Max Verstappen remains the youngest ever F1 Grand Prix race winner, just another record held by the brilliant Red Bull superstar.
Verstappen displaced Sebastian Vettel as the youngest ever race winner back in 2016, with a sensational victory at the Spanish Grand Prix in his first Red Bull outing.
The Dutchman achieved that feat at the tender age of 18 years, 7 months and 15 days, and in Barcelona he cemented himself as a star of the future after an astonishing drive to fend off multiple Ferrari attacks from Kimi Raikkonen.
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Fast forward nearly 10 years, and Verstappen now has four world titles to his name, and his record as a precocious genius still stands.
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Who are F1’s youngest race winners?
Verstappen currently holds the record for the youngest F1 race winner, and prior to that Sebastian Vettel was the youngest winner with Toro Rosso back in 2008.
We could see a new addition to the list this weekend with 19-year-old Italian Kimi Antonelli on pole for Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai. A win there would see him slot into the list at number 2 behind only Verstappen.
Here are the top ten youngest F1 drivers ever to win a race in the series:
Driver
Age
Grand Prix
Team
Max Verstappen
18y 07m 15d
Spain 2016
Red Bull Racing
Sebastian Vettel
21y 02m 11d
Italy 2008
Toro Rosso
Charles Leclerc
21y 10m 16d
Belgium 2019
Ferrari
Fernando Alonso
22y 00m 26d
Hungary 2003
Renault
Troy Ruttman
22y 02m 19d
Indianapolis 1952
J. C. Agajanian
Bruce McLaren
22y 03m 12d
USA 1959
Cooper-Climax
Lewis Hamilton
22y 05m 03d
Canada 2007
McLaren
Oscar Piastri
23y 03m 15d
Hungary 2024
McLaren
Kimi Raikkonen
23y 05m 06d
Malaysia 2003
McLaren
Robert Kubica
23y 06m 01d
Canada 2008
BMW-Sauber
Note: Troy Ruttman’s victory at the 1952 Indianapolis 500 counts on this list, as the race was part of the official 1952 World Drivers’ Championship season.
Which driver could be next to break the record?
There is only one driver on the current F1 grid who could break Verstappen’s record, and that is Racing Bulls rookie Arvid Lindblad.
He turns 19 on August 8, so time is not on his side. He would need to register a victory in the next few weeks to beat the mighty Dutchman.
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