Top 10 famous race car drivers in the world in 2015
Posted in General Racing Kurt Ernst February 12, 2010 69 responses.
It is impossible to establish a list like without increasing controversy racing fans are a rabid group, and see your favorite excluded for his rival is sure to strike a nerve Why choose a driver over another with most wins or championships because of the passion and because of what they've brought to the sport of auto racing that said, here is my list of the greatest drivers of the modern era, I am the definition from 1960 to days to spare me the hate mail why Juan Manuel Fangio was excluded.
1 Ayrton Senna Ayrton Senna da Silva was a champion of world leadership three hours, killed in a tragic accident at Imola during the 1994 season may be better known for his balls at the driving style wall, Senna had the ability amazing to offset weaknesses his ability to drive in the rain of a car was unparalleled, and his will to save his teammates and rivals surprised as well.
A collision at Suzuka in 1989 with Alain Prost and his teammate, determined the championship that year, a move no sane or less talented driver allegedly tried Senna attempted a pass on Prost Prost, who had the line, slammed the door on his teammate and the two cars left the track Senna pitted to repair the damage from the accident and went on to win the race and, in theory, the championship; However, the FIA disqualified Senna for cutting a baffle and to illegally enter row stands Championship went to Prost, its main rival.
In 1990, Prost now driving for Ferrari and Senna tangled again at Suzuka this time Senna held its line in the corner Prost attempted to pass the entangled cars and both were removed from the Senna race won the championship in according to its ranking points.
Senna moving to the Williams team in 1994 gave again the driver of a competitive car and the team, we can only speculate on what Senna had reached his career had not been cut short.
2 Lewis Hamilton It was the second race of the 2007 F1 season, the Gran Prix Malaysia, where Lewis Hamilton Hamilton first caught my attention, rookie driving for McLaren, was pressed by a much faster Ferrari driven by Felippe Massa Massa seasoned veteran F1 impatient looking for a pass opportuity approaching a right corner, Hamilton went off, seeming to let Massa through; it was a trap, and Hamilton knew that Massa could not carry the speed through the corner Massa, now out of the racing line, was forced to slow down and let Hamilton take advance few laps later, approaching another right turn, sucked Hamilton Massa trying another passage, with worse results Massa, unable to slow his Ferrari enough to stay on track, ran into the grass and lost two positions Hamilton Hamilton apprentice was become the master.
If you need further proof of the young driver talent, he came on the season 10 episode 8 Top Gear driving their car at a reasonable price on a track slick with rain and the oil from testing a car earlier, Hamilton was alternately January 44 7 record, set by the driver of the ring of the Stig show on a dry track is January 44 4 Mark Weber, the only other F1 driver to perform the track on the wet managed a time of 1 47 1 Nigel Mansell, F1 nearest Sample time Stig, clocked a 1 44 6 on a dry track Jeremy Clarkson said repeatedly that a wet runway add three seconds per round, which would give Hamilton a time of less than 1 42, nearly two and a half seconds faster than the Stig.
Hamilton excitement back to F1, and readers with more passion that the sport has seen in years.
3 Mario Andretti If ever there was a race synonymous name is Mario Andretti Andretti and Dan Gurney are the only two drivers to win races in Formula 1, IndyCar, World Sportscar Championship cars and NASCAR Andretti also conducted a successful campaign in the midget cars, sprint cars and drag racing he's won four IndyCar championships and is only the second American after Phil Hill to win a Formula 1 Championship driver world is run road courses, ovals, dirt tracks and drag strips, and was named the US pilot year in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
The transition from one form of racing to another can be extremely difficult, which is why so few drivers reach the championships in different series Andretti realized not only that, he made it look easy for four decades, if you want a Quick competent pilot in the open wheel, stock car or a dirt track, Andretti was the go-to guy He set the bar high for future generations of pilots.
4 AJ Foyt love or hate it, it s no denying the competence of the acerbic Texan behind the wheel of a race car, he ran the Indy 500 for 35 consecutive years and won the event four times, it is the only driver to win the race both cars engine front and back, a feat he accomplished twice with each configuration it's won the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Daytona 500, the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours Sebring he won his 138 USAC sanctioned events from stock car to IndyCar, and won 12 championships training in different disciplines.
