F1’s quickest stars of 2024 revealed with unemployed 21-year-old leaving Verstappen, Hamilton and Co in his dust
F1’s quickest stars of 2024 revealed with unemployed 21-year-old leaving Verstappen, Hamilton and Co in his dust
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THE FASTEST driver of the 2024 Formula One season has been revealed. Earlier this month saw the end of the thrilling 2024 F1 season, with the drivers championship title going to Max Verstappen and the constructors title going to McLaren. The season featured seven different race winners and 10 different drivers on the podium, while three rookies made unexpected debuts after the field had originally remained the same from 2023.
![[Max Verstappen was the F1 world champion again but was left behind when it came to top speed]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/seen-paddock-fia-formula-1-956008935.jpg?strip=all&w=640)
The first of these was Ollie Bearman, who will be joining the grid next season as a permanent addition after three sub appearances. Franco Colapinto and Jack Doohan both transferred in to replace Logan Sargeant at Williams and Esteban Ocon at Alpine respectively.
![[In fact, Williams Franco Colapinto clocked the top speed of the season]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/toyota-gazoo-racing-gr-rear-955123070.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Despite his good work, Colapinto failed to earn a seat as one of six rookies for the 2025 season - the others not already mentioned being Kimi Antonelli, Isack Hadjar, Gabriel Bortoleto and Liam Lawson. Yet remarkably, 21-year-old Colapinto is the star who topped the speed charts for the 2024 season.
![[But the 21-year-old is without a seat next year]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/franco-colapinto-argentina-driver-williams-957415556.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
He secured the quickest top speed of the season at the Las Vegas Grand Prix with a pace of 356.4km/h (221.5mph). In second place for the season with 353.5km/h (219.7mph) was Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso at the Italian Grand Prix at the suitably nicknamed Temple of Speed.
In third was another driver who is unemployed for the 2025 season in the form of Daniel Ricciardo, who ran out with a score of 353.2km/h (219.5mph) also at Italy's Monza circuit. BEST FREE BET SIGN UP OFFERS FOR UK BOOKMAKERS. However, Colapinto's speed pales in comparison to the qualifying record set by Valtteri Bottas in 2016 at the European Grand Prix when he was clocked at a staggering 378 km/h (234.878 mph).
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