Button's WDC a New Record ( for the wrong reason)
Before 2009, A driver who has won a WDC has won a Race before his 100th GP
Thats how it has been ever since F1 world championship existed

Now Button has changed that record
He won his first race in his 110th (somewhere) race

Can anyone list all WDC and a show us when they won their first GP

You should also list all those that won earlier, but never won a WDC.

the ones without WDC are not relevant

I remember Brundle babbling all the time in the race were Button was on his 100th(with a blue BAR car in china)

Wrong, unless my maths are way, way off, Mika Hakkinen ran around 107 (105 to 108, I'm unsure on some did-not-qualify ones) races before he won Jerez in 1997.

[EDIT] Well. off they were.
1991 - 16 races
1992 - 16 races
1993 - 4 races (oops)
1994 - 15 races
1995 - 15 races
1996 - 16 races
1997 - 16 races as non-winner then blam! Race win!
So thats...
98 winless drives. Short of 100 for sure.

Mika Hakkinen was damn close.

Subscribe to FORIX on this site and you will find all the information you wish.

I thought the same thing. But went to Forix first.

The first 2 were gifts, so it was 100 before he got a "proper" win.

If we go by that definition, Jenson's 'record' extends to over 150 races

Ok here is the list i made
1. Nino Farina > 1st Race
2. Alberto Ascari > 13th Race
3. Juan Manuel Fangio > 2nd Race
4. Mike Hawthorn > 13th Race
5. Phil Hill > 29th Race
6. Graham Hill > 39th Race
7. Denny Hulme > 21th Race
8. Jack Brabham > 35th Race
9. Jim Clark > 21st Race
10. John Surtees > 33rd Race
11. Jochen Rindt > 51st Race
12. Jody Scheckter > 12th Race
13. Alan Jones > 31st Race
14. Keke Rosberg > 63rd Race
15. Niki Lauda > 32nd Race
16. Nelson Piquet > 24th Race
17. Ayrton Senna > 17th Race
18. Nigel Mansell > 76th Race
19. Alain Prost > 21st Race
20. Damon Hill > 19th Race
21. Jacques Villeneuve > 4th Race
22. Michael Schumacher > 18th Race
23. Mika Hakkinen > 98th Race
24. Fernando Alonso > 30th Race
25. Kimi Räikkönen > 36th Race
26. Lewis Hamilton > 6th Race
27. Jenson Button > 113th Race

Edit:

28. James Hunt > 30th Race
29. Mario Andretti > 10th Race
30. Emerson Fittipaldi > 5th Race
31. Jackie Stewart > 8th Race


These are the list of all WDC in F1 history and their wins
i got these from Wiki....i sat and counted all the race for all the drivers
i have highlighted once with wins less than 10 GPs and also the ones with longest run without win

Heidfeld will break the record next year!
BTW: you forgot to highlight Villeneuve and Fangio

i missed that, edited my post

exactly, if it was not for Schumy's stunt at that GP he wouldnot have won until next race
so it must have made it 99th race....Damn close for sure!

Thanks for the figures. Interesting to see that most WDCs (22 in total) won their first race before reaching 40 GPs.

Could someone find the number of career wins for each WDC as well?

Let's wait and see who's going to be in car 22 next year. They have a good chance of winning the 2010 WDC, especially if they end up 5th at Interlagos...

No one ever moved over to give JB a win.

And DC gifted him that so Mika went over 100 races before he won on merit

thanks

and here you go

No. of wins for all F1 WDC
1. Nino Farina > 5 Wins
2. Alberto Ascari > 13 Wins
3. Juan Manuel Fangio > 24 Wins
4. Mike Hawthorn > 3 Wins
5. Phil Hill > 3 Wins
6. Graham Hill > 14 Wins
7. Denny Hulme > 8 Wins
8. Jack Brabham > 14 Wins
9. Jim Clark > 25 Wins
10. John Surtees > 6 Wins
11. Jochen Rindt > 6 Wins
12. Jody Scheckter > 12th Race
13. Alan Jones > 12 Wins
14. Keke Rosberg > 5 Wins
15. Niki Lauda > 25 Wins
16. Nelson Piquet > 23 Wins
17. Ayrton Senna > 41 Wins
18. Nigel Mansell > 31 Wins
19. Alain Prost > 51 Wins
20. Damon Hill > 22 Wins
21. Jacques Villeneuve > 11 Wins
22. Michael Schumacher > 91 Wins
23. Mika Hakkinen > 20 Wins
24. Fernando Alonso > 21 Wins
25. Kimi Räikkönen > 18 Wins
26. Lewis Hamilton > 11 Wins
27. Jenson Button > 7 Wins
Edit:
28. James Hunt > 10 Wins
29. Mario Andretti > 12 Wins
30. Emerson Fittipaldi > 14 Wins
31. Jackie Stewart > 27 Wins


Top 3 drivers the usual suspects

i have got everything from Wiki, plz forgive me if there is some mistakes

27? I count 31 champions

and it was Giuseppe Farina

and why were the following left out?

