Nationality
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Most recent win
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Answer
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Hint
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Netherlands
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2022 Abu Dhabi GP
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Max Verstappen
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Both his parents were racing drivers in their own right.
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United Kingdom
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2022 Brazilian GP
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George Russell
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Scored his first podium in an unusual race that saw zero laps under green flag conditions.
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Mexico
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2022 Singapore GP
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Sergio "Checo" Pérez
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Holds record for greatest number of F1 races entered before first win.
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Monaco
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2022 Austrian GP
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Charles Leclerc
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F1's most recent fatal accident involved this driver's godfather.
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Spain
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2022 British GP
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Carlos Sainz Jr.
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Has the same name as his father, who is a successful racing driver (primarily in rallying) in his own right.
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Finland
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2021 Turkish GP
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Valtteri Bottas
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Was once accidentally sent out on track with two different tyre compounds fitted to his car.
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Australia
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2021 Italian GP
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Daniel Ricciardo
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Once got his team boss tattooed by winning a bet.
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France
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2021 Hungarian GP
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Esteban Ocon
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Grew up in a caravan, as his parents struggled to pay for his karting career.
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Germany
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2019 Singapore GP
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Sebastian Vettel
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Won multiple F1 world championships while his childhood hero was also still racing in F1.
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Venezuela
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2012 Spanish GP
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Pastor Maldonado
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Registered an average 5.6 'Did Not Finish' results per season across his F1 career.
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Brazil
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2009 Italian GP
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Rubens Barrichello
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Drove for six different teams across his F1 career.
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Poland
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2008 Canadian GP
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Robert Kubica
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Partially severed his right arm in a rally crash, returned to drive a full F1 season eight years later.
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Italy
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2006 Malaysian GP
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Giancarlo Fisichella
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Was retrospectively declared the winner of the 2003 Brazilian GP a week after the race had finished.
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Colombia
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2005 Brazilian GP
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Juan Pablo Montoya
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Has won two of the three events in the unofficial 'Triple Crown of Motorsport'
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Canada
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1997 Luxembourg GP
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Jacques Villeneuve
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Raced in a wide variety of championships, including F1, IndyCar, NASCAR, V8 Supercars, and the European Le Mans Series.
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Austria
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1997 German GP
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Gerhard Berger
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Won his first and last F1 races for the same team, eleven years apart.
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Belgium
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1990 Hungarian GP
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Thierry Boutsen
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Failed to win a race in both his first three years and his last three years in F1.
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Argentina
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1981 Belgian GP
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Carlos Reutemann
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Once almost asphyxiated after his car became stuck in catch fencing, a form of barrier no longer used in F1.
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South Africa
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1979 Italian GP
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Jody Scheckter
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The only African driver ever to win an F1 drivers' championship.
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Switzerland
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1979 British GP
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Gianclaudio "Clay" Regazzoni
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Survived multiple heavy crashes in F1, but was killed (aged 67) in a car accident on public roads.
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United States
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1978 Dutch GP
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Mario Andretti
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Was born in a part of Croatia that belonged to the Kingdom of Italy at the time.
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Sweden
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1978 Austrian GP
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Ronnie Peterson
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Was nicknamed 'SuperSwede'.
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New Zealand
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1974 Argentine GP
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Denny Hulme
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Was appointed an OBE (Officer of the order of the British Empire) in 1992.
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