Top 10 British Formula 1 race winners

Lewis Hamilton is the most successful British driver. Photo: Clive Mason/Getty Images.
Lewis Hamilton is the most successful British driver. Photo: Clive Mason/Getty Images.

#6: Stirling Moss (16 wins)

Unlike some others on this list, Sir Stirling Moss never won a world championship title in his Formula 1 career. Moss won 16 races in his with five different teams. These teams included Mercedes, Maserati, Cooper, Lotus, and Vanwall, the latter being the winner of the first-ever constructors' championship in 1958. Sir Stirling Moss is widely regarded as the greatest Formula 1 driver who has never won a world title.

#7: Jenson Button (15 wins)

With 15 wins to his name, Jenson Button is the seventh most successful British driver in Formula 1. The 2009 world champion won his first race at the rain-soaked 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix.

During his 2009 title-winning season, the man from Somerset won six races with the newly-formed Brawn GP. However, with eight wins, Button won most of his races with McLaren. His last win for the Woking-based side came during the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix, which to this day remains the last time McLaren have won a Formula 1 race.

Button's last F1 win was also McLaren's last win. Photo: Clive Mason/Getty Images.
Button's last F1 win was also McLaren's last win. Photo: Clive Mason/Getty Images.

#8: Graham Hill (14 wins)

With just one win short of Button, Graham Hill is eighth on the list. Damon's father, Graham Hill, won 14 races during his Formula 1 career, which spanned 18 years. Hill also won the world championship twice, in 1962 and 1968, with BRM and Lotus, respectively.

Although 14 races in 18 seasons might not look good, Graham Hill is a legend in his own right by being the only driver to win the Triple Crown of Motorsports (Le Mans, Indy 500 and the Monaco Grand Prix). Graham Hill won the Monaco Grand Prix five times, which gave him his moniker as Mr. Monaco. Hill, Jim Clark and Colin Chapman at Lotus were widely considered the "dream-team" during the 1960s.

#9: David Coulthard (13 wins)

Another driver to have not won a world championship is David Coulthard, who has 13 wins to his name. Coulthard's first win came with Williams during the 1995 Portuguese Grand Prix at Estoril. The other 12 wins were achieved during his time at McLaren while playing second fiddle to Mika Hakkinen. The closest Coulthard came to winning the Formula 1 title was during the 2001 season when he came second to Michael Schumacher.

#10: James Hunt (10 wins)

And lastly, we have James Hunt who has won 10 times in Formula 1. Hunt will forever be remembered for his epic title win against Niki Lauda during the 1976 season where Hunt won the championship in the final race at Fuji.

James Hunt won his first race at the 1975 Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort with the Hesketh Formula 1 Team. His nine other wins came with McLaren, with whom he won the 1976 title. Fittingly, Hunt's last Formula 1 win came at Fuji in 1977.

James Hunt, Monaco 1976. Photo: Tont Duffy/Getty Images.
James Hunt, Monaco 1976. Photo: Tont Duffy/Getty Images.

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