Winning the F1 World Championship Without the Fastest Car – Formula 1

You can win F1 World without the fastest car? Fernando Alonso – first place in the standings this season, but with the fourth car in the Constructors' Championship – proves that the feat is feasible. There were other cases in the history of the Circus.

Below we show you four drivers capable of winning the title against faster cars: one even succeeded twice (Nelson Piquet). Curiously, our ranking consists mainly of drivers active in the 80s: a period when talent mattered, as it does today.

Keke Rosberg - Williams - 1

In a difficult year (eleven different riders on the top step of the podium), overshadowed by the death of Gilles Villeneuve and Riccardo Paletti Finnish driver manages to win the title - with just one win - driving a car that is slower than Ferrari, McLaren e Renault... His secret? Continuity (six podiums).

2° Nelson Pique – Brabham – 1983

Despite the less efficient BT52, the Brazilian won the second world title in his career, overtaking much more accredited cars such as Ferrari by Tambay and Arnoux and the Renault user Prost. Success comes at the end of the season when the British car - three wins in the last three Grands Prix - is accused (without proper evidence) of being filled with substandard gasoline.

3 ° Alain Prost – McLaren – 1986

The French driver is the reigning world champion, but his opponent Williams they were strengthened by the hiring of Nelson Piquet (along with Nigel Mansell) and the FW11 single-seater capable of winning more than half the races. Despite this, the French talent manages to repeat the world title in the final test in Australia, when, thanks to excellent boxing strategy, he got rid of two Williams riders.

4° Nelson Pique – Brabham – 1981

La Williams he has the perfect car (FW07), but the not-so-peaceful coexistence in the team of reigning world champion Alan Jones and rookie Carlos Reutemann (third last year) hampered the latter - especially in the second half of the season. season is to win the world title. The Brazilian responds with a slower but more agile car that many criticize for having trim corrector it was subsequently recognized as regular.

5. Lewis Hamilton - McLaren - 2008

A British driver has to deal with one Ferrari The F2008 is very fast (especially in the race), and with teammate Heikki Kovalainen, not talented at all. World Championship success comes at the last corner of the last Grand Prix, the Brazilian Grand Prix, when overtaking Timo Glock allows him to finish fifth and succeed at home to Felipe Massa (the last of the South American driver's career) to no avail.