List of Formula One driver numbers
{{Short description|Numbers used by Formula One drivers since 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
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In Formula One, each car is numbered. Since the inaugural Formula One World Championship in {{F1|1950}}, several numbering systems have been used. This list covers the numbers used by drivers since the start of the 2014 Formula One season, when drivers have been allowed to choose a number that they would carry throughout their career.{{cite web|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/111796|title=Formula 1 drivers to get permanent numbers from 2014|author=Sam Tremayne|work=Autosport.com|accessdate=28 May 2016}}
From 1950 to 1973, driver numbers were allocated by the organisers of each event, with no consistent method deployed across events.{{cite web|url=https://itsallsporttome.co.uk/the-evolution-of-f1-driver-numbers-a-look-back-through-history/|title=The Evolution of F1 Driver Numbers: A Look Back Through History|website=It's All Sport To Me|last=Killick|first=Ellie|date=8 March 2023|access-date=23 January 2024}} In 1974 a consistent race-to-race numbering system was first implemented in Formula One, based on the 1973 Constructors' Championship results. These assigned numbers were supposed to stay with their teams as long as they were part of Formula 1 or until they ran the reigning World Drivers' Champion, in which case they would swap numbers with the team previously running numbers 1 and 2. In the event of the drivers' champion not returning, no swap would take place, and number 0 would be used instead of 1 – this only occurred in 1993 and 1994 with Damon Hill. A little over two decades later, in 1995, the system was changed again. The numbers would change every year, as the previous season's Constructors' Championship standings would be used to determine the order from numbers 3 and 4 downwards, with the team of the World Drivers' Champion still getting numbers 1 and 2. In 2014, it was decided to introduce the current system, where each driver gets to choose a permanent number.{{cite web|url=https://www.squadnumbers.com/2017/11/07/f1-numbers/|title=A look at the history of numbers in Formula 1|website=Squad Numbers|date=7 November 2017|access-date=7 November 2017}}
Drivers were initially allowed to choose any number from 2 through 99; number 1 is reserved for the World Drivers' Champion. The number 17 was retired in 2015 as a mark of respect to Jules Bianchi, who died that year from injuries sustained in a crash at the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix while carrying the number.{{cite magazine|last=Parkes|first=Ian|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/120039|title=The FIA will retire Jules Bianchi's number 17 from Formula 1|magazine=Autosport|date=20 July 2015|accessdate=11 March 2016}}
A permanent number can only be reallocated if the driver associated with that number has not participated in a race for two entire consecutive seasons;{{Cite web |date=29 April 2022 |title=2022 Formula One Sporting Regulations |url=https://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/formula_1_-_sporting_regulations_-_2022_-_iss_6_-_2022-04-29.pdf |publisher=Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile |page=8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220429231837/https://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/formula_1_-_sporting_regulations_-_2022_-_iss_6_-_2022-04-29.pdf |archive-date=29 April 2022 |archive-format=PDF |url-status=live }} for example, a driver picking their number for {{CURRENTYEAR}} can not choose numbers which were last used in {{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}-2}} or {{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}-1}}, unless the number was issued temporarily by the FIA. For instance, Jenson Button's number 22 would have been available for re-allocation in 2019 after his departure from full-time racing in 2016, but an appearance in the 2017 Monaco Grand Prix replacing Fernando Alonso (who was participating in the 2017 Indianapolis 500 on that weekend instead), meant that his number could not be reassigned until 2020 at the earliest. Yuki Tsunoda subsequently picked that number (22) for the 2021 Formula One World Championship.
Formula One driver numbers
The following lists all Formula One driver numbers which were claimed as permanent career numbers since the {{F1|2014}} season.
