Who is the oldest F1 driver?
Fernando Alonso is the oldest Formula 1 driver in 50 years – yet, hoping for a happy ending to his #F1 story now makes more sense. The quintet of Kimi Antonelli, Jack Doohan, Ollie Bearman, Gabriel Bortoleto and Isack Hadjar gives the F1 grid a more youthful feel. But all five have earned their opportunity and convinced teams to put their faith in young talent, instead of sticking with the known pool of more experienced drivers.Demonstrating the scale of the challenge, F1 drivers in their 40s have been rare and have had little success in the last 40 years. There have been only eight of them, including three in the 21st century.