Number of British Formula 1 champions?

Eight british drivers won the championship :

Mike Hawthorn (1958)

Graham Hill (1962 and 1966)

Jim Clark (1963 and 1965)

John Surtees (1964)

Jackie Stewart (1969, 1971 and 1973)

James Hunt (1976)

Nigel Mansell (1992)

Damon Hill (1996)