Kimi Antonelli will grow to be the third-youngest driver in F1 historical past when he represents Mercedes on the 2025 Australian Grand Prix, aged 18 years, six months and 19 days outdated. However who presently makes the highest 10 within the sport’s all-time record and what occurred after their respective debut weekends? F1.com has the solutions…
#10 – Daniil Kvyat – Australia 2014 – 19 years, 10 months, 18 days
GP3 champion Kvyat stepped as much as F1 with the then-named Toro Rosso in 2014, reaching Q3 and scoring factors on his debut and doing nicely sufficient over the course of the yr to safe a Crimson Bull promotion when Sebastian Vettel shocked the paddock by transferring to Ferrari.
Kvyat’s time on the senior group was short-lived although. After a strong first marketing campaign alongside Daniel Ricciardo, his difficult begin to 2016 – which included a conflict with Vettel on dwelling soil in Russia – noticed Crimson Bull put Max Verstappen in his place after simply 4 races.
From there, it was at all times going to be troublesome to get better, with Toro Rosso dropping Kvyat in late-2017 amid a downward spiral, solely to swiftly deliver him again for 2 extra seasons – the spotlight being a shock podium end on the rain-hit 2019 German Grand Prix.
