Not a very good or flattering photo, but it IS Senna. Fernando Alonso the famous F1 driver. Till now, he has achieved 39 wins in GP, 45 pole positions, and 1549 career points in total. The 1993 German Grand Prix was the last title he won. After careful scrutiny, they found that the greatest Formula One driver ever is Argentina's five-time World Champion, Vote for your favourite F1 driver of all time at the bottom of the page…, Michael Schumacher (not counting his 2010-2012 Mercedes stint, which would pull him down to eighth), , nephew of ninth-placed two-time world champion. In his career with McLaren, BAR, Honda, and Mercedes till now, he has won 15 Grand Prix, along with 1140 career points and 8 pole positions. This list shows the Top 10 F1 drivers list with a few surprises. Red Bull has extended its contract with Sebastian till the end of the 2015 season. After Lewis Hamilton signed on to drive for Mercedes this year we can confirm he is the top earner on the grid, earning $30 million this season excluding bonuses. If you can't recognize him from his famous yellow helmet, then I have nothing to say. In 1985, he participated in his 2nd race in the Portuguese Grand Prix where he achieved his first World Championship point. Who is the greatest F1 driver ever? God bless this strange world. Top 10 Worst F1 Car Crashes in History; The 10 Most Tragic F1 Drivers Death of All Time #10. Formula One Championship Wins: 2Total Career Wins: 20Overall Podium Finish: 51Total Career Points: 420. * I think the first two names never change. 25,3%. Thanks for visiting us, Kabir. The World Championship of Drivers has been held since 1950.Driver records listed here … Former British Formula One racing driver Jackie Stewart is one of the best F1 drivers from Scotland. The driver who is smashing every relevant F1 record. For those who are in love with tremendously high speed, and the adrenaline rush that can be received from it, racing is always the most favorite of all sporting events. After that, in the 41st season of FIA F1 motor racing in 1990, he won the same for the second time. Besides, he achieved the Formula One World Drivers' Championship six times as of 2020. TOP 5 After a life-threatening injury in 1995, Häkkinen made a remarkable comeback of his career. From Jackie Stewart and Jim Clark to Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton, there have also been 10 British World Drivers' champions. In 1973, he won his last international title in German Grand Prix. King of F1, Really ? This is not simply a ranking of the best 10 drivers overall, but judged based on their performances in 2020 alone relative to the potential of their machinery. There's lots of changes on the F1 grid for 2021, with seven of the 10 teams switching at least one of their drivers. Besides the Mercedes team, he also previously raced for Manor Motorsport, ASM Formule 3, and ART Grand Prix. Schumacher suffered a serious cerebral injury in 2013 while skiing and was in a coma from December 2013 until June 2014. He achieved 768.5 career points, 4 world championship trophies, 106 podiums, and 33 pole positions during his glorious career from 1980 to 1993. (JB who only won one championship thanks to a controversial double decker diffuser) And, don't forget to check our other lists and share your suggestions. He won his last race in the 2006 Chinese Grand Prix. Lewis and anothers without here. Former Finnish racing driver Mika Pauli Häkkinen drove in the DTM series after his retirement. In 1986 he often outpaced Alboreto, despite the Italian being the team’s lead driver. LOL Over the last ten days we've been counting down numbers 50-41 of our top 50 F1 driver countdown. He participated in 165 races with Lotus and McLaren. Frank Beattie. When Lewis is Six Times World Champion - Honestly no respect for F1. But, we can't update all the articles in a single day. The "formula" in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants and cars must conform. In his first year with Renault, he won the 2003 Hungarian Grand Prix. We always appreciate suggestions from our readers. 1. And, that's why it is taking time to update it. Yes, I agree with all of you. Formula 1’s condensed but rapid-fire 17-race 2020 Formula 1 season has come to an end. 2. Mika now holds the eighth place in the list of the top 10 greatest formula 1 drivers of all time. Jackie-Stewart. The author of this article obviously has an issue with people of colour. Michael Schumacher ranks as the number one Formula 1 driver in history, an opinion that may be disputed by some pundits and fans. So if its just F1 since 1950 the outstanding and most successful drivers must be Fangio, Moss, Clark, Stewart, Prost, Senna, Schumacher Alonso and Hamilton, I know there are only nine but although Vettel ,Piquet ,Mansell etc. After his retirement from