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Top 11 Karting Champions Who Made It to F1

by YPB Team

World champions and cult heroes who all sharpened their craft on the kart track long before the big leagues. Where do you stand?

  1. Michael Schumacher — ranked #11
    Michael Schumacher
    Seven-time F1 champion who won the 1987 CIK-FIA European karting title before his ascent.
    1000pts
  2. Lewis Hamilton — ranked #22
    Lewis Hamilton
    Seven-time F1 champion and 2000 karting world cup winner who rose through CIK-FIA ranks.
    813pts
  3. Lando Norris — ranked #33
    Lando Norris
    McLaren F1 star who claimed multiple CIK-FIA karting world titles as a junior.
    517pts
  4. Daniil Kvyat — ranked #44
    Daniil Kvyat
    F1 race winner who shared the 2009 European karting podium on his way up.
    517pts
  5. Carlos Sainz Jr. — ranked #55
    Carlos Sainz Jr.
    F1 race winner who graduated from CIK-FIA karting alongside his 2009 rivals.
    423pts
  6. Jarno Trulli — ranked #66
    Jarno Trulli
    F1 race winner and 1991 World Karting Champion famed for his one-lap pace.
    423pts
  7. Sebastian Vettel — ranked #77
    Sebastian Vettel
    Four-time F1 champion and 2001 European junior karting titlist.
    423pts
  8. Max Verstappen — ranked #88
    Max Verstappen
    Multiple F1 champion and the only driver to win a CIK-FIA gearbox karting world title.
    310pts
  9. Jenson Button — ranked #99
    Jenson Button
    2009 F1 world champion and 1997 European Super A karting champion.
    310pts
  10. Charles Leclerc — ranked #1010
    Charles Leclerc
    Ferrari F1 driver and decorated junior karting champion from Monaco.
    310pts
  11. Nyck de Vries — ranked #1111
    Nyck de Vries
    Former F1 driver and CIK-FIA OK karting world champion.
    310pts

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Comments

Karting is where all eleven of these careers began, one of them on the leftovers of a track in Kerpen: https://youpick.best/articles/hamilton-vs-schumacher-ranked

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