Fewest Races to the First Podium - Driver

A list of records for the fewest number of races from the debut to the first podium by drivers. This list includes drivers, numbers of races, debut races, and races that achieved the first podium.
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#	Driver	First Race	First Podium	Races
1	Giuseppe Farina	1950 British Grand Prix	1950 British Grand Prix	1
2	Luigi Fagioli	1950 British Grand Prix	1950 British Grand Prix	1
3	Reg Parnell	1950 British Grand Prix	1950 British Grand Prix	1
4	Alberto Ascari	1950 Monaco Grand Prix	1950 Monaco Grand Prix	1
5	Johnnie Parsons	1950 Indianapolis 500	1950 Indianapolis 500	1
6	Bill Holland	1950 Indianapolis 500	1950 Indianapolis 500	1
7	Mauri Rose	1950 Indianapolis 500	1950 Indianapolis 500	1
8	Peter Whitehead	1950 French Grand Prix	1950 French Grand Prix	1
9	Dorino Serafini	1950 Italian Grand Prix	1950 Italian Grand Prix	1
10	Mike Nazaruk	1951 Indianapolis 500	1951 Indianapolis 500	1
11	Manuel Ayulo	1951 Indianapolis 500	1951 Indianapolis 500	1
12	Karl Kling	1954 French Grand Prix	1954 French Grand Prix	1
13	Cesare Perdisa	1955 Monaco Grand Prix	1955 Monaco Grand Prix	1
14	Masten Gregory	1957 Monaco Grand Prix	1957 Monaco Grand Prix	1
15	George Amick	1958 Indianapolis 500	1958 Indianapolis 500	1
16	Giancarlo Baghetti	1961 French Grand Prix	1961 French Grand Prix	1
17	Peter Arundell	1964 Monaco Grand Prix	1964 Monaco Grand Prix	1
18	Mike Parkes	1966 French Grand Prix	1966 French Grand Prix	1
19	Reine Wisell	1970 United States Grand Prix	1970 United States Grand Prix	1
20	Mark Donohue	1971 Canadian Grand Prix	1971 Canadian Grand Prix	1
21	Jacques Villeneuve	1996 Australian Grand Prix	1996 Australian Grand Prix	1
22	Lewis Hamilton	2007 Australian Grand Prix	2007 Australian Grand Prix	1
23	Kevin Magnussen	2014 Australian Grand Prix	2014 Australian Grand Prix	1
24	Juan Manuel Fangio	1950 British Grand Prix	1950 Monaco Grand Prix	2
25	Louis Chiron	1950 British Grand Prix	1950 Monaco Grand Prix	2
26	Piero Taruffi	1950 Italian Grand Prix	1951 Swiss Grand Prix	2
27	Lee Wallard	1950 Indianapolis 500	1951 Indianapolis 500	2
28	Jack McGrath	1950 Indianapolis 500	1951 Indianapolis 500	2
29	Jean Behra	1951 Italian Grand Prix	1952 Swiss Grand Prix	2
30	Jim Rathmann	1950 Indianapolis 500	1952 Indianapolis 500	2
31	Art Cross	1952 Indianapolis 500	1953 Indianapolis 500	2
32	Onofre Marimón	1951 French Grand Prix	1953 Belgian Grand Prix	2
33	Eugenio Castellotti	1955 Argentine Grand Prix	1955 Monaco Grand Prix	2
34	Alfonso de Portago	1956 French Grand Prix	1956 British Grand Prix	2
35	Tony Brooks	1956 British Grand Prix	1957 Monaco Grand Prix	2
36	Phil Hill	1958 French Grand Prix	1958 Italian Grand Prix	2
37	Dan Gurney	1959 French Grand Prix	1959 German Grand Prix	2
38	John Surtees	1960 Monaco Grand Prix	1960 British Grand Prix	2
39	Trevor Taylor	1961 Dutch Grand Prix	1962 Dutch Grand Prix	2
40	Jackie Stewart	1965 South African Grand Prix	1965 Monaco Grand Prix	2
41	Brian Redman	1968 South African Grand Prix	1968 Spanish Grand Prix	2
42	George Follmer	1973 South African Grand Prix	1973 Spanish Grand Prix	2
43	Louis Rosier	1950 British Grand Prix	1950 Swiss Grand Prix	3
44	Rudi Fischer	1951 Swiss Grand Prix	1952 Swiss Grand Prix	3
45	Troy Ruttman	1950 Indianapolis 500	1952 Indianapolis 500	3
46	Sam Hanks	1950 Indianapolis 500	1952 Indianapolis 500	3
47	Mike Hawthorn	1952 Belgian Grand Prix	1952 British Grand Prix	3
48	Bill Vukovich	1951 Indianapolis 500	1953 Indianapolis 500	3
49	Jimmy Bryan	1952 Indianapolis 500	1954 Indianapolis 500	3
