It was achieved amid one of the most titanic title battles of the 21st century so far between young reigning champion fernando alonso and seventime title winner michael schumacher. Who has the most wins, is the youngest winner and more. Who is the youngest driver to win a formula 1 race answers. This formula one champions summary shows you who won a world championship title in formula 1. F1 legends micheal schumacher and ayrton senna still hold a lot of records in the lists below. In total he has secured the most grand prix victories, a mere 91 times. Keeping the above in mind, below is a look at the top five youngest world champions in formula 1 history. In 2019, mercedes was the team to beat, winning 15 of the 21 races, and lewis hamilton was the man carrying the checkered flag in 11 of those victories en route to his third straight f1 drivers championship. At 21 years and 74 days old, sebastian vettel of germany became the youngest driver to win an f1 race when he won the 2008 italian grand prix at monza on september 14, 2008. Lewis hamilton beats sebastian vettel to win 4th f1 world. Max verstappen becomes f1s youngest winner on red bull.
Max verstappen becomes youngest man to drive a formula one. See all formula 1 records that stand since the beginning of formula one. Max verstappen running out of time to become youngest. There look like there will be a lot of changes in the formula 1 driver lineup over the next few seasons. The 10 youngest drivers in formula 1 history bleacher report. The 22yearold red bull driver holds the records for youngest f1 driver 17 and youngest race winner 18 but the dutchman shrugs at talk of reaching another agerelated milestone. Sebastian vettel, one of the most successful f1 driver, is the fourtime winner of f1 world championship for consecutive years 2010, 2011, 2012 and 20. Twentytwo races, a recordequalling seventh championship up for grabs. The formula one world drivers championship wdc is awarded by the federation.
There is currently one german race driver in formula one. How lando norris became britains youngestever f1 star. He was the first spanish formula one driver to win the world championship and was the youngest onetime and twotime drivers champion at the. Canadian lance stroll is the worlds newest and youngest.
A fortnight later in malaysia, he became the youngest driver ever to finish a race and the youngest to score a world championship point. Stroll will be the youngest driver in f1 next season, and his debut will be the secondyoungest the sport has seen. Hamilton wins the 2008 f1 title and becomes youngest world. Going into the final race of the season, vettel was one of. Sebastian vettel was 23 years and 3 days old when he won the 2010 world championship in abu dhabi, becoming the youngest winner of the world championship. Try to guess the names of the drivers who are the youngest to ever win a championship.
In 2016, nico rosberg became the third driver from germany to win the f1 world drivers championship. Which young driver will be first to win a champion. Max verstappen became the youngest driver to take to the wheel of a formula one car on friday in the first practice session for the japanese grand prix in suzuka. Hamiltons success buries the ghosts of last year, when after a remarkable debut season he let slip a massive lead in the final two races and raikkonen sneaked in to win the title. Dutch motor racing star max verstappen rewrote the history books back in may, when he became the youngest driver to win a formula one world championship race after claiming victory at the spanish. Youngest driver to win a formula one world championship. The youngest driver to win a formula one world championship is sebastian vettel germany, b. Testing is underway, which means that the first f1 race is right around the corner. He was 27 years, 10 months and 29 days old when he made his debut at the 1950. Lewis hamilton has clinched a sixth formula 1 world championship title at the us grand prix. He qualified a surprise second and even put up a fight for the win, before. How f1s young driver record tumbled, and now cant be beaten. Despite this, two of the six youngest drivers to start a formula one gp raced their first 30 or more years ago.
