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**Formula One: The World Championship**

The world has watched Formula One for 70 years to see who will be the best of the best, the world champion. The driver whose name and nationality will go down in history. Drivers from 40 countries have raced in Formula One, but over half of the champions come from just four countries and they might not be the first four that come to mind.

**The International Nature of Formula One**

Formula One is a truly international series. Since it began in 1950, there have been teams from 26 countries, races held in 33 countries, and 767 drivers from 40 different countries. Among all those drivers, there have only been 33 world champions.

**Where Do Champions Come From?**

So where do champions come from? Do most champions just come from the countries that produce the most drivers? Well, let's look there first. Roughly 65% of all F1 drivers come from just four countries: Italy, the US, France, and the United Kingdom.

**The Dominance of Four Countries**

It's not much of a mystery why those four countries have produced so many F1 competitors. Take Italy, for example. It's the home of Ferrari, a team that has never missed a Formula One season and has won the Constructor's Championship a record 15 times. It's also the home of legendary F1 circuits like Monza, Imola, and Mugello. Nearly 100 F1 drivers have been Italian.

**The Italian Champions**

So how many Italian champions are there? Just two. And there hasn't been an Italian champion since 1953.

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WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en(car accelerating)(upbeat exciting music)- 10 teams, 20 drivers,billions of dollars at stake.For 70 years the worldhas watched Formula Oneto see who will be the best ofthe best, the world champion.The driver whose name and nationalitywill go down in history.Drivers from 40 countrieshave raced in Formula One,but over half of the championscome from just four countriesand they might not be thefirst four that come to mind.So which ones are they?Why do these countries make champions?And how does a countrywith a population the sizeof South Carolina, have oneof the greatest championship recordsin international motor sports?Well, you gotta stick around to find out,this is Wheelhouse.(upbeat rhythmic music)Formula One is a trulyinternational series.Since it began in 1950,there have been teamsfrom 26 countries, racesheld in 33 countriesand 767 drivers from40 different countries.But among all those drivers,there have only been 33 world champions.So where do champions come from?Do most champions just comefrom the countries thatproduce the most drivers?Well, let's look there first.(drumming)Roughly 65% of all F1 drivers comefrom just four countries; Italy, the US,France and the United Kingdom.It's not much of a mysterywhy those four countrieshave produced so many F1 competitors.Take Italy.It's the home of Ferrari,a team which has nevermissed a Formula One seasonand has won the Constructor's Championshipa record 15 times.It's the home of legendary F1 circuitslike Monza, Imola and Mugello.Nearly 100 F1 drivers have been Italian.So how many Italian champions are there?Just two.And there hasn't been anItalian champion since 1953."Wait a minute", I hearyou F1 fans crying.What about the 1978 worldchampion, Mario Andretti?He was Italian.He was, but sometimes the record bookdoesn't tell the whole story.So we've gotta dig a little deeper.Andretti was born in Italy,but raced as an American.So what does that mean?How did Andretti end up racingwith the stars and stripes?Nationality in formulaone is whatever's listedon a driver's FIA super license.That's the most elite license in racingand at any given time, thereare less than a hundred driversin the world who couldeven qualify for it.Andretti became a US citizen in 1964and dual citizens like Andretti can choosewhich country they represent.Because Andretti spent mostof his career in the USA,he continued racing as an Americanwhen he got his super license.Sorry Italy.Now, before you wear yourselfout, chanting USA, USA,I have some bad news.Out of the 158 AmericanF1 drivers only twobecame world champions.But again, the record book,doesn't tell the whole story,you've gotta dig into the history.From 1950 to 1960, the Indianapolis 500was a Formula One championship event,but 122 of the Americans who raced at Indyduring those years, never enteredanother F1 championship race.Once you know that,America's F1 record startsto look pretty good actually.Just 36 Americans have actually competedfor the championship.That means we've got onechampion for every 18 drivers,a ratio that's not far offfrom some of the topcountries for champions.Not too shabby, especially consideringthat France, home of Le Mans and the FIAhas had 71 drivers, butjust one world champion.All right, so now you canchant a little if you want.Sorry France.So far, we know thatthree of the top countriesfor Formula One drivers,Italy, the USA and France,have produced just fiveworld champions between them.So where do these champions come from?Well, the top spot for both driversand champions goes to the United Kingdom.Over 70 seasons of Formula One,there have been 164 British driversand among the 33 worldchampions, 10 of them were Brits.The top spot for championsisn't even a contest.Second place is a fight for the scraps.A three-way tie between the countrieswith just three champions each.One of the most successful countriesis the size of New Mexicobut with the climate of Alaska.It's not an obvious choicefor champion countryif you ask me, but theyreally make it work.But before we find outwhich country that is,let's see why British drivers have beenso successful in Formula One.