Sauber Petronas Sauber-Petronas Test Driver
2002 Switzerland Sauber Petronas Sauber-Petronas 8 11th Report
2003 Italy Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari Test driver
Switzerland Sauber Petronas Sauber-Petronas
2004 Switzerland Sauber Petronas Sauber-Petronas 12 10th Report
2005 Switzerland Sauber Petronas Sauber-Petronas 11 10th Report
2006 Italy Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari 80 3rd Report
2007 Italy Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari 122 1st Report
2008 Italy Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari 97 2nd Report
2009 Italy Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari 67 5th Report
2010 Italy Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari 121 6th Report
2011 Italy Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro
Italy Scuderia Ferrari
Ferrari 155 5th Report
2012 Italy Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 131 6th Report
2013 Italy Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 109 8th Report
2014 United Kingdom Williams Martini Racing Williams-Mercedes 126 8th Report
2015 United Kingdom Williams Martini Racing Williams-Mercedes 121 6th Report
2016 United Kingdom Williams Martini Racing Williams-Mercedes 72 10th Report
2017 United Kingdom Williams Martini Racing Williams-Mercedes 49 12th Report

Career Statistics[]

Massa holds the record of having scored the most championship points without winning a title.


Entries 272
Starts 269
Pole Positions 16
Sprint Poles 0
Front Row Starts 27
Race Wins 11
Sprint Wins 0
Podiums 41
Sprint Podiums 0
Fastest Laps 15
Sprint Fastest Laps 0
Points 1167
Laps Raced 14852
Distance Raced 74,339 km (46,192 mi)
Races Led 42
Laps Led 936
Distance Led 4,536 km (2,819 mi)
Doubles 8
Hat-Tricks 4

Race Wins[]

Win Number Grand Prix
1 2006 Turkish Grand Prix
2 2006 Brazilian Grand Prix
3 2007 Bahrain Grand Prix
4 2007 Spanish Grand Prix
5 2007 Turkish Grand Prix
6 2008 Bahrain Grand Prix
7 2008 Turkish Grand Prix
8 2008 French Grand Prix
9 2008 European Grand Prix
10 2008 Belgian Grand Prix
11 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix

Career Results[]

Complete Formula One Results
Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Pts Pos
2002 Flag of Australia Flag of Malaysia Flag of Brazil Flag of San Marino Flag of Spain Flag of Austria Flag of Monaco Flag of Canada Flag of Europe Flag of Great Britain Flag of France Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary Flag of Belgium Flag of Italy Flag of the United States Flag of Japan 4 13th
Ret 6th Ret 8th 5th Ret Ret 9th 6th 9th Ret 7th 7th Ret Ret BAN Ret
2003: Ferrari Test driver
2004 Flag of Australia Flag of Malaysia Flag of Bahrain Flag of San Marino Flag of Spain Flag of Monaco Flag of Europe Flag of Canada Flag of the United States Flag of France Flag of Great Britain Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary Flag of Belgium Flag of Italy Flag of China Flag of Japan Flag of Brazil 12 12th
Ret 8th 12th 10th 9th 5th 9th Ret Ret 13th 9th 13th Ret 4th 12th 8th 9th 8th
2005 Flag of Australia Flag of Malaysia Flag of Bahrain Flag of San Marino Flag of Spain Flag of Monaco Flag of Europe Flag of Canada Flag of the United States Flag of France Flag of Great Britain Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary link =2005 Turkish Grand Prix Flag of Italy Flag of Belgium Flag of Brazil Flag of Japan Flag of China 11 13th
