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Also Known As Formula One • F1
Notable Honorees Niki Lauda • John Surtees • James Hunt

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F1's youngest race winner
Max Verstappen
race-car driver
Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton
British race-car driver
Sebastian Vettel working on a crossword puzzle
Sebastian Vettel
German race-car driver
A smiling Daniel Ricciardo at the 2018 Australian Grand Prix.
Daniel Ricciardo
Australian race-car driver
Mario Andretti.
Mario Andretti
American race–car driver
Phil Hill at the wheel
Phil Hill
American automobile racer
McLaren, Bruce
Bruce McLaren
New Zealand automobile racer
Fangio at Laguna Seca
Juan Manuel Fangio
Argentine automobile racing driver
John Michael Hawthorn
British automobile racer
Stirling Moss
Stirling Moss
British race-car driver
Alberto Ascari
Italian automobile racer
James Clark
British automobile racer
Giuseppe Farina
Italian automobile racer