# 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.

*By YPB Team · Published October 25, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/who-is-the-best-1990s-karting-champion-who-made-it-to-formula-1*

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1. **Fernando Alonso** — score 1000/1000
   1996 Junior Karting World Cup winner and multiple Spanish champion who became a two-time Formula 1 World Champion.
2. **Jan Magnussen** — score 733/1000
   Danish 1990 karting world champion who later raced in Formula 1 for McLaren and Stewart.
3. **Jenson Button** — score 599/1000
   1997 European Formula Super A champion, the youngest ever, who became the 2009 Formula 1 World Champion.
4. **Lewis Hamilton** — score 599/1000
   1995 British cadet karting champion, signed by McLaren as a boy, who became a seven-time Formula 1 World Champion.
5. **Jarno Trulli** — score 0/1000
   1991 Formula K karting world champion and European Super A champion who went on to win the 2004 Monaco Grand Prix.
6. **Giorgio Pantano** — score 0/1000
   Back-to-back European Formula A karting champion in 1995 and 1996 who raced for Jordan in Formula 1 in 2004.
7. **Robert Kubica** — score 0/1000
   1998 Italian Junior karting champion and Monaco Junior Kart Cup winner who later won the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix.
8. **Giancarlo Fisichella** — score 0/1000
   Two-time winner of the Andrea Margutti Trophy in the early 1990s who went on to win three Formula 1 Grands Prix.

Tags: 90s, formula-1, racing, drivers, karting