10th 10th 7th 10th 11th 9th 14th 4th DNS Ret 10th 8th 14th Ret 9th 10th 11th 10th 6th
2006 Flag of Bahrain Flag of Malaysia Flag of Australia Flag of San Marino Flag of Europe Flag of Spain Flag of Monaco Flag of Great Britain Flag of Canada Flag of the United States Flag of France Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary Flag of Turkey Flag of Italy Flag of China Flag of Japan Flag of Brazil 80 3rd
9th 5th Ret 4th 3rd 4th 9th 5th 5th 2nd 3rd 2nd 7th 1st 9th Ret 2nd 1st
2007 Flag of Australia Flag of Malaysia Flag of Bahrain Flag of Spain Flag of Monaco Flag of Canada Flag of the United States Flag of France Flag of Great Britain Flag of Europe Flag of Hungary Flag of Turkey Flag of Italy Flag of Belgium Flag of Japan Flag of China Flag of Brazil 94 4th
6th 5th 1st 1st 3rd DSQ 3rd 2nd 5th 2nd 13th 1st Ret 2nd 6th 3rd 2nd
2008 Flag of Australia Flag of Malaysia Flag of Bahrain Flag of Spain Flag of Turkey Flag of Monaco Flag of Canada Flag of France Flag of Great Britain Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary Flag of Europe Flag of Belgium Flag of Italy Flag of Singapore Flag of Japan Flag of China Flag of Brazil 97 2nd
Ret Ret 1st 2nd 1st 3rd 5th 1st 13th 3rd 17th 1st 1st 6th 13th 7th 2nd 1st
2009 Flag of Australia Flag of Malaysia Flag of China Flag of Bahrain Flag of Spain Flag of Monaco Flag of Turkey Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary Flag of Europe Flag of Belgium Flag of Italy Flag of Singapore Flag of Japan Flag of Brazil Flag of the United Arab Emirates 22 11th
Ret 9th
[9]
Ret 14th 6th 4th 6th 4th 3rd DNS INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ
2010 Flag of Bahrain Flag of Australia Flag of Malaysia Flag of China Flag of Spain Flag of Monaco Flag of Turkey Flag of Canada Flag of Europe Flag of Great Britain Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary Flag of Belgium Flag of Italy Flag of Singapore Flag of Japan Flag of South Korea Flag of Brazil Flag of the United Arab Emirates 144 6th
2nd 3rd 7th 9th 6th 4th 7th 15th 11th 15th 2nd 4th 4th 3rd 8th Ret 3rd 15th 10th
2011 Flag of Bahrain Flag of Australia Flag of Malaysia Flag of China Flag of Turkey Flag of Spain Flag of Monaco Flag of Canada Flag of Europe Flag of Great Britain Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary Flag of Belgium Flag of Italy Flag of Singapore Flag of Japan Flag of South Korea Flag of India Flag of the United Arab Emirates Flag of Brazil 118 6th
C 7th 5th 6th 11th Ret Ret 6th 5th 5th 5th 6th 8th 6th 9th 7th 6th Ret 5th 5th
2012 Flag of Australia Flag of Malaysia Flag of China Flag of Bahrain Flag of Spain Flag of Monaco Flag of Canada Flag of Europe Flag of Great Britain Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary Flag of Belgium Flag of Italy Flag of Singapore Flag of Japan Flag of South Korea Flag of India Flag of the United Arab Emirates Flag of the United States Flag of Brazil 122 7th
Ret 15th 13th 9th 15th 6th 10th 16th 4th 12th 9th 5th 4th 8th 2nd 4th 6th 7th 4th 3rd
