THERE HAVE BEEN FOUR RUSSIAN FORMULA ONE DRIVERS SO FAR, IN FORMULA ONE HISTORY. TWO OF them HAVE EVEN SCORED PODIUM POSITIONS IN GRAND PRIX RACES! TODAY, WE LOOK AT ALL THE RUSSIAN F1 DRIVERS IN HISTORY.
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Petrov was the first Russian F1 driver, making his debut in the 2010 Bahrain GP for Renault.
Kvyat was the second Russian F1 driver. Debuting in 2014, Kvyat won multiple podiums for Red Bull and Torro Rosso.
Making his debut in 2018 Australian Grand Prix with Williams. Sergey struggled with the uncooperative Williams FW41.
The most recent Russian F1 driver. Mazepin was, unfortunately, let go very recently, due to Russia-Ukraine tensions.