Victory Debut for Countries in F1

[NetOz]

With Robert Kubica victory on the 2008 canadian grand prix another country had a first victory in F1

Here are the other debut wins per country :

Italy : Giuseppe Farina, 1950 British grand prix

Argentina: Juan Manuel Fangio, 1950 Monaco grand prix

Great Britain: Mike Hawthorn, 1953 French grand prix

France: Maurice Trintignant, 1955 Monaco grand prix

Australia: Jack Brabham, 1959 Monaco grand prix

Sweden: Jo Bonnier, 1959 Dutch grand prix

New Zealand: Bruce McLaren, 1959 United States grand prix

USA: Phil Hill, 1960 Italian Grand prix

Germany: Wolfgang von Trips, 1961 Dutch grand prix

Mexico: Pedro Rodriguez, 1967 South African grand prix

Belgium: Jacky Ickx, 1968 French grand prix

Switzerland: Jo Siffert, 1968 British grand prix

Austria: Jochen Rindt, 1969 United States grand prix

Brazil: Emerson Fittipaldi, 1970 United States grand prix

South Africa: Jody Scheckter, 1974 Swedish grand prix

Canada: Gilles Villeneuve, 1978 Canadian grand prix

Finland: Keke Rosberg, 1982 Swiss grand prix

Colombia: Juan Pablo Montoya, 2001 Italain grand prix

Spain: Fernando Alonso, 2003 Hungarian grand prix

Poland: Robert Kubica, 2008 Canadian grand prix

[Ryan]

Interesting thread.:thumbsup:

I found it interesting that it took until 2003 for a Spaniard to win a race, and that Portugal has not produced a winner at all.

EDIT: And in a way this ties into my last History Mystery Case. *hint*hint*

[JoStream]

WoW, that's it?! I would have thought many others countries had a representative in that list :eek:. Especially Japan :wonder: