Fewest Races to the First Fastest Lap - Driver

A list of records for the fewest number of races from the debut to the first fastest lap by drivers. This list includes drivers, numbers of races, debut races, and races that achieved the first fastest lap.
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#	Driver	First Race	First Fastest Lap	Races
1	Giuseppe Farina	1950 British Grand Prix	1950 British Grand Prix	1
2	Johnnie Parsons	1950 Indianapolis 500	1950 Indianapolis 500	1
3	Jacques Villeneuve	1996 Australian Grand Prix	1996 Australian Grand Prix	1
4	Nico Rosberg	2006 Bahrain Grand Prix	2006 Bahrain Grand Prix	1
5	Juan Manuel Fangio	1950 British Grand Prix	1950 Monaco Grand Prix	2
6	Lee Wallard	1950 Indianapolis 500	1951 Indianapolis 500	2
7	Bill Vukovich	1951 Indianapolis 500	1952 Indianapolis 500	2
8	Hans Herrmann	1953 German Grand Prix	1954 French Grand Prix	2
9	Phil Hill	1958 French Grand Prix	1958 Italian Grand Prix	2
10	Lewis Hamilton	2007 Australian Grand Prix	2007 Malaysian Grand Prix	2
11	Karl Kling	1954 French Grand Prix	1954 German Grand Prix	3
12	Bruce McLaren	1959 Monaco Grand Prix	1959 British Grand Prix	3
13	John Surtees	1960 Monaco Grand Prix	1960 Portuguese Grand Prix	3
14	Giancarlo Baghetti	1961 French Grand Prix	1961 Italian Grand Prix	3
15	James Hunt	1973 Monaco Grand Prix	1973 British Grand Prix	3
16	Richie Ginther	1960 Monaco Grand Prix	1961 Monaco Grand Prix	4
17	Ludovico Scarfiotti	1963 Dutch Grand Prix	1966 Italian Grand Prix	4
18	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	1967 United States Grand Prix	1968 Spanish Grand Prix	4
19	Clay Regazzoni	1970 Dutch Grand Prix	1970 Austrian Grand Prix	4
20	Gilles Villeneuve	1977 British Grand Prix	1978 Argentine Grand Prix	4
21	Derek Warwick	1981 Caesars Palace Grand Prix	1982 Dutch Grand Prix	4
22	David Coulthard	1994 Spanish Grand Prix	1994 German Grand Prix	4
23	Jack McGrath	1950 Indianapolis 500	1954 Indianapolis 500	5
24	Paul Russo	1950 Indianapolis 500	1956 Indianapolis 500	5
25	Ayrton Senna	1984 Brazilian Grand Prix	1984 Monaco Grand Prix	5
26	Esteban Gutiérrez	2013 Australian Grand Prix	2013 Spanish Grand Prix	5
27	Tony Brooks	1956 British Grand Prix	1957 Italian Grand Prix	6
28	Jackie Oliver	1968 Monaco Grand Prix	1968 Italian Grand Prix	6
29	Alexander Wurz	1997 Canadian Grand Prix	1998 Argentine Grand Prix	6
30	Piero Taruffi	1950 Italian Grand Prix	1952 Swiss Grand Prix	7
31	Jim Rathmann	1950 Indianapolis 500	1957 Indianapolis 500	7
32	Johnny Thomson	1953 Indianapolis 500	1959 Indianapolis 500	7
33	Vitaly Petrov	2010 Bahrain Grand Prix	2010 Turkish Grand Prix	7
34	Jim Clark	1960 Dutch Grand Prix	1961 Dutch Grand Prix	8
35	José Froilán González	1950 Monaco Grand Prix	1952 Italian Grand Prix	9
36	Tony Bettenhausen	1950 Indianapolis 500	1958 Indianapolis 500	9
37	Patrick Depailler	1972 French Grand Prix	1974 Swedish Grand Prix	9
38	Juan Pablo Montoya	2001 Australian Grand Prix	2001 European Grand Prix	9
39	Innes Ireland	1959 Dutch Grand Prix	1960 Belgian Grand Prix	10
40	Richard Attwood	1965 Monaco Grand Prix	1968 Monaco Grand Prix	10
41	Mario Andretti	1968 United States Grand Prix	1971 South African Grand Prix	10
42	Onofre Marimón	1951 French Grand Prix	1954 British Grand Prix	11
43	Denny Hulme	1965 Monaco Grand Prix	1966 Dutch Grand Prix	11
44	Damon Hill	1992 British Grand Prix	1993 British Grand Prix	11
45	Stirling Moss	1951 Swiss Grand Prix	1954 British Grand Prix	12
46	Marc Surer	1979 United States Grand Prix	1981 Brazilian Grand Prix	12
47	Romain Grosjean	2009 European Grand Prix	2012 Spanish Grand Prix	12
48	Alberto Ascari	1950 Monaco Grand Prix	1952 Belgian Grand Prix	13
49	René Arnoux	1978 Belgian Grand Prix	1979 French Grand Prix	13
