Constructor: Red Bull Racing
Car Number: #1
Age: 25
Verstappen, who entered Formula 1 as the sport's youngest participant ever at barely 17 years old, pushed his vehicle, his competitors, and the sport's record books to the edge. With his natural racing style, the baby-faced Dutchman with the heart of a lion grabbed the Toro Rosso and subsequently the Red Bull by the horns.
Country: The Netherlands
Grands Prix entered: 163
Constructor: Red Bull Racing
Car Number: #11
Age: 32
The foundation of Perez's F1 fame has been his divergent approaches to Grand Prix racing. He is a feisty fighter who, on the one hand, fights his way through the pack and into the points. Even his teammates can't always escape the Mexican's heat because he's never hesitant to add a little spice to his on-track interactions.
Country: Mexico
Grands Prix entered: 236
Constructor: Scuderia Ferrari
Car Number: #16
Age: 25
The current Formula 1 driver for Scuderia Ferrari is Charles Marc Hervé Perceval Leclerc from Monaco. In addition to the FIA Formula 2 Championship, he also won the GP3 Series championship in 2016 and 2017. He came second in the 2022 World Driver’s Championship in Formula 1 and is raring to go for the title in 2023.
Country: Monaco
Grands Prix entered: 103
Constructor: Scuderia Ferrari
Car Number: #55
Age: 28
Carlos Sainz Vázquez de Castro, also known as Carlos Sainz Jr. or just Carlos Sainz, is a Spanish race car driver who presently drives for Scuderia Ferrari in Formula 1. He is the son of two-time World Rally Champion Carlos Sainz Sr. Sainz. The Ferrari driver earned his first Formula 1 pole position and career victory at the 2022 British Grand Prix.
Country: Spain
Grands Prix entered: 163
Constructor: Mercedes-AMG
Car Number: #44
Age: 37
At a 1995 awards ceremony, Lewis Hamilton introduced himself to Ron Dennis, the head of the McLaren team, and thus began his journey to Formula 1. At the age of 22, Hamilton started racing in F1 in 2007. He now holds the joint highest number of Driver’s Championships in the history of Formula 1.
Country: United Kingdom
Grands Prix entered: 312
Constructor: Mercedes-AMG
Car Number: #63
Age: 24
British racing driver George William Russell is presently driving for Mercedes in Formula 1. He won both the 2017 GP3 Series and the 2018 FIA Formula 2 championships while racing for ART. Russell joined Williams in 2019 after winning the Formula 2 title, making his debut at the Australian Grand Prix. He is touted to be a future World Champion.
Country: United Kingdom
Grands Prix entered: 82
Constructor: Alpine
Car Number: #31
Age: 26
French racing driver Esteban José Jean-Pierre Ocon-Khelfane drives for Alpine in Formula 1. In place of Rio Haryanto, he earned his Formula 1 debut for Manor Racing during the 2016 Belgian Grand Prix. For the 2017 and 2018 Formula 1 season, he switched to Force India, driving alongside Mexican driver Sergio Pérez.
Country: France
Grands Prix entered: 111
Constructor: Alpine
Car Number: #10
Age: 26
Driving for Scuderia AlphaTauri in 2022 and competing in Formula 1 under the French flag, Pierre Gasly is a product of the Red Bull Academy. In addition to finishing second in the 2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series and the 2017 Super Formula Championship, he won the 2016 GP2 Series. He has moved to BWT Alpine F1 Team for 2023.
Country: France
Grands Prix entered: 108
Constructor: McLaren
Car Number: #4
Age: 23
Young but seasoned Belgian-British racer Lando Norris is presently driving in Formula 1 with McLaren and racing under the flag of Great Britain. In addition to the Toyota Racing Series, Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, and Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup in 2016, he also won the MSA Formula title in 2015.