racing, Fangio presided as the honorary president of Mercedes-Benz. In 1965, he participated in the South African Grand Prix for the first time and achieved the 6th position. But, I made this list while calculating the overall stats of these drivers, not just the wins. He is definitely one of the visual treats to watch. Dare you to say his name. But, Clark is the second best. He attended the last race of his career in the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix and finished in 14th place. It displays 3 drivers of the 50,'s and even shows 2 drivers of the current formula 1. Micheal Schumacher These are the ten best drivers according to GPblog.. Before we start with number ten, we must also talk about the drivers who just missed out. Mathematics is the language of the universe, and given the exponential growth of computing power and advanced modeling techniques, it is beginning to make sense of even the most complex of problems. We took the account of overall achievements and stats to make this list. Many of the best racers in the world have actually met such a fate. PTS. As part of F1’s 70th anniversary celebrations and to help fans better understand who are the fastest drivers in the sport’s history, F1 and the Amazon Machine Learning Solutions Lab teamed up to develop Fastest Driver, the latest F1 Insight powered by AWS.. 5. In honour of F1's homecoming, here are … Always Senna, the best! We have already clarified earlier. Later, he won three more Grand Prix Championships during his career. Racism has no place in the world of sports. :P, you have no understanding of F1, drivers etc You don’t have Lewis Hamilton, equal second all-time championship wins? Formula One Championship Wins: 3 Total Career Wins: 27 Overall Podium Finish: 43 Total Career Points: 359. It is this fearlessness that attracts so many people to them. SHARE. He debuted in the 1951 Swiss Grand Prix and achieved 14th position overall. Alonso also won the Spanish Grand Prix in 2013. Ranking the Top 10 US Drivers in F1 History. Jackie Stewart. How do you expect anyone to take you serious when Hamilton is not even on this list... Not at all, mate. This list is total garbage. Senna number 1 forever. During 2007 & 2008, he worked as the brand ambassador and car developer of Ferrari. 21st century the minds are still behind. Formula One Championship Wins: 1Total Career Wins: 15Overall Podium Finish: 50Total Career Points: 1235. In the 2001 Australian Grand Prix, he drove for the first time. He was the first British driver to win an F1 British Grand Prix while riding a British made car. And, thanks for visiting our sports blog. Here’s the story of his very short time at motorsport’s pinnacle. Alonso now holds the tenth place in the list of the top 10 greatest formula 1 drivers of all time. Button had a great ability to drive in the wetter conditions and to this day still hold the achievement of winning the best race ever in F1 history, Canada 2011. Vettel? The United States of America and Formula One should, in theory, be a … Prost also holds the seventh place in the list of the top 10 greatest formula 1 drivers of all time. Of the other current F1 drivers in the list. With just 6 years in Grand Prix and 0 championship wins, you want us to include Gilles to the list of the greatest? Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) – €48,000,000. German Formula One racing driver Sebastian Vettel is currently driving for the Red Bull Racing team of Austria. I'll surely include him shortly. Y.N.W.A! Not according to a new study by the University of Sheffield... Daniel Ricciardo – the 32nd best of all time! Michael Schumacher has won 7 F1 Championships, the most for a Formula 1 driver, and five of these wins came successively. Formula One (F1) is the highest class of open-wheeled motor racing defined by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), motorsport's world governing body. Of the other current F1 drivers in the list, Lewis Hamilton is ranked 12th, with Daniel Ricciardo in 32nd and Nico Rosberg in 49th. Formula One Championship Wins: 3Total Career Wins: 41Overall Podium Finish: 80Total Career Points: 620. But if you talk about the greatest, I doubt. Any publicity is publicly good or bad! He is the only driver in F1 history who finished in 1st position in 5 consecutive seasons from 2000 to 2004 Grand Prix. He first drove in the 2000 Australian Grand Prix and won his first title in the 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix. Wake up. Juan Manuel Fangio I'm Brazilian ... And the last photo is of Senna. The two times World Champion from Spain is a phenomenon in the tracks. Racing drivers have nerves of steel, as they risk their lives and let the world around them turn into a blur while racing to the finishing line, or as they smash their cars into the