Formulation 1 has only a handful of drivers nonetheless dwelling who competed within the early days of the game.
The inaugural world championship was run in 1950, and Hermano da Silva Ramos – who first raced an F1 automotive in 1955 – is its oldest driver nonetheless alive at 98. Hans Herrmann, now 95, made his F1 debut two seasons earlier, in 1953.
With simply two world champions over the age of 80 nonetheless alive, here are the oldest surviving F1 drivers, together with world champions and grand prix winners:
Oldest F1 world champions nonetheless alive
Jackie Stewart – 84 years outdated
Stewart is the oldest F1 world champion alive on the age of 84. He took world championship titles in 1969, 1971 and 1973, and 27 race wins throughout his profession. Making his debut in 1965, the Scottish driver raced with BRM, Matra, March and Tyrrell and is the one dwelling F1 world champion from the Nineteen Sixties.
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Race winner Mario Andretti, Lotus 79, Ronnie Peterson, Lotus 79
Mario Andretti – 83 years outdated
Andretti is the second-oldest dwelling F1 world champion on the age of 83. The American driver took the F1 title in 1978 when he raced with Lotus, however throughout his profession he additionally raced with March, Ferrari, Parnelli, Alfa Romeo and Williams. Andretti is simply one among three drivers, together with Dan Gurney and Juan Pablo Montoya, to win races in Formulation 1, IndyCar, NASCAR and the World Sportscar Championship.
Alan Jones – 77 years outdated
Jones, 77, took his world championship for Williams in 1980, which was the workforce’s first championship win. In his decade-long profession, the Australian raced for Hesketh, Hill, Surtees, Shadow, Williams, Arrows, Haas and Lola and achieved 12 wins from 116 begins. Jones was the final Australian driver to win the Australian Grand Prix in 1980.
Emerson Fittipaldi – 77 years outdated
Fittipaldi is a two-time world champion, with wins in 1972 and 1974. The 77-year-old’s first world championship with Lotus secured him the title of the youngest driver to win a championship at simply 25 years outdated. He held this report for 33 years earlier than the report was damaged by a 24-year-old Fernando Alonso in 2005. The Brazilian driver raced with Lotus, McLaren after which the Brazilian Fittipaldi Automotive workforce, which was based by his brother Wilson Fittipaldi.
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Keke Rosberg, Williams FW08
Keke Rosberg – 75 years outdated
Rosberg, 75, received his world championship in 1982. Driving for Theodore, ATS, Wolf, Fittipaldi, Williams and McLaren, Rosberg had simply 5 wins from 114 begins. The 1982 season was fraught with points; there was a drivers’ strike on the season opener in South Africa, two drivers died (Gilles Villeneuve was killed throughout qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix whereas Riccardo Paletti died at the beginning of the Canadian Grand Prix) and Didier Pironi suffered a career-ending accident on the German Grand Prix. The championship was secured by Rosberg by 5 factors over Pironi, and he turned the second driver to win a championship having solely received a single race, after Mike Hawthorn in 1958.
Jody Scheckter – 73 years outdated
Jody Scheckter, 73, took his world championship in 1979, within the penultimate season of his F1 profession. He raced with McLaren, Tyrrell, Wolf and Ferrari throughout his nine-season profession. Scheckter is the primary and solely driver from Africa to have received an F1 race and a world championship.
Nelson Piquet – 71 years outdated
Piquet, 71, is a three-time world champion, taking the title in 1981, 1983 (with Brabham) and 1987 (with Williams). The Brazilian scored 23 wins from 204 begins and raced for Ensign, McLaren, Brabham, Williams, Lotus and Benetton.
Oldest F1 grand prix winners nonetheless alive
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Jacques Laffite, Ligier JS11
Jacques Laffite – 80 years outdated
Jacques Laffite is the oldest dwelling F1 race winner who didn’t win a championship title. The 80-year-old took six wins in his 12-year profession, which included competing for Iso-Marlboro, Ligier and Williams. The French driver competed between 1974 and 1986 and secured 228 profession factors.