50	Luigi Musso	1953 Italian Grand Prix	1954 Spanish Grand Prix	3
51	Ron Flockhart	1954 British Grand Prix	1956 Italian Grand Prix	3
52	Wolfgang von Trips	1957 Argentine Grand Prix	1957 Italian Grand Prix	3
53	Bruce McLaren	1959 Monaco Grand Prix	1959 British Grand Prix	3
54	Paul Goldsmith	1958 Indianapolis 500	1960 Indianapolis 500	3
55	Richie Ginther	1960 Monaco Grand Prix	1960 Italian Grand Prix	3
56	Willy Mairesse	1960 Belgian Grand Prix	1960 Italian Grand Prix	3
57	Gunnar Nilsson	1976 South African Grand Prix	1976 Spanish Grand Prix	3
58	Ralf Schumacher	1997 Australian Grand Prix	1997 Argentine Grand Prix	3
59	Alexander Wurz	1997 Canadian Grand Prix	1997 British Grand Prix	3
60	Robert Kubica	2006 Hungarian Grand Prix	2006 Italian Grand Prix	3
61	José Froilán González	1950 Monaco Grand Prix	1951 French Grand Prix	4
62	Duane Carter	1950 Indianapolis 500	1953 Indianapolis 500	4
63	Hans Herrmann	1953 German Grand Prix	1954 Swiss Grand Prix	4
64	Umberto Maglioli	1953 Italian Grand Prix	1954 Italian Grand Prix	4
65	Bob Sweikert	1952 Indianapolis 500	1955 Indianapolis 500	4
66	Paul Russo	1950 Indianapolis 500	1955 Indianapolis 500	4
67	Don Freeland	1953 Indianapolis 500	1956 Indianapolis 500	4
68	Johnny Boyd	1955 Indianapolis 500	1958 Indianapolis 500	4
69	Ludovico Scarfiotti	1963 Dutch Grand Prix	1966 Italian Grand Prix	4
70	John Love	1962 South African Grand Prix	1967 South African Grand Prix	4
71	Johnny Servoz-Gavin	1967 Monaco Grand Prix	1968 Italian Grand Prix	4
72	Clay Regazzoni	1970 Dutch Grand Prix	1970 Austrian Grand Prix	4
73	Emerson Fittipaldi	1970 British Grand Prix	1970 United States Grand Prix	4
74	James Hunt	1973 Monaco Grand Prix	1973 Dutch Grand Prix	4
75	Damon Hill	1992 British Grand Prix	1993 Brazilian Grand Prix	4
76	Luigi Villoresi	1950 Monaco Grand Prix	1951 Belgian Grand Prix	5
77	Felice Bonetto	1950 Swiss Grand Prix	1951 Italian Grand Prix	5
78	Jimmy Davies	1950 Indianapolis 500	1955 Indianapolis 500	5
79	Pat Flaherty	1950 Indianapolis 500	1956 Indianapolis 500	5
80	Carlos Menditeguy	1953 Argentine Grand Prix	1957 Argentine Grand Prix	5
81	Jim Clark	1960 Dutch Grand Prix	1960 Portuguese Grand Prix	5
82	Lorenzo Bandini	1961 Belgian Grand Prix	1962 Monaco Grand Prix	5
83	Jacky Ickx	1967 Italian Grand Prix	1968 Belgian Grand Prix	5
84	Henri Pescarolo	1968 Canadian Grand Prix	1970 Monaco Grand Prix	5
85	Ayrton Senna	1984 Brazilian Grand Prix	1984 Monaco Grand Prix	5
86	Juan Pablo Montoya	2001 Australian Grand Prix	2001 Spanish Grand Prix	5
87	Tony Bettenhausen	1950 Indianapolis 500	1955 Indianapolis 500	6
88	Tony Maggs	1961 British Grand Prix	1962 French Grand Prix	6
89	Mario Andretti	1968 United States Grand Prix	1970 Spanish Grand Prix	6
90	Rolf Stommelen	1970 South African Grand Prix	1970 Austrian Grand Prix	6
91	Nigel Mansell	1980 Austrian Grand Prix	1981 Belgian Grand Prix	6
92	Philippe Streiff	1984 Portuguese Grand Prix	1985 Australian Grand Prix	6
93	Jos Verstappen	1994 Brazilian Grand Prix	1994 Hungarian Grand Prix	6
94	Johnny Thomson	1953 Indianapolis 500	1959 Indianapolis 500	7
95	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	1967 United States Grand Prix	1968 Dutch Grand Prix	7
96	Peter Revson	1964 Belgian Grand Prix	1972 South African Grand Prix	7
97	Olivier Gendebien	1956 Argentine Grand Prix	1960 Belgian Grand Prix	8
98	Bob Anderson	1963 British Grand Prix	1964 Austrian Grand Prix	8
99	Jackie Oliver	1968 Monaco Grand Prix	1968 Mexican Grand Prix	8
100	Michael Schumacher	1991 Belgian Grand Prix	1992 Mexican Grand Prix	8