walls or each other. And, we will surely include him in our updated list of 2020. were tremendously successful and on their day produced incredible performances I was never convinced that one of my nine could not consistently beat them in the same car ,especialy Jim Clark . Follow your favourite F1 drivers on and off the track. Regarded as the greatest Formula 1 driver never to win a world championship, Stirling Moss is a true Formula 1 great. However, I do think that Senna is probably the best/fastest driver of his era versus the competition he faced. I mean for goodness sake, to add JB who was always consummately outclassed and outscored by LH at Maclaren. Later, he also won Formula One World Drivers' Championship in four consecutive times from 2010 to 2013. , is ranked in 11th spot despite only notching a highest-placed finish in the Drivers’ Championship of 13th in his three-year F1 career. Vettel now holds his place among the top 10 greatest formula 1 drivers of all time. Robert Laberge/Getty Images. Stewart held the record for most wins by a British F1 driver for 19 long years. The Mexican favourite has previously driven for Sauber, McLaren, Force India and Racing Point. 3. Add Hamilton and Lauda without any question AT ALL! LH now has 6 Championships Only another 12 months till he equals MS’s record then hopefully surpasses it. He used to race for McLaren until switching over to Mercedes in 2013. With only 16 drivers winning more races than Moss in F1 history, despite the fact that there were fewer races in a season during his time, how Moss never won a … Niki Laure! Teamed with McLaren, Ferrari, and Renault, he participated in 202 races in his career. While I agree with some of these, you don't even have Lewis in here! Keep visiting! It should be another way around, for a last two decade's sorted. But, we had to choose just 10 players on this list. He first won the title of Formula One World Championship for Drivers in the 39th season of FIA F1 motor racing in 1988. Well played, Mercedes! I personally think that the most important driver Mr. Lewis Hamilton is and should be no 1 on any list at this moment in time. Ridiculous!! Truly the 1st greatest and most honorable champion of the world, Juan Manuel Fangio, famously known as El Chueca, was an Argentinian F1 racing car driver. And where is Clark and Lauda? Dre’s Top 10 F1 Drivers Of The Decade. Author wanting some attention me thinks? Prost won the Formula One Drivers' Championship four times in 1985, 1986, 1989, and 1993. A dominant force in F1 during the 1990s and 2000s, Schumacher arrived in the sport at the tail end of Ayrton Senna’s career, and established himself as one of the best young drivers. Formula 1 Hope you’re having a wonderful holiday season, and please save me some Turkey. It's a list of 10 greatest formula 1 drivers of all time. You haven't found Schumacher on this list? Former British Formula One racing driver Jackie Stewart is one of the best F1 drivers from Scotland. Another product off of Red Bull’s production line, a few eyebrows were initially raised at Alex Albon’s promotion to Formula 1 with Toro Rosso as he did not set the world alight in his junior career. Back in 1993 though, Marco Apicella was an F1 driver for just 800m before a first corner fracas ended his career. In the 1992 Belgian Grand Prix, he got his first Drivers' Championship title. Top 10 Formula 1 drivers...... and no mention of Niki Lauda. The Best, The Fast... Olá to Brazil. And secondly, if you follow the homepage of our blog or even the recently published articles, then you can see that we are revamping and updating our lists according to the raking of 2020. But it's okay because we have my idol in the first position. But, unfortunately, in his precipitated last match in 1973, United States Grand Prix, he could not start the game due to a fatal crash of his teammate. Senna is the GREATEST of all time, indeed. Moss holds the sixth place in the top 10 greatest formula 1 drivers of all time. In his debut race, the 1991 Belgian Grand Prix, he finished 7th. PTS. This is what people of colour have to do to be respected in an elitist sport. Faster than any other driver of the ’90s, Ayrton Senna da Silva was a former Brazilian formula one racing champion. Within this exceptional cohort, two drivers are ranked clearly at the top of the era: Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton. Spanish Formula One racing driver Fernando Alonso won three consecutive karting championships in Spain from 1994 to 1997. 