Youngest World Drivers' Championship winners[56] Driver Age Season 1 Sebastian Vettel 23 years, 134 days 2010 2 Lewis Hamilton 23 years, 300 days 2008 3 Fernando Alonso 24 years, 58 days 2005 4 Max Verstappen 24 years, 73 days 2021 5 Emerson Fittipaldi 25 years, 273 days 1972 6 Michael Schumacher 25 years, 314 days 1994 7 Niki Lauda 26 years, 197 days 1975 8 Jacques Villeneuve 26 years, 200 days 1997 9 Jim Clark 27 years, 188 days 1963 10 Kimi Räikkönen 28 years, 4 days 2007