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! {{Tooltip|No.|Car number}} ! Driver ! {{abbr|2025 team|The driver's team for 2025}} ! First ! Last |
| data-sort-value="01" | 1
| colspan="2" data-sort-value="zzz" style="text-align:left" |{{nowrap|Reserved for champion{{refn|name=Verstappen 1|group=N}}}} | style="text-align:center" | 2014 | style="text-align:center" | active |
|---|
| rowspan="2" data-sort-value="02" | 2
| data-sort-value="Van" | {{flagicon|BEL}} Stoffel Vandoorne{{refn|group=N|name=Vandoorne 47|Vandoorne used number 47 while substituting for another driver in 2016.}} | data-sort-value="z" {{n/a}} | style="text-align:center" | 2017 | style="text-align:center" | 2018 |
| data-sort-value="Sar" | {{flagicon|USA}} Logan Sargeant
| data-sort-value="z" {{n/a}} | style="text-align:center" | 2023 | style="text-align:center" | 2024 |
| data-sort-value="03" | 3
| data-sort-value="Ric" | {{flagicon|AUS}} Daniel Ricciardo | data-sort-value="z" {{n/a}} | style="text-align:center" | 2014 | style="text-align:center" | 2024 |
| rowspan="2" data-sort-value="04" | 4
| data-sort-value="Chi" | {{flagicon|GBR}} Max Chilton | data-sort-value="z" {{n/a}} | style="text-align:center" | 2014 | style="text-align:center" | 2014 |
| data-sort-value="Nor" | {{flagicon|GBR}} Lando Norris
| data-sort-value="McL" | {{flagicon|GBR}} McLaren | style="text-align:center" | 2019 | style="text-align:center" | active |
| rowspan="2" data-sort-value="05" | 5
| data-sort-value="Vet" | {{flagicon|DEU}} Sebastian Vettel{{refn|group=N|name=Vettel 1|Vettel used number 1 when he was reigning World Champion in 2014.}} | data-sort-value="z" {{n/a}} | style="text-align:center" | 2015 | style="text-align:center" | 2022 |
| data-sort-value="Bor" | {{flagicon|BRA}} Gabriel Bortoleto
| data-sort-value="Sau" | {{flagicon|CHE}} Kick Sauber | style="text-align:center" | 2025 | style="text-align:center" | active |
| rowspan="3" data-sort-value="06" | 6
| data-sort-value="Ros" | {{flagicon|DEU}} Nico Rosberg | data-sort-value="z" {{n/a}} | style="text-align:center" | 2014 | style="text-align:center" | 2016 |
| data-sort-value="Lat" | {{flagicon|CAN}} Nicholas Latifi
| data-sort-value="z" {{n/a}} | style="text-align:center" | 2020 | style="text-align:center" | 2022 |
| data-sort-value="Had" | {{flagicon|FRA}} Isack Hadjar
| data-sort-value="Rac" | {{flagicon|ITA}} Racing Bulls | style="text-align:center" | 2025 | style="text-align:center" | active |
| rowspan="2" data-sort-value="07" | 7
| data-sort-value="Rai" | {{flagicon|FIN}} Kimi Räikkönen | data-sort-value="z" {{n/a}} | style="text-align:center" | 2014 | style="text-align:center" | 2021 |
| data-sort-value="Doo" | {{flagicon|AUS}} Jack Doohan{{refn|group=N|name=Doohan 61|Doohan used number 61 while substituting for another driver in 2024.}}
| data-sort-value="Alp" | {{flagicon|FRA}} Alpine | style="text-align:center" | 2025 | style="text-align:center" | active |
| data-sort-value="08" | 8
| data-sort-value="Gro" | {{flagicon|FRA}} Romain Grosjean | data-sort-value="z" {{n/a}} | style="text-align:center" | 2014 | style="text-align:center" | 2020 |
| rowspan="2" | 9
| data-sort-value="Eri" | {{flagicon|SWE}} Marcus Ericsson | data-sort-value="z" {{n/a}} | style="text-align:center" | 2014 | style="text-align:center" | 2018 |