Maria Andretti
Emerson Fittipaldi
James Hunt
Jackie Stewart

Why has James Hunt's title win been not included by those idiots on Wiki or Emmo's or Stewart's

Interesting stat. Doesn't really take away from it though.

http://www.formula1.com/teams_and_drivers/hall_of_fame/
i got it from there, if i have missed someone plz point it

Emilio Giuseppe "Nino" Farina http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Farina

It seems that James Hunt's name is not present in F1 website
I missed him, sorry guys
i will edit my posts now

Edit: looks like i have missed 3 more
i will edit it soon

I suggest you rely on http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/encyclopedia.html instead - more reliable.

I have completed the list

here is the full List

All WDCs stat on their first Win
1. Nino Farina > 1st Race
2. Alberto Ascari > 13th Race
3. Juan Manuel Fangio > 2nd Race
4. Mike Hawthorn > 13th Race
5. Phil Hill > 29th Race
6. Graham Hill > 39th Race
7. Denny Hulme > 21th Race
8. Jack Brabham > 35th Race
9. Jim Clark > 21st Race
10. John Surtees > 33rd Race
11. Jochen Rindt > 51st Race
12. Jody Scheckter > 12th Race
13. Alan Jones > 31st Race
14. Keke Rosberg > 63rd Race
15. Niki Lauda > 32nd Race
16. Nelson Piquet > 24th Race
17. Ayrton Senna > 17th Race
18. Nigel Mansell > 76th Race
19. Alain Prost > 21st Race
20. Damon Hill > 19th Race
21. Jacques Villeneuve > 4th Race
22. Michael Schumacher > 18th Race
23. Mika Hakkinen > 98th Race
24. Fernando Alonso > 30th Race
25. Kimi Räikkönen > 36th Race
26. Lewis Hamilton > 6th Race
27. Jenson Button > 113th Race
28. James Hunt > 30th Race
29. Mario Andretti > 10th Race
30. Emerson Fittipaldi > 5th Race
31. Jackie Stewart > 8th Race

And
No. of wins for all F1 WDC
1. Nino Farina > 5 Wins
2. Alberto Ascari > 13 Wins
3. Juan Manuel Fangio > 24 Wins
4. Mike Hawthorn > 3 Wins
5. Phil Hill > 3 Wins
6. Graham Hill > 14 Wins
7. Denny Hulme > 8 Wins
8. Jack Brabham > 14 Wins
9. Jim Clark > 25 Wins
10. John Surtees > 6 Wins
11. Jochen Rindt > 6 Wins
12. Jody Scheckter > 12th Race
13. Alan Jones > 12 Wins
14. Keke Rosberg > 5 Wins
15. Niki Lauda > 25 Wins
16. Nelson Piquet > 23 Wins
17. Ayrton Senna > 41 Wins
18. Nigel Mansell > 31 Wins
19. Alain Prost > 51 Wins
20. Damon Hill > 22 Wins
21. Jacques Villeneuve > 11 Wins
22. Michael Schumacher > 91 Wins
23. Mika Hakkinen > 20 Wins
24. Fernando Alonso > 21 Wins
25. Kimi Räikkönen > 18 Wins
26. Lewis Hamilton > 11 Wins
27. Jenson Button > 7 Wins
28. James Hunt > 10 Wins
29. Mario Andretti > 12 Wins
30. Emerson Fittipaldi > 14 Wins
31. Jackie Stewart > 27 Wins

Surtees 38 wins - 8 is more like it. Though he was definately one of the greats in any motorsport - still unique achievement....

You haven't compiled it very well, Surtees never won 38 GP's

it was a mistake, 38 wins is his Motorcycle race wins

sorry for the mistake, i have edited
its 6 wins for his F1 career

How many races did Mansell have at Hungaroring 1992?
How many does Button have now?

You want to know it for the "most races until becoming Champion", isn't it?

Well, I've counted 176 starts (there were a few DNQ and DNS that I didn't count). So it still took longer for Mansell than for Button to become a WDC (Button has 171 or so).

Let's put them in a sorted order, more readable (at least to me...)

Only Heidfeld and Barrichello can break Buttons record, if eventually they became WDC.

You're forgetting Webber and Trulli.