Britain's Jensen Button Was the F1 World Champion for 2009, leading from start to finish.
Through the 2009 season, that was Kimi Räikkönen in 2007.
Current F1 World Champion.
2006 was his final year in F1.
The 2008 season F1 drivers world champion was Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes Team. In 2009 Jenson Button if Brawn GP won the title and is the current world champion.
The current F1 world champion is Sebastian Vettel from Germany. He is the youngest ever world champion.
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Sebastian vettel for Red Bull
Nikki Lauda
Fernando Alonso
1967
The defending Formula One World Champion heading into the 2012 season is Sebastien Vettel of the Red Bull Racingchassis.
John Higgins (Scotland) is the World Snooker Champion of 2009