Kimi Antonelli will become the third-youngest driver in F1 history when he represents Mercedes at the 2025 Australian Grand Prix, aged 18 years, six months and 19 days old. But who currently makes the top 10 in the sport’s all-time list and what happened after their respective debut weekends? F1.com has the answers…
#10 – Daniil Kvyat – Australia 2014 – 19 years, 10 months, 18 days
GP3 champion Kvyat stepped up to F1 with the then-named Toro Rosso in 2014, reaching Q3 and scoring points on his debut and doing well enough over the course of the year to secure a Red Bull promotion when Sebastian Vettel shocked the paddock by moving to Ferrari.
Kvyat’s time at the senior team was short-lived though. After a solid first campaign alongside Daniel Ricciardo, his tricky start to 2016 – which included a clash with Vettel on home soil in Russia – saw Red Bull put Max Verstappen in his place after just four races.
From there, it was always going to be difficult to recover, with Toro Rosso dropping Kvyat in late-2017 amid a downward spiral, only to swiftly bring him back for two more seasons – the highlight being a surprise podium finish at the rain-hit 2019 German Grand Prix.