2013 Flag of Australia Flag of Malaysia Flag of China Flag of Bahrain Flag of Spain Flag of Monaco Flag of Canada Flag of Great Britain Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary Flag of Belgium Flag of Italy Flag of Singapore Flag of South Korea Flag of Japan Flag of India Flag of the United Arab Emirates Flag of the United States Flag of Brazil 112 8th
4th 5th 6th 15th 3rd Ret 8th 6th Ret 8th 7th 4th 6th 9th 10th 4th 8th 12th 7th
2014 Flag of Australia Flag of Malaysia Flag of Bahrain Flag of China Flag of Spain Flag of Monaco Flag of Canada Flag of Austria Flag of Great Britain Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary Flag of Belgium Flag of Italy Flag of Singapore Flag of Japan Flag of Russia Flag of the United States Flag of Brazil Flag of the United Arab Emirates 134 7th
Ret 7th 7th 15th 13th 7th 12th 4th Ret Ret 5th 13th 3rd 5th 7th 11th 4th 3rd 2nd
2015 Flag of Australia Flag of Malaysia Flag of China Flag of Bahrain Flag of Spain Flag of Monaco Flag of Canada Flag of Austria Flag of Great Britain Flag of Hungary Flag of Belgium Flag of Italy Flag of Singapore Flag of Japan Flag of Russia Flag of the United States Flag of Mexico Flag of Brazil Flag of the United Arab Emirates 121 6th
4th 6th 5th 10th 6th 15th 6th 3rd 4th 12th 6th 3rd Ret 17th 4th Ret 6th DSQ 8th
2016 Flag of Australia Flag of Bahrain Flag of China Flag of Russia Flag of Spain Flag of Monaco Flag of Canada Flag of Europe Flag of Austria Flag of Great Britain Flag of Hungary Flag of Germany Flag of Belgium Flag of Italy Flag of Singapore Flag of Malaysia Flag of Japan Flag of the United States Flag of Mexico Flag of Brazil Flag of the United Arab Emirates 53 11th
5th 8th 6th 5th 8th 10th Ret 10th 20th 11th 18th Ret 10th 9th 12th 13th 9th 7th 9th Ret 9th
2017 Flag of Australia Flag of China Flag of Bahrain Flag of Russia Flag of Spain Flag of Monaco Flag of Canada Flag of Azerbaijan Flag of Austria Flag of Great Britain Flag of Hungary Flag of Belgium Flag of Italy Flag of Singapore Flag of Malaysia Flag of Japan Flag of the United States Flag of Mexico Flag of Brazil Flag of the United Arab Emirates 43 11th
6th 14th 6th 9th 13th 9th Ret Ret 9th 10th WD 8th 8th 11th 8th 10th 9th 11th 8th 10th
Key
Symbol Meaning Symbol Meaning
1st Winner Ret Retired
2nd Podium finish DSQ Disqualified
3rd DNQ Did not qualify
5th Points finish DNPQ Did not pre-qualify
14th Non-points finish TD Test driver
Italics Scored point(s) for Fastest Lap DNS Did not start
18th Classified finish (retired with >90% race distance) NC Non-classified finish (<90% race distance)
4thP Qualified for pole position [+] More Symbols

Notes[]

  1. Benson, Andrew (1 September 2016). "Felipe Massa: Williams driver to retire from F1". http://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/37245221. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  2. Barretto, Lawrence (1 September 2016). "Felipe Massa to retire from Formula 1 at end of 2016 season". http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/125958/massa-to-retire-from-f1-at-end-of-2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  3. "Massa announces retirement from Formula One racing". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 1 September 2016. http://www.formula1.com/en/latest/headlines/2016/9/massa-announces-retirement-from-formula-one-racing.html. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  4. "Williams confirms driver line-up for the 2017 season". Williams Grand Prix Engineering. 