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Championships: Grand Prix before

Fewest Grands Prix started up to the race that decided the first title.

#	Driver	GPs
1	Nino Farina 1950 decided at 1950 Italy	6	1950 decided at 1950 Italy
2	Juan Manuel Fangio 1951 decided at 1951 Spain	13	1951 decided at 1951 Spain
3	Alberto Ascari 1952 decided at 1952 Germany	16	1952 decided at 1952 Germany
4	Jack Brabham 1959 decided at 1959 United States	24	1959 decided at 1959 United States
5	Emerson Fittipaldi 1972 decided at 1972 Italy	25	1972 decided at 1972 Italy
6	Denny Hulme 1967 decided at 1967 Mexico	26	1967 decided at 1967 Mexico
7	Phil Hill 1961 decided at 1961 United States	27	1961 decided at 1961 United States
8	Jim Clark 1963 decided at 1963 Italy	30	1963 decided at 1963 Italy
9	Jacques Villeneuve 1997 decided at 1997 Europe	33	1997 decided at 1997 Europe
10	Lewis Hamilton 2008 decided at 2008 Brazil	35	2008 decided at 2008 Brazil
11	Graham Hill 1962 decided at 1962 United States	40	1962 decided at 1962 United States
12	John Surtees 1964 decided at 1964 Mexico	41	1964 decided at 1964 Mexico
13	Mike Hawthorn 1958 decided at 1958 Morocco	45	1958 decided at 1958 Morocco
14	Jackie Stewart 1969 decided at 1969 Italy	47	1969 decided at 1969 Italy
15	Nelson Piquet 1981 decided at 1981 Caesars Palace	49	1981 decided at 1981 Caesars Palace
16	Keke Rosberg 1982 decided at 1982 Caesars Palace	51	1982 decided at 1982 Caesars Palace
17	James Hunt 1976 decided at 1976 Japan	52	1976 decided at 1976 Japan
17	Michael Schumacher 1994 decided at 1994 Australia	52	1994 decided at 1994 Australia
19	Niki Lauda 1975 decided at 1975 Italy	55	1975 decided at 1975 Italy
20	Jochen Rindt 1970 decided at 1970 United States	60	1970 decided at 1970 United States
21	Sebastian Vettel 2010 decided at 2010 Abu Dhabi	62	2010 decided at 2010 Abu Dhabi
22	Damon Hill 1996 decided at 1996 Japan	67	1996 decided at 1996 Japan
22	Fernando Alonso 2005 decided at 2005 Brazil	67	2005 decided at 2005 Brazil
24	Ayrton Senna 1988 decided at 1988 Japan	77	1988 decided at 1988 Japan
25	Mario Andretti 1978 decided at 1978 United States	80	1978 decided at 1978 United States
25	Alan Jones 1980 decided at 1980 Canada	80	1980 decided at 1980 Canada
27	Alain Prost 1985 decided at 1985 Europe	87	1985 decided at 1985 Europe
28	Jody Scheckter 1979 decided at 1979 Italy	97	1979 decided at 1979 Italy
29	Mika Häkkinen 1998 decided at 1998 Japan	112	1998 decided at 1998 Japan
30	Kimi Räikkönen 2007 decided at 2007 Brazil	121	2007 decided at 2007 Brazil
31	Max Verstappen 2021 decided at 2021 Abu Dhabi	141	2021 decided at 2021 Abu Dhabi
32	Lando Norris 2025 decided at 2025 Abu Dhabi	152	2025 decided at 2025 Abu Dhabi
33	Jenson Button 2009 decided at 2009 Brazil	169	2009 decided at 2009 Brazil
34	Nigel Mansell 1992 decided at 1992 Hungary	176	1992 decided at 1992 Hungary
35	Nico Rosberg 2016 decided at 2016 Abu Dhabi	206	2016 decided at 2016 Abu Dhabi

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