![]() The earliest in a season that the Drivers' Championship has been clinched was in 2002, when Michael Schumacher secured the title with six races remaining. The Drivers' Championship has been won in the final race of the season 29 times in the 70 seasons it has been awarded. The FIA does not officially declare the Champion until the end of the season, but a driver is said to have "clinched" the Championship after it is no longer possible for another to obtain more points than him, even if the former driver were to not compete in the remaining races of the season, and the latter to score the maximum number of points possible. The current Drivers' Champion is Max Verstappen, who won his first World Championship in the 2021 season. ![]() The first driver to win multiple Championships was Alberto Ascari, in 19. The Drivers' Championship was first awarded in 1950, to Nino Farina. The Formula One World Drivers' Championship (WDC) is awarded by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile ( FIA) to the most successful Formula One racing car driver over a season, as determined by a points system based on Grand Prix results of that year. ![]()
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