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Double world champion Fernando Alonso says he could quit F1 if rules to bring in a standard engine go ahead.

Lewis Hamilton in his first Formula1 season at Fuji was the youngest driver who got pole, fastest lap and won a race. Fangio at the age of 46years had a great F1 weekend at Nurburgring.

Sebastian Vettel at Monza 2008 was the youngest Formula1 driver on pole position and the youngest winner in a F1 race at the age of 21 years, 2months and 11 days.

This statistic is lead by Nico Rosberg for youngest and by Juan Manuel Fangio for oldest driver having a fastest lap. On the oldest top we have drivers just untill 1970. In the youngest top there is Bruce McLaren in 1959 at Aintree.

The youngest driver on pole is Sebastien Vettel, at Monza 2008. In Top 10 youngest F1 drivers we found drivers from last F1 seasons, except Andrea de Cesaris (1982 Long Beach) and Jacky Ickx (1968 Nurburgring). The oldest F1 drivers on pole is Luigi Fagio

Juan Manuel Fangio was the second F1 Champion in 1951, after Farina (1950). Fangio won the title in six F1 seasons, and he is the oldest driver who won a F1 Champion ever.

Sometimes age and experience does not mater in Formula1. Some talent drivers succeed to won the Formula1 Championship as young F1 drivers. This season Lewis Hamilton broke this record, once own by Fernando Alonso.

Stirling Moss almost won the championship in four consecutive Formula1 seasons 55, 56, 57 and 58. Alain Prost also finished on the second place in four seasons in 83,84,88 and 90. The difference is that Prost succedd to win the championship in other years

An unidentified player, who's a resident of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, has become richer by the sum of £125,000 after gambling on the talent of a 13-year-old Hamilton after he saw him go-karting.

This question is regarding the number of victories in a season. In some seasons we have driver who became Champions with only one victory 1982 Keke Rosberg and in 1958 Mike Harthorn, and there is seasons with 13 victories by Michael Schumacher.