Country championship

You've almost certainly never wondered, as I did, which are the most successful countries in terms of their drivers' results in the 60 years of the Formula 1 World Championship. However, once I wondered it, it could not go unwondered, and as such I hereby present a number of extremely boring and geeky top 10 lists to that end.

GRAND PRIX WINS BY DRIVER NATIONALITY (NUMBER OF WINNERS)
Great Britain 205 (19)
Germany 108 (6)
Brazil 102 (6)
France 77 (12)
Finland 44 (4)
Italy 43 (15)
Austria 41 (3)
Argentina 38 (3)
Australia 28 (3)
United States 22 (5)

GRAND PRIX WINS PER HEAD OF POPULATION
Finland (one win for every) 121,594 people
Austria 203,822
Great Britain 298,993
New Zealand 355,500
Germany 759,815
Sweden 777,119
Australia 786,099
France 845,110
Belgium 969,624
Argentina 1,068,302

GRAND PRIX WINNERS BY GEOGRAPHICAL AREA
Great Britain (one Grand Prix winner for every) 4,975 miles²
Belgium 5,894
Italy 7,756
Switzerland 7,970
Austria 10,794
France 21,713
Germany 22,975
Finland 32,649
New Zealand 51,869
Sweden 57,915

AVERAGE GRAND PRIX WINS BY DRIVER NATIONALITY
Spain 21.00
Germany 18.00
Brazil 17.00
Austria 13.67
Argentina 12.67
Finland 11.00
Great Britain 10.79
Australia 9.33
Canada 8.50
South Africa 8.00

AVERAGE GRAND PRIX WINS PER HEAD OF POPULATION
Finland (one win for every) 486,377 people
Austria 611,466
New Zealand 711,000
Belgium 1,939,249
Switzerland 2,211,171
Spain 2,221,998
Sweden 2,331,357
Australia 2,358,296
Argentina 3,195,947
Canada 3,982,706

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BY DRIVER NATIONALITY(NUMBER OF CHAMPIONS)
Great Britain 14 (10)
Brazil 8 (3)
Germany 7 (1)
Argentina 5 (1)
Australia 4 (2)
Austria 4 (2)
Finland 4 (3)
France 4 (1)
Italy 3 (2)
Spain 2 (1)
United States 2 (2)

WORLD CHAMPIONS PER HEAD OF POPULATION
Finland (one champion for every) 1,783,393 people
Austria 4,178,354
New Zealand 4,266,000
Great Britain 6,111,312
Australia 11,005,383
Italy 30,078,607
Canada 33,853,00
Argentina 40,482,000
Spain 46,661,950
South Africa 49,320,000

WORLD CHAMPIONS BY GEOGRAPHICAL AREA
Great Britain (one world champion for every) 9,453 miles²
Austria 16,192
Finland 43,532
Italy 58,173
New Zealand 103,738
Germany 137,847
Spain 195,364
France 260,558
South Africa 471,443
Argentina 1,068,302

On the whole, then, the broad trend points towards Finland having done the best with the number of people that they have, with Britain having eked the most out of the territory at their disposal. However, this being a motor racing blog, it couldn't be complete without a definite final decision based on an arbitrary points system. As such, I have awarded a points score to every entry in each of the above lists, from 10 points for 1st place down to 1 for 10th place. The final reckoning (and, remember, the judges decision is final) is as follows:

FINAL TOTAL
Great Britain 59
Austria 59
Finland 58
Germany 41
New Zealand 31
Italy 27
Brazil 25
Spain 24
Australia 24
France 24
(in the event of a tie, the country with the most number of high scores wins)

And so it is Britain who, maybe predictably, prevail. However, it is Austria rather than Finland who come in second place, a surprise for a country who have not had a Grand Prix driver in two years or a Grand Prix winner in 12. However, they have nevertheless been doing themselves a great deal of justice all this time. On that subject, a special word for Spain in 8th position. This lofty spot represents the efforts of one man alone, Fernando Alonso. Overall, however, congratulations to Britain. The prize may or may not be in the mail.