(double music beat)Much like the Italians,the British have been massively involvedin Formula One from the start.There has never been a seasonwithout a British team,a British driver, or a British Grand Prix.British F1 teams have won theConstructor Championship twiceas many times as the second place Italy.McLaren has participatedin every F1 seasonsince 1966, a streak secondonly to Italy's Ferrari.(car engines roaring)Three of the 2020 F1 teams were Britishin McLaren, Williams and Racing Point.More than any other country and in fact,Racing Point is gonna be evenmore British this season,rebranding themselves asthe Aston Martin F1 team.Looking forward to seeing how Seb does.What makes the UK in manyways the home of Formula One,isn't just about the British teams.Other countries teamslike Austria's Red Bulland America's Haas, maintainfacilities in the UK.Hell, France's Renault F1 carsare designed and built in England.The all conquering Mercedes teamhas been based just north of Londonsince their return to F1 in 2010.Basically Great Britain is to Formula Onewhat North Carolina is to NASCAR.Ferrari might wanna argue,but the story of Formula Oneis dominated by the British.And we haven't even talkedabout the drivers yet.The list of British F1 championsincludes legendary driverslike Nigel Mansell, James Hunt,Jenson Button and Jackie Stewart.British champions havetaken home the titlea combined 20 times.Seven of those titles belongto the most successful current driver,Lewis Hamilton, and hiscareer isn't even over yet.His career's far from over, I hope.At this point though, withsuch a commanding lead,another British championshipis almost irrelevantbut like the USA, the record bookdoesn't tell the whole storyof Great Britain's F1 successbecause you can't tell thestory of Lewis Hamiltonwithout talking about Germany.Hamilton won his firstchampionship in 2008driving a McLaren, but that carhad a German engine from Mercedes.With his second championship in 2012,he was now driving for Mercedesand interrupted the fouryear championship streakof German driver, Sebastian Vettel.Hamilton's next sixchampionships were with Mercedes,the team that has won theConstructors Championshipevery year since 2014,and the only year Hamiltondidn't win the championship,it went to his Mercedesteammate, German, Nico Rosberg.Hamilton's seventh worldchampionship in 2020tied the record of yet anotherGerman, Michael Schumacher,who still holds the recordfor most consecutivechampionships with five in a row.Although perhaps only until next year.That's three Germanchampions, which puts Germanyin that three-way tie for second place.So why has Germany produced F1 champions?Well, if the story ofFormula One is dominatedby the British, the story of the caris dominated by Germany.After all, it was the German Carl Benzwho invented the automobile in 1885.Along with Mercedes, Germany is the homeof Audi, BMW and Porsche.It's where you'll find the Autobahnand the Nürburgring, wherethe first German Grand Prixwas held in Formula One.It's no surprise then, thatwhen Mercedes showed upto their first Formula One season in 1954they were firing on allcylinders, taking homethe Constructors Championshiptwo years in a row.Admittedly, Mercedes did havea bit of a slump after that,not winning it again untilnearly 60 years later in 2014,but they've won it every year since then.The success of the Germandrivers has been similar to thatof Mercedes, a bit ofa late start, but boywas it something once they got going.There have been 52 Germandrivers, but no championsuntil Michael Schumacher in 1994.The title has come hometo Germany 12 timessince Schumacher's first championship,more than any othercountry in the same period.Schumacher went on to wina total of seven titles.Sebastian Vettel gotfour from 2010 to 2014and he's still racing, so you never know.We'll see what happens.The third German champion, Nico Rosbergis the only driver to take a championshipaway from Hamilton,which is no small feat.Once more though, the record bookisn't giving us the whole story.Like Mario Andretti, Rosbergis also a dual citizen.If his FIA super licenselisted his other nationality,the top countries for F1 championswould be completely different.Germany wouldn't be second anymore.They'd be tied for fourth.And that mystery country,the happiest countryin the world, would be allby itself in second place.But before we reveal thehome of Nico Rosberg's dadand possibly the most successful countryin international racing, let's take a lookat the other country withthree formula one champions.It's a country thatcouldn't be more differentfrom Germany and that's Brazil.