Who is the best 1990s karting champion who made it to Formula 1?

World titles, European crowns and a British cadet championship all count here, though only some of these kart prodigies turned that early promise into Grand Prix glory.

1. 1
   Fernando Alonso

   1996 Junior Karting World Cup winner and multiple Spanish champion who became a two-time Formula 1 World Champion.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Jan Magnussen

   Danish 1990 karting world champion who later raced in Formula 1 for McLaren and Stewart.
   733pts
3. 3
   Jenson Button

   1997 European Formula Super A champion, the youngest ever, who became the 2009 Formula 1 World Champion.
   599pts
4. 4
   Lewis Hamilton

   1995 British cadet karting champion, signed by McLaren as a boy, who became a seven-time Formula 1 World Champion.
   599pts
5. 5
   Jarno Trulli

   1991 Formula K karting world champion and European Super A champion who went on to win the 2004 Monaco Grand Prix.
   0pts
6. 6
   Giorgio Pantano

   Back-to-back European Formula A karting champion in 1995 and 1996 who raced for Jordan in Formula 1 in 2004.
   0pts
7. 7
   Robert Kubica

   1998 Italian Junior karting champion and Monaco Junior Kart Cup winner who later won the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix.
   0pts
8. 8
   Giancarlo Fisichella

   Two-time winner of the Andrea Margutti Trophy in the early 1990s who went on to win three Formula 1 Grands Prix.
   0pts

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