'Drive to Survive' and F1's biggest stars: What they looked like when their careers started

• Many of the world's greatest race car drivers grew up right before our eyes.
• Some stars from F1 and "Drive to Survive" look entirely different now from when their careers began.

Some of the stars from Formula One and the Netflix series "Drive to Survive" look entirely different now than they did when their careers began.

Most of the world's greatest race car drivers started racing as kids and grew up right before our eyes.

Below we take a look at what the stars looked like when their careers began, excluding anybody now under the age of 27.

Carlos Sainz today

Carlos Sainz      Mark Thompson/Getty Images

Carlos Sainz Jr in 2009, age 15

Carlos Sainz Jr      Europa Press/Getty Images

Daniel Ricciardo today

Daniel Ricciardo      Dan Mullan/Getty Images

Daniel Ricciardo in 2009, age 20

Daniel Ricciardo      Getty Images

Fernando Alonso today

Fernando Alonso      Clive Rose/Getty Images

Fernando Alonso in 2001, age 20

Fernando Alonso      John Marsh/Reuters

Valtteri Bottas today

Valtteri Bottas      Getty Images

Valtteri Bottas in 2011, age 21

Valtteri Bottas      Formula Motorsport Limited via Getty Images

Lewis Hamilton today

Lewis Hamilton      Peter J Fox/Getty Images

Lewis Hamilton in 2006, age 21

Lewis Hamilton      Mark Thompson/Getty Images

Sebastian Vettel today

Sebastian Vettel      Mark Thompson/Getty Images

Sebastian Vettel in 2005, age 18

Sebastian Vettel      JOSE LUIS ROCA/AFP via Getty Images

Sergio Perez today

Sergio Perez      Dan Mullan/Getty Images

Sergio Perez in 2010, age 20

Sergio Perez      Andrew Hone/Getty Images

Kevin Magnussen today

Kevin Magnussen      Dan Mullan/Getty Images

Kevin Magnussen in 2011, age 19

Kevin Magnussen      Formula 1/Formula Motorsport Limited via Getty Images

Toto Wolff today

Toto Wolff      CHRISTIAN BRUNA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

Toto Wolff in 1994, age 22

Toto Wolff      F1

Christian Horner today

Monaco Grand Prix      Mark Thompson/Getty Images

Christian Horner in 2005, age 31

Christian Horner      Crispin Thruston/Reuters

Mattia Binotto today

Mattia Binotto      Marco Canoniero/LightRocket via Getty Images

Mattia Binotto in 2011, age 41

Mattia Binotto      Getty Images

Guenther Steiner today

Guenther Steiner      Mark PETERSON/ ATP images

Guenther Steiner in 2001, age 36

Guenther Steiner      Mark Thompson /Allsport