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Max Verstappen won his first Formula One (F1) world championship on Sunday (December 12th), becoming the first Dutch driver to achieve this title. However, several other countries have had drivers win the F1 world championship, some even dozens of times.
The United Kingdom has a total of 20 world championship titles won by 10 drivers. Lewis Hamilton is the leading contributor with 7 world championship titles. The UK also hosted the first F1 race in 1950.
Germany is in second place with 12 titles from 3 drivers. Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel contributed 7 and 4 titles respectively. Nico Rosberg holds the remaining title.
Brazil is in third place with 8 championship titles from 3 drivers. Ayrton Senna and Nelson Piquet each contributed 3 titles to this most prestigious motor racing event.
Finland is ranked fifth with 4 championship titles from 3 drivers. This achievement is unique considering there have only been 9 Finnish drivers throughout F1 history.
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