2. In the 1955 British Grand Prix, he won his first international title. And more this Picture isn't Senna. According to the new rule of F1 GP for the 2014 session, Alonso picked No.14, considering it to be lucky for him. F1 drivers salaries have been revealed—find out who the highest paid F1 drivers are and how much they’ll get paid in 2020. This British driver currently races for the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport at Formula One. Alonso is known as the third-youngest driver ever to debut in the international event in F1 history. His career was stopped due to a horrific accident at Glover Trophy in 1962, which caused the left side of his body to get partially paralyzed for six months and put him in a coma for almost 30 days. Where is Jim Clark, Niki Lauda, Michael Schumacher? The author knows nothing about F1. In the 1997 European Grand Prix, he achieved his first international victory. Here is the list of the 5 most charming F1 driver's in this decade, too hard to go unnoticed. Lewis Hamilton. Where is Niki Lauda he was one of the best.Aufwidersehen Niki. He was very Jung when has had started, and also too Jung ended his carrier. The 2020 Formula 1 season is over and although it is always difficult to compare the performance of the drivers, we've created a top ten list. Overall in his glorious career, he won a total of 41 Grand Prix and three world titles. You forgot about one of the greatest drivers of all time. Ayrton Senna :D. Guyz I'm Black, Lewis Hamilton made the list, he's second to MS, so what's the problem, what are you clamouring for? F1 makes a lot of professional drivers very rich, but those at the top 10 make more than the majority of filmmakers, actors, and singers. His awesome career consists of 27 wins in 100 participations, 17 pole points, and 360 career points. Thank you. He's had his one off glory days but was never are consistent winner against a teammate or even a challenger if we talk about his years with Lewis and Alonso, Lewis, Alonso, and Button - all three are there. Carraciola ? But surely, Hamilton deserves a mention in this list. No Lewis Hamilton and you have the likes of Button, Alonso and Vettel ? By Karen Simao … He got the fame of one of the greatest drivers ever with 20 wins, 51 podiums, 26 pole points, and 420 career points. Alex Albon. And that picture is Senna, when he has had his carrier started. The blood rush that fans get from watching drivers swish through the track as they compete with each other. Is it Senna? He transferred to McLaren in the 2010 season as a racing partner of former World Champion Lewis Hamilton. To mark the end of the campaign, The Race has compiled its ranking of the top 10 drivers of F1 2020. In his debut match in 1938, he won the Grand Prix International Championship. Here’s a list of the top F1 drivers and their 2020 salaries. I also agree, that Senna is the best driver ever, remember Monaco hehe, no one can drive that crazy and precisely fast. Mercedes. Even if you hated the guy his accomplishments (wind poles championships etc) alone would have hamilton on this list. Formula One Championship Wins: 2Total Career Wins: 32Overall Podium Finish: 97Total Career Points: 1899. RacingNews365.com can reveal who the 10 most paid drivers are on the current Formula 1 grid. Born: 26 January 1990 (age 31 years), Guadalajara, Mexico 2021 team: Red Bull Racing-Honda It's a classic question and, thanks to, Dr. Bell and his researchers examined data including the F1 team the driver was racing for, how good that team was at the time, the driver’s performance relative to their team-mate and how competitive a race was. Alan Prost . Lewis should be in the top 3 or higher, 6 world titles now, second highest wins, and the greatest pole sitter ever. Lewis got to be on the list!? And how could you forget Lauda and Piquet? Mistaken Senna with Prost.. and he's scratching.. where is Kimi... hate is cowardly, ugly and beyond contemptuous. Does any of the above know what they talk about ? Cevert ? First of all, 'race' is not a factor in sports. It is senna, mate. He is spending his 5th season with the McLaren team this year. He now has 84 race victories along with 151 podium finishes under his name. Yes, he is undoubtedly one of the best drivers in F1. He is also this year’s Formula One World Champion. In his 2nd race in the 1981 French Grand Prix, he won his first Grand Prix title. Yes, that IS a photo of Senna. Without any doubt, Lewis Hamilton deserves the third place in our list of the greatest F1 drivers of all time. Formula One Championship Wins: 7Total Career Wins: 91Overall Podium Finish: 155Total Career Points: 1566. He made a 46 years unbeaten record by winning the most World Championship of Drivers starting from 1951 and then 4 consecutive times from 1954 to 1957. Besides, he now also holds his place among the best race car drivers right now. Undoubtedly, he is one of the greatest Formula 1 drivers of all time. He is currently in association with the Ferrari F1 team. Bellof ? Formula One Championship Wins: 4Total Career Wins: 53Overall Podium Finish: 120Total Career Points: 2985.