One driver, one year, everything working at once. Some of these campaigns were pure dominance; others were a fight the driver had no business winning.
1Ayrton Senna 1988Eight wins and thirteen pole positions in the McLaren MP4/4, and a first world championship.
2Alain Prost 1993Seven wins and thirteen poles for Williams-Renault, then retirement as champion.
3Michael Schumacher 2004Thirteen wins from eighteen races on the way to a seventh title.
4Max Verstappen 2023Nineteen wins from twenty-two races, the highest win rate in a single season.
5Lewis Hamilton 2020Eleven wins and a seventh championship that equalled Schumacher's record.
6Juan Manuel Fangio 1954Won titles across two teams in the same year after switching from Maserati to Mercedes.
7Nigel Mansell 1992Nine wins and fourteen poles in the active-suspension Williams FW14B.
8Michael Schumacher 1995Nine wins in the Benetton against a faster Williams, and a second straight title.
9Jackie Stewart 1969Six wins from eleven races in the Matra MS80 for a first championship.
10Nelson Piquet 1987Took the title in the Williams-Honda while his teammate won more races.
11Niki Lauda 1975Five wins and nine poles in the Ferrari 312T for a first world championship.
12Fernando Alonso 2012Three wins and a title fight to the last race in a Ferrari that was not the fastest car.
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Fangio took the 1954 title after changing teams mid-season, which no modern rulebook would permit. Prost 1993 ended in a fourth title and retirement: https://youpick.best/articles/senna-vs-prost-ranked
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