As the Formula One season has welcomed more youngsters onto the circuit with some exciting prospects joining the track in the 2025 season, we’re looking at the most hype surrounding new drivers with some big names, world champions and drivers who never quite lived up to the hype.
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00:00Kimi Antonelli has barely turned 18 years old, yet has already been heralded as a generational
00:06talent ahead of his Formula One debut with Mercedes next year.
00:11The young Italian will arrive in the sport as the most hotly tipped prospect since Max
00:15Verstappen graduated to F1.
00:18As Antonelli gets set to join the grid, we take a look at how some of the most hyped
00:22fared when they stepped up to the top tier.
00:26established himself as a popular frontrunner, taking 11 wins in his Formula One career.
00:32Ayrton Senna's speed was immediately obvious, 41 wins in an iconic career that included
00:38three world titles and countless magical moments before his untimely death in 1994.
00:44Kimi Räikkönen, Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Jacky Ickx, Jacques Villeneuve, Stoffel Van Doorn,
00:50Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen.
00:52Some live up to it, some simply don't.
00:55But nonetheless, they've all made for superb viewing in the racing world.