Driver records listed here include all rounds which formed part of the world championship since 1950. Overall alonso won 32 formula one races, 22 pole positions and 1,899 points from 311 starts. The current drivers champion is lewis hamilton who won his fifth title in 2018. The aussies unlikely win was the fifth of his career, while williams teenager driver lance stroll right took third to become the youngest f1 rookie ever to make the podium. Just 24 years old, fernando alonso also led the renault team to the 2005 constructors championship, thus ending the reign of the michael schumacherferrari combination that. He is the youngest ever driver to score championship points in formula 1 d. The most accomplished formula one driver of alltime, michael schumi schumacher won 7 world championships which included 91 wins. He was 27 years, 10 months and 29 days old when he made his debut at the 1950 monaco gp for scuderia achille varzi. Hamilton dominated the f1 season in 2014, winning a careerhigh 11 races to. The british racing driver, 34, is now just one behind alltime record holder michael schumacher. However this particular statistic is skewed in favour of the modern drivers as it was only in 2010 that f1 switched to the current points system of awarding 25 points for a win. Ranking the 10 best pointless f1 races f1 autosport.
In 2009, vettel was declared as the youngest driver ever to have finished the world championship as a runnerup. The youngest driver to win a formula one world championship race is max verstappen b. Youngest formula one world champion guinness world records. He is the youngest ever driver in formula 1 to secure pole position e. In 2008 he won his first f1 world drivers championship, becoming the first. The youngest driver who raced in a f1 world championship grand prix in 1950 was argentinean jose froilan gonzalez. Two years later he returned and became the youngest ever winner of the iconic race, a record he holds to this day but, in formula 1 terms, he was eventually succeeded by. Ranking the 10 best pointless f1 races there were many great formula 1 events that didnt count for points between 1950 and 1983. Charles leclerc is 61 to win the f1 championship next season ahead of his switch to ferrari. Hamilton has become the youngest ever driver to win the f1 world championship. On this page you can find all f1 records that are set by all formula 1 drivers. The world championship of drivers has been held since 1950. Who is the youngest ever driver to win a f1 drivers. Perhaps the most recognized formula 1 driver across the world, schumacher amassed seven world titles in a career that lasted almost two decades.
Where driving talent is concerned, these days it can burgeon at an indecently young age through the highly competitive ranks of karting. Age and the f1 driver from teenage stars to fast 50year. The young sauber driver will swap seats with kimi raikkonen at. Formula 1 races that were not qualification rounds. In 2008 sebastian vettel became the youngest ever driver to win a race which was later broken and, in 2010, became the youngest world championship winner. Only belgianborn max verstappen, who arrived in f1 last year, roughly six. The youngest driver to win a formula one world championship is sebastian vettel germany. The first driver to win multiple championships was alberto ascari, in 1952 and 1953. Before that drivers received only 10 points for a win and earlier in the championships history it was even less. The drivers championship was first awarded in 1950, to giuseppe farina. Aged 23 years and 301 days, he has beaten fernando alonsos record of 24 years 59 days which was set in 2005. In 2016 at the spanish grand prix max verstappen became the youngest ever winner at 18 years old in his first race for red bull, a whopping two and a half years. When he started the australian grand prix, norris became the fourthyoungest driver to take part in an f1 race and the youngestever brit, breaking the record set by the then20yearold jenson.
Hamilton is the ninth different british driver to win the world championship and his is the th title win by a british driver. Most grand prix wins by drivers that have not won a world championshipedit. The reigning champion of the f1 is lewis hamilton having won the title in 2019 for the sixth time in a row. He is often regarded as one of the greatest formula one drivers in the history of the sport.
Another f1 legend is michael schumacher, a german retired race driver who raced in the formula one for jordan grand prix, benneton and ferrari. Sebastian vettel became the youngest formula 1 world champion in history when he. Check out who scored most f1 wins, championships, grand prix, poles. Fernando alonso 2005, 2006 share the 28th formula one world drivers champion was at the time the youngest ever. Racing legend sir stirling moss has died sir stirling moss, who died in the early hours of 12 april aged 90, was more than just the greatest racing driver never to win the formula 1 world. When sebastian vettel became the youngest formula 1 driver to score a point after coming eighth on his debut in the 2007 united states grand prix, the signs were there that he was special but. He was just 23 years and 4 days old when he won the abu dhabi grand prix title and became the youngest ever driver to win a f1 drivers championship. Renaults fernando alonso, the previous youngest champion, was second ahead of massas teammate kimi raikkonen and toro rossos sebastian vettel.
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