| data-sort-value="Maz" | {{Flagicon image|Russian Automobile Federation flag.svg|link=Russian Automobile Federation}} Nikita Mazepin{{refn|group=N|name=Mazepin|Mazepin is Russian, but he competed as a neutral competitor using the designation RAF (Russian Automobile Federation), as the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a ban on Russia competing at World Championships. The ban was implemented by the World Anti-Doping Agency in response to state-sponsored doping program of Russian athletes.{{cite web|url=https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/russia-mazepin-neutral-flag-f1/5345260/|title=Mazepin set to race under neutral flag after CAS ruling extends to F1|author=Luke Smith|website=motorsport.com|date=5 February 2021|access-date=5 February 2021|archive-date=5 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205211019/https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/russia-mazepin-neutral-flag-f1/5345260/|url-status=live}}}}
| data-sort-value="z" {{n/a}} | style="text-align:center" | 2021 | style="text-align:center" | 2021 |
| rowspan="2" | 10
| data-sort-value="Kob" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Kamui Kobayashi | data-sort-value="z" {{n/a}} | style="text-align:center" | 2014 | style="text-align:center" | 2014 |
| data-sort-value="Gas" | {{flagicon|FRA}} Pierre Gasly
| data-sort-value="Alp" | {{flagicon|FRA}} Alpine | style="text-align:center" | 2017 | style="text-align:center" | active |
| 11
| data-sort-value="Per" | {{flagicon|MEX}} Sergio Pérez | data-sort-value="z" {{n/a}} | style="text-align:center" | 2014 | style="text-align:center" | 2024 |
| rowspan="2" | 12
| data-sort-value="Nas" | {{flagicon|BRA}} Felipe Nasr | data-sort-value="z" {{n/a}} | style="text-align:center" | 2015 | style="text-align:center" | 2016 |
| data-sort-value="Ant" | {{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Kimi Antonelli
| data-sort-value="Mer" | {{flagicon|DEU}} Mercedes | style="text-align:center" | 2025 | style="text-align:center" | active |
| 13
| data-sort-value="Mal" |{{flagicon|VEN}} Pastor Maldonado | data-sort-value="z" {{n/a}} | style="text-align:center" | 2014 | style="text-align:center" | 2015 |
| 14
| data-sort-value="Alo" | {{flagicon|ESP}} Fernando Alonso | data-sort-value="Ast" | {{flagicon|GBR}} Aston Martin | style="text-align:center" | 2014 | style="text-align:center" | active |
| 16
| data-sort-value="Lec" | {{flagicon|MCO}} Charles Leclerc | data-sort-value="Fer" | {{flagicon|ITA}} Ferrari | style="text-align:center" | 2018 | style="text-align:center" | active |
| 17{{refn|group=N|name=Bianchi 17|The number 17 was retired by the FIA following Bianchi's death in 2015.{{cite web|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/headlines/2015/7/number-17-to-be-retired-in-bianchis-honour.html |title=Number 17 to be retired in Bianchi's honour |date=20 July 2015 |publisher=Formula One World Championship Limited |accessdate=6 February 2019}}}}
| data-sort-value="Bia" | {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Jules Bianchi | data-sort-value="z" {{n/a}} | style="text-align:center" | 2014 | style="text-align:center" | 2014 |
| 18
| data-sort-value="Str" | {{flagicon|CAN}} Lance Stroll | data-sort-value="Ast" | {{flagicon|GBR}} Aston Martin | style="text-align:center" | 2017 | style="text-align:center" | active |
| 19
| data-sort-value="Mas" | {{flagicon|BRA}} Felipe Massa | data-sort-value="z" {{n/a}} | style="text-align:center;" | 2014 | style="text-align:center;" | 2017 |
| 20
| data-sort-value="Mag" | {{flagicon|DNK}} Kevin Magnussen | data-sort-value="z" {{n/a}} | style="text-align:center" | 2014 | style="text-align:center" | 2024 |
| rowspan="2" | 21
| data-sort-value="Gut" | {{flagicon|MEX}} Esteban Gutiérrez | data-sort-value="z" {{n/a}} | style="text-align:center" | 2014 | style="text-align:center" | 2016 |
| data-sort-value="Vri" | {{flagicon|NLD}} Nyck de Vries{{refn|group=N|name=De Vries 45|De Vries used number 45 while substituting for another driver in 2022.}}
