IN NUMBERS: How well do drivers perform at their home race – and who might become a first-time home winner in 2026?

The drivers and teams will return to Silverstone this weekend for the British Grand Prix – an event that is officially a home event for five names on the grid.

Lewis Hamilton, George Russell, Lando Norris and Ollie Bearman are all preparing for another chance to race in front of their local crowd, while rookie Arvid Lindblad is set for his maiden home Grand Prix in Formula 1. Alex Albon was also born in Great Britain, but races under a Thai licence.

Needless to say, many drivers particularly relish the opportunity to compete on home soil, with Hamilton achieving record-breaking success at Silverstone – but which names from the past and present have performed particularly well at their local race?

Our data team delved into the statistics to find out, looking at how many times drivers on the current grid – as well as some famous names from years gone by – have won in their home country.

As part of this, we included races that took place on the driver’s home soil even if the title did not officially make it their home event – for example, the 2012 European Grand Prix in Valencia, which was won by Spaniard Fernando Alonso.

Additionally, with a few names on the grid yet to triumph at home, we also ask – who could potentially become the next first-time home winner in 2026?

Two names dominate all-time home wins rate

As touched on above, Hamilton has enjoyed an impressive run of form when racing in his home country since his very first British win back in 2008 – and our data shows that his nine local victories see him tied on the strongest home success rate with fellow seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher.

A fascinating parallel also occurs in the home podiums statistics, as Hamilton and Schumacher are again equal on 15 each. With Silverstone hosting the British Grand Prix for the entirety of Hamilton’s F1 career so far, all of the Briton’s successes have occurred at this track.

Schumacher, meanwhile, claimed his wins and rostrums both at Hockenheim and the Nurburgring, taking his maiden home podium at the former in 1992 before standing on the top step there for the first time three years later. However, marginally more of his wins occurred at the Nurburgring, the German triumphing at the track five times.

In terms of percentages, 8.5% of Hamilton’s total win tally – which so far stands at a whopping 106 – have taken place at home. Schumacher, meanwhile, racked up 91 victories across his 19 seasons in the sport, meaning that 9.9% of his wins were in the country of his birth.

Who else makes the list of most successful home winners?

Next on the list of most home victories is Alain Prost, the four-time World Champion triumphing in France on six occasions as well as holding a noteworthy 12 podiums in front of his local fans.

The Frenchman is closely followed in the winners’ list by Jim Clark and Nigel Mansell, both of whom took P1 in Great Britain on five occasions (more on British winners later). Mansell’s successes occurred at Silverstone and Brands Hatch – the same venues as Clark’s wins, though the latter also claimed a victory at Aintree.

Juan Manuel Fangio, meanwhile, triumphed in Argentina four times, while Hamilton is joined by two other current drivers on the list, as both Fernando Alonso and Max Verstappen have won three events on their home soil.

Each has a good record in terms of home podiums, too – Alonso has claimed nine rostrums at Spanish races (seven at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya and two at Valencia), while Verstappen has five to his name at Zandvoort. Indeed, the Dutchman has never finished outside of the top three at the Dutch Grand Prix since its return in 2021.

The six drivers that are multiple winners in Britain

As mentioned, Hamilton, Mansell and Clark all rank amongst the most successful home winners in F1 history – and they are joined by only three other names when it comes to the list of British drivers that have taken multiple victories in their local event.

Stirling Moss, Jackie Stewart and David Coulthard all won at home on two occasions, with Moss succeeding at Aintree while Stewart and Coulthard’s wins took place at Silverstone.

Seven British drivers have stood on the top step once at home, with six of those being Tony Brooks, Peter Collins, James Hunt, John Watson, Damon Hill and Johnny Herbert. The final and most recent addition to the list is Lando Norris, who seized his maiden British Grand Prix victory after a dramatic rain-affected race during his championship-winning 2025 campaign.

The McLaren racer summed up the emotions at the time by saying: “The last few laps I was just looking into the crowd. I was just trying to take it all in, enjoy the moment, because it might never happen again. I hope it does, but these are memories that I’ll bring with me forever so – an incredible achievement.”

The current driver who turned around his home race bad luck

Looking at which of the current drivers on the grid have performed best on home soil, we have already touched on the success of Hamilton, Alonso, Verstappen and Norris. However, one other name joins them on the list of active drivers who have won at home – and that triumph came after quite a journey.

We are of course talking about Charles Leclerc, the Ferrari driver having experienced a somewhat infamous run of bad luck in Monaco across several years of his F1 career – from crashing into the back of Toro Rosso’s Brendon Hartley in his first home race, to the heartbreak of not being able to start the event from pole in 2021 following a gearbox issue on his way to the grid.

But that all changed in 2024, when Leclerc finally converted pole position into a maiden Monte Carlo triumph. After his victory, he commented: “No words can explain that… It’s such a difficult race, I think the fact that twice I’ve been starting on pole position and we couldn’t quite make it makes it even better in a way.”

Meanwhile, in terms of how many podiums the current grid have scored at home, only one other driver joins the list – that being Sergio Perez who, like Leclerc, has twice taken to the rostrum at his local event. The Mexican holds two P3 finishes at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, but is yet to claim victory there.

Who might be the next first-time winner at home?

It perhaps seems a tall order for Perez to dream of winning in Mexico this year – but looking elsewhere on the grid, could any other drivers add their name to the list of home race winners in 2026?

Well, Silverstone this weekend is the local event for several drivers – and perhaps the best placed to claim a first win would be Russell. The Briton is yet to stand on the podium at home, his best result to date being a P5.

Also in the mix for a maiden win at home is Russell’s team mate Kimi Antonelli, with the Italian Grand Prix returning to Monza on the weekend of September 4-6. The teenager has so far not had the best of luck in front of the local crowd, with his first FP1 appearance at the circuit in 2024 seeing him crash out, while he retired from his maiden home event at Imola earlier last year.

When it came to racing at Monza in 2025, Antonelli’s performance was labelled as “underwhelming” by Mercedes boss Toto Wolff – a comment that seemed to spark a resurgence from the youngster in the closing stages of the season.

Given his continued momentum so far in 2026, can Antonelli become Italy’s first home winner since Ludovico Scarfiotti triumphed for Ferrari at Monza in 1966?

The two other drivers who are yet to win on home turf but have a local event approaching are Williams’ Carlos Sainz and Audi’s Gabriel Bortoleto. Again, as with Perez, the chances of either claiming victory this year are probably quite slim – but Sainz will at least get to experience the excitement of racing in the city of his birth for the first time, with Madrid making its debut on the calendar across the weekend of September 11-13.