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1.

Lewis Hamilton

British racing driver (born 1985)

Role: Self

Age at the time: 24

Overview: Sir Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton MBE HonFREng (born 7 January 1985) is a British racing driver currently competing in Formula One, driving for Mercedes. In Formula One, Hamilton has won a joint-record ...

Date of birth: 7 January 1985

Age: 39

Nationality: British

Occupation: Auto Racing

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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Honorary Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering 56T

Sportspeople from Stevenage 43T

Sportspeople with dyslexia 54T
2.

Sebastian Vettel

German racing driver

Role: Self

Age at the time: 21

Overview: Sebastian Vettel (born 3 July 1987) is a German racing driver who competes in Formula One for Aston Martin, having previously driven for BMW Sauber, Toro Rosso, Red Bull and Ferrari. Vettel has won four ...

Date of birth: 3 July 1987

Age: 37

Nationality: German

Occupation: Auto Racing

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

Partner: Hanna Prater (Married)

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Sebastian Vettel 1T

BBC Sports Personality World Sport Star of the Year winners 41T

Recipients of the Silver Laurel Leaf 105T
3.

Jenson Button

Formula One driver

Role: Self

Age at the time: 29

Overview: Jenson Alexander Lyons Button MBE (born 19 January 1980) is a British racing driver and former Formula One driver. He won the 2009 Formula One World Championship, driving for Brawn GP. After his Formula ...

Date of birth: 19 January 1980

Age: 44

Nationality: British

Occupation: Auto Racing

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

Partner: Brittny Ward (Married)

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Sportspeople from Somerset 13T

24 Hours of Spa drivers 545T

Honda Formula One drivers 7T
4.

Nico Rosberg

German racing driver

Role: Self, Self

Age at the time: 23

Overview: Nico Erik Rosberg (born 27 June 1985) is a German-Finnish former racing driver who won the 2016 Formula One World Championship driving for Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport. The only child of Keke Rosberg ...

Date of birth: 27 June 1985

Age: 39

Nationality: German

Occupation: Auto Racing

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Vivian Sibold (Married)

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Formula One race winners 112T

Team Rosberg drivers 24T

ART Grand Prix drivers 98T
5.

Fernando Alonso

Spanish Formula One driver.

Role: Self, Self

Age at the time: 27

Overview: Fernando Alonso Díaz ( born 29 July 1981) is a Spanish racing driver currently racing for Alpine in Formula One. He won the series' World Drivers' Championship in 2005 and 2006 with Renault, having also ...

Date of birth: 29 July 1981

Age: 43

Nationality: Spanish

Occupation: Auto Racing

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: Melissa Jiménez (Dating)

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Formula One race winners 113T

Wayne Taylor Racing drivers 58T

United Autosports drivers 91T
6.

David Coulthard

British Formula One racing driver

Role: Self - Commentator / Self - Presenter / Self

Age at the time: 38

Overview: David Marshall Coulthard, MBE (born 27 March 1971), known as DC, is a British former racing driver from Scotland, later turned presenter, commentator and journalist. He competed in 15 seasons of Formula ...

Date of birth: 27 March 1971

Age: 53

Nationality: British

Occupation: Auto Racing

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

Partner: Sigrid Silversand (Dating)

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Formula One race winners 112T

People educated at Kirkcudbright Academy 6T

Red Bull Formula One drivers 12T
7.

Lee McKenzie

British television journalist

Role: Self - Reporter / Self - Presenter / Self, Self - Reporter

Age at the time: 31

Overview: Lee McKenzie (born 1 December 1977) is a journalist and presenter who is a reporter and deputy presenter for Channel 4's F1 coverage and also the main presenter of the channel's highlights of the World ...

Date of birth: 1 December 1977

Age: 46

Occupation: Journalist

Gender: Female

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Formula One journalists and reporters 48T

Scottish sports journalists 7T

Scottish sports broadcasters 18T
8.

Felipe Massa

Brazilian Formula One driver.

Role: Self

Age at the time: 27

Overview: Felipe Massa (Portuguese pronunciation: born 25 April 1981) is a Brazilian Formula E and former Formula One racing driver. He competed in 15 seasons of Formula One between 2002 and 2017, where he scored ...

Date of birth: 25 April 1981

Age: 43

Nationality: Brazilian

Occupation: Auto Racing

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

Partner: Rafaela Bassi (Married)

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Brazilian Formula E drivers 6T

FIA Formula E Championship drivers 68T

European Touring Car Championship drivers 111T
9.

Nico Hülkenberg

German racing driver

Role: Self / Self - Reserve Driver, Force India / Self - Rserve Driver, Force India

Age at the time: 21

Overview: Nicolas Hülkenberg (born 19 August 1987) is a German professional racing driver who drove in Formula One in 2010 and from 2012 to 2020. In 2015, he also contested two rounds of the 2015 FIA World Endurance ...

Date of birth: 19 August 1987

Age: 37

Nationality: German

Occupation: Auto Racing

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

Partner: Egle Ruskyte (Dating)

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Sportspeople from Düsseldorf (region) 219T

Porsche Motorsports drivers 195T

Super Nova Racing drivers 76T
10.

Pastor Maldonado

Venezuelan racing driver

Role: Self / Self - GP2 Series

Age at the time: 24

Overview: Pastor Rafael Maldonado Motta (born 9 March 1985) is a Venezuelan professional racing driver, who competed in Formula One for the Williams (2011–2013) and Lotus (2014–2015) teams.

Date of birth: 9 March 1985

Age: 39

Nationality: Venezuelan

Occupation: Auto Racing

Gender: Male

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Sportspeople from Maracay 63T

WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers 305T

International GT Open drivers 194T
11.

