- Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Carl Hamilton (born January 7, 1985 in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England) is a British Formula One (F1) driver. Hamilton started racing karts at the age of eight. When he was nine, he approached McLaren F1 team boss Ron Dennis at an awards ceremony and told him he would drive for McLaren one day; four years later, Hamilton was signed to the McLaren driver development support programme.
- Fernando Alonso
Fernando Alonso Díaz is a Spanish Formula One racing driver and reigning, two-time, world champion. He currently lives in Oxford, England, and owns a house near Lake Geneva, Switzerland. On September 25 2005 he won the World Driver's Championship title at the age of 24 years and 58 days, thus breaking Emerson Fittipaldi's record of being the youngest F1 champion and is also the youngest double champion. He is nicknamed "El Nano".
- Michael Schumacher
Michael Schumacher (pronounced /:Media:De-Michael-Schumacher.oggsmall>(help•info</small>/, born January 3, 1969, in Hürth Hermülheim, Germany) is a former Formula One driver, and seven-time world champion. According to the official Formula One website, he is "statistically the greatest driver the sport has ever seen". He is the first German to win the Formula One World championship and is credited with popularising Formula One in Germany.
- Felipe Massa
Felipe Massa (born April 25, 1981) is a Brazilian Formula One racing driver, currently employed by the Ferrari team.
- David Coulthard
David Marshall Coulthard, often called DC, (born March 27, 1971 in Twynholm, Kirkcudbrightshire {Dumfries and Galloway since 1975is a Scottish Formula One racing driver. He is a successful driver in the current era of the sport with 13 grand prix victories. By virtue of a long, consistent and careful career, much of it spent in top teams, he has amassed a large points haul, and lies fifth on the all-time scorers list, being the top British scorer.
- Jenson Button
Jenson Alexander Lyons Button, often called Jense, (born 19 January, 1980) is an English Formula One racing driver. He currently competes for the Honda Racing F1 team. He won his first Grand Prix in Hungary, on August 6 2006 after 113 races.
- Nicklaus Heidfeld
Nick Heidfeld (born May 10, 1977) is a German Formula One auto racing driver for the BMW Sauber factory team. He lives in Stafa, Switzerland with his girlfriend Patricia and baby daughter, Juni. BMW- Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld When Nick Heidfeld hits the dance floor, people rub their eyes in amazement. The internet download sequence runs for around 20 seconds: an excerpt from a television broadcast showing him in rave mode.
- Mark Webber
Mark Alan Webber, called Webbo by some fans, (born August 27, 1976) is an Australian Formula One driver. He was born in Queanbeyan, New South Wales, son of Alan, the local motorcycle dealer. He is the first Australian to race in Formula One since David Brabham in 1994. After some racing success in Australia, Webber moved to the UK in 1995 to further his motorsports career.
- Rubens Barrichello
Rubens Gonçalves Barrichello is a Brazilian Formula One race driver. He currently drives for Honda. He is best known for being Michael Schumacher's teammate at Ferrari from 2000 to 2005, enjoying considerable success. Schumacher's retirement at the end of makes Barrichello the most experienced driver on the grid. At present (2007) Barrichello is the only driver competing in 2007 to have raced against Ayrton Senna.
- Robert Kubica
Robert Kubica is the first Polish Formula One racing driver, driving for BMW Sauber.
- Jarno Trulli
Jarno Trulli (born 13 July, 1974) is an Italian Formula One auto racing driver currently in the employ of the Toyota team
- Max Mosley
Max Rufus Mosley is currently serving his fourth term as president of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Mosley is the second son of the British fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley and Diana Mitford. He attended Christ Church, Oxford, graduating with a degree in physics in 1961. During his time at Oxford he was Secretary of the Oxford Union. He studied law at Gray's Inn in London and qualified as a barrister in 1964.
- Giancarlo Fisichella
Giancarlo Fisichella (born January 14, 1973 in Rome, Italy), also known as Fisico or Fisi, is an Italian Formula One racing driver. He currently drives for the reigning world constructors' champions, Renault, and has previously driven for Sauber, Jordan, Benetton and Minardi. He has won three races in his career to date, …
- Nico Rosberg
Nico Rosberg (born June 27, 1985 in Wiesbaden, Germany) is a German-Finnish Formula One race car driver for the Williams team. He won the 2005 GP2 Series for the ART team, having raced in Formula Three Euroseries previously for his father's team.