(upbeat fast music)Brazil doesn't have anAutobahn or a Nürburgring.They don't have Germany'smassive car industry connectionto automotive history orhigh-performance car culture.But Brazil has the strongestconnection to Formula Oneof any country outside of Europe.And that's partly becauseBrazilians love sports.Soccer is practically a second religion,but also because they love to cheerfor Brazilian heroes and seethem shine on the world stage.Motor sports in Brazilmay not be as accessibleas it is in other countries,but all it takes is one rising starand the whole of Brazilis gonna lift them up.Brazil's obsession withFormula One got startedwhen future champion Emerson Fittipaldiscored the first ever Grand Prix victoryfor a Brazilian in 1970.That began a 47 year streakof 32 Brazilian drivers in Formula One.In 1972, the year Fittipaldiwon his first championship,the inaugural BrazilianGrand Prix was heldand it has been a partof every F1 season since,except 2020, when it wasone of the many racesthat was sadly canceled due to COVID.I really did miss Interlagos.That race has long been an important eventon the F1 calendar, but inBrazil, Formula One is moreabout national heroes thantheir home Grand Prix.And one of their biggest Brazilian heroesof all time is Ayrton Senna.Senna was mentored byFittipaldi and is absolutely oneof the biggest legends in Formula One.Along with his three championships,he holds numerous records,including winning the mostprestigious Grand Prix of all,Monaco, five years in a row.During his life Sennaachieved near godlike statusamong the people of Braziland following his tragic deathat 1994's Grand Prix ofImola, Brazilian interestin Formula One waned.When there are other successful driversthat interest returns, but F1 has yetto achieve the same popularity it hadduring the Senna years,unsurprisingly really.Many Brazilians believe there can never bea greater driver and forthem Formula One endedwith Senna's death.With their passion forsport, sense of communityand love of international competition,it makes sense thatBrazil is on this list.The UK and Germany also make sense becauseof their close associationswith Formula Oneand enthusiasm for everything automotive.But the last country in thisvideo is probably better knownfor bands with names likeEnsiferum, Omnium Gatherum,Insomnium, all kinds ofums, not race car drivers.For this last one, we've gotta diginto the geography, cultureand people to understand why(drum roll)Finland makes racing champions.Some of you might struggleto find Finland on a map.I know I do.So here's how I remember.Finland is the bulbousScandinavian nation that hangs outbehind Europe's dangler,that's Norway and Sweden.And just like the geography suggests,the Finns have a lot of balls.What I'm crudely callingballs, the Finns call "sisu".They'll tell you there'sno perfect translationfor this uniquely Finnish kind of courage.F1 champion Mika Häkkinen said that sisuis what gives Finns thecourage to break late,get on throttle early and carve every apexas close as possible.But sisu also means notletting emotions take control.It's maintaining focusand rational perseverancewhen the odds are against you.It makes sense that sisu wouldbe an asset in Formula One.Most drivers in an F1 seasonwill I never win a racebut they're still expectedto give it their all.Maybe sisu preparesFinnish drivers to succeedeven when the odds are,they're destined to lose.The thing is, Finnishdrivers seem to lose lessthan any other country in Formula One.Sure, they've only gotthree world championsbut there have only been nine Finnsin the whole history of F1.That's insane, quite frankly.No other country even comes closeto that rate of success.So is it all just sisu?Well, another F1 championKimi Räikkönen saysthat all Finns excel atdriving, because quote,"The roads and long winters,you really have to be a gooddriver to survive in Finland.It is always slippery and bumpy."Many Finnish roads are graveland even the paved ones spend a bunchof the year covered in ice.To get an ordinary driver's license,Finns have to take a teston a slippery road coursewhich is basically a wet skid pad,and to pass they have toknow how to power slide.This is awesome.Finns even set up elaborateice circuits on frozen lakeseach winter, whereanyone can bring any carand take a spin, so to speak.For Finns it seems, drivingat the limit, is just driving.Finns will also tell youthat driving fast is justin their blood and maybe they're right.The first ever F1 champion Keke Rosbergwas the father of GermanF1 champion, Nico Rosberg.Nico even had a Finnish racing license,switching to a Germanlicense just two yearsbefore his debut in F1.If Nico hadn't switched,Finland would have fourchampions and would be all alonein that number two spot.So Finnish racing successis built on harsh winters,sisu and maybe even a little genetics.Brazil makes F1 championsbecause they wanna beat the worldin sport and often do.Germany because they're possiblythe most car obsessed country in the worldand the UK, because they're the spiritualand oftentimes actual home of Formula One.The UK is currently securein their number one spot for F1 champions.But second place is still a race.If Valtteri Bottas manages to move outfrom Hamilton's shadow this season,Finland would finallyget its fourth championand be all by itself behind the UK.But for 2021 German, Mick Schumacher,Michael Schumacher's son, will be racingat Formula One as well.Brazil's current best hope isEmerson Fittipaldi's grandson,Pietro, a reserve driverwith Haas and you know what,it would be great to seea Brazilian driver returnto the Formula One grid.I'm sure Brazil would also agree.These kinds of battles are oneof the greatest parts ofFormula One's 70 year run.Even if Hamilton winsit all again this yearwhich he probably will,there's always next year.And there's always an international lineupof potential future heroes.We just need to hurry up andget an American on the grid.So when Hamilton retires,Mercedes call me.I've got a 2100 I rating.That's actually pretty bad.Thank you for watching Wheelhouse.I love, love, love doing F1 stuff on here.So if you wanna see more,let me know in the 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