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Who's the Greatest Formula One Driver of all Time?

The correct answer is Schumacher.


Long live the STIG!
 
Mansell for me, with Senna as nr 2. Worst is the cheating bastard Schumacher... could not stand him as a driver after he drove into his direct opponent on purpose to win the world championship.
 
PeteEU said:
Mansell for me, with Senna as nr 2. Worst is the cheating bastard Schumacher... could not stand him as a driver after he drove into his direct opponent on purpose to win the world championship.
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Mansell better than Senna?? wtf.

Also, didn't Senna wipe out Prost to win the title as well? Or was it the other way round? Regardless, Schumacher isn't the first to do that and he was an exceptional driver.
 
Aristaeus said:
Mansell better than Senna?? wtf.
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Never said better.. said I liked him better. Mansell.. the mustasch... the man! Senna was the best driver ever in my opinion, but he lacked the "class" out of the car that Mansell did..

Also, didn't Senna wipe out Prost to win the title as well? Or was it the other way round? Regardless, Schumacher isn't the first to do that and he was an exceptional driver.
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Yea there was something about that.. but as far as I remember it, the "wipeout" happened far into the race and you could argue it was an accident. What Schumacher did was in the first or second corner...it was sooooo obvious.
 
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I don’t know enough about it to decide but when I was a kid Johnny Rutherford was a very close friend of the family. Close enough that we called him “Uncle Johnny”. Every time he won the Indianapolis 500 we would have a big party. He won three times.
 
Skeptic Bob said:
I don’t know enough about it to decide but when I was a kid Johnny Rutherford was a very close friend of the family. Close enough that we called him “Uncle Johnny”. Every time he won the Indianapolis 500 we would have a big party. He won three times.
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I grew up in Indiana, so the 500 was always a big deal. I remember Rutherford.
 
Love him or hate him it has to be Michael Schumacher. Man loved to play the villain but his skills were ridiculous.

On a personal note i always loved Jensen Button. In this age of “athletes “ in F1 he was the last of the playboys
 
Jack Hays said:
I grew up in Indiana, so the 500 was always a big deal. I remember Rutherford.
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Jack Hays said:
Sorry, but NASCAR is not F1.
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How come you can happily discuss one NASCAR driver but when someone else chooses another you contradict him?

Anyhow - greatest can't be measured as they were all in different machines. Put a Graham Hill or Manuel Fangio into a modern F1 car with all the extra electronic controls and they might not perform.

Greatest driver pre 1970's driver is probably Manuel Fangio. Greatest driver 70's to 2000 I'd probably say Senna though Jim Clark pushes him a close second. Modern era with all the buttons and controls I'd say Hamilton shades it over Vettel.
 
Infinite Chaos said:
How come you can happily discuss one NASCAR driver but when someone else chooses another you contradict him?

Anyhow - greatest can't be measured as they were all in different machines. Put a Graham Hill or Manuel Fangio into a modern F1 car with all the extra electronic controls and they might not perform.

Greatest driver pre 1970's driver is probably Manuel Fangio. Greatest driver 70's to 2000 I'd probably say Senna though Jim Clark pushes him a close second. Modern era with all the buttons and controls I'd say Hamilton shades it over Vettel.
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Because the poster did not nominate Rutherford as No. 1.
For the rest, I think driving skill transcends the evolving technical environment.
 
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PeteEU said:
Mansell for me, with Senna as nr 2. Worst is the cheating bastard Schumacher... could not stand him as a driver after he drove into his direct opponent on purpose to win the world championship.
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So did Senna in Japan, to assure winning the world championship.

Its a very competitive sport, and Senna's doing wasn't against the rules, especially the way that he did it, nor was Schumacher's move against the rules.
 
eohrnberger said:
So did Senna in Japan, to assure winning the world championship.

Its a very competitive sport, and Senna's doing wasn't against the rules, especially the way that he did it, nor was Schumacher's move against the rules.
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I wonder whether this tactic is at least partly enabled by the enhanced safety of modern cars? It's not a tactic which would have been considered in the old days of fiery crashes.
 
Jack Hays said:
I wonder whether this tactic is at least partly enabled by the enhanced safety of modern cars? It's not a tactic which would have been considered in the old days of fiery crashes.
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I do believe that Senna's era was before the major car safety initiative, so in the 'fiery crash' era.

A couple of years ago there were rumors that the 2nd driver was told to crash into a street circuit wall towards the end of a race to cause a safety car, preventing the 2nd place racer who was catching up on the 1st place racer from passing. So it doesn't even have to directly involve a competitor.

Its a very competitive sport.
 
eohrnberger said:
So did Senna in Japan, to assure winning the world championship.

Its a very competitive sport, and Senna's doing wasn't against the rules, especially the way that he did it, nor was Schumacher's move against the rules.
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Did not say it was against the rules.. said it was morally wrong the way that Schumacher did it.. in the first corner and being so freaking obvious about it. At least Senna and others have the decency to attempt to hide the act.
 
PeteEU said:
Did not say it was against the rules.. said it was morally wrong the way that Schumacher did it.. in the first corner and being so freaking obvious about it. At least Senna and others have the decency to attempt to hide the act.
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Morally wrong? Whatever.
 
eohrnberger said:
Morally wrong? Whatever.
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Yes, sorry if I have pure view of sports where cheating is not accepted... even if that cheating is technically legal, and is freaking obvious.
 
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