LIKE father, like son.
There have been a total of 14 previous drivers who have managed to follow their fathers into F1 with some more successfully than others.
From Damon Hill to Nico Rosberg and Michael Andretti to Max Verstappen, here ASON-CAL-1.jpg” alt=”” class=”alignnone size-large wp-image-13717596″ width=”542″ height=”1024″ />
NELSON PIQUET JR
Piquet Junior is the son of three-time F1 champion, Nelson Piquet, and made his F1 debut in 2008 with Renault where he was Fernando Alonso’s teammate.
But his racing career was left in tatters following the crashgate saga at the 2008 Singapore GP where he was ruled to have crashed on purpose on the team’s orders to allow Alonso to win the race.
He had a stint in NASCAR, Rallycross, won the Formula E title in 2015 and now races Brazilian stock cars.
KEVIN MAGNUSSEN
Magnussen enjoyed a sensational debut for McLaren in 2014 where he was on the podium. But sadly, that was as best as it got.
He endured a frustrating time at the Woking team and then had further hard luck at Renault and then at Haas.
The Dane has since turned his attention to endurance racing, as his combative style will come in handy.
His dad, Jan, made one appearance for McLaren in F1 and 23 for Ford. He too turned his attention to sportscars after his F1 career was over.
MAX VERSTAPPEN
When Max Verstappen made his F1 debut in 2015, he was just 17. In doing so, he followed his father Jos, into the sport.
Now with 10 wins in 119 races, it is difficult to think of him as a veteran at only 23-years old.
Tipped to be a future F1 world champion, he is super-fast and is now cutting out the mistakes that cost him earlier in his career.
He is fantastic in the wet, ruthless in the dry. And brilliant to watch. His achievements have already surpassed that of his old man, who drove for Benetton, Simtek, Footwork, Tyrrell, Stewart, Arrows and Minardi, achieving two podiums in 106 starts.
JOLYON PALMER
Likeable Palmer has not only followed his dad, Jonathan into F1, but he’s also now followed him into the commentary booth working for the BBC.
He was promoted to F1 in 2016 after winning the GP2 series but over two years at Renault he was unable to match Magnussen or Nico Hulkenberg and quit racing in 2017.
His dad raced in Formula One between 1983 and 1989 and drove for Tyrrell, Williams, RAM, and Zakspeed. He won 14 championship points from 83 starts.