| data-sort-value="z" {{n/a}} | style="text-align:center" | 2023 | style="text-align:center" | 2023 |
| rowspan="2" | 22
| data-sort-value="But" | {{flagicon|GBR}} Jenson Button | data-sort-value="z" {{n/a}} | style="text-align:center" | 2014 | style="text-align:center" | 2017 |
| data-sort-value="Tsu" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yuki Tsunoda
| data-sort-value="Red" nowrap| {{flagicon|AUT}} Red Bull Racing | style="text-align:center" | 2021 | style="text-align:center" | active |
| 23
| data-sort-value="Alb" | {{flagicon|THA}} Alexander Albon | data-sort-value="Wil" | {{flagicon|GBR}} Williams | style="text-align:center" | 2019 | style="text-align:center" | active |
| 24
| data-sort-value="Zho" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhou Guanyu | data-sort-value="z" {{n/a}} | style="text-align:center" | 2022 | style="text-align:center" | 2024 |
| 25
| data-sort-value="Verg" | {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Jean-Éric Vergne | data-sort-value="z" {{n/a}} | style="text-align:center" | 2014 | style="text-align:center" | 2014 |
| 26
| data-sort-value="Kvy" | {{flagicon|RUS}} Daniil Kvyat | data-sort-value="Alp" {{n/a}} | style="text-align:center" | 2014 | style="text-align:center" | 2020 |
| 27
| data-sort-value="Hul" | {{flagicon|DEU}} Nico Hülkenberg | data-sort-value="Sau" | {{flagicon|CHE}} Kick Sauber | style="text-align:center" | 2014 | style="text-align:center" | active |
| rowspan="2" | 28
| data-sort-value="Ste" | {{flagicon|GBR}} Will Stevens{{refn|group=N|name=Stevens 46|Stevens used number 46 while substituting for another driver in 2014.}} | data-sort-value="z" {{n/a}} | style="text-align:center" | 2015 | style="text-align:center" | 2015 |
| data-sort-value="Hart" | {{flagicon|NZL}} Brendon Hartley{{refn|group=N|name=Hartley 39|Hartley used number 39 while substituting for another driver in 2017.}}
| data-sort-value="z" {{n/a}} | style="text-align:center" | 2017 | style="text-align:center" | 2018 |
| rowspan="2" | 30
| data-sort-value="Pal" | {{flagicon|GBR}} Jolyon Palmer | data-sort-value="z" {{n/a}} | style="text-align:center" | 2016 | style="text-align:center" | 2017 |
| data-sort-value="Law" | {{flagicon|NZL}} Liam Lawson{{refn|group=N|name=Lawson 40|Lawson used number 40 while substituting for another driver in 2023.}}
| data-sort-value="Rac" | {{flagicon|ITA}} Racing Bulls | style="text-align:center" | 2024 | style="text-align:center" | active |
| 31
| data-sort-value="Oco" | {{flagicon|FRA}} Esteban Ocon | data-sort-value="Haa" | {{flagicon|USA}} Haas | style="text-align:center" | 2016 | style="text-align:center" | active |
| 33
| data-sort-value="Vers" | {{flagicon|NLD}} Max Verstappen{{refn|group=N|name=Verstappen 1|Max Verstappen exercised his right to use number 1 as the reigning world champion in 2022–2025.}} | data-sort-value="Red" | {{flagicon|AUT}} Red Bull Racing | style="text-align:center" | 2015 | style="text-align:center" | 2021 |
| 35
| data-sort-value="Sir" | {{flagicon|RUS}} Sergey Sirotkin | data-sort-value="z" {{n/a}} | style="text-align:center" | 2018 | style="text-align:center" | 2018 |
| 43
| data-sort-value="Col" | {{flagicon|ARG}} Franco Colapinto | data-sort-value="Alp" | {{flagicon|FRA}} Alpine | style="text-align:center" | 2024 | style="text-align:center" | active |
| 44
| data-sort-value="Ham" | {{flagicon|GBR}} Lewis Hamilton | data-sort-value="Fer" | {{flagicon|ITA}} Ferrari | style="text-align:center" | 2014 | style="text-align:center" | active |
| 47
| data-sort-value="Sch" | {{flagicon|DEU}} Mick Schumacher | data-sort-value="z" {{n/a}} | style="text-align:center" | 2021 | style="text-align:center" | 2022 |
