Longest Wait for a First F1 Win

Sergio Pérez leads on 189 races, ahead of Carlos Sainz on 149.

Record holder

189races

Longest Wait for a First F1 Win
#	Driver	First win	Races first
1st	Sergio Pérez	2,020	189
2nd	Carlos Sainz	2,022	149
3rd	Mark Webber	2,009	129
4th	Rubens Barrichello	2,000	123
5th	Jarno Trulli	2,004	116
6th	Jenson Button	2,006	112
=7th	Giancarlo Fisichella	2,003	110
=7th	Nico Rosberg	2,012	110
9th	Lando Norris	2,024	108
10th	Mika Häkkinen	1,997	95
11th	Thierry Boutsen	1,989	94
12th	Jean Alesi	1,995	90
13th	Eddie Irvine	1,999	81
=14th	George Russell	2,022	80
=14th	Valtteri Bottas	2,017	80
16th	Esteban Ocon	2,021	77
17th	Nigel Mansell	1,985	71
=18th	Johnny Herbert	1,995	70
=18th	Riccardo Patrese	1,982	70
20th	Ralf Schumacher	2,001	69
21st	Patrick Depailler	1,978	68
22nd	Felipe Massa	2,006	65
23rd	Alessandro Nannini	1,989	61
=24th	Daniel Ricciardo	2,014	56
=24th	Jo Siffert	1,968	56

How this is measured

Race starts made before a driver’s maiden victory.

A start is a race entry that took the start. Entries recorded as did not qualify, did not pre-qualify, failed the 107% rule, or withdrew are excluded.
The 1950–1960 Indianapolis 500 rounds counted towards the world championship but were run to American rules with roughly 33-car grids and almost no overlap in entrants. They are excluded from every leaderboard on this site.

10consecutive wins

279consecutive starts

112races