3 November 2016. http://www.williamsf1.com/racing/news/williamsconfirmsdriverlineupfor2017season. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  5. "Felipe Massa to replace Valtteri Bottas for 2017 season". Williams Grand Prix Engineering. 16 January 2017. http://www.williamsf1.com/racing/news/felipe-massa-to-replace-valtteri-bottas-for-2017-season. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  6. Noble, Jonathan (29 July 2017). "Paul di Resta replaces ill Felipe Massa at Williams for Hungary F1". Autosport (Motorsport Network). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/130995/di-resta-replaces-massa-for-hungarian-gp. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  7. "Sky F1's Paul di Resta replaces unwell Felipe Massa at Hungarian GP". http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/10961154/sky-f1s-paul-di-resta-replaces-unwell-felipe-massa-at-hungarian-gp. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 FORMULA 1. (2015, March 13). Analysis of Turns Two and Three in Barcelona. [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvqVtbwx5JQ
  9. Race stopped after 31/56 Laps. Half points awarded
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2002 Teams and Drivers
Teams FerrariMcLarenWilliamsSauberJordanBARRenaultJaguarArrowsMinardiToyota
Engines FerrariMercedesBMWPetronasHondaRenaultCosworthAsiatechToyota
Drivers 1 M. Schumacher • 2 Barrichello • 3 Coulthard • 4 Räikkönen • 5 R. Schumacher • 6 Montoya • 7 Heidfeld • 8 Massa • 8 Frentzen • 9 Fisichella • 10 Sato • 11 Villeneuve • 12 Panis • 14 Trulli • 15 Button • 16 Irvine • 17 de la Rosa • 20 Frentzen • 21 Bernoldi • 22 Yoong • 22 Davidson • 23 Webber • 24 Salo • 25 McNish
2004 Teams and Drivers
Teams Ferrari • Williams • McLaren • Renault • BAR • Sauber • Jaguar • Toyota • Jordan • Minardi
Engines BMW • Ferrari • Ford Cosworth • Honda • Mercedes • Petronas • Toyota
Drivers 1 M. Schumacher • 2 Barrichello • 3 Montoya • 4 R. Schumacher • 4 Gené • 4 Pizzonia • 5 Coulthard • 6 Räikkönen • 7/16 Trulli • 7 Villeneuve • 8 Alonso • 9 Button • 10 Sato • 11 Fisichella • 12 Massa • 14 Webber • 15 Klien • 16 da Matta • 16/17 Zonta • 17 Panis • 18 Heidfeld • 19 Pantano • 19 Glock • 20 Bruni • 21 Baumgartner
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2005 Teams and Drivers
Teams FerrariBARRenaultWilliamsMcLarenSauberRed BullToyotaJordanMinardi
Engines BMWCosworthFerrariHondaMercedesPetronasRenaultToyota
Drivers 1 M. Schumacher • 2 Barrichello • 3 Button • 4 Sato • 4 Davidson • 5 Alonso • 6 Fisichella • 7 Webber • 8 Heidfeld • 8 Pizzonia • 9 Räikkönen • 10 Montoya • 10 De la Rosa • 10 Wurz • 11 Villeneuve • 12 Massa • 14 Coulthard • 15 Klien • 15 Liuzzi • 16 Trulli • 17 R. Schumacher • 17 Zonta • 18 Monteiro • 19 Karthikeyan • 20 Friesacher • 20 Doornbos • 21 Albers
Other Drivers BadoerBernoldiGenéKiesaKovalainenMontagnyPanisRosbergSpeedYamamoto
2006 Teams and Drivers
Teams RenaultMcLarenFerrariToyotaWilliamsHondaRed BullBMW SauberMidlandToro RossoSuper Aguri
Engines BMWCosworthFerrariHondaMercedesRenaultToyota
Drivers 1 Alonso • 2 Fisichella • 3 Räikkönen • 4 Montoya • 4 De la Rosa • 5 M. Schumacher • 6 Massa • 7 R. Schumacher • 8 Trulli • 9 Webber • 10 Rosberg • 11 Barrichello • 12 Button • 14 Coulthard • 15 Klien • 15 Doornbos • 16 Heidfeld • 17 Villeneuve • 17 Kubica • 18 Monteiro • 19 Albers • 20 Liuzzi • 21 Speed • 22 Sato • 23 Ide • 23 Montagny • 23 Yamamoto
