Who is the youngest pilot in F1?

Max Verstappen is the youngest F1 driver to start a race!
Verstappen races under the Dutch banner and made his first F1 appearance as a 17-year-old in the 2015 Australian Grand Prix.
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Who is the youngest F1 driver currently?

The youngest driver on the F1 grid is Yuki Tsunoda. The AlphaTauri youngster is the only current F1 driver born in the 2000s, having been born on 11 May 2000, so he is currently 21 years old, and will have turned 22 by the end of the 2022 season.
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Is there a 17 year old F1 driver?

Max Verstappen will become the youngest driver in F1 history when he makes his debut in the series in Australia next year at the tender age of 17.
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Who is the youngest person to win F1?

Sebastian Vettel is the youngest winner of the World Drivers' Championship; he was 23 years and 134 days old when he won the 2010 championship. Fangio is the oldest winner of the World Drivers' Championship; he was 46 years and 41 days old when he won the 1957 title.
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What age do F1 drivers start?

In terms of which age you should be in order to step foot in a single-seater racecar, it varies from driver to driver. Some start as young as 14 and others as late as 18.
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The 6 Youngest Drivers To Ever Start An F1 Race



How do I join f4?

Competitors must hold a valid Motorsport UK race licence, have completed the Advanced Novice Driver Training Course, and passed any requisite medical checks. Drivers must be additionally registered for the championship and hold membership of the British Automobile Racing Club (BARC), the organising club.
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Do F1 drivers get free cars?

With the amount of money they're paid, F1 drivers–well, certainly, the successful ones–can get their hands on pretty much any road car they like, no matter how limited it may be. Some manufacturers even offer them cars for free as part of sponsorship deals. It's definitely alright for some.
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Does Max Verstappen like Lewis Hamilton?

Deposed Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton says that there is a mutual "respect" with current title holder Max Verstappen. Verstappen unseated Mercedes driver Hamilton on the last lap of the final race of the season in Abu Dhabi.
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Is Max Verstappen the youngest F1 champion?

Latest. Max Verstappen won his first Formula 1 World Championship in a title showdown at the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and, at the age of 24 years and 66 days, became one of the youngest-ever champions.
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Why is Max Verstappen 33?

The story behind this choice is quite simple: in his youth the Dutchman had the #3 as a lucky number. He wanted to use it in F1, but the number was already taken by Daniel Ricciardo, so Verstappen then chose to use #33, "for double happiness".
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What age did Max Verstappen join F1?

Arriving as Formula 1's youngest ever competitor at just 17 years old, Verstappen pushed his car, his rivals and the sport's record books to the limit. The baby-faced Dutchman with the heart of a lion took the Toro Rosso – and then the Red Bull – by the horns with his instinctive racing style.
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What age Max Verstappen join F1?

At the 2015 Australian Grand Prix, when he was aged 17 years, 166 days, he became the youngest driver to compete in Formula One.
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Is Lewis Hamilton rich?

He has been the most successful British Formula, one driver of all times, with the most number of career points, and the most number of victories in different circuits. What is this? As of 2022, Lewis Hamilton's net worth is roughly $285 million.
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What age is F1 school?

F1 in Schools is an international STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) competition for school children (aged 11–19), in which groups of 3–6 students have to design and manufacture a miniature car out of the official F1 Model Block using CAD/CAM design tools.
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Who is Lewis Hamilton seeing?

Lewis Hamilton admits he's enjoying single life

Lewis Hamilton is happy to remain a single man following his split from Nicole Scherzinger. The Formula One champion, whose seven-year relationship…
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Is Aston Martin in F1?

Returning to F1

The Aston Martin name is back in Grand Prix racing. The Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One™ Team will make its race debut in Bahrain, on 28 March, marking a return to top-flight single-seater competition.
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Is bottas friends with Hamilton?

Valtteri Bottas has revealed he is still friends with former Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton and that the pair share flights to races. The Finn was replaced by George Russell for the 2022 season but managed to keep a seat in Formula 1 as he joined Alfa Romeo.
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Do Verstappen and Hamilton dislike each other?

Max Verstappen admits that he and Lewis Hamilton sometimes "hated each other" whilst fighting for the title in the 2021 season. The pair went head-to-head in a closely fought battle for the World Championship, with the rivalry occasionally resulting in some tense moments both on and off the track.
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Why is there no Bugatti in F1?

Because they don't make race cars or sports cars. They make halo GT cars - high powered straight line missiles that are not eligible to run in any race series in the world.
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What does BWT mean in F1?

Following on from the successful title sponsorship in Austria this season, Formula 1 has today announced that Best Water Technology (BWT), Europe's market leader in water treatment worldwide, has expanded its strategic partnership to become the Official Water Technology Partner of Formula 1.
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Why is number 13 not used in F1?

The number is generally considered to be an unlucky number. It was used in the early years of the sport but in the 1920s it was dropped after the Delage factory team suffered two fatal accidents with the number in the course of just a few months.
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