Formula One drivers from Italy

Formula One drivers from Italy
Drivers100
Grands Prix898
Entries3449
Starts3029
Best season finish1st (1950, 1952, 1953)
Wins50
Podiums221
Pole positions54
Fastest laps61
Points2457.8
First entry1950 British Grand Prix
First win1950 British Grand Prix
Latest win2026 Italian Grand Prix
Latest entry2026 Spanish Grand Prix
2026 driversKimi Antonelli
Giovinazzi driving for Alfa Romeo at the 2019 Austrian Grand Prix

There have been 119 Formula One drivers from Italy including two World Drivers' Champions. Giuseppe "Nino" Farina was the first ever World Champion and Alberto Ascari was the first double World Champion. All three championships came in the early 1950s and very few Italian drivers have come close since Ascari's 1953 victory. In 1989 and again for the following two years there were 13 drivers from Italy. Kimi Antonelli of Mercedes is the only Italian driver in Formula One in 2026. Antonio Giovinazzi was the most recent Italian driver before Antonelli, having competed between 2017 and 2021. Prior to Giovinazzi, there were five consecutive seasons without an Italian driver, with 2012 marking the first season an Italian driver did not enter a Formula One race weekend and the first season since 1969 that an Italian driver did not start a race.