F1 drivers height: How tall are Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen, Oliver Bearman and co?
F1 drivers height: How tall are Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen, Oliver Bearman and co?
Thousands of people every month ask how tall F1 drivers are - who'd have thought - so we're here with all the answers to your height-related questions.
When drivers are careering round tracks at high-speed, we see just helmets poking out from their ultra-aerodynamic cars. Pretty tough to work out how tall they are from that.
But there might be a broader range of varying heights than you might think, so let’s take a look at the 2024 grid.
F1 drivers and their height in 2024
Of the 20 drivers set to compete in the 2024 world championship, there is roughly a foot or 0.30m difference between the tallest and smallest men on the grid.
Driver | Team | Imperial Height | Metric Height |
---|---|---|---|
Alex Albon | Williams | 6 ft 1 in | 1.86m |
Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 5 ft 10 in | 1.78m |
Daniel Ricciardo | Visa Cash App RB | 5 ft 10.5 in | 1.79m |
Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 5 ft 11 in | 1.80m |
Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 6 ft 1 in | 1.86m |
Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 5 ft 7 in | 1.71m |
George Russell | Mercedes | 6 ft 1 in | 1.85m |
Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 5 ft 9 in | 1.74m |
Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 5 ft 11 in | 1.82m |
Lando Norris | McLaren | 5 ft 7 in | 1.70m |
Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 5 ft 9 in | 1.74m |
Logan Sargeant | Williams | 5 ft 11 in | 1.81m |
Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 5 ft 11 in | 1.81m |
Nico Hulkenberg | Haas | 6 ft | 1.84m |
Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 5 ft 10 in | 1.78m |
Pierre Gasly | Alpine | 5 ft 10 in | 1.77m |
Sergio Perez | Red Bull | 5 ft 8 in | 1.73m |
Valtteri Bottas | Stake F1 Team | 5 ft 8 in | 1.73m |
Yuki Tsunoda | Visa Cash App RB | 5 ft 3 in | 1.59m |
Zhou Guanyu | Stake F1 Team | 5 ft 9 in | 1.75m |
Oliver Bearman | Ferrari | 5 ft 10 in | 1.77m |
Who are the tallest and shortest drivers on the grid?
Currently, the shortest driver is Visa Cash App RB’s Yuki Tsunoda, who is just 5ft 3 in, or 1.59m, tall. At the opposite end of the scale the tallest driver is a dead heat between Williams’ Alex Albon and Esteban Ocon of Alpine, who both measure up at 1.86m. Both of those drivers are just ahead of Mercedes’ George Russell, who stands 1.85m tall.
Brit Justin Wilson, who raced for Minardi before moving to Jaguar in 2003, is considered the tallest driver of the modern era, at 1.94m.
What is the average height of an F1 driver?
The average height for a F1 driver in 2024 is a shade under 1.77m, or 5 feet and 9 and three-quarter inches. Lewis Hamilton is almost exactly on that average mark.
Do drivers need to be a certain height?
As you would expect, for weight and design purposes, extremely tall drivers would have it tough with the modern car and cockpit design.
Size and space are at more of a premium than ever before, and as such it seems as though the likes of Albon and Ocon are at the upper limit of what is feasible for the current F1 car set-up.
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