| Its hard to decide who was the F1 greatest | | | | and bravery. This race led him to attain his fifth |
| drivers because the era of their dominance | | | | and final title which was a spectacular way to end |
| doesn't coincide with all the other F1 greats. | | | | a illustrious career. |
| However we can say that F1 greats have to | | | | Alain Prost: Prost nicknamed, " the professor" |
| prove themselves to earn that title. Whether | | | | because of his way of driving. On normal |
| getting the most win of his career, poles, wet | | | | circumstances he will drive conservatively and |
| weather prowes or just transcending the limits of | | | | rather carefully. Yet, his style of driving didn't |
| your car. These are the traits and characteristic | | | | diminish his greatness, moreover, he was also fast |
| that F1 greats should possess. So who are the | | | | in race day. Only Prost's genuine pace and mind |
| greats? Well these drivers were certainly the best | | | | power can match the menacing Senna. Prost won |
| drivers when they were racing: | | | | world championship titles in 1985 and 1986, 1989, |
| Michael Schumacher: He owns all the records in | | | | 1993 but these titles didn't come to him by luck. |
| the book and by far the favourite of the new | | | | He had to fight the best racing drivers at the |
| generation of formula one drivers. His F1 career | | | | time. Drivers such as: Niki Lauda, Keke Rosberg, |
| started with Jordan team which was a | | | | Nelson Piquet, Nigel Mansell, and Senna whom he |
| backmarker. Nevertheless he quickly moved to | | | | had the most feud with. Only Schumacher and |
| Benneton and started to rack up some podium | | | | Fangio won more titles than Prost yet, this does |
| finishes and victories. | | | | not justify the fact that he is not as good as |
| In 1993 he proved to the critics that he is well | | | | Schumacher. Because Prost always had someone |
| match for Ayrton Senna in some races, and | | | | capable of depriving him for the world title. |
| ended up third in the drivers title in the end of the | | | | Ayrton Senna: Some say that he is the greatest |
| season. The following season he won the | | | | driver of all time, but that's just an opinion. Senna |
| championship albeit with a controversy, | | | | was bestowed with an incredible amount of talent |
| (Schumacher ramming Hill's Williams) then 1995 he | | | | and charisma. Even in his first season in Formula 1 |
| dominated completely with the Renault supplying | | | | he was already proving to be more competitive |
| the engines for Benneton. Despite his 2 world | | | | than any of the backmarkers. For instance in |
| titles, he decided that he wants try this taste of | | | | 1984 driving for Toleman in Monaco Grand Prix, it |
| success with another team. So he quickly moved | | | | was a nightmare for most of the drivers because |
| to Ferrari which at the time was in doldrums; | | | | of the torrential downpour. The rain didnt affect |
| moreover, It took 4 years of wait to get another | | | | Senna at all, this actual gave him a chance to |
| world championship. Finally in 2000 - 2004 he and | | | | prove even in a inferior car, he can score points. |
| his Ferrari team decimated the competition. | | | | The next season with Lotus, he proved that he |
| Schumachers success came from his own | | | | was the talent worth to be reckoned. Having |
| motivation, intelligence, work ethic, dedication and | | | | poles in most occasion and in some races, winning |
| determination. These qualities propelled him to win | | | | it. He was arguably the fastest man in one lap |
| races more than any F1 drivers in the history. | | | | stint. He had such an incredible amount of |
| Juan Manuel Fangio: Highly regarded as the | | | | precision coupled with an astounding speed and |
| maestro, a truly fitting name for a man with such | | | | control. The prodigy drives the car as if it was his |
| a great talent. Unlike the new generation of | | | | own body connected to the car itself. His one lap |
| Formula 1 cars these days that have traction | | | | supremacy was vindicated when he amassed an |
| control, launch control, carbon fiber monocoque | | | | 65 pole position in 162 Grand Prix. He also was the |
| and ground shattering down force. In the olden | | | | supreme master of wet weather racing. He won |
| days it was extremely difficult and dangerous to | | | | many races in the raining condition; furtheremore, |
| race because Formula 1 cars were not safe at all | | | | the most notable display of his wet weather |
| and it drives like a truck. Fangio was at his best | | | | driving prowess was in 1993 European GP at |
| when he was at his forties, defying his aging body | | | | Donnington. He could only muster 5th place on the |
| and just racing to the fullest is something worth | | | | grid due to his cars limitations. The Williams and |
| applauding. The most memorable race was at | | | | the Bennetons had more horsepower than |
| Nurburgring in 1957 in his Maserati. His mechanics | | | | Senna's Mclaren. Depites this defiency, he defied |
| ruined his pit stop, and he was a full minute behind | | | | the cars limitation and transcended its capabilities. |
| the leaders when he emerged from the pits. | | | | He won that race with grace and undeniably the |
| Victory looked slim but his subsequently fast lap | | | | greatest drive of his career. |
| times utterly demolish the gap and by the time | | | | These were the drivers worthy to be called the |
| he finished, he was ahead of the race leader. This | | | | greats and also for future Formula 1 drivers to |
| epic victory is just a exemplification of his talent | | | | emulate. |