50	Brian Henton	1975 British Grand Prix	1982 British Grand Prix	13
51	Luigi Villoresi	1950 Monaco Grand Prix	1953 Dutch Grand Prix	14
52	Jack Brabham	1955 British Grand Prix	1959 Monaco Grand Prix	14
53	Giancarlo Fisichella	1996 Australian Grand Prix	1997 Spanish Grand Prix	14
54	Oscar Piastri	2023 Bahrain Grand Prix	2023 Italian Grand Prix	14
55	Roberto Mieres	1953 Dutch Grand Prix	1955 Dutch Grand Prix	15
56	Luigi Musso	1953 Italian Grand Prix	1957 French Grand Prix	15
57	Mike Hailwood	1963 British Grand Prix	1972 South African Grand Prix	15
58	Jody Scheckter	1972 United States Grand Prix	1974 French Grand Prix	15
59	Bertrand Gachot	1989 French Grand Prix	1991 Hungarian Grand Prix	15
60	François Cevert	1970 Dutch Grand Prix	1971 German Grand Prix	16
61	Jean Behra	1951 Italian Grand Prix	1954 British Grand Prix	17
62	Mike Hawthorn	1952 Belgian Grand Prix	1954 British Grand Prix	17
63	Kimi Räikkönen	2001 Australian Grand Prix	2002 Australian Grand Prix	17
64	Jacky Ickx	1967 Italian Grand Prix	1969 German Grand Prix	18
65	Michael Schumacher	1991 Belgian Grand Prix	1992 Belgian Grand Prix	18
66	Heikki Kovalainen	2007 Australian Grand Prix	2008 Australian Grand Prix	18
67	Guanyu Zhou	2022 Bahrain Grand Prix	2022 Japanese Grand Prix	18
68	Alain Prost	1980 Argentine Grand Prix	1981 French Grand Prix	19
69	Nelson Piquet	1978 German Grand Prix	1979 United States Grand Prix	20
70	Graham Hill	1958 Monaco Grand Prix	1960 British Grand Prix	21
71	Gunnar Nilsson	1976 South African Grand Prix	1977 Belgian Grand Prix	21
72	Roberto Moreno	1987 Japanese Grand Prix	1991 Belgian Grand Prix	21
73	Pedro Rodríguez	1963 United States Grand Prix	1968 French Grand Prix	22
74	Jose Carlos Pace	1972 South African Grand Prix	1973 German Grand Prix	22
75	Maurício Gugelmin	1988 Brazilian Grand Prix	1989 French Grand Prix	22
76	Lando Norris	2019 Australian Grand Prix	2020 Austrian Grand Prix	22
77	Vittorio Brambilla	1974 South African Grand Prix	1975 Austrian Grand Prix	23
78	Sergio Pérez	2011 Australian Grand Prix	2012 Monaco Grand Prix	23
79	Charles Leclerc	2018 Australian Grand Prix	2019 Bahrain Grand Prix	23
80	Henri Pescarolo	1968 Canadian Grand Prix	1971 Italian Grand Prix	24
81	Jochen Mass	1973 British Grand Prix	1975 French Grand Prix	24
82	Jean Alesi	1989 French Grand Prix	1991 United States Grand Prix	24
83	Fernando Alonso	2001 Australian Grand Prix	2003 Canadian Grand Prix	24
84	Jean-Pierre Jarier	1971 Italian Grand Prix	1975 Brazilian Grand Prix	26
85	Michele Alboreto	1981 San Marino Grand Prix	1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix	26
86	Emerson Fittipaldi	1970 British Grand Prix	1973 Argentine Grand Prix	28
87	Carlos Reutemann	1972 Argentine Grand Prix	1974 South African Grand Prix	28
88	Pierre Gasly	2017 Malaysian Grand Prix	2019 Chinese Grand Prix	29
89	Gerhard Berger	1984 Austrian Grand Prix	1986 German Grand Prix	30
90	Niki Lauda	1971 Austrian Grand Prix	1974 Spanish Grand Prix	31
91	Jacques Laffite	1974 German Grand Prix	1976 Japanese Grand Prix	31
92	Timo Glock	2004 Canadian Grand Prix	2009 European Grand Prix	33
93	Nico Hülkenberg	2010 Bahrain Grand Prix	2012 Singapore Grand Prix	33
94	Sebastian Vettel	2007 United States Grand Prix	2009 British Grand Prix	34
95	Lorenzo Bandini	1961 Belgian Grand Prix	1966 Monaco Grand Prix	35
96	Jackie Stewart	1965 South African Grand Prix	1968 German Grand Prix	35
97	Valtteri Bottas	2013 Australian Grand Prix	2014 Russian Grand Prix	35
98	Dan Gurney	1959 French Grand Prix	1963 South African Grand Prix	36
99	Ronnie Peterson	1970 Monaco Grand Prix	1973 Spanish Grand Prix	36
100	Andrea de Cesaris	1980 Canadian Grand Prix	1983 Belgian Grand Prix	37