Other Drivers BadoerDavidsonHamiltonKovalainenPiquetSutilVettelWurz
2007 Teams and Drivers
Teams McLarenRenaultFerrariHondaBMW SauberToyotaRed BullWilliamsToro RossoSpykerSuper Aguri
Engines BMWFerrariHondaMercedesRenaultToyota
Drivers 1 Alonso • 2 Hamilton • 3 Fisichella • 4 Kovalainen • 5 Massa • 6 Räikkönen • 7 Button • 8 Barrichello • 9 Heidfeld • 10 Kubica/Vettel • 11 R. Schumacher • 12 Trulli • 14 Coulthard • 15 Webber • 16 Rosberg • 17 Wurz/Nakajima • 18 Liuzzi • 19 Speed/Vettel • 20 Sutil • 21 Albers/Winkelhock/Yamamoto • 22 Sato • 23 Davidson
Other Drivers AlbuquerqueAmmermüllerAndrettiAsmerBadoerBirdBourdaisBuemiChandhokChandhok
2008 Teams and Drivers
Teams FerrariBMW SauberRenaultWilliamsRed BullToyotaToro RossoHondaSuper AguriForce IndiaMcLaren
Engines MercedesRenaultFerrariBMWToyotaHonda
Race Drivers Räikkönen • 2 Massa • 3 Heidfeld • 4 Kubica • 5 Alonso • 6 Piquet, Jr • 7 Rosberg • 8 Nakajima • 9 Coulthard • 10 Webber • 11 Trulli • 12 Glock • 14 Bourdais • 15 Vettel • 16 Button • 17 Barrichello • 18 Sato • 19 Davidson • 20 Sutil • 21 Fisichella • 22 Hamilton • 23 Kovalainen
Other Drivers Badoer • Gené • Schumacher • Klien • Asmer • di Grassi • Grosjean • Yamamoto • Hülkenberg • Buemi • Kobayashi • Hartley • Wurz • Conway • Filippi • Liuzzi • Paffett • de la Rosa
2009 Teams and Drivers
Teams McLarenFerrariBMW SauberRenaultToyotaToro RossoRed BullWilliamsForce IndiaBrawn
Engines MercedesRenaultFerrariBMWToyota
Race Drivers Hamilton • 2 Kovalainen • 3 Massa • Badoer • 4 Räikkönen • 5 Kubica • 6 Heidfeld • 7 Alonso • 8 Piquet, Jr • 8 Grosjean • 9 Trulli • 10 Glock • 10 Kobayashi • 11 Bourdais • 11 Alguersuari • 12 Buemi • 14 Webber • 15 Vettel • 16 Rosberg • 17 Nakajima • 20 Sutil • 21/3 Fisichella • 21 Liuzzi • 22 Button • 23 Barrichello
Other Drivers Paffett • de la Rosa • Gené • Klien • di Grassi • Hartley • Coulthard • Hülkenberg • Davidson • Wurz
2010 Teams and Drivers
Teams McLarenMercedesRed BullFerrariWilliamsRenaultForce IndiaToro RossoLotusHRTBMW SauberVirgin
Engines MercedesRenaultFerrariCosworth
Race Drivers Button • 2 Hamilton • 3 Schumacher • 4 Rosberg • 5 Vettel • 6 Webber • 7 Massa • 8 Alonso • 9 Barrichello • 10 Hülkenberg • 11 Kubica • 12 Petrov • 14 Sutil • 15 Liuzzi • 16 Buemi • 17 Alguersuari • 18 Trulli • 19 Kovalainen • 20 Chandhok • 20/21 Yamamoto • 20 Klien • 21 Senna • 22 De la Rosa • 22 Heidfeld • 23 Kobayashi • 24 Glock • 25 Di Grassi
Other Drivers Paffett • Hartley • Ricciardo • Coulthard • Fisichella • Badoer • Gené • Bottas • Tung • D'Ambrosio • Charouz • Di Resta • Fauzy • Soucek • Razia
2011 Teams and Drivers
Teams Red Bull • McLaren • Ferrari • Mercedes • Renault • Williams • Force India • Sauber • Toro Rosso • Lotus • HRT • Virgin
Engines Renault • Mercedes • Ferrari • Cosworth
Race Drivers Vettel • 2 Webber • 3 Hamilton • 4 Button • 5 Alonso • 6 Massa • 7 Schumacher • 8 Rosberg • 9 Heidfeld • 9 Senna • 10 Petrov • 11 Barrichello • 12 Maldonado • 14 Sutil • 15 Di Resta • 16 Kobayashi • 17 Pérez • 17 De la Rosa • 18 Buemi • 19 Alguersuari • 20 Kovalainen • 21 Trulli • 21 Chandhok • 22 Karthikeyan • 22/23 Ricciardo • 23 Liuzzi • 24 Glock • 25 d'Ambrosio
