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Home / Records / Most points in a debut season by an F1 driver

Most points in a debut season by an F1 driver

#DriverYearPoints
1(GBR) Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) Current2007109
2(THA) Alexander Albon (Toro Rosso, Red Bull) Current201992
3(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve (Williams)199678
4(DNK) Kevin Magnussen (McLaren) Current201455
5(NLD) Max Verstappen (Toro Rosso) Current201549
6(GBR) Lando Norris (McLaren) Current201949
7(CAN) Lance Stroll (Williams) Current201740
8(MCO) Charles Leclerc (Sauber) Current201839
9(CHE) Clay Regazzoni (Ferrari)197033
10(JPN) Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) Current202132
11(COL) Juan Pablo Montoya (Williams)200131
12(ITA) Giuseppe Farina (Alfa Romeo)195030
13(FIN) Heikki Kovalainen (Renault)200730
14(ITA) Luigi Fagioli (Alfa Romeo)195028
15(ARG) Juan Manuel Fangio (Alfa Romeo)195027
16(RUS) Vitaly Petrov (Renault)201027
17(GBR) Paul di Resta (Force India)201127
18(BRA) Felipe Nasr (Sauber)201527
19(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg (Williams) Current201022
20(BRA) Nelsinho Piquet (Renault)200819
21(ESP) Carlos Sainz (Toro Rosso) Current201518
22(NZL) Bruce McLaren (Cooper)195916.5
23(FRA) Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso)201216
24(GBR) James Hunt (March)197314
25(GBR) David Coulthard (Williams)199414
26(MEX) Sergio Perez (Sauber) Current201114
27(FRA) Louis Rosier (Talbot-Lago)195013
28(USA) Dan Gurney (Ferrari)195913
29(BRA) Ayrton Senna (Toleman)198413
30(DEU) Ralf Schumacher (Jordan)199713
31(DEU) Karl Kling (Mercedes)195412
32(ITA) Eugenio Castellotti (Lancia, Ferrari)195512
33(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi (Lotus)197012
34(GBR) Jenson Button (Williams)200012
35(ITA) Alberto Ascari (Ferrari)195011
36(SWE) Gunnar Nilsson (Lotus)197611
37(GBR) Mike Hawthorn (Cooper)195210
38(USA) Masten Gregory (Maserati)195710
39(DEU) Rolf Stommelen (Brabham)197010
40(NLD) Jos Verstappen (Benetton)199410
41(BRA) Cristiano da Matta (Toyota)200310
42(USA) Phil Hill (Ferrari)19589
43(ITA) Giancarlo Baghetti (Ferrari)19619
44(FRA) Olivier Panis (Ligier)19949
45(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen (Sauber)20019
46(GBR) Jim Clark (Lotus)19608
47(USA) Richie Ginther (Ferrari)19608
48(FRA) Jean Alesi (Tyrrell)19898
49(RUS) Daniil Kvyat (Toro Rosso)20148
50(FRA) Didier Pironi (Tyrrell)19787
51(JPN) Satoru Nakajima (Lotus)19877
52(USA) Michael Andretti (McLaren)19937
53(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Sauber)19947
54(PRT) Tiago Monteiro (Jordan)20057
55(FRA) Jean Behra (Gordini)19526
56(GBR) John Surtees (Lotus)19606
57(GBR) Jackie Oliver (Lotus)19686
58(POL) Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber)20066
59(DEU) Sebastian Vettel (BMW Sauber, Toro Rosso)20076
60(CHE) Sebastien Buemi (Toro Rosso)20096
61(MEX) Esteban Gutierrez (Sauber)20126
62(CHN) Guanyu Zhou (Alfa Romeo) Current20226
63(THA) Birabongse Bhanudej (Maserati)19505
64(GBR) Stuart Lewis-Evans (Connaught, Vanwall)19575
65(GBR) Innes Ireland (Lotus)19595
66(NZL) Denny Hulme (Brabham)19655
67(GBR) Vic Elford (Cooper)19685
68(NZL) Howden Ganley (BRM)19715
69(USA) George Follmer (Shadow)19735
70(DEU) Hans-Joachim Stuck (March)19745
71(FRA) Patrick Tambay (Ensign)19775
72(FRA) Alain Prost (McLaren)19805
73(BRA) Mauricio Gugelmin (March)19885
74(GBR) Johnny Herbert (Benetton)19895
75(IND) Narain Karthikeyan (Jordan)20055

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