- Sebastian Vettel
Sebastian Vettel (born July 3 1987 in Heppenheim) is a German race car driver. He has been the third (test and reserve) driver for the BMW Sauber Formula One team from the 2006 Turkish Grand Prix onwards. By taking part in Friday practice for the 2006 Turkish Grand Prix, Vettel became the youngest ever Formula One driver to drive at a Grand Prix meeting, at 19 years and 53 days.
- Nelson Piquet
Nelson Piquet Souto Maior (born August 17, 1952), more commonly known as Nelson Piquet, is a Brazilian racing driver who was Formula One world champion in 1981, 1983, and 1987. He is one of the few men to win at least three world championships in the history of Formula One (the others being Jack Brabham, Jackie Stewart, Niki Lauda, Ayrton Senna (all 3), Alain Prost (4), Juan Manuel Fangio (5), and Michael Schumacher (7))
- Timo Glock
Timo Glock (born March 10, 1982 in Lindenfels, Germany) is a motor racing driver. At the 2004 Canadian Grand Prix, standing in for Giorgio Pantano who had a contract dispute with Jordan Grand Prix, he joined a select group of drivers who have scored a World Championship point in their first Formula One race.
- Takuma Sato
is a Japanese Formula One automobile racing driver.
- Ralf Schumacher
Ralf Schumacher is a German Formula One racing driver for the Toyota team. He is the younger brother of seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher and has won six F1 races during his career, which has spanned from 1997 to present day.
- Adrian Sutil
Adrian Sutil ("Soo-tEEl") (born January 11, 1983 in Starnberg, Germany) is a German Formula One racing driver. A talented pianist, Sutil started karting at 14 before moving up to Swiss Formula Ford 1800 in 2002. He won all ten rounds of the season from pole and added five wins in the Formula Masters Austria championship. But when he moved up to the Formula BMW ADAC championship in 2003 he managed only sixth with no wins coming his way.
- Juan Pablo Montoya
Juan Pablo Montoya Roldán is a race car driver in NASCAR for Chip Ganassi Racing. He is a former Formula One driver. He was born in Bogotá where he was taught the techniques of karting from an early age by his father Pablo, an architect and motorsport enthusiast. He has enjoyed great success, most famously in top open wheel racing series. The highlights of his career include winning the International F3000 championship in 1998, and the CART Championship Series in 1999, …
- Bernie Ecclestone
Bernard Charles "Bernie" Ecclestone (born October 29 1930 near Bungay, Suffolk, England) is the president and CEO of Formula One Management and Formula One Administration, and owns a stake in Alpha Prema, the parent company of the Formula One Group of companies. As such, he is generally considered the primary authority in Formula One racing. He is most commonly addressed in tabloid journalism as "F1 Supremo".
- Kazuki Nakajima
Kazuki Nakajima (born January 11, 1985 in Aichi, Japan) is a professional Japanese racing driver and test driver for the Williams-Toyota Formula One team. He currently races for the DAMS team in the GP2 series. Kazuki is the son of the retired Formula One driver Satoru Nakajima.
- Ayrton Senna
Ayrton Senna da Silva (pronounced /:Media:ayrton_senna_da_silva.oggsmall>(help•info</small>/, March 21, 1960 - May 1, 1994) was a Brazilian triple Formula One world champion. Senna was renowned for his qualifying skill, which produced a 65 pole positions in 162 races (0.401 poles/race), although the record now stands 68 which is held by the greatest, 7 times world champion Michael Schumacher. Senna was also known for his rain driving.
- Jacques Villeneuve
Jacques Joseph Charles Villeneuve (born April 9, 1971 in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec) is a Canadian automobile racing driver, he is the son of Gilles Villeneuve - another racing driver. Villeneuve is notable for winning the 1995 CART Championship, the 1995 Indianapolis 500 and the 1997 Formula One Championship. Alongside Mario Andretti and Emerson Fittipaldi, the Canadian is one of the only drivers to achieve all three.
- Jacques Villeneuve
Jacques Villeneuve - also known as Jacquo or Uncle Jacques (in French L'oncle Jacques) - is the brother of Gilles Villeneuve, and uncle to Jacques Villeneuve (former F1 world champion). He was born on November 4, 1953 in the small town of Berthierville, Quebec, Canada. He is now frequently known as "Uncle Jacques" because of the rise of his nephew. He had a varied motorsport career, taking in Formula Atlantic, CART, Can-Am, …
- Ron Dennis
I have been involved in Motorsports since 1966, where I had my first role with Cooper Racing Car Company. I then moved on to the roll of Chief Mechanic to EX F1 Racer, Jack Brabham in 1968. In 1982 I Assumed control of the Formula1
- Anthony Davidson
Anthony Denis Davidson (born 18 April, 1979 in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England) is an English racing driver, currently racing in Formula 1 with Super Aguri.
