There have been a total of 3 Formula One drivers from Colombia.

Former drivers

Ricardo Londoño Ricardo Londoño-Bridge (8 August 1949 – 18 July 2009) was a racing driver from Colombia. He had an unremarkable international career apart from his one attempt at Formula One in the 1981 Brazilian Grand Prix with Ensign. Londoño was the f ...

is listed as the first Colombian racer in

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. He was entered by

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for the 1981 Brazilian Grand Prix, however was denied the license that would have enabled him to compete. A year later,

Roberto Guerrero Roberto José Guerrero Isaza (born 16 November 1958) is a Colombian-American former race driver. He participated in 29 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 23 January 1982, becoming the first Colombian to start a Formula One Grand Prix. Wi ...

was snapped up by Ensign. He only finished two races out of the 15 he entered that season. For

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the team was merged with

Theodore Racing Theodore Racing ( zh, t=徳利賽車隊香港) was a Formula One constructor from Hong Kong founded by real estate magnate and millionaire Teddy Yip. They participated in 51 grands prix, entering a total of 64 cars. In the present day Theodor ...

, however this did not bring a change in fortunes and he was forced out of the sport when Theodore ran out of money before the final race of the season.

Juan Pablo Montoya Juan Pablo Montoya Roldán (; born September 20, 1975) is a Colombian racing driver. He won the International F3000 championship in 1998, the CART FedEx Championship Series in 1999 in his debut year in the series, and the IMSA WeatherTech ...

is the most successful Colombian driver to race in F1. In a career spanning five and a half seasons he won 7 Grands Prix for Williams and McLaren, including the

2003 Monaco Grand Prix The 2003 Monaco Grand Prix (formally the LXI Grand Prix de Monaco) was a Formula One motor race held on 1 June 2003 at the Circuit de Monaco. It was the seventh race of the 2003 Formula One World Championship. The 78-lap race was won by Colombian ...

, finished on the podium 30 times and finished 3rd in the championship twice, in 2002 and 2003. Having won the

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twice, he is one of two active drivers one race win away from completing the

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