F1: Youngest race winners - Kimi Raikkonen to Max Verstappen.

Formula One racing is the pinnacle of car racing championship in the world and is widely followed by motorsport fans around the globe. Drivers leave no stone unturned to make their way to the podium. It's every drivers' dream to be in F1, sixty-eight drivers have been crowned with the world championship title since the inception of Formula One and the legacy continues. It is great to see young drivers competing with the experienced ones it gets even better when they go on to win F1 races an extremely young age leaving the world amazed. Here is a look a the History of youngest F1 driver to win Grand Prix.

Kimi Raikkonen of Finland

#5 Kimi Raikkonen

The Finnish hero nicknamed 'ICEMAN' was granted his super License in the year 2001 with the help of Peter Sauber who aimed at signing the young man in his team. Raikkonen who had 23 junior level car trophies to his credit proved his mettle in F1 during his Rookie season, scoring four points in four races. He was signed by McLaren Mercedes team in 2002 and stormed to his first win in the year 2003 at Malaysian Grand Prix when he was only 23. With 20 splendid wins and 83 podiums, to his name, he continues to drive for Ferrari in the 2018 Formula one season.

Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and Mercedes AMG Petronas...

#4 Lewis Hamilton

The reigning World champion who drives for Mercedes F1 team was the youngest driver ever to get Formula One contract. He made his debut with the Mclaren Mercedes team in 2007. The ace driver notched his first victory at 2007 Canadian Grand Prix while he was just 22 years and 154 days. The first F1 win of Hamilton was even sweeter as it happened in his F1 rookie season, just in his 6th start. Hamilton becomes the only driver in F1 history to win at least one race in every season he has driven in.

Fernando Alonso of Spain and McLaren Team

#3 Fernando Alonso

The Spaniard smashed Troy Ruttman's 49-year-old record at Hungarian Grand Prix in 2003 to achieve his maiden victory. Back then he was only 22 years and 26 days, he told it is his dream win. Fernando Alonso has 32 wins in 15 seasons and has won the Drivers' World Championship title 2 years in a row(2005 and 2006) with the Renault F1 team. He was the youngest world champion until Vettel made his way into Formula One in 2010.

Vettel at F1 Grand Prix of Bahrain

#2 Sebastian Vettel

Amid all the successful drivers in the history of Formula One, Sebastian Vettel stands at Second Position in the list of all-time youngest winners. The World champion crushed multiple records on the way to his maiden victory at 2008 Italian Grand Prix. He became the youngest driver to grab pole position and also bring Toro Rosso their first win (the only win for Toro Rosso till date in F1) at the Monza circuit, Italian Grand Prix when he was merely 21 years old. In 2010, he brought home all the glory, his first World Championship title and since then, he owned the sport like a king. He bagged world championship titles four times in a row (2010-13)

Max Verstappen at Red Bull Racing Factory

#1 Max Verstappen

Max Verstappen commenced his F1 journey with Scuderia Toro Rosso team in 2015 and went ahead in the same year to take Rookie of the year honors. In 2016 Max was called to swap seats with Daniil Kvyat of Red Bull Racing

Spanish F1 Grand Prix

and became the youngest race winner of all time, youngest ever to lead a race and youngest podium finisher in single descend. All this was on his debut race with the Red Bull racing team. When he achieved this feat, he was only 18 years and all the magnificence took place at 2016 Spanish Grand Prix. It can just be the sign of a World Champion in making.

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