5 Mark Donohue One of the most versatile drivers of the modern era, Donohue has participated in the series from the endurance race Trans-Am and NASCAR Donohue raced five 500s Indy and won the race in 1972, he participated in Formula 1 in 1971, 1974 and 1975, although Roger Penske could not field a competitive car in the series.
Donohue was a mechanical engineer by trade, and had an almost natural ability to develop a racing car No matter what car or series, Donohue could turn laps couple back to the pits and tell you how to make it fast competence development of the race car led him to collaborate with Porsche design 917-10 and 917-30 legendary racecars When asked by a Porsche engineer if the 917-30, capable of up to 1 500 hp, finally had enough power, Donohue said, it will never be enough power until I can spin the wheels at the end of the straight line to the next level.
Donohue died of injuries suffered in a testing accident in the Austrian Gran Prix in 1975.
6 Now Jackie Stewart, Sir Jackie Stewart OBE, he won three world championships and participated successfully conducted in the Can-Am series, he is largely responsible for the modernization of safety in motorsport.
At the beginning of Stewart's career, the chances of a Formula 1 driver killed in 5 years were two of three after a rain at Spa Francorchamps accident in 1966, Stewart was eradicated by a pair of fellow drivers who attended the accident no ambulance was dispatched to the scene, while Stewart was dragged into a van borrowed back to the first track of the help center Eventually an ambulance arrived and Stewart was taken for treatment.
Most modern security measures, such as safety harnesses, full face helmets, the streaming areas, safety barriers and the first responders to the scene were the result of Stewart's efforts to make the sport safer As the voice the race for ABC Sports, Stewart also introduced the sport for many Americans, myself included its combination of driving ability, the desire to improve the sport and efforts to popularize this makes him one of the greats.
7 Richard Petty Man synonymous with racing in America, even his car number 43 is the stuff of legend Petty, known simply as the king has amassed seven NASCAR championships and 200 victories in a career that lasted four decades, he still holds the record for number of poles won 127 and the number of consecutive starts 513, 1971-1989.
Petty came as a major driver in an era when cars were shares just that; modified versions of cars available in the tubes frame dealer showrooms today, race cars built for this purpose have little resemblance to wood cutting, sick dinosaur handling For years success required a pilot to correct all the weaknesses inherent in a car, no other NASCAR driver has demonstrated the ability to better than Richard Petty.
8 Sebastian Loeb The pilot most successful in the history of World Rally Car, Loeb has amassed impressive six championships and fifty-four wins in his eleven-year career in a range where control of the car is king and where the running surface varies from snow to dirt to asphalt, Loeb has proven repeatedly that his talents are unparalleled.
Loeb also successfully participated in 24 Hours of Le Mans and tested the Renault and Torro Rosso Formula 1 teams His ambition to participate in the 2010 Formula 1 season was cut short by the FIA, who declined to give Loeb Super License because it has not spent enough time in wheeled open cars at lower levels.
Loeb remains the driving force behind the Citroën Total World Rally Team of oil, and it remains to see how many other championships, he is capable.
9 Alex Zanardi Winner of two IndyCar championships, Zanardi also had two stints in F1 Zanardi is perhaps best known for his terrible accident in 2001 at the Lausitzring Germany, where his car spun the track and was cut in two by Alex Tagliani's two Zanardi's legs were amputated above the knee, and he came very close to dying from blood loss accident ended his open wheel career but not his racing career.
In 2003, curious about its ability to return to the race, Zanardi was an IndyCar specially modified with hand controls CART allowed him to complete the thirteen missed laps after his accident in 2001, and its speed of 193 mph would put fifth in the field.
Zanardi has since continued to enjoy modest success in the World Touring Car Championship Though he may miss the championships and diversity of other drivers on this list, his passion and love of the sport make him one of the greatest all the temperature.
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Become a famous race car driver is a bit like being a famous rock star; you can only get so good, and you need to go somewhere lucky, in a smoky dive bar, is a guitarist whose skills rival Jimi Hendrix Somewhere racing kart, midget, sprint cars, stock -CARS, rally or formula cars is a better driver than Senna, better than Loeb, Donahue better than he or she has a trophy case full of painted plastic gold, wood and marble, but unless they wind in the right place at the right time, you will never know their names.
