From Ascari to Antonelli – the F1 drivers who went back-to-back for their first Grand Prix wins

By winning in China and Japan, Kimi Antonelli joined an exclusive club of F1 drivers to have followed up their maiden victory with a second win at the very next race.

Special ContributorPhillip Horton
SUZUKA, JAPAN - MARCH 29: Race winner Andrea Kimi Antonelli of Italy and Mercedes AMG Petronas F1

By winning in China and Japan, Kimi Antonelli joined an exclusive club of F1 drivers to have followed up their maiden victory with a second win at the very next race. Here are the other drivers who have scored a breakthrough triumph – and then gone on to win the next race (or, races) too…

Alberto Ascari (Germany, Italy 1951)

Motorsport-obsessed Alberto Ascari was one of the pioneers of post-war motorsport and was consequently among the front-runners when Formula 1 was inaugurated as a world championship in 1950.