- Scott Speed
Scott Andrew Speed is a race car driver born on 24 January 1983 in Manteca, California, USA. A driver for the Scuderia Toro Rosso F1 team, he made his Formula One race debut at the 2006 Bahrain Grand Prix.
- Kimi Räikkönen
Kimi Matias Räikkönen, born October 17, 1979 in Espoo, is a Finnish Formula One racing car driver for Scuderia Ferrari. He finished runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 2003 and 2005. He has driven for Sauber-Petronas (2001) and Team McLaren-Mercedes (2002-2006) he currently drives for Ferrari with whom is contracted until the end of the 2009 season.
- Vitantonio Liuzzi
Vitantonio "Tonio" Liuzzi (born 6 August 1981 in Locorotondo) is an Italian Formula One driver, who drives for Scuderia Toro Rosso.
- Jackie Stewart
Sir John Young Stewart, OBE (born 11 June 1939 in Milton, West Dunbartonshire), better known as Jackie Stewart, and nicknamed The Flying Scot, is a Scottish former racing driver. He competed in Formula One between 1965 and 1973, winning three world titles. He also competed in the Can-Am championship.
- Damon Hill
Damon Graham Devereux Hill OBE (born 17 September 1960 in London) is a British former racing driver from England. He was the 1996 Formula One World Champion. As the son of the late double Formula One world champion Graham Hill, he is the only son of a world champion to win the title. Damon Hill came to professional motorsports relatively late: he began racing motorcycles in 1983 at the age of 23. The following year, he won the 350 cc Clubman's cup at Brands Hatch.
- Flavio Briatore
Flavio Briatore (born April 12, 1950) is an Italian entrepreneur and managing director of the Renault Formula One team.
- Gilles Villeneuve
Joseph Gilles Henri Villeneuve (Gilles Villeneuve pronounced ) (January 18, 1950 - May 8, 1982) was a Canadian Formula One racing driver. An enthusiast of cars and fast driving from an early age, he started his professional career in snowmobile racing in his native province of Quebec.
- Nigel Mansell
Nigel Ernest James Mansell OBE (born August 8, 1953 in Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire) is a British racing driver from England who won world championships in both Formula One (1992) and CART (1993). He is the only person in history to hold both titles simultaneously, and was the first person to win the CART title in his debut season. His career in Formula One spanned 15 seasons, with his final two full seasons of top-level racing being spent in the American CART series.
- Pedro de la Rosa
Pedro Martínez de la Rosa is a Spanish Formula One driver, currently the third driver for the McLaren team. De la Rosa has participated in 71 Grands Prix, debuting on March 7, 1999, becoming one of very few drivers to score a point at his first race. He scored a total of 28 championship points, which included a podium finish at the 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix.
- Alain Prost
Alain Marie Pascal Prost, OBE (born 24 February 1955) is a French racing driver. He retired from Grand Prix racing at the end of 1993 after becoming Formula One World Champion for the fourth time. Only Juan Manuel Fangio and Michael Schumacher have won more Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles. From 1987 until 2001 Prost held the record for most Grand Prix victories. Schumacher surpassed Prost's total of 51 victories at the 2001 Belgian Grand Prix.
- Sakon Yamamoto
is a Japanese racecar driver. He began his racing career in 1994 at the Suzuka Circuit Racing School (Karting). In 2005 he was the test/third driver for one Grand Prix weekend with the Jordan Formula One team. On June 8, 2006, Sakon Yamamoto joined the Super Aguri F1 team as their test driver and third driver on grand prix weekends, helping Takuma Sato and Franck Montagny in Friday's free practice sessions.
- Christian Klien
Christian Klien (born February 7 1983) is an Austrian Formula One racing driver. Klien has yet to achieve a race win or a podium finish in Formula One. Klien started his career in motorsport in his early teens; racing in karting championships both in Austria and Switzerland before moving up to Formula BMW. After several more titles in lower Formulas, Klien moved up into Formula One with the Jaguar Racing team, alongside Mark Webber.