Top 5 drivers of all time?

Top 5 drivers of all time?#20047

By Dutchcruijff - 23 Oct 07, 13:58

- 23 Oct 07, 13:58#20047

Just wondering what your top 5 drivers of all time are:

1.Schumacher
2.Senna
3.Prost
4.Fangio
5.Moss

#20054

By bud - 23 Oct 07, 14:02

- 23 Oct 07, 14:02#20054

mine are as follows

1.bud
2.Senna
3.Clark
4.Surtees ( only one who won on two wheels as well )
5.Fangio

#20057

By Woodchip - 23 Oct 07, 14:07

- 23 Oct 07, 14:07#20057

There's been so many

Prost, Senna, Stewart, Moss, Fangio, Hunt, Schumey, Alesi, McLaren, etc.. To narrow down to five would take me for ever.

Also with the evolution of the sport would Moss have been able to bead Scott Speed? Who knows?!?

I have a lot more respect for the older drivers when they were racing around in tin cigars, compared today's cars that are crash tested, with HANS devices, Traction Control, wings, winglets, cross-ply tyres, etc... all to make the cars easier to drive.

Right, a vague top 5, in the last 20 years...

Senna,
Prost,
Alesi,
M Schumacher,
Coulthard (he's been around for 13 years (count 'em) so can't be that shabby)

Ooh, can I add Patrese in there somewhere?

Damn, this game is too hard!!

I have nothing more to say on the matter (for the time being)

#20105

By Irv the Swerve - 23 Oct 07, 15:26

- 23 Oct 07, 15:26#20105

Simply...

Schumacher
Senna
Rindt
Reutemann
Ickx

#20110

By kezza7 - 23 Oct 07, 16:18

- 23 Oct 07, 16:18#20110

schumacher
senna
fangio
moss
prost

#20114

By Flyer23 - 23 Oct 07, 16:37

- 23 Oct 07, 16:37#20114

Senna
Prost
Mansell
Piquet

And anyone else who raced before electronics.......

Felipe Massa 2007 World Champion

#20116

By raithrover - 23 Oct 07, 16:40

- 23 Oct 07, 16:40#20116

I'd put Stewart in my top 5, not sure about the rest tho'

#20119

By Flyer23 - 23 Oct 07, 16:46

- 23 Oct 07, 16:46#20119

raithrover wrote:I'd put Stewart in my top 5, not sure about the rest tho'

I would agree with that.....

Felipe Massa 2007 World Champion

#20121

By McLaren Fan - 23 Oct 07, 17:09

- 23 Oct 07, 17:09#20121

Schumacher is a Formula One great, certainly the most businessman-like Formula One driver of all time. He did what it took to win and he capitalised on certain situations. Fair enough. I can't fault him for that. However, he is not the greatest Formula One driver of all time. Senna, Clark, Prost, Fangio etc. are the ones who get the honour of vying for that place.

In my opinion, Schumacher gets credit for the wrong thing. He is one of the greatest drivers, however, is the greatest leader in Formula One. He went to Ferrari, got in the people he knew well and were good, got the team built around him and got everybody in the team working as hard as they could for him. That is his real achievement. Senna cemented together teams with his charisma, however, didn't get the opportunity to get in who he wanted to run the team.

For me, the greatest driver is Senna. Prost could have been, however, the fact he was so woeful in wet and/or unpredictable conditions lowers his standing. Fangio was great, however, I don't think he had the edge over his rivals as people say: Moss could have had three titles and Fangio could have been short of at least one or two. Some of the greatest drivers are people that have nothing or little. Alesi was a fantastic and driver and deserved a lot more than one measly win. Who knows what may have been if he had taken Williams' offer instead.

Ayrton Senna: WDC 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991
McLaren: WCC 1974, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1998, 1999, 2007
McLaren: WDC 1974, 1976, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1998, 1999, 2008

#20137

By texasmr2 - 23 Oct 07, 17:59

- 23 Oct 07, 17:59#20137

I can only comment on my 'generation' of driver's and my pick's are not in any particular order:

Prost
Senna
Schumacher
Piquet
Mansell
Lauda
Berger
Alesi
Rosberg

"Sanity and happiness are an impossible combination".
Mark Twain

#20138

By 7UpJordan - 23 Oct 07, 18:03

- 23 Oct 07, 18:03#20138

Senna
Schumacher
Prost
Lauda
Clark

"And Mansell was lucky not to be taken off by that RIDICULOUS bit of driving by Alliot!!" - James Hunt
"AAAAAND into the pitlane..... OHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" - Murray Walker

#20167

By Ferrari-GTO - 23 Oct 07, 19:31

- 23 Oct 07, 19:31#20167

My Top 3:
1- Schumacher
2- Senna
3- Prost

#20219

By Gibraltar is Spain - 23 Oct 07, 21:07

- 23 Oct 07, 21:07#20219

Senna
Prost
Lauda
Rosberg
Mansell

sangría aguada para todos vosotros

#20327

By aboldero - 24 Oct 07, 09:06

- 24 Oct 07, 09:06#20327

why is everyone forgetting Sterling Moss.... Fangio was one of the greatest, and the only driver who's ability he feared was Moss!!!

Why does everyone seem to equate championships with greatness, and HOW can you compare the likes of Schumacher with Senna, Prost, Lauda, Stewart, Clark, Rindt, Moss, Fangio, Nuvolari?? there IS NO greatest of all time, only greatest of their eras, as no era can be comopared with another, and drivers can rarely be compared driectly... how can you compare senna with schumacher? MS was still new to F1 when senna died. compare senna with Fangio, HOW??? what similarities where there to compare??

#20328

By Woodchip - 24 Oct 07, 09:14

- 24 Oct 07, 09:14#20328

aboldero wrote:why is everyone forgetting Sterling Moss.... Fangio was one of the greatest, and the only driver who's ability he feared was Moss!!!

Why does everyone seem to equate championships with greatness, and HOW can you compare the likes of Schumacher with Senna, Prost, Lauda, Stewart, Clark, Rindt, Moss, Fangio, Nuvolari?? there IS NO greatest of all time, only greatest of their eras, as no era can be comopared with another, and drivers can rarely be compared driectly... how can you compare senna with schumacher? MS was still new to F1 when senna died. compare senna with Fangio, HOW??? what similarities where there to compare??

*cough* Did you see my post?

I have nothing more to say on the matter (for the time being)

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