There have been 34 F1 world champions, with Giuseppe Farina the first in 1950 and Max Verstappen the latest after winning the first of his three in a row in 2021. In 2024, three of those are on the grid, with Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso flying the world champion flag, but plenty are eager to join F1's most illustrious club. Lando Norris is best placed to do this, currently 52 points behind Verstappen with 180 left on the board over the final six rounds of 2024. He would be the 11th Briton to do so should he succeed, but Red Bull is optimistic that upgrades coming over the final races will see Verstappen over the line to become a quadruple world champion. But we want to know who you believe will become the 35th F1 world champion. In the poll below, we've given you some of who we deem the most realistic candidates to achieve that, but feel free to leave a comment if you believe we have missed someone off the list!
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