Other Drivers Paffett • Fisichella • Bianchi • Gené • Davidson • Grosjean • Fauzy • Tung • Charouz • Bottas • Hülkenberg • Gutiérrez • Vergne • Razia • Valsecchi • Teixeira • Yamamoto • Wickens • Quaife-Hobbs
2012 Teams and Drivers
Teams Red Bull • McLaren • Ferrari • Mercedes • Lotus • Force India • Sauber • Toro Rosso • Williams • Caterham • HRT • Marussia
Engines Renault • Ferrari • Mercedes • Cosworth
Race Drivers Vettel • 2 Webber • 3 Button • 4 Hamilton • 5 Alonso • 6 Massa • 7 Schumacher • 8 Rosberg • 9 Räikkönen • 10 Grosjean • d'Ambrosio • 11 di Resta • 12 Hülkenberg • 14 Kobayashi • 15 Pérez • 16 Ricciardo • 17 Vergne • 18 Maldonado • 19 Senna • 20 Kovalainen • 21 Petrov • 22 de la Rosa • 23 Karthikeyan • 24 Glock • Pic
Other Drivers Buemi • Paffett • Turvey • Gené • Rigon • Fisichella • Bird • Hartley • Korjus • Bianchi • Daly • Guttiérrez • Bottas • Wolff • van der Garde • Rossi • González • Clos • Ma • Liuzzi • Chilton • de Villota
2013 Teams and Drivers
Teams Red Bull • Ferrari • McLaren • Lotus • Mercedes • Sauber • Force India • Williams • Toro Rosso • Caterham • Marussia
Engines Renault • Ferrari • Mercedes • Cosworth
Race Drivers Vettel • 2 Webber • 3 Alonso • 4 Massa • 5 Button • 6 Pérez • 7 Räikkönen • 7 Kovalainen • 8 Grosjean • 9 Rosberg • 10 Hamilton • 11 Hülkenberg • 12 Gutiérrez • 14 Di Resta • 15 Sutil • 16 Maldonado • 17 Bottas • 18 Vergne • 19 Ricciardo • 20 Pic • 21 Van der Garde • 22 Bianchi • 23 Chilton
Other Drivers Buemi • Félix da Costa • Sainz Jr. • Gené • De la Rosa • Rigon • Paffett • Turvey • Magnussen • d'Ambrosio • Prost • Valsecchi • Hartley • Bird • Frijns • Sato • Sirotkin • Rossiter • Calado • Wolff • Juncadella • Kyvat • Rossi • Ma • Stevens • Razia • González • Ellinas
2014 Teams and Drivers
Teams Caterham • Ferrari • Force India • Lotus • Marussia • McLaren • Mercedes • Red Bull • Sauber • Toro Rosso • Williams
Engines Ferrari • Mercedes • Renault
Drivers Vettel • 3 Ricciardo • 4 Chilton • 6 Rosberg • 7 Räikkönen • 8 Grosjean • 9 Ericsson • 10 Kobayashi • 11 Pérez • 13 Maldonado • 14 Alonso • 17 Bianchi • 19 Massa • 20 Magnussen • 21 Gutiérrez • 22 Button • 25 Vergne • 26 Kvyat • 27 Hülkenberg • 42 Rossi • 44 Hamilton • 45 Lotterer • 46 Stevens • 77 Bottas • 99 Sutil
Other Drivers Buemi • De la Rosa • Félix da Costa • Frijns • Gené • Juncadella • Paffett • Rigon • Sirotkin • Sørensen • Turvey • Van der Garde • Vandoorne • Wolff
2015 Teams and Drivers
Teams Ferrari • Force India • Lotus • Marussia • McLaren • Mercedes • Red Bull • Sauber • Toro Rosso • Williams
Engines Ferrari • Honda • Mercedes • Renault
Drivers Ricciardo • 5 Vettel • 6 Rosberg • 7 Räikkönen • 8 Grosjean • 9 Ericsson • 11 Pérez • 12 Nasr • 13 Maldonado • 14 Alonso • 19 Massa • 20 Magnussen • 21 Gutiérrez • 22 Button • 26 Kvyat • 27 Hülkenberg • 28 Stevens • 33 Verstappen • 44 Hamilton • 53 Rossi • 55 Sainz • 77 Bottas • 98 Merhi
Other Drivers Buemi • Celis • Daruvala • De la Rosa • Félix da Costa • Fong • Gasly • Gutiérrez • Jordá • King • Leimer • Lynn • Marciello • Palmer • Pic • Prost • Rigon • Sutil • Turvey • Vandoorne • Vergne • Wehrlein • Wolff
2016 Teams and Drivers
Teams Ferrari • Force India • Haas • Manor • McLaren • Mercedes • Red Bull • Renault • Sauber • Toro Rosso • Williams
Engines Ferrari • Honda • Mercedes • Renault • TAG Heuer