Sergio Pérez

Mexican racing driver

Role: Self / Self - GP2 Series

Age at the time: 19

Overview: Sergio Pérez Mendoza ( born 26 January 1990), nicknamed "Checo", is a Mexican racing driver who races in Formula One for Red Bull Racing, having previously driven for Sauber, McLaren, Force India and Racing ...

Date of birth: 26 January 1990

Age: 34

Nationality: Mexican

Occupation: Auto Racing

Gender: Male

Partner: Carola Martínez (Married)

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Mexican expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland 4T

Racing Point Formula One drivers 3T

Racing Point Force India Formula One drivers 2T
12.

Kimi Räikkönen

Formula One and World Rally Championship driver

Role: Self

Age at the time: 29

Overview: Kimi-Matias Räikkönen (born 17 October 1979), nicknamed "The Iceman", is a Finnish racing driver currently driving in Formula One for Alfa Romeo Racing. He won the 2007 Formula One World Championship in ...

Date of birth: 17 October 1979

Age: 44

Nationality: Finnish

Occupation: Auto Racing

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

Partner: Minttu Virtanen (Married)

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Kimi Räikkönen 2T

Formula One race winners 113T

Kyle Busch Motorsports drivers 46T
13.

Daniel Ricciardo

Australian, Auto Racing

Role: Self / Self - Test Driver, Red Bull

Age at the time: 19

Overview: Daniel Joseph Ricciardo ( "Ricardo"; born 1 July 1989) is an Italian-Australian racing driver who is currently competing in Formula One, under the Australian flag, for McLaren. He made his debut at the ...

Date of birth: 1 July 1989

Age: 35

Nationality: Australian

Occupation: Auto Racing

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Heidi Berger (Dating)

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RB Formula One Team drivers 2T

Racing drivers from Perth, Western Australia 21T

Formula One race winners 113T
14.

Christian Horner

British racing driver and Formula One team principal (born 1973)

Role: Self - Team Principal, Red Bull Racing / Self / Self - Team Principal, Red Bull

Age at the time: 35

Overview: Christian Edward Johnston Horner OBE (born 16 November 1973) is the Team Principal of the Red Bull Racing Formula One team, a position he has held since 2005, winning eight world titles (four World Co ...

Date of birth: 16 November 1973

Age: 50

Nationality: British

Occupation: Auto Racing

Gender: Male

Partner: Geri Horner (Married)

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Formula One team principals 125T

Alan Docking Racing drivers 77T

P1 Motorsport drivers 18T
15.

Romain Grosjean

French racing driver

Role: Self / Self - Reserve Driver, Renault GP, Self

Age at the time: 22

Overview: Romain Grosjean (born 17 April 1986) is a racing driver with French-Swiss nationality who most recently raced under the French flag for the Haas F1 Team.

Date of birth: 17 April 1986

Age: 38

Nationality: French

Occupation: Auto Racing

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

Partner: Marion Jollès Grosjean (Married)

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Haas Formula One drivers 6T

Twitch (service) streamers 318T

Sportspeople from Geneva 160T
16.

Adrian Sutil

German racing driver

Role: Self

Age at the time: 26

Overview: Adrian Sutil (born 11 January 1983) is a German racing driver, who raced in Formula One for seven seasons: from 2007-2011, then 2013-2014. He drove for the Spyker F1 Team, Force India F1 Team and the Sauber ...

Date of birth: 11 January 1983

Age: 41

Nationality: German

Occupation: Auto Racing

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

Partner: Jennifer Becks (Dating)

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German expatriate sportspeople in Japan 25T

Sauber Formula One drivers 30T

Force India Formula One drivers 7T
17.

Mark Webber

Australian Formula One driver

Role: Self

Age at the time: 32

Overview: Mark Alan Webber AO (born 27 August 1976) is an Australian former professional racing driver, who last competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship as a Porsche works driver in LMP1, in which he won ...

Date of birth: 27 August 1976

Age: 48

Nationality: Australian

Occupation: Auto Racing

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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FIA World Endurance Championship drivers 271T

Jaguar Formula One drivers 8T

Red Bull Formula One drivers 12T
18.

Eddie Jordan

Irish racing driver

Role: Self - Presenter / Self

Age at the time: 60

Overview: Edmund Patrick Jordan, OBE (born 30 March 1948), also known as EJ, is an Irish former motorsport team boss, businessman and television personality. Born in Dublin, Jordan worked first at the Bank of I ...

Date of birth: 30 March 1948

Age: 76

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Diving

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World Sportscar Championship drivers 722T

Sportspeople from County Wicklow 60T

Conservative Party (UK) people 131T
19.

Jake Humphrey

British television presenter and journalist

Role: Self - Presenter / Self / Self - Lead Presenter

Age at the time: 30

Overview: Jacob John Humphrey (born 7 October 1978) is an English television presenter and journalist, best known for presenting CBBC's BAMZOOKi, and BBC Sport's coverage of Formula 1 Grand Prix from 2009 until ...

Date of birth: 7 October 1978

Age: 46

Nationality: British

Occupation: Journalist

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 4" (193 cm)

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People from Keswick, South Norfolk 6T

British children's television presenters 30T

BT Sport presenters and reporters 29T
20.

Valtteri Bottas

Finnish racing driver

Role: Self

Age at the time: 19

Overview: Valtteri Viktor Bottas (born 28 August 1989) is a Finnish racing driver currently competing in Formula One with Mercedes, racing under the Finnish flag. Having previously driven for Williams from 2013 ...

Date of birth: 28 August 1989

Age: 35

Nationality: Finnish

Occupation: Auto Racing

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: Tiffany Cromwell (Dating)

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GP3 Series drivers from Finland 6T

Mercedes-Benz Formula One drivers 12T

GP3 Series Champions 8T