Country: United Kingdom
Grands Prix entered: 82
Constructor: McLaren
Car Number: #81
Age: 21
Oscar Piastri, an Australian racing driver, will make his Formula 1 debut in 2023 while driving for McLaren. Previously, he was Alpine F1 Team's backup driver. In addition to winning the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship and 2021 Formula 2 Championship with Prema Racing, he won the 2019 Formula Renault Eurocup with R-ace GP.
Country: Australia
Grands Prix entered: 0
Constructor: Alfa Romeo
Car Number: #77
Age: 33
Finnish racing driver Valtteri Viktor Bottas competes in Formula 1 for Alfa Romeo. He formerly raced for Mercedes from 2017 to 2021 and for Williams from 2013 to 2016. Bottas has 67 podium finishes and 10 race victories in his career. He was a capable support for Lewis Hamilton on his way to the 7 World Championships.
Country: Finland
Grands Prix entered: 200
Constructor: Alfa Romeo
Car Number: #24
Age: 23
Chinese racing driver Zhou Guanyu presently drives for Alfa Romeo in Formula 1. He is the first Formula 1 driver from China. He participated in the FIA Formula 2 Championship from 2019 to 2021 for UNI-Virtuosi Racing, where he placed third in the 2021 season. In his rookie season, he showed enough promise to secure another year’s contract.
Country: China
Grands Prix entered: 22
Constructor: Aston Martin
Car Number: #14
Age: 41
Fernando Alonso Diaz is a Spanish racing driver who presently competes in Formula 1 for Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One Team. With Renault, he won the World Drivers' Championship for the series in 2005 and 2006. He has also raced for McLaren, Ferrari, and Minardi. Alonso won the 24 Hours of Le Mans twice with Toyota in 2018 and 2019.
Country: Spain
Grands Prix entered: 358
Constructor: Aston Martin
Car Number: #18
Age: 24
Lance Strulovitch, better known by his stage name Lance Stroll, is a Formula 1 racer who represents Canada and is Belgian-Canadian. He previously drove for Williams and Racing Point before switching to Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One Team in 2021. He has been lauded for his wet-weather driving skills.
Country: Canada
Grands Prix entered: 122
Constructor: Haas
Car Number: #20
Age: 30
Danish racing driver Kevin Magnussen is now a member of the Haas F1 Team and competes in Formula 1. He is the son of former Formula 1 driver and four-time Le Mans champion Jan Magnussen. Kevin Magnussen participated in the Young Driver Program of the McLaren Formula 1 team and competed for them in the 2014 Formula 1 World Championship.
Country: Denmark
Grands Prix entered: 142
Constructor: Nico Hulkenberg
Car Number: #27
Age: 35
German-born professional racer Nicolas Hülkenberg will join the Haas F1 Team in 2023 and return to Formula 1 full-time after running as a reserve for the Aston Martin F1 Team in 2022. He competed in two FIA World Endurance Championship events for Porsche in 2015, winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans on his debut.
Country: Germany
Grands Prix entered: 184
Constructor: AlphaTauri
Car Number: #22
Age: 22
Formula 1 driver from Japan, Yuki Tsunoda, has been competing for Scuderia AlphaTauri since 2021. He has been backed by Honda since 2016 as part of the Honda Formula Dream Project, and in 2019 he also received support from Red Bull. He won the Japanese F4 championship in 2018. He is known for his daring on-track moves.
Country: Japan
Grands Prix entered: 44
Constructor: AlphaTauri
Car Number: #21
Age: 27
Dutch racing driver Hendrik Johannes Nicasius "Nyck" de Vries is presently the backup for the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team. He will drive for Scuderia AlphaTauri full-time in Formula 1 in 2023, according to confirmation. He won the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship as well as the 2020–21 Formula E World Championship.
Country: The Netherlands
Grands Prix entered: 1
Constructor: Williams Racing
Car Number: #23
Age: 26
Thai-British racer Alexander Albon Ansusinha is now representing Thailand in Formula 1 while driving for Williams Racing. Albon has previously competed in Formula 1 for Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Toro Rosso. He was upgraded to open-wheel vehicles for the 2012 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season after joining the Red Bull Junior Team in 2012.