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Hmmm How Daytona 500 s, 500 s Indy, LeMans 24 hours have Hamilton and Senna won this stupid Foyt is the largest, one second Andretti Their rivalry was very close Formula1 epic is full of team orders and all honest fans know that in F1 it's all about cars, not drivers.
Jeff Gordon should be on that list more deservingly though Jimmie Johnson Most of Gordon's championship victories came when he was part of a small budget, and future racing team Unlike Johnson Nascar drivers, yes I agree, Dale Earnhardt should be 1, followed by Petty and Gordon and Johnson Johnson continuous sequence should in the coming years then yes, it is easily the one NASCAR driver of all time.
If we consider the greatest driver of all time, like baseball of Fame room, longevity should be considered hand, Mario Andretti has to be considered the all time greatest man won major events in four decades Foyt, like Petty, Senna, Clark, Prost, Mears, Gordon, Earnhart or Stewart, was the best of a certain era, but Mario was very fast, even at 50, I do not know how a guy like Hamilton made the list and Schumacher didn t.
William, I think Schumacher is the same as Sir Sterling Moss opinion his greatest talent is to be in the right place at the right time, and his performance this season only reinforces my opinion I'd slack off if d consistently outperformed his teammate at Mercedes, Nico Rosberg instead, Rosberg qualified outside and outside Schumacher ran regularly.
Hamilton still has some maturing to do, but it is an incredibly talented driver If it doesn t kill himself behind the wheel, I think it will prove to be one of the best drivers in the history of F1.
I totally agree with most of the ranking, especially that ayrton is the best of all time, it is simply the best that I live in a Middle Eastern country, I m 21 and I n not even have a driving license I go by bus to college when girls my age drive their own cars I don t blame fate to end up like that, but I can say I do not see cars as an ordinary person I love cars and I dream to build a car by myself I play games like GranTurismo and I get quick laps reallllllyyyy to me maybe 10 minutes to learn to park and reverse car anyway that's life and I have to deal with it, but the sad part is that I have lost hope fullfilling my dreams.
This list is abysmal, the ten best drivers in the world should be the top ten Formula 1 drivers of all time decided the number of championships.
Someone made the comment about being in the competence ISN your car the fastest bad drivers who drive fast teams have earned their place there, and were chosen because they were pretty much greater however, drivers contribute particularly before the stupid test regulations a huge amount of development.
When Schumacher joined Ferrari, they are not the fastest team by all means, and Schumacher, Ross Brawn, Rory Byrne and Jean Todt have built the team by being the fastest and most dominant in history F1 It was reported that when Alonso joined McLaren's knowledge and advice led to a second round in their car this year.
The difference between the best in F1 and the second well rate they would be clearly better than the drivers in another formula is that the best are not only extremely fast drivers, but they have an additional reserve capacity in the cockpit and they have more capacity to understand the car set up properly, the feedback information to designers and engineers especially in the language they can understand and leverage in advantageous positions A good driver is n not to be the fastest on the track, it's about to get in positions where they can maximize the benefits for themselves, while being the fastest on the track.
This is especially important in F1, so why should the top ten F1 drivers, and they should be controlled by the number of world championships, they won, and if tied, they should then be ordered terms of the number of cases in racing more wins no ties at the time of writing, they must be arranged chronologically therefore, the top ten all time drivers would.
1 Michael Schumacher Juan Manuel Fangio 2 3 4 Alain Prost Ayrton Senna 5 Jackie Stewart Niki Lauda 6 7 8 Nelson Piquet Jack Brabham 9 Fernando Alonso 10 Jim Clark.
RFCM I appreciate your point of view, even if we don t agree, I've said it before, but it is here Schumacher is not as talented as his seven world titles indicate if he was, he always qualify and finish out his current teammate, Nico Rosberg Schumacher failed to do so in the majority of the season, while constantly finding excuses for his lackluster performance to give credit where it's done, he drove an exceptional race in Korea, and showed brilliant control of the car in appalling conditions.
Maybe what I need is a list of the greatest F1 drivers of all time.
Sebastien Loeb put in an F1 car, it will be just as fast Put all the F1 drivers in a rally car, it will take time until their speed until I agree F1 is the pinnacle of motorsport, but no talent quite like him.
