TIL No British driver has ever successfully defended their World Driver's Championship

1950 no driver has won a championship

1951 no south american has won the championship

1952 no driver with alliterative names has become champion

1953 no driver has won 2 championships

1954 no driver has won 2 non consecutive championships

1955 no season has seen a race cancelled

1956 no driver has won a championship with a shared win

1957 no driver has won 5 championships

1958 no british driver has won the championship

1959 no Australian has won the championship

1960 no driver has won without starting or finishing the first 3 races

1961 no non british team has won the championship

1962 no two different drivers champions have shared surnames

1963 no scot has won the championship

1964 no driver has won championships on bikes and cars

1965 no driver has won the championship and not finished the last 3 races 1966 no driver has won the championship in their own car 1967 no champion has won the chapionship without a pole 1968 no constructors championship top 3 has the same engine 1969 no british team has been beaten to the title by a french one 1970 no championship has been awarded posthumously 1971 no driver has won the championship from a swede in second 1972 no Brazilian has won the championship 1973 no driver has won 3 championships none of which are back to back 1974 no championship top 3 have been from 3 different continents 1975 no driver has won with .5 of a point 1976 no 6 wheel car has won a race 1977 no team has won on its debut 1978 no team has won the championship with one of their cars not scoring once 1979 no african has won the championship 1980 no championship top 10 hasn't got a british driver 1981 no team has won the championship with multiple tyre makers in the same year 1982 no driver has won as many races as championships that year 1983 no driver has won the championship with their team in 3rd 1984 no championship has beed decided by less than a point 1985 no frenchman has won a championship 1986 no soviet nation has hosted a grand prix 1987 no Brazilian has won 3 titles 1988 no driver has beaten pique at the Hungarian gp 1989 no championship has been decided at Suzuka 1990 no championship has been won by a double DNF 1991 no Brazilian has won consecutive championships 1992 no driver has retired and won the title in the same year 1993 no driver has raced with 0 for a year 1994 no champion has been killed in a grand prix 1995 no german has won 2 titles 1996 no son of a champion has been champion 1997 no driver to be champion in CART first has then won the f1 championship 1998 mclaren have never won unless in red and white 1999 no Finn has defended their title successfully 2000 no Ferrari has won on grooved tyres 2001 no siblings have both won races in the same season 2002 no top 3 teams has had their 6 drivers in team order 2003 no top 3 teams have all scored over 100 points 2004 no driver has won 7 titles 2005 no race has had only 6 starters

2006 no Spaniard has won the championship consecutively

2007 no rookie has been within a point of the championship

2008 no pole has won a race or led the championship 2009 no debutante team has won both championships 2010 no last round has had 4 drivers mathematically able to win the championship

2011 no race has lasted over 4 hours

2012 no start to the season has seen 7 different winners

2013 no driver has won their first 4 titles consecutively

2014 no british driver has won the championship in two teams of different nationalities

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