Drivers Ricciardo • 5 Vettel • 6 Rosberg • 7 Räikkönen • 8 Grosjean • 9 Ericsson • 11 Pérez • 12 Nasr • 14 Alonso • 19 Massa • 20 Magnussen • 21 Gutiérrez • 22 Button • 26 Kvyat • 27 Hülkenberg • 30 Palmer • 31 Ocon • 33 Verstappen • 44 Hamilton • 47 Vandoorne • 55 Sainz • 77 Bottas • 88 Haryanto • 94 Wehrlein
Other Drivers Celis • di Resta • Fong • Fuoco • Gasly • Jordá • Kari • King • Leclerc • Lynn • Matsushita • Mazepin • Paffett • Rossi • Stroll • Turvey • Vandoorne • Vergne
2017 Teams and Drivers
Teams FerrariForce IndiaHaasMcLarenMercedesRed BullRenaultSauberToro RossoWilliams
Engines FerrariHondaMercedesRenaultTAG Heuer
Drivers 2 Vandoorne • 3 Ricciardo • 5 Vettel • 7 Räikkönen • 8 Grosjean • 9 Ericsson • 10 Gasly • 11 Pérez • 14 Alonso • 18 Stroll • 19 Massa • 20 Magnussen • 22 Button • 26 Kvyat • 27 Hülkenberg • 30 Palmer • 31 Ocon • 33 Verstappen • 36 Giovinazzi • 39 Hartley • 40 di Resta • 44 Hamilton • 55 Sainz • 77 Bottas • 94 Wehrlein
Other Drivers CaldéronCelisFongFuocoKariMatsushitaRussellTurvey
V T E Brazil Felipe Massa
Seasons
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Season Reports
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Teams
Sauber (2002, 2004-2005) • Ferrari (2006-2013) • Williams (2014-2017)
Teammates
Nick Heidfeld (2002) • Giancarlo Fisichella (2004) • Jacques Villeneuve (2005) • Michael Schumacher (2006) • Kimi Räikkönen (2007-2009) • Fernando Alonso (2010-2013) • Valtteri Bottas (2014-2016) • Lance Stroll (2017)
Rivalries
Lewis Hamilton
Other pages
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V T E List of World Drivers' Championship runners-up
1950: Juan Manuel Fangio
1951: Alberto Ascari
1952: Giuseppe Farina
1953: Juan Manuel Fangio
1954: José Froilán González
1955: Stirling Moss
1956: Stirling Moss
1957: Stirling Moss
1958: Stirling Moss
1959: Tony Brooks
1960: Bruce McLaren
1961: Wolfgang von Trips
1962: Jim Clark
1963: Graham Hill
1964: Graham Hill
1965: Graham Hill
1966: John Surtees
1967: Jack Brabham
1968: Jackie Stewart
1969: Jacky Ickx
1970: Jacky Ickx
1971: Ronnie Peterson
1972: Jackie Stewart
1973: Emerson Fittipaldi
1974: Clay Regazzoni
1975: Emerson Fittipaldi
1976: Niki Lauda
1977: Jody Scheckter
1978: Ronnie Peterson
1979: Gilles Villeneuve
1980: Nelson Piquet
1981: Carlos Reutemann
1982: Didier Pironi
1983: Alain Prost
1984: Alain Prost
1985: Michele Alboreto
1986: Nigel Mansell
1987: Nigel Mansell
1988: Alain Prost
1989: Ayrton Senna
1990: Alain Prost
1991: Nigel Mansell
1992: Riccardo Patrese
1993: Ayrton Senna
1994: Damon Hill
1995: Damon Hill
1996: Jacques Villeneuve
1997: Heinz-Harald Frentzen*
1998: Michael Schumacher
1999: Eddie Irvine
2000: Mika Häkkinen
2001: David Coulthard
2002: Rubens Barrichello
2003: Kimi Räikkönen
2004: Rubens Barrichello
2005: Kimi Räikkönen
2006: Michael Schumacher
2007: Lewis Hamilton
2008: Felipe Massa
2009: Sebastian Vettel
2010: Fernando Alonso
2011: Jenson Button
2012: Fernando Alonso
2013: Fernando Alonso
2014: Nico Rosberg
2015: Nico Rosberg
2016: Lewis Hamilton
2017: Sebastian Vettel
2018: Sebastian Vettel
2019: Valtteri Bottas
2020: Valtteri Bottas
2021: Lewis Hamilton
2022: Charles Leclerc
2023: Sergio Pérez
* Michael Schumacher was disqualified from the 1997 championship.
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