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Done voting

 

That's tough puting Gordon Murray up against Cosworth!

 

I voted for Stewart, Schumacher, Senna & Fangio.

The toughest one for me is Schumacher vs Lauda.
Schumacher was like the Michael Jordan of F1 when F1 motorsports exploded into international TV. Bringing F1 to a wider and more popular audience. Probably the reason why F1 & Ferrari are global brands today.

I give out my respect to Hamilton’s 6x F1 World Titles but Fangio won 5x F1 World Titles in 4 different car manufacturers. 1.5 Maserati, 1.5 Mercedes, 1 Alfa Romeo, 1 Ferrari. It speaks alot about the driver more than the team, on probably the toughest & roughest racing environment at that time

 

Sorry for the drivers, but without Bernie Ecclestone we wouldn’t have the F1 as we have it today. Maybe it would have perished in some critical period of crisis.

 

Tough that Frank Williams was up against Colin Chapman - two greats in their own right.

 

Enzo Ferrari, Sir Frank Williams, Ron Dennis, Jean Todt

I’m not sure how the pairing was chosen but seems I’m on the majority side Jean Todt & Toto Wolff are neck and neck

 

Drivers: Stewart, Fangio, Schumacher, Senna have moved forward into the 1st knockout stage
So far so good

 

I agree. While Ecclestone absolutely made F1 a huge business success, without the drivers as superstars of the show it wouldn't have happened.

To that end and to be fair, it's "Senna AND Prost" that deserve the credit. It was their incredible rivalry that brought such immense interest to the sport. I do not believe Senna without Prost would have been as influential, nor would Senna's legend be what it is today.

 

I agree with @Mspeedster & @Albert-AMG
For Senna & Prost, there was intense rivalry on the track but also great mutual respect off the track especially in the last few months of Senna. Prost mentioned it in an interview why he didn’t like the movie “Senna” since it only highlighted the “rivalry” and only described their friendship in passing. Prost helped Senna in such a way that Senna had more drive, more passion and more focus. It is the competitiveness drive of Senna which allowed him to be great but he also appreciated the value of their competition. Senna even mentioned that without Prost, he wouldn’t have that desire to be on top! Towards the end, it made him more mature in such a way that it was only respect that followed after that. Cheers to the both of them, great F1 Champions!

 

Voted for
Adrian Newey
(aerodynamics, balance of form & power)
Sir Patrick Head
(F1 active suspension)
Gordon Murray
(mclaren mp4/4 - prost/senna car
(highest winning percentage F1 car)
John Barnard
(carbon fibre chassis & semiautomatic gearbox)

 

This is getting harder and harder to choose

Somewhat very similar to FIA WRC’S Online Vote “Greatest WRC Driver of All-Time” who current McLaren F1 driver Carlos Sainz Jr’s father, Rally Living Legend, Carlos Sainz Sr WON beating 9-time consecutive WRC Champion Sebastien Loeb

WW

 

Very interesting poll TBH Carlos Sainz, 2 time WRC Champion who both won the Championship in a Toyota Celica GT4 (1990 & 1992) also bested Rally Legends, 4 time WRC Champion Tomi Makinen & 6 time consecutive WRC Champion Sebastien Ogier!

At 57, he has won his third Dakar Rally (toughest rally on the planet) driving for three different manufacturers (VW 2010, Peugeot 2028, Mini 2020)

TBH, I didn’t think he would make it after the first round. But looking more closely, he has been winning for three decades in TOP rally motorsports with different manufacturers! I guess his influence and reach extends beyond WRC giving him more international fandom and superstar acclaim across several generations! Even the WRC experts were suprised Cheers!