| 53
| data-sort-value="Ross" | {{flagicon|USA}} Alexander Rossi{{refn|group=N|name=Rossi 42|Rossi used number 42 while substituting for other drivers in 2014.}} | data-sort-value="z" {{n/a}} | style="text-align:center" | 2015 | style="text-align:center" | 2015 |
| 55
| data-sort-value="Sai" | {{flagicon|ESP}} Carlos Sainz Jr. | data-sort-value="Wil" | {{flagicon|GBR}} Williams | style="text-align:center" | 2015 | style="text-align:center" | active |
| 63
| data-sort-value="Rus" | {{flagicon|GBR}} George Russell | data-sort-value="Mer" | {{flagicon|DEU}} Mercedes | style="text-align:center" | 2019 | style="text-align:center" | active |
| 77
| data-sort-value="Bot" | {{flagicon|FIN}} Valtteri Bottas | data-sort-value="z" {{n/a}} | style="text-align:center" | 2014 | style="text-align:center" | 2024 |
| 81
| data-sort-value="Pia" | {{flagicon|AUS}} Oscar Piastri | data-sort-value="McL" | {{flagicon|GBR}} McLaren | style="text-align:center" | 2023 | style="text-align:center" | active |
| 87
| data-sort-value="Hul" | {{flagicon|GBR}} Oliver Bearman{{refn|group=N|name=Bearman 38/50|Bearman used numbers 38 and 50 while substituting for other drivers in 2024.}} | data-sort-value="Haa" | {{flagicon|USA}} Haas | style="text-align:center" | 2025 | style="text-align:center" | active |
| rowspan="2" | 88
| data-sort-value="Hary" | {{flagicon|INA}} Rio Haryanto | data-sort-value="z" {{n/a}} | style="text-align:center" | 2016 | style="text-align:center" | 2016 |
| data-sort-value="Kub" | {{flagicon|POL}} Robert Kubica
| data-sort-value="z" {{n/a}} | style="text-align:center" | 2019 | style="text-align:center" | 2021 |
| 89
| data-sort-value="Ait" | {{flagicon|GBR}} Jack Aitken | data-sort-value="z" {{n/a}} | style="text-align:center" | 2020 | style="text-align:center" | 2020 |
| 94
| data-sort-value="Weh" | {{flagicon|DEU}} Pascal Wehrlein | data-sort-value="z" {{n/a}} | style="text-align:center" | 2016 | style="text-align:center" | 2017 |
| 98
| data-sort-value="Mer" | {{flagicon|ESP}} Roberto Merhi | data-sort-value="z" {{n/a}} | style="text-align:center" | 2015 | style="text-align:center" | 2015 |
| rowspan="2" | 99
| data-sort-value="Sut" | {{flagicon|DEU}} Adrian Sutil | data-sort-value="z" {{n/a}} | style="text-align:center" | 2014 | style="text-align:center" | 2014 |
| data-sort-value="Gio" nowrap| {{flagicon|ITA}} Antonio Giovinazzi{{refn|group=N|name=Giovinazzi 36|Giovinazzi used number 36 while substituting for another driver in 2017.}}
| data-sort-value="z" {{n/a}} | style="text-align:center" | 2019 | style="text-align:center" | 2021 |
| class="sortbottom"
| colspan="5" style="background:#eaecf0; text-align:center;"| Sources:{{cite web|url=http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/306354/f1-2014-the-reasons-behind-the-numbers/|title=F1 2014: The reasons behind the numbers|work=GP Update|date=8 February 2014|accessdate=22 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927202215/http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/306354/f1-2014-the-reasons-behind-the-numbers/|archive-date=27 September 2017|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/111796|title=Formula 1 drivers to get permanent numbers from 2014|first=Sam|last=Tremayne|work=Motorsport|publisher=Motorsport.com|date=9 December 2013|accessdate=20 February 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.crash.net/f1/feature/212916/1/2015-f1-driver-numbers.html|title=2015 F1 driver numbers|work=Crash.net|date=12 January 2015|accessdate=20 February 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fia.com/events/fia-formula-one-world-championship/season-2021/2021-and-2022-fia-formula-one-world|title=2021 and 2022 FIA Formula 1 World Championship Entry Lists|work=fia.com|date=7 December 2021|accessdate=8 December 2021}} |
