As of 2014, the Formula One World Champion is a German driver named Sebastian Vettel. He has been the champion for 5 seasons straight.
As of July 2014, Sebastian Vettel is the current Formula One World Champion driver, having won the championship 4 years in a row: in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013.
Kimi Raikkonen was the 2007 Formula One world champion.
Michael Schumacher is a former formula one racer and seven time world champion.
The first and only Formula One World Champion for New Zealand was Denny Hulme. This was in 1967.
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Michael Schumacher is seven-time Formula One world drivers' champion.
Alberto Ascari was the 1953 Formula One champion.
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The defending Formula One World Champion heading into the 2012 season is Sebastien Vettel of the Red Bull Racingchassis.
Sebastian Vettel is the youngest driver to win the formula 1 drivers champion. He was 23 years and 134 days old.
The first Formula One World Championship was won by Italian Giuseppe Farina in his Alfa Romeo in 1950