Formula 1 has just a handful of drivers left from the early days of the sport, with just two world champions over the age of 80 still alive. The first-ever world championship was recorded in 1950, with Hermano da Silva Ramos, the oldest driver still alive, racing in 1953.
Here are the oldest living F1 drivers, including world champions and grand prix winners:
Oldest F1 world champions still alive
Jackie Stewart – 84 years old
Jackie Stewart is the oldest F1 world champion alive at the age of 84. Stewart took world championship titles in 1969, 1971 and 1973 and 27 race wins during his career. Making his debut in 1965, the Scottish driver raced with BRM, Matra, March and Tyrrell and is the only living F1 world champion from the 1960s.
Mario Andretti – 83 years old
Mario Andretti is the second-oldest living F1 world champion at the age of 83. The American driver took the F1 world championship in 1978 when he raced with Lotus, but across his career, he also raced with March, Ferrari, Parnelli, Alfa Romeo and Williams. Andretti is just one of three drivers, including Dan Gurney and Juan Pablo Montoya, to win races in Formula 1, IndyCar, NASCAR and the World Sportscar Championship.
Alan Jones – 77 years old
Alan Jones, 77, took his world championship for Williams in 1980, which was the team’s first championship win. In his decade-long career, the Australian raced for Hesketh, Hill, Surtees, Shadow, Williams, Arrows, Haas and Lola but only achieved 12 wins from 116 starts. Jones was the last Australian driver to win the Australian Grand Prix in 1980.
Emerson Fittipaldi – 77 years old
Emerson Fittipaldi is a two-time world champion, with wins in 1972 and 1974. The 77-year-old’s first world championship win with Lotus secured him the title of the youngest driver to win a championship at just 25 years old. He held this record for 33 years before the record was broken by a 24-year-old Fernando Alonso in 2005. The Brazilian driver raced with Lotus, McLaren and then his Fittipaldi Automotive which was founded by his brother Wilson Fittipaldi.
Keke Rosberg – 75 years old
Finnish Keke Rosberg, 75, had his world championship in 1982. Driving for Theodore, ATS, Wolf, Fittipaldi, Williams and McLaren, Rosberg had just five wins from 114 starts. The 1982 season was fraught with issues; there was a drivers’ strike at the season opener in South Africa,…
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