BBC: F1's Greatest Driver

[FoxHound]

Has anyone mentioned Gilles Villlenueve? I have seen loads of footage of this guy, and my word he was incredible, phenomenal even!
On par with Senna perhap?

[jdlive]

Has anyone mentioned Gilles Villlenueve? I have seen loads of footage of this guy, and my word he was incredible, phenomenal even!
On par with Senna perhap?

Will likely be high up the list for the same reason as Senna. Albeit Senna was better than Gilles.

[raymondu999]

Remember Monaco? Where was Vettel? Qualified 10th on pure pace.

Just a factual correction here mate - Vettel skipped Q3 running - he didn't qualify at all.

Has anyone mentioned Gilles Villlenueve? I have seen loads of footage of this guy, and my word he was incredible, phenomenal even!
On par with Senna perhap?

Will likely be high up the list for the same reason as Senna. Albeit Senna was better than Gilles.

I know my view on this is probably not a popular one, but in my own books I've always had them both at a tie

[Nando]

Just a factual correction here mate - Vettel skipped Q3 running - he didn't qualify at all.

Yea i know but that was largely because it would be a waste as he had no pace at all.

"Jumping like a rabbit" i´m sure people remembered. Was 9th in Q2 as well.
He thought it was better to save a set instead of using a tire and only ending up 9-10th.

[JimClarkFan]

Updated List:

List so far;
Number 6 - Stirling Moss
Number 7 - Jackie Stewart
Number 8 - Sebastian Vettel
Number 9 - Niki Lauda
Number 10 - Fernando Alonso
Number 11 - Alberto Ascari
Number 12 - Gilles Villeneuve
Number 13 - Nigel Mansell
Number 14 - Mika Hakkinen
Number 15 - Lewis Hamilton
Number 16 - Nelson Piquet
Number 17 - Emerson Fittipaldi
Number 18 - Jack Brabham
Number 19 – Graham Hill
Number 20 – Jochen Rindt

Stirling Moss

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/19765439

I have a problem with this positioning.

[clipsy1H]

any bets on last 5??
probably top 3 will be Fangio-Senna-Schumi (British always hate Schumacher) and i also bet they will place Damon Hill in top 5

[Joie de vivre]

I laugh at Vettel being better than Alonso and Hamilton.

[Nando]

can´t believe Hill is so far down, a true Monaco specialist.

[clipsy1H]

I laugh at Vettel being better than Alonso and Hamilton.

who is Hamilton??? Vettel is 2 times world champion

[RB7ate9]

any bets on last 5??
probably top 3 will be Fangio-Senna-Schumi (British always hate Schumacher) and i also bet they will place Damon Hill in top 5

You almost had it!

Fangio, Senna, Schumi, Damon Hill, and Jim Clark!

[PlatinumZealot]

I laugh at Vettel being better than Alonso and Hamilton.

Must have made the list last year.

[Raptor22]

The one thing I agree with is that Vettel is rated higher than Alonso and Hamilton.

[snoop1050]

I'm suprised di resta isnt on the list the way the bbc talk about him every race

[FrukostScones]

greatest driver of F1 was Jean Alesi for me when I was a kid, now I like them all with few exceptions.
HAM is for me the best Rookie ever, ALO maybe the best driver ever, MSC was the best driver of his era, Senna was the best of his, was Mansell good or just the car? Vettel is good but I don't like him, so I don't like Alonso and MSC but I wish him a future at Sauber.
edit: Fo some reason I really can't stand Damon Hill. Whenever he appears on TV, I have to mute.

[Richard]

Snoop - Why complain that British commentators give British divers more airtime when they broadcast to a British audience? You'd find the same for Italian or German commentaries and their respective teams/drivers.

Anyway, I suspect Damon Hill is not on the list. Moss or Clarke will be the highest rated UK driver. Also, there is a clue about another driver in the article about Moss:

Moss insists Fangio was better than he was. Enzo Ferrari, though, for whose team Fangio won one of his titles, disagreed. He rated Moss with the 1930s giant Tazio Nuvolari as the greatest driver of all time.

I see Nuvolari hasn't showed up in the list yet, perhaps he's in the top 5?