Jacky Ickx – 79 years outdated
Ickx spent 13 years competing in Formulation 1, racing for Cooper, Ferrari, Brabham, McLaren, Williams, Lotus, Wolf-Williams, Ensign and Ligier. From 116 begins, the Belgian took eight wins and 181 profession factors. Ickx, 79, has additionally received the 24 Hours of Le Mans six occasions, in addition to the World Sportscar Championship and the Can-Am championship.
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John Watson, McLaren MP4B Ford
John Watson – 77 years outdated
John Watson, 77, took 5 F1 wins throughout his 12-year profession. The Northern Irish driver competed with Brabham, Surtees, Lotus, Penske and McLaren. Watson completed third within the 1982 championship however by no means took the title himself.
Jochen Mass – 77 years outdated
Mass, 77, received only one grand prix win in his nine-year profession. Mass had 105 begins, which included racing for Surtees, McLaren, ATS, Arrows and March and achieved 71 podium factors. Nonetheless, the German driver is maybe most recognized for his tragic on-track incident with Gilles Villeneuve in 1982, which led to the Canadian driver’s dying.
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René Arnoux, Ferrari 126C2B.
Rene Arnoux – 75 years outdated
Arnoux secured seven race wins throughout his 12-year profession. The 75-year-old French driver participated in 149 races and drove for Martini, Surtees, Renault, Ferrari and Ligier and took 181 profession factors.
F1 drivers of their 90s
| Driver | Age | Race Begins | Profession Factors | Years Lively | Workforce(s) |
| Hermano da Silva Ramos | 98 | 7 | 2 | 1955-56 | Gordini |
| John Rhodes | 96 | 1 | 0 | 1965 | Cooper |
| Hans Herrmann | 95 | 18 | 10 | 1953-1955, 1957-1961, 1966-1969 | Veritas, Mercedes, Maserati, Cooper, BRM & Porsche |
| David Piper | 93 | 2 | 0 | 1959-1960 | Lotus |
| Bernie Ecclestone | 93 | 2 | 0 | 1958 | Connaught |
| Gaetano Starrabba | 91 | 1 | 0 | 1961 | Lotus |
| Alex Soler-Roig | 91 | 6 | 0 | 1970-1972 | Behra-Porsche |
F1 drivers of their 80s
| Driver | Age | Race Begins | Profession Factors | Years Lively | Workforce(s) |
| Peter Ashdown | 89 | 1 | 0 | 1959 | Cooper |
| Giorgio Bassi | 89 | 1 | 0 | 1965 | Scuderia Centro Sud |
| Paddy Driver | 89 | 1 | 0 | 1963 & 1974 | Lotus |
| Brian Gubby | 89 | 1 | 0 | 1965 | Lotus |
| Michael Could | 89 | 2 | 0 | 1961 | Lotus |
| John Cordts | 88 | 1 | 0 | 1969 | Brabham |
| Carlo Facetti | 88 | 1 | 0 | 1974 | Scuderia Finotto |
| Jim Corridor | 88 | 11 | 3 | 1960-1963 | Lotus |
| Skip Barber | 87 | 5 | 0 | 1971-1972 | March |
| Invoice Brack | 87 | 3 | 0 | 1968-1969 & 1972 | Lotus & BRM |
| Bruce Kessler | 87 | 1 | 0 | 1958 | Connaught |
| Jackie Lewis | 87 | 9 | 3 | 1961-1962 | Cooper & BRM |
| Gus Hutchinson | 86 | 1 | 0 | 1970 | Brabham |
| Roger Penske | 86 | 2 | 0 | 1961-1962 | Cooper & Lotus |
| Brian Redman | 86 | 12 | 8 | 1968 & 1970-1974 | Cooper, Williams, Surtees, McLaren, BRM & Shadow |
| Alan Rees | 85 | 3 | 0 | 1966-1967 | Cooper & Brabham |
