Lewis Hamilton celebrates his fortieth birthday at this time (7 January).
The seven-time world champion turns 40 on the eve of the 2025 F1 season, which shall be his first as a Ferrari driver.
Hamilton has left Mercedes after 12 illustrious seasons – through which he claimed 84 grand prix victories and gained six of his seven world titles – to embark on a stint at F1’s most well-known staff with whom he’ll shut out his legendary grand prix profession.
In 2025, Hamilton shall be one in all two drivers of their forties nonetheless racing in F1. Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso, who will flip 44 in July, is the opposite.
Simply 9 drivers have gained F1 races after turning 40. May Hamilton make it 10 in 2025?
Graham Hill (40 years previous)
Two-time world champion Hill took the chequered flag first for the ultimate time on the 1969 Monaco Grand Prix. It was Hill’s 14th and remaining grand prix win, and his fifth at Monaco – a report that might stand for twenty-four years.
Maurice Trintignant (40 years previous)
Following a exceptional restoration from a near-fatal crash throughout a assist race for the 1948 Swiss Grand Prix, Trintignant would go on to say two F1 victories. His final – on the 1958 Monaco Grand Prix – places him on this very unique membership.
Nigel Mansell (41 years previous)
Mansell stays the final driver to win a race over the age of 40. The 1992 world champion’s thirty first and remaining F1 triumph got here on the 1994 Australian Grand Prix, the place he transformed pole place into victory for Williams.
Nigel Mansell stays the final driver over 40 to win in F1
Sam Hanks (42 years previous)
Hanks’s sole win as a grand prix driver got here on the 1957 Indianapolis 500 when the well-known American race fashioned the third spherical of the F1 world championship. He loved extra success throughout his profession as a Champ Automobile driver.
Jack Brabham (43 years previous)
Brabham is the fifth oldest F1 winner, having claimed the final of his 14 grand prix victories on the 1970 South African Grand Prix. He may very well be eclipsed on this listing by Alonso if the Spaniard have been to win a race this season.
Piero Taruffi (45 years previous)
Taruffi gained only one F1 race in his profession spanning six seasons with Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Mercedes, Maserati and Vanwall. It got here on the 1952 Swiss Grand Prix and when the Italian was 45 years and 219 days previous.
Juan Manuel Fangio (46 years previous)
The legendary five-time world champion was 46 years and 41 days previous when he stood on the highest step of the F1 podium for the ultimate time on the 1957 German Grand Prix. ‘El Maestro’s’ twenty fourth and final grand prix win on the Nurburgring is thought to be one of many all-time best victories and noticed him clinch a fifth drivers’ crown with two races to go.
Giuseppe Farina (46 years previous)
F1’s inaugural world champion from the 1950 season, Farina claimed his fifth and remaining grand prix win on the 1953 German Grand Prix with Ferrari. He was 46 years and 276 days previous on the time. He continued to race in F1 till 1956.
Luigi Fagioli (53 years previous)
Fagioli claimed his victory on the 1951 French Grand Prix with Alfa Romeo on the age of 53 years and 22 days. He stays the oldest driver to win an F1 grand prix and one imagines this feat will stand the check of time. He’s additionally the one grand prix winner born within the nineteenth century.
