F1: Top 5 Rookie Drivers of All-time

#3 Jackie Stewart, 1965

Jackie Stewart's first win in F1 came in his first season.

When you're thrown in at the deep end and put in one of the best cars on the grid against a man who has already won a world championship, you'll do very well to positively standout. However, Sir Jackie Stewart did exactly that in his debut F1 season in 1965.

Stewart was signed for BRM to partner 1962 world champion Graham Hill and would've been expected to act as decent backup for Hill, but that wasn't entirely the case. Sir Jackie hit the ground running, scoring a point in his first race in South Africa before standing on the podium in Monaco in the next round.

3 more podiums in the next 4 races would follow, before he sensationally won at Monza and was just a point behind Hill with two races remaining, and stood third overall. Jim Clark won the championship that year, but the seeds were sewn for Stewart's future success, as a move to Tyrrell for 1968 yielded 3 championships in six seasons.