User:Donnie Park/List of podium finishers at the IFMAR World Championships

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IFMAR World Championship Winners
N.B. World Cup (non-championship) races are not included, they are included in articles for separate classes. Classes that never held an official world champonships (such as 1:8 IC GT) are excluded.
 * List are in order of odd years then even years. Discontinued classes are listed last

Timeline
This is a progressive list of drivers that have held the record for most titles won.

Most in single class

 * Italics denotes class leader
 * denotes achieved by a single person

Most Wins in a single year
The two Electric Worlds that competitors managed to achieve are double header events held in a single week. As nitro events are standalone events requiring 9 days to run, no drivers has managed to achieve this in a single year though Art Carbonnell backed his 1981 IC Track win with a 1:12 Electric Track win in 1982 when at the time, the latter was in its inaugural year and until 1985, only one class was offered annually. Only Atsushi Hara came close to this, managing to achieve a hat trick of three podium finishes in a single year (2nd in 1:10 ISTC, 2nd in 1:10 Nitro Touring Car and 3rd in 1:8 Off-road).

Drivers who won in different disciplines
As explained, nitro and electric and on and off-road cars require different type of driving and drivers are required to adapt to them, usually in a short space of time. Only three drivers have managed to combine wins in on and off-road cars and three in nitro and electric cars. Only Hara have managed to cross discipline them all together.

A-main/finals appearances
Drivers with at least 10 finals appearances are listed

Italics: drivers who have not or yet to have won a Worlds title.

Bold: drivers who have actively appeared in a final race within the two previous Worlds

Ryan Maifield has the most appearances for a driver who have yet to win a title as of 2024. He took the lead from Craig Drescher in 2013 who in turn, despite his last A-main appearance was in 2005, inherited the title after Ralph Burch Jr. finally won his first title in 2010 after trying since 1981 at the age of 13.

Podium finishers
Drivers with at least 5 podium finishes are listed

Italics: drivers who have not or yet to have won a Worlds title.

Bold: drivers who have actively appeared in a final race within the two previous Worlds

Ryan Maifield has the most podium finishes for a driver who have yet to win a title as of 2024.

Youngest
Drivers younger than the age of 18 are listed.

Oldest
Drivers older than the age of 35 are listed.