Britain's title-free run between James Hunt's 1976 triumph and Nigel Mansell's success in 1992 remains the country's longest wait for a Formula 1 world champion, though it did pick up an F1 title of sorts during that period.
By winning the 1987 Jim Clark Trophy, Jonathan Palmer has the distinction of being Formula 1's sole officially recognised Class B champion. The award was created to give teams not running turbocharged engines something to fight for, and generally featured between four and six qualifiers.
That meant at different times Palmer was up against Tyrrell team-mate Phillipe Streiff, March's Ivan Capelli, Larrousse drivers Yannick Dalmas and Philippe Alliot, Nicola Larini at Coloni and the AGS pair of Pascal Fabre and (for a couple of races) Roberto Moreno.