| David Hobbs | 84 | 7 | 0 | 1967-1968, 1971 & 1974 | BRM, Honda & McLaren |
| Brausch Niemann | 84 | 1 | 0 | 1963 & 1965 | Lotus |
| Dieter Quester | 84 | 1 | 0 | 1969 & 1974 | BMW & Surtees |
| Kurt Ahrens Jr | 83 | 4 | 0 | 1966-1969 | Brabham |
| Conny Andersson | 83 | 1 | 0 | 1976-1977 | Surtees & BRM |
| Richard Attwood | 83 | 16 | 11 | 1964-1965 & 1967-1969 | BRM, Reg Parnell Racing, Cooper & Lotus |
| Gérard Larrousse | 83 | 1 | 0 | 1974 | Scuderia Finotto |
| Andrea de Adamich | 82 | 30 | 6 | 1968, 1970-1973 | Ferrari, McLaren, March, Surtees & Brabham |
| Derek Bell | 82 | 9 | 1 | Ferrari, McLaren, Surtees & Tecno | |
| Clive Puzey | 82 | 1 | 0 | 1965 | Lotus |
| David Walker | 82 | 11 | 0 | 1971-1972 | Workforce Lotus |
| Howden Ganley | 81 | 35 | 10 | BRM, Iso-Marlboro, March & Maki | |
| Chris Irwin | 81 | 10 | 1 | 1966-1967 | Brabham, Reg Parnell Racing |
| Gijs van Lennep | 81 | 8 | 2 | S.A.N, William, Ensign | |
| Jackie Oliver | 81 | 50 | 13 | Lotus, BRM, McLaren & Shadow | |
| Henri Pescarolo | 81 | 57 | 12 | 1968-1974 & 1976 | Matra, March, William, BRM & Surtees |
| Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi | 81 | 3 | 0 | 1976 | Tyrrell |
| Teddy Pilette | 81 | 1 | 0 | 1974 & 1977 | Brabham & BRM |
| Jean-Claude Rudaz | 81 | 0 | 0 | 1964 | Cooper |
| Jo Vonlanthen | 81 | 1 | 0 | 1975 | Williams |
| Robin Widdows | 81 | 1 | 0 | 1968 | Cooper |
| Man Edwards | 80 | 11 | 0 | 1974, 1976-1977 | Hill, Hesketh & BRM |
| Mike Fisher | 80 | 1 | 0 | 1967 | Lotus |
| Hans Heyer | 80 | 0 | 0 | 1977 | ATS |
| Max Jean | 80 | 1 | 0 | 1971 | Frank Williams Racing Vehicles |
| Helmut Marko | 80 | 9 | 0 | 1971-1972 | BRM, McLaren |
| François Mazet | 80 | 1 | 0 | 1971 | |
| Arturo Merzario | 80 | 57 | 11 | 1972-1979 | Ferrari, Iso-Marlboro, Williams, Fittipaldi, March, Wolf-Williams, Shadow & Merzario |
| Tim Schenken | 80 | 34 | 7 | 1970-1974 | Williams, Brabham, Surtees, Trojan & Lotus |
| Vern Schuppan | 80 | 9 | 0 | 1972, 1974-1975 & 1977 | BRM, Ensign, Hill & Surtees |
| Tony Trimmer | 80 | 0 | 0 | 1975-1978 |
Oldest participant in F1 grand prix
The oldest participant of an F1 grand prix is Louis Chiron, who was 55 years and 292 days outdated when he got here sixth within the 1955 Monaco Grand Prix. Chiron can be the oldest individual to enter a race at 58 years and 277 days outdated when he entered the 1958 Monaco Grand Prix, though he didn’t qualify for the race itself.
The Monegasque driver first started his F1 profession in 1950 and drove for Maserati, Ecurie Rosier, Lancia and Scuderia Centro Sud earlier than his profession ended. Chiron took only one podium throughout his profession and no race wins.
Louis Chiron raced for Bugatti between 1926 and 1932 and received many races for the workforce, together with the 1931 Monaco Grand Prix in a Bugatti T51. His legacy has lived on with the workforce which, in 2015, named its newest automotive, the Bugatti Chiron, after him.
* Knowledge right as of 1 January, 2024.