If someone were to claim to be the best driver in the world, no one can claim better than Sebastien Loeb pure genius behind the wheel.
Thank you for an interesting inspiring list thinking Of course, such a list is therefore not moot end here are my two cents not Jim Clark here is pretty darn If you only have room for a Scot, I would take Clark Stewart in a heartbeat and what is more, STEWART choose Clark Stewart in a heartbeat.
You are an idiot the guy who made the list where Schumaker one of the largest in the world, if not the greatest nascar does not qualify as the race maybe if they start a major list just drivers ever you can put there.
TC, I suggest you Expand your horizons, I am not a fan of NASCAR myself, but that doesn t stop him from being one of the most popular motor sports in the world.
As I said a dozen times in the answers already, Schumacher was a good driver who happened to be in the right place at the right time in the same circumstances, many of his peers Mika Häkkinen, David Coulthard, Jacques Villeneuve, Fernando Alonso could probably do as well need additional evidence to what extent Schumacher is back in F1 It's been surpassed by teammate Nico Rosberg in virtually every test category, qualifying races and championship points.
Have a different opinion doesn t make someone an idiot, which is something you usually learn from 10 years or more.
While you enjoy watching NASCAR and Champ Car, comparing to the F1 is like comparing the Arena Football UFL or the NFL F1 drivers are just a glance of the different league to Bourdais, dominating the Champ series F1 car and a failure, I know he was in a car slower, but as mentioned earlier, you can demonstrate talented enough to get a disc with a better team Remember Alonso started at Minardi, the worst team in field Watching Nigel Mansell, it took him 12 years to win a title of F1, but Indy got a title in his first season Very few, if any of the current drivers of the Champ or Nascar could get a player and let alone participate in the race of champions, it can not be more than a talent show for the international race but American drivers like Jimmie Johnson, Carl Edwards and Travis Pastrana have still not Réus so to compete with drivers from Great Britain, France, Finland, Spain and Germany realistically the US alone that should be considered is how I Andretti and thats al luded to before, it can be nice watching an arena football game, perhaps more than the NFL, but you should not start to get a list of the greatest football players with the men of this league when you know that most could not effectively support competition in the NFL so why do it here Nascar and Champ car can be exciting shows but pilot quality does not match that seen in F1.
The winner will go home f the prom queen, losing sit there and blame and make excuses why more victories if you count the first 2 WDC Shummi and count 2 of 5 he earns 2000-2004 it should have been placed above LH You owe me a Brit.
Please stop comparing MS 42 at a younger Compare MS LH and others when they are 42 years in the F1 car.
Kurt, you're only showing ignorance by trying to compare Schumacher now to Schumacher and Michael Jordan is not the best player in basketball in the world now, but it means nothing George Foreman Why not challenge for the title heavyweight recently because he was in the right place at the right time in the past.
Moreover, this season was Michael all the way up Perhaps he really needed to warm up, but now it is out-qualified Nico is probably as good as Hamilton, without being an ass.
Mark Donohue was one of my favorites, 3 on my list, I placed before him Jim Hall 1, 2 Lance Reventlow The Fittipaldi brothers must rank somewhere in the top 20 anyway I remember beating Ford GT s VW with Porsche engine in Brazil best race I ever saw was a race won by Geoff Bodine in a modified race at Martinsville bodied Pinto about 75 I'm sure he and his brothers built this car he spun, came death and last won in 10 rounds.
No Michael Schumacher Not Jim Clarke Wow It does not take much critical thinking to conclude that you are not too knowledgeable to analyze the racing talent but may be a little disappointed with the lack of representation by American drivers the pinnacle series and championships worldwide motor racing it is the failure of American racing federations to recognize and accept that they have to swallow their pride and look to Europe for the answers to this dilemma maybe I believe Mario Andretti in the top 10, but it would still be considered a gross under-representation of the richest and best nation worlds a simple example from my point would Dario Franchitti Scottish guy not good enough for an F1 drive in a slow F1 car is still in America and he becomes champion of the series of high race.
