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# Video: 10 times F1’s ‘old guard’ proved they weren’t past it
- URL: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/video-10-times-f1s-old-guard-proved-they-werent-past-it/
- Published: 2021-01-31T12:43:13.000Z
- Updated: 2023-09-16T17:19:35.000Z
- Description: Fernando Alonso will turn 40 during the 2021 Formula 1 season – and there have been plenty of drivers before him who proved F1 isn’t just a young person’s game
- Author: Matt Beer
- Tags: Formula 1, #video, #image-center-center

Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, George Russell… Formula 1 is a young person’s game – or is it?

Plenty of big name drivers have proven over the years they could still cut it at an older age, and this year Fernando Alonso returns to the grid with Renault, turning 40 during the season.

Maybe his 2021 season will mean he makes this list one day, but for now, we take a look at the best performances from drivers approaching, or already past, their 40th birthdays.