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.

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.
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