This top one hundred may raise a few eyebrows; one because Sir Stirling Moss has been named number one and the great Michael Schumacher has been placed outside of the top ten. This is because in he deals with the Ferrari F1 Team, many people claim that he demanded seniority over other drivers.
Clearly Michael Schumacher is the number one F1 driver as he won 91 Grand Prix, while the top four of Moss, Clark, Senna and Prost only won 133 Grand Prix between them!
Anyway this is the list according to Autocar:
1. Stirling Moss
2. Jim Clark
3. Ayrton Senna
4. Alain Prost
5. Alberto Ascari
6. Juan-Manuel Fangio
7. Bernd Rosemeyer
8. Jackie Stewart
9. Tazio Nuvolari
10. Mika Häkkinen
11. Michael Schumacher
12. Gilles Villeneuve
13. Chris Amon
14. Tony Brooks
15. Carlos Reutemann
16. Achille Varzi
17. Emerson Fittipaldi
18. Jack Brabham
19. Mario Andretti
20. Niki Lauda
21. Jochen Rindt
22. Nelson Piquet
23. Guy Moll
24. John Surtees
25. Ronnie Peterson
26. Hermann Lang
27. Dan Gurney
28. Keke Rosberg
29. Kimi Räikkönen
30. Lewis Hamilton
31. Nigel Mansell
32. Fernando Alonso
33. Rudolf Caracciola
34. Didier Pironi
35. Jacky Ickx
36. Alan Jones
37. James Hunt
38. Phil Hill
39. Damon Hill
40. Mike Hawthorn
41. Giuseppe Farina
42. Jody Scheckter
43. Jean-Pierre Wimille
44. Graham Hill
45. François Cevert
46. Gerhard Berger
47 Pedro Rodriguez
48. Jean Behra
49. Jacques Villeneuve
50. Ricardo Rodriguez
51. Clay Regazzoni
52. Denny Hulme
53. Jean Alesi
54. Juan Pablo Montoya
55. Carlos Pace
56. Louis Chiron
57. Peter Revson
58. Jo Siffert
59. David Coulthard
60. Felipe Massa
61. Froilán Gonzalez
62. Stefan Bellof
63. Elio de Angelis
64. Lorenzo Bandini
65. Riccardo Patrese
66. Patrick Tambay
67. Jenson Button
68. Rubens Barrichello
69. Martin Brundle
70. Derek Warwick
71. Dick Seaman
72. Patrick Depailler
73. Peter Collins
74. Bruce McLaren
75. Michele Alboreto
76. Eddie Irvine
77. Richie Ginther
78. Jean-Pierre Beltoise
79. Johnny Servoz-Gavin
80. Thierry Boutsen
81. Rene Arnoux
82. Tony Brise
83. Tom Pryce
84. Innes Ireland
85. Jarno Trulli
86. John Watson
87. Luigi Musso
88. Raymond Sommer
89. Mike Hailwood
90. Roy Salvadori
91. Ralf Schumacher
92. Wolfgang von Trips
93. Stuart Lewis-Evans
94. Jacques Laffite
95. Eugenio Castellotti
96. Trevor Taylor
97. Piers Courage
98. Stefan Johansson
99. Jochen Mass
100. Brian Redman
Source [Bruce McLaren]
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Hamilton in 30th? Isn’t he technically still an unknown quantity having only came second in a GP? Admittedly it was his first but that is besides the point. Legendary status has to be earned – though I myself am convinced of the young drivers skill.
The list seems to me a joke. I wonder how come you decide to publish it in your web site.
In the list there are drivers that are simply not worth neither to mention. Even more there are drivers in there that have done nothing impressive neither to be in a list of drivers as is the case of Lewis Hamilton, a disgrace for UK so far considering his bad behavior, lack of humility and skills to win last year F1 championship.
I will keep this list and its source to laugh at it from time to time and more over to keep track of the author. For sure if I want to laugh reading something as ridiculous as this I should continue reading his “work”
And last but not least, Michael Schumacher 11th!!!! God how I can laugh at this article, thank you for making my day…
LOL
Sir Castleberry
I’m not sure I follow what you’re saying ‘Sir Castleberry’. Do you think that Schumi doesn’t deserve a place or are you upset that he didn’t make first place, given that he’s won the GP seven times?
As for Hamilton, I didn’t see many examples of his ‘lack of humility’ or indeed his skill. Okay, so he’s not as nice a chap as Anthony Davidson, but then who else on grid is?
Hamilton didn’t win last year’s GP – he came second. In the list, which drivers wouldn’t you have mentioned and why?
~Mr B
RU SERIIOUS GUYS?
THE LIST IS FUNNY…
RU SURE UR WATCHING THE SAME F1 GRAND PRIX’S WE DID?
I THINK THE LIST WAS CHOSEN RANDOMLY BY THE COMPUTER…
did michael schumacher get a 10 place penalty drop for a grearbox change or something on this list, we all know hes number 1 like it or not. glad to see martin brundle on list though, think he was a very underated driver. he gave schumacher a run for his money at beneton. no johnny herbert tho, thought he may have been in the low 80s/early 90s of the list. good fun n good read ta.
There’s no doubt that Schuey had some amazing skills back in the day. Senna still gets my vote for top though!
michael schumacher….
I will cancel my subscription. This is one of the most stupid top F1 lists I have ever seen – and I’ve been a devout fan for forty years.
this list is a joke. Shu at 11? wtf , what the hell is brundle, trulli doing in it? wheres Fissichella, Frenzten? why is barrichello, alonso so low?