Kurt, I agree with most of the reasoning behind your choices; However, I have to put Mario Andretti and AJ Foyt above Ayrton Senna The diversity of their success surpasses his career, unfortunately, short of your own admission, it is extremely difficult to successfully run different types of vehicles for Lewis Hamilton, I believe that the choice was a bit premature as much as I agree with you about Schumacher being in the right place at the right time not to mention the team's policy, it was an exceptional pilot using your own criteria, Don Garlits would be a better choice than Hamilton was an innovator, a dominant champion, and is still passionate about his sport.
Carl, looking back, you are correct about Hamilton During his first season, he showed occasional signs of greatness, but then seems to deliver that in ideal circumstances by any measure Hamilton is still a great driver, but not up to the others on my original list.
The very fact that you have Hamilton on this list is totally ridiculous, it is no better than the legends of F1 Schumacher, Fangio, Prost, Gilles Villnueve or even Ascari and Zanardi really just because he lost his legs he doesnt make a big list Bad.
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Okay, where is the second best driver of all time and probably the best driver of all time Michael Shumacher.
The integrity of this list is certainly compromised excluding Michael Shumacher.
In addition to my previous comment, part of being the greatest driver of all time is the construction of the Schumacher team an embarrassing Ferrari team to great heights He didn t just show up at the right place at the right time .
Speaking of his current skill set and arguing that it is the same today as it was a decade and a year of bad faith Finally, you must use the same measuring instrument for everyone, after all Senna and Prost had several most dominant years of driving cars banner history of the McLaren MP 4.
Where Schumacher and Jimmie Johnson am I missing something that you have very talented young drivers who have not made their long-term evidence, not included record holders in NASCAR and Formula One.
I use this analogy to win most of these arguments Imagine going to a race track with a car in an enclosed trailer You do not know what kind of car is the trailer or the circuit that you go to a group of pilots all in their prime are standing on the corner you pick which do you choose I submit that Foyt in his prime is the most versatile choice for any situation most everyone is very special, I do not think too many F1 guys could really get in NASCAR or dirt race and win right out of the box Foyt had no problem with that, it does not need to run a series less to get the hang of it Won Lemans as a rookie I know, I know, everyone says that he has never won in F1, but at that time there was more money to the US and I'm sure he could have earned F1 if he ran between 1961 to 1975 that said, Fangi o not be on the list is a huge omission.
Hamilton is not even in the top 100 drivers and Schumann shit everywhere Senna so where is this moron I hope you were fired.
AJ foyt, Numero Uno just look ,, both European American victories guys the best of everything.
Thank you and I respect your list of 10, although I don t agree with all of the selections or order As discussed above, I don t agree with Lewis Hamilton selection, but think is a good driver, it is unfortunate that some posters think that only F1 drivers should be on the list or it takes little or no competence to drive in Nascar If it was easy, Juan Pablo Montoya should have several NASCAR championships, especially since he has been with a good team Chip Ganassi Having said that, in the top 10, I think Montoya may very well be when all is said and done.
I think I propose Foyt and Andretti 1 2, respectively, as they managed for a long period of time in many types of cars two of them have no other achievements pilot reached, I propose Donahue and Senna the top 5 as their careers were cut short tragically I would suggest Petty up in the top five and to Alain Prost in the top 10.
I think pegging the beginning of the modern era in 1960 is far too early a date at least 15 years too early, I would venture to say that modern runners are a bunch of girls from the first days almost all catagories race by the middle of the first end race cars of the 30s hit 200 mph over long straitaways on roads open in Europe and South America Fangio participated in 4000 mile races in South America There were also Milga famous Mille Rome to Naples and back and other cross-country competitions famous These cars had rubber tires, not suspention strictly speaking, no seatbelt, no driver combinations and even helmets Some accident as Ascari wearing fabric or leather helmut only and they wore T-shirts These guys were bullets there were two or three great drivers as Helle Nice and Junková q u beat the guys out there sometimes Racing was so dangerous were so many drivers killed today as women in the first 50 or 60 years of racing sports world would be out lawed wide-date speeds are n ot much higher than what has been achieved there is almost eithty years My favorite of all time is Tazio Nuvolari credited with the development of drift 4WD from 20 last race was in 1952 Mille Milga he died shortly after the cancer and Fanjio to win five world championships in the fifties Shumi far surpasses 7 in this modern era where the car is the best star review your knowledge of the history of race boys and girls.
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