=Temporary numbers =
The FIA have also issued temporary numbers to drivers that are exceptions to the career numbers rule; for example, if a driver withdraws from a race and a reserve driver takes their place, they receive a team-allocated number. This is also the case for free-practice–only drivers. Some examples of those numbers are 36 (used by Antonio Giovinazzi in two races), 38 (used by Oliver Bearman in one race), 39 (used by Brendon Hartley in one race), 40 (used by Paul di Resta in one race and Liam Lawson in five), 45 (used by André Lotterer and Nyck de Vries in one race each), 46 (used by Will Stevens in one race), 47 (used by Stoffel Vandoorne in one race), 50 (used by Oliver Bearman in two races) and 51 (used by Pietro Fittipaldi in two races). The number 42 was entered twice for Alexander Rossi in 2014, but not for the main Grand Prix races: once for a practice session during the Belgian Grand Prix where he was supposed to replace Max Chilton before his team (Marussia) made a u-turn and reinstated Chilton; and once for the 2014 Russian Grand Prix as substitute for the then-gravely injured Jules Bianchi, but his team ultimately chose not to run a second car alongside Chilton.
= Drivers using car number 1 =
The number 1 is reserved for the previous season's World Drivers' Champion, although it is not mandatory for the driver to run the number. The first driver to exercise the right to run the number 1 under the new regulations was Sebastian Vettel in 2014. The number then went unused for seven seasons, with Lewis Hamilton keeping his permanent number 44 after his title wins in 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, and Nico Rosberg retiring after his championship win in 2016. Despite Hamilton not using it full-time, he received permission to display the number 1 on the nose of his car during Friday practice at the 2018 and 2019 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. However, his car was officially entered under his usual number 44, which remained visible on the engine cover.{{cite web|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/world-champion-hamilton-to-run-number-1-on-his-mercedes-in-abu-dhabi.6vWT0SZvvaOikawEIq4WsC|title=World champion Hamilton runs number 1 on his Mercedes in Abu Dhabi|website=Formula1.com|date=23 November 2018|access-date=23 November 2018}} Max Verstappen has used number 1 since 2022, following his titles in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.champion-verstappen-to-run-no-1-on-red-bull-in-2022-as-he-reveals.4S83CGt9ewCWlzgYNenbV9.html|title=Champion Verstappen to run No.1 on Red Bull in 2022 as he reveals congratulations from Wolff and Hamilton|website=Formula1.com|date=14 December 2021|access-date=14 December 2021}}
| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size:85%;"
! Driver ! {{abbr|Team|The driver's team for the season using number 1}} ! First ! Last |
| data-sort-value="Vet" | {{flagicon|GER}} Sebastian Vettel
| data-sort-value="Red" | {{flagicon|AUT}} Red Bull Racing | style="text-align:center" | 2014 | style="text-align:center" | 2014 |
| data-sort-value="Vers" | {{flagicon|NED}} Max Verstappen
| data-sort-value="Red" | {{flagicon|AUT}} Red Bull Racing | style="text-align:center" | 2022 | style="text-align:center" | active |
| class="sortbottom"
|colspan="4" align="center"|Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/statistiques/numero/pilote/numero.aspx?n=1 |
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