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IN PICTURES – Fangio, Mansell and now Hamilton: these forty-something F1 winners

By winning the Sprint race in China, Lewis Hamilton joined the very select circle of forty-year-old Formula 1 winners, both Grand Prix and Sprint races.

Published 29/03/2025 à 16:43

Dorian Grangier

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IN PICTURES – Fangio, Mansell and now Hamilton: these forty-something F1 winners

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Win in Formula 1 beyond the age of 40, within an increasingly younger grid, is almost a feat. In Shanghai, last Saturday, Lewis Hamilton managed to win the Sprint race in his second performance with FerrariThis is the first time since Nigel Mansell, at the 1994 Australian Grand Prix, that a forty-year-old has won a Formula 1 race, including Grand Prix and Sprint. While we'll have to wait a little longer to add him to the circle of forty-year-old Grand Prix winners – made up of nine drivers, including an Indy500 winner – the Briton has become the first driver over the age of 40 to win a race in the XNUMXst century. Here are those whose longevity and performance will forever be etched in the history of the sport.

Luigi fagioli

Winner of the 1951 French Grand Prix at 53 years and 22 days old

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Giuseppe farina

5 Grand Prix victories after the age of 40 between 1950 and 1953, winner of the 1953 German Grand Prix at 46 years, 9 months and 3 days

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Juan Manuel Fangio

8 Grand Prix victories after the age of 40 between 1955 and 1957, winner of the 1957 German Grand Prix at 46 years, 1 months and 11 days

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Piero Taruffi

Winner of the 1952 Swiss Grand Prix at 45 years, 7 months and 6 days

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--Jack Brabham

7 Grand Prix victories after the age of 40 between 1966 and 1970, winner of the 1970 South African Grand Prix at 43 years, 11 months and 5 days

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Sam Hanks

Winner of the 500 Indianapolis 1957 at age 42 years, 10 months and 17 days

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Nigel Mansell

Winner of the 1994 Australian Grand Prix at 41 years, 3 months and 5 days

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Maurice Trintignant

Winner of the 1958 Monaco Grand Prix at 40 years, 6 months and 18 days

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Graham hill

Winner of the 1969 Monaco Grand Prix at 40 years, 3 months and 3 days

Graham hill

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Lewis Hamilton

2025 Chinese Grand Prix Sprint Winner at 40 years, 2 months and 15 days

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Dorian Grangier

A young journalist nostalgic for the motorsport of yesteryear. Raised on the exploits of Sébastien Loeb and Fernando Alonso.

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Vassal Jacques

01/04/2025 at 02:38 a.m.

Hello everyone, this reminder is very accurate. It should even be added about Jack Brabham that in 1966, at the age of 40, the Australian was even World Champion for the third time, and this in a single-seater of his own construction. Finally, please respect the French language: a man of 40 years and over is a forty-year-old. And a forty-year-old is a 40th birthday.

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Teulon

30/03/2025 at 01:53 a.m.

Winning a sprint race is not considered a grand prix.

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