Hailing from Spain, Fernando Alonso has a long history in Formula One, including winning back-to-back World Drivers' Championships in 2005 and 2006. As the "oldest" athlete on the grid at age 41, Alonso left Formula One in 2018, but that didn't mean he gave up racing.

The Spaniard went on to win 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2018 and 2019 and both the FIA World Endurance Championship and 24 Hours of Daytona in 2019.

Alonso returned to Formula One with the Alpine team where he drove for the 2021 and 2022 seasons. Alonso signed a multiyear deal to race with Aston Martin for the 2023 Formula One season.

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The most winningest Formula One driver in history, Sir Lewis Hamilton has broken virtually every Formula One record that exists. Hamilton began karting at 6 years old, supported by his father who worked up to four jobs at a time.

Besides being the first (and currently only) Black Formula One driver in the history of the sport, Hamilton is also the only Black driver in all of motorsport, a fact he intends to change.

After experiencing racism during his early karting days, "Still I Rise" isn't just his motto, the words are literally inked across his shoulders.

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Born and raised in Monaco, Charles Leclerc burst into Formula One in 2018 after winning back-to-back GP3 Series and FIA Formula 2 championships in 2016 and 2017 respectively. And by 2019, Leclerc was in the Ferrari seat, which is where he'll stay until 2024 (Scuderia Ferrari F1 driver 2022).

He won the FIA Pole Trophy for the most pole positions during the 2019 season to become the youngest driver to win it, before winning it again in 2022.

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While a teenager, Lando Norris was already signed with Maclaren's Young Driver Program, it wasn't until 2019 that the Belgian-British driver was officially in the Formula One seat. Norris has dual citizenship but drives under the British flag.

Although not named for the famed character in "Star Wars," the talent is strong in this young driver.

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Born in Madrid, Spain, Carlos Sainz is has been called a tenacious driver. Starting Formula One in 2015 at Toro Rosso, Sainz has raced for the McLaren team until finding his place with Ferrari in 2020 where he currently sits alongside Charles Leclerc.

Since joining Ferrari, Sainz has finished on the podium 12 times and shows no signs of slowing down. He'll be with the prancing horse through the 2024 season.

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Sebastian Vettel's Formula One career spans well over a decade. It is summed up best in one sentence:

"Born and raised a Bull, then a Prancing Horse, and now the face of Aston Martin’s Formula 1 revival, F1's poster boy of early achievement had won more than all but two drivers in history by the time he was just 26, including back-to-back world titles between 2010 and 2013" (Sebastian Vettel - F1 driver for Aston Martin 2022).

The German driver will hang up his racing boots after the 2022 season, much to the disappointment of his legions of fans.

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