Formula One drivers from Finland
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There have been nine Formula One drivers from Finland who have taken part in races since the championship began in 1950. Three drivers have won the World Drivers' Championship, with Keke Rosberg being the first in 1982. Mika Häkkinen won it in 1998 and retained it in 1999, becoming the first - and so far only - Finnish double world champion. Kimi Räikkönen is the most recent Finnish champion having won the title in 2007. Finland is considered to have an unusually high amount of successful Formula One drivers for a country of its relatively small size.[1][2]
Quick Facts Drivers, Grands Prix ...
Drivers | 9 |
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Grands Prix | 756 |
Entries | 1176 |
Starts | 1135 |
Best season finish | 1st (1982, 1998, 1999, 2007) |
Wins | 57 |
Podiums | 245 |
Pole positions | 70 |
Fastest laps | 95 |
Points | 4397.5 |
First entry | 1974 Belgian Grand Prix |
First win | 1982 Swiss Grand Prix |
Latest win | 2021 Turkish Grand Prix |
Latest entry | 2024 Miami Grand Prix |
2024 drivers | Valtteri Bottas |
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