Wow. Almost everyone who commented is retarded. Schumacher should never be number one. Ever. If anyone thinks the biggest cheater in the sport’s history should also be named the best driver, they need to see a mental health specialist.
I also noticed that the last person to comment thought that Fisichella should be on the list, one of the most average drivers of all time.
And sir Castleberry needs to get a life. Seriously.
this is not a top list. this is a bullsh*t. lol..
Michael, Senna and Prost were the 3 best drivers of all time…
Everybody knows that.
Moss in first? Joke! Moss never won a title!
Jim Clark? Never heard about him….
Luke – that might be true if “all time” means “since the 80s”
Not saying I agree entirely with the list but it’s not hard to find out a little about how great a driver Jim Clark was if “all time” includes the 60s…
1-Senna
2-Fangio
3-Clark
4-Prost
5-Stewart
6-Brabham
7-Lauda
8-Moss
9-Schumacher
10-Villeneuve (Gilles)
I at least give Schumi more credit not much cause he is a cheat.
This list is the funniest joke i’ve heard for months! Can’t believe it comes from-one would have thought: ‘creditable source’
What’s funny about it? I know everyone will have different opinions but at least expand on that and say what’s wrong with the list?
Jimmy Clark and Fangio were the best natural talents ever, don’t know who I would pick out of the two though.
“What is wrong with the list” is that Senna is not first
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Gilles Villeneuve should defenetly be in the top 5.
Fangio’s place is in the top 3.
Fittipaldi , again, is in the top 5.
P.S. Schumi is where he deserves, he did his thing only while Ferrari had the best car, with no competition what so ever.
For any Senna enthusiast out there, here’s something i discovered not so long ago: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Top-Gears-Tribute-To-Ayrton-Senna/141320515896795?v=wall .
Nigel Mansell below Hamilton, you have to be kidding. Whilst Hamiliton is undoubtedly a good driver he has a long way to go to prove he is one of the greats.
Senna has to be No 1
Everyone has a personal top 100 of drivers, but I do not agree with this list. Maybe winning many races and championships don`t automatically make you no 1 but, personally Michael has to be on top remember Spain 1996, as for his insisting on team leader, that takes care of a lot of other drivers. I am not denying Fangio had a gifted talent, Moss beat him hands down in sports cars, and Fangio went to the team with the best cars. Senna it seems that because he died has meant some of the “tricks” he pulled have been forgotten, ask Nigel Mansell, and Alain Prost.
Lastly Carraciola in the 30`s, read your history books.
Schumacher only did his thing whilst at Ferrari? I am sorry but did you not notice him winning TWO world titles at Benneton? At that time Williams was the best car. Schumacher has always outperformed every team mate he has ever had. Even in his first drive for Jordan he immediatly proved he was too good for them and was signed up by Brawn at Benneton. He built every team he was ever in
Why is Senna No 1? He only won three championships and didn’t do anything that special to put him much further above the rest really. I’d say Schumacher has shown determination and ultimately won a brilliant number of races and titles respectively.
For me sennas top for natural talent alone, how you can say he did nothing to put him further above the rest is unbelievable.Some of his performances in underperforming cars throughout his whole carear showed his talent. shumacher cant be ignored for his records but in my opinion winning isnt neccersarily the only thing that has to be taken on board when thinking about the greatest ‘driver’. Senna – Fangio – Clark – Schumacher – Prost
1-Ayrton Senna
2-Jim Clark
3-Alain Prost
4-Juan Manuel Fangio
5-Michael Schumacher
6-Jackie Stewart
7-Alberto Ascari
8-Jack Brabham
9-Gilles Villenueve
10-Niki Lauda
11-Stirling Moss
12-Emerson Fittipaldi
13-Jochen Rindt
14-Nelson Piquet
15-Ronnie Peterson
16-Nigel Mansell
17-Mika Hakkinen
18-Jody Scheckter
19-Graham Hill
20-Dan Gourney
21-Clay Regazzoni
22-Didier Pironi
23-Jame Hunt
24-Fernando Alonso
25-François Cevert
26-Rene Arnoux
27-Keke Rosberg
28-John Surtees
29-Denny Hulme
30-Sabastian Vettel
Idiot Shumi is the best of all time
Newer times… NOW GET LOST!
1. Schumacher
2. Alain Prost
3. Ayrton Senna
4. Mika Hakkinen
5. Nigel Mansell
6. Fernando Alonso
7. Kimi Raikkonen
8. Sebastian Vettel
9. Jenson Button
10. Fernando Alonso
Tough choice certainly. In addition, focusing mainly on raw figures is rather silly because you can not easily compare different eras (number of GP per season (hence chances of victories, pole positions, etc when you have a dominant car), careers cut short (when security was not yet an issue), etc). Although I am far away from being a Schumacher fan, I believe you can’t count him out of the very top positions. I would agree with the Times list putting Clark-Senna-Schumacher on top but the order can vary depending on people sensibilities.
Really??ralph is on of the best and shumi is 11 you got a be f..ing kidingme
mikha is better than schumi because he won 2 world tittles fair and square,while michael win one fair and square (1995) 2 cheating (1994 and 2003) and 4 without competition because of his car (2000,2001,2002 and 2004) and you see what happen when race againts a driver who has a competitive car like alonso and hakkinen
In what world Is Clark, and Moss better than Senna! Or how is Schumi or Fangio Lower then freaking Alain Prost! This is a very Anglo-Centric List from the look of it. Senna was by far and away the Greatest of all Time
1. Senna
2. Schumacher
3. Fangio
4. Moss
5. Clark
6. Prost
7. Villeneuve
8. Stewart
9. Ascari
10. Hakkinen