Country: Thailand
Grands Prix entered: 58
Constructor: Williams Racing
Car Number: #2
Age: 22
American racing driver Logan Hunter Sargeant, born December 31, 2000, most recently competed with Carlin in the FIA Formula 2 Championship. After completing the Williams Driver Academy, he will represent Williams Racing in the 2023 Formula 1 World Championship. He is the latest entrant from the United States of America.
Country: United States of America
Grands Prix entered: 0
Constructor: Red Bull Racing
Car Number: Super Formula
Number of F1 Starts: 3
Age: 21
Constructor: Red Bull Racing
Car Number: F2
Number of F1 Starts: 34
Age: 20
Constructor: Red Bull Racing
Car Number: F3
Number of F1 Starts: 0
Age: 21
Constructor: Red Bull Racing [Third Driver]
Car Number: #3
Number of F1 Starts: 232
Age: 33
Constructor: Mercedes
Car Number: #47
Number of F1 Starts: 43
Age: 24
Constructor: Ferrari
Car Number: #99
Number of F1 Starts: 62
Age: 29
Constructor: Ferrari
Car Number: F2
Number of F1 Starts: 0
Age: 23
Constructor: McLaren
Number of F1 Starts: 0
Age: 26
Constructor: Aston Martin
Car Number: #2 [last used in 2017-2018]
Number of F1 Starts: 41
Age: 26
Constructor: Aston Martin
Car Number: F2
Number of F1 Starts: 0
Age: 22
Constructor: Alfa Romeo
Car Number: F2
Number of F1 Starts: 0
Age: 19
Constructor: Alpine
Car Number: F2
Number of F1 Starts: 0
Age: 20
Constructor: HAAS
Car Number: #51
Number of F1 Starts: 2
Age: 26
With 454 points, Oracle Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen took home the 2022 Formula 1 Driver's Championship.
Max Verstappen won a record-breaking 15 races in 2022 – including nine of the last 11 races – setting the new benchmark for the most wins in a season, as he surpassed the previous record of 13, which was held by Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel.
Max Verstappen scored 454 points in the Formula 1 2022 season. He won 15 races in all and was on the podium 17 times during the season.
After taking over for Sebastian Vettel for two races at the start of the season, Nico Hulkenberg failed to score any points in 2022.
Charles Leclerc won 3 races in the Formula 1 2022 season. His team Scuderia Ferrari came in second in the Constructor’s Championship but was consistently plagued by car reliability and strategy issues. In addition, Charles Leclerc had 11 podiums and nine pole positions. He was the only man able to consistently take the fight to champion Max Verstappen.
Verstappen took eight DHL pole position awards this season, but only started P1 seven times because he picked up a grid penalty at the Belgian Grand Prix, after having gone fastest in qualifying. Verstappen's tally was the second-best behind Leclerc, who had nine.
Carlos Sainz was in the pole position 3 times in 2022. He was given a potential winner in the form of the F1-75 car by Ferrari and he made good use of it by converting one of his pole positions into a race win.
George Russell’s best finish in 2022 was his race win in the Brazillian GP. George Russell won the Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos on Sunday, the 21st round of the Formula 1 world championship, leading home a Mercedes 1-2 for his maiden F1 victory.
Carlos Sainz finished fifth in the 2022 Formula 1 Driver’s Championship. He had 9 podiums, 3 pole positions, and his maiden race win in Formula 1 in 2022.
After a slow start to the 2022 Formula 1 season, Lewis Hamilton finished sixth in the Formula 1 Driver's Championship. He scored 240 points and had 9 podium finishes in the season.
Max Verstappen of Red Bull is the most famous driver on the Formula 1 grid. He has won 2 Drivers’ Championships in a row and has a massive fan following globally. Lewis Hamilton is the most successful Formula 1 driver who is still active and is also extremely popular.