Previous British F1 champions - Telegraph
Previous British F1 champions
Timeline of British Formula One Drivers' Championship victories.
By Alastair Jamieson
5:30PM GMT 02 Nov 2008
1958 Mike Hawthorn was overall winner despite finishing first in fewer races than British rival Stirling Moss. He retired from Formula One after winning the title in Morocco and was killed in a crash on the A3 Guilford bypass the following year.
1962 Graham Hill won after two years on the British Racing Motors team.
1963 Jim Clark secured the title in his Lotus 25 on 28 December after 10 races.
1964 John Surtees became the first person to win world championships on motorcycles and cars, having previously won seven titles in both 350cc and 500cc.
1965 Jim Clark won a second title in a Lotus 38 and was the first to win both the Indianapolis 500 and Formula One championship in the same year.
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