Fernando Alonso scores points at 44, but he is by no means the oldest driver in the top 10: some age records in Formula 1 are particularly surprising
Fernando Alonso finished fifth in the 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix at the age of 44. Not many 44-year-olds have achieved this before him. However, Alonso does not hold the record for the oldest driver to finish in the points.
A look at the Formula 1 statistics shows that significantly older drivers have achieved similar successes.
In our photo gallery, we have listed some of these special age records, including the oldest participant to date. To break this record, Alonso would have to continue driving in Formula 1 for several more years.
This is just as unlikely as a new record average age for the entire field or on the podium: it is over 40 years in each case.
By way of comparison, at the Formula 1 race in Hungary, the average age of Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri, and George Russell was just 25 years, ten months, and twelve days. The “front-runner” among all this year’s Grands Prix is Silverstone with Nico Hülkenberg behind Norris and Piastri at 29 years, three months, and twelve days.
At the other end of the scale are young drivers who have already achieved impressive things at their age.
Unsurprisingly, several Red Bull drivers appear in these statistics: Max Verstappen was often among the youngest, but Sebastian Vettel also holds some of these records.
Incidentally, the Formula 1 sprint races introduced in 2021 make it necessary to distinguish between two records: Andrea Kimi Antonelli, the fastest driver in sprint qualifying in Miami in 2025, is not officially the youngest driver to start from pole position. This is because pole position can only be awarded to the driver who sets the fastest time in Grand Prix qualifying.
And while the highest average age on the podium dates back to the inaugural Formula 1 season in 1950, the lowest average age on the podium dates back to a Grand Prix in 2019. At least in theory: Carlos Sainz was only awarded third place retrospectively, meaning he was unable to celebrate alongside Verstappen and Pierre Gasly in Sao Paulo at the time.