The defending Formula One World Champion heading into the 2012 season is Sebastien Vettel of the Red Bull Racingchassis.
Fernando Alonso
shomaker is the current F1 champion in the world.
The current F1 champion (2010) is Sebastien Vettel. He is almost certainly going to be the 2011 champion aswell.
Britain's Jensen Button Was the F1 World Champion for 2009, leading from start to finish.
Niki is an Austrian former Formula One racing driver who was the F1 World Champion three times
Fernando Alonso is the first and the only Spanish Formula 1 driver to win the F1 world racing championships. He is a double world champion and won the title consecutively in the years 2005 and 2006 during which he had a great rivalry with the all time great of F1 Michael Schumacher.
Michael Schumacher won 7 World Championships in Formula One and is the most successfull F1 Driver ever.
Current F1 World Champion.
Sir Jack Brabham won three F1 World Championships; 1959, 1960 and 1966.He is the only driver to win a F1 World Championship (1966) while driving a self-constructed car, the BT19.He is from an Australian town of Hurstville, Sydney.
Jenson Button won the 2009 F1 World Championship.
2006 was his final year in F1.
The current F1 world champion is Sebastian Vettel from Germany. He is the youngest ever world champion.