Lance Stroll will become the 11th teenager to race in Formula One when he makes his debut for Williams at the 2017 Australian Grand Prix in March.
The Canadian follows in the footsteps of those such as world champions Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso who made their debuts at just 19 years of age.
Not all teenage debutants are guaranteed to have a successful career, though, for example, the current second youngest driver to compete in the sport, Jaime Alguersuari, was dropped by Toro Rosso at the end of 2011 after less than 50 races.
All of these 10 drivers have one thing in common, a stellar junior formula record. For example, the most recent teenage rookie, Esteban Ocon won the European Formula 3 and GP3 championships in successive years and then earned promotion to F1 with Manor for the second half of the 2016 season.
Now we’re going to take a look at 10 young drivers who all have a great chance of racing at motorsport’s highest level within the next five years:
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