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10
Jill Villeneuve with just six race wins
it might be hard to get a handle on the
legend of Jill Villeneuve the former
snowmobile racer and the father of
future Formula one champion Jacques his
career was one that was frequently a
mixture of promise chased by disaster
drafted into f1 after he beat James Hunt
in a formula Atlantic race Vilna have
joined McLaren for a fibrous run before
moving on to Ferrari for the rest of his
career following his death during
qualifying for the 1982 Belgian Grand
Prix Villeneuve would be remembered for
being exceptionally fast skilled and a
genuine human being
number 9 Sebastian Vettel a young
Sebastian Vettel wanted to be the next
Michael Jackson but when it became clear
he didn’t have the voice or the dance
moves for it he turned to another
Michael Schumacher and that worked out
very well for him noted as much for his
youth as he is for his speed Vettel won
four consecutive Formula One World
Championships from 2010 to 2013 all
before the age of 30
making him in turn the youngest driver
to win single double triple and
quadruple championships age aside his
stats make him 4th for all-time wins
poles and podiums number 8 Niki Lauda
the only Austrian to win his country’s
Grand Prix Niki Lauda is known for his
intense rivalry with James Hunt his
multiple championships and a serious
brush with death driving for Ferrari
Lauda with clenched his first title in
1975 and a second in 77 but left the
Italian team when Ferrari signed Carlos
Reutemann whom he hated and then unknown
Jill Villeneuve
but the team’s lackluster performance
prompted him to retire after 1979 Lauda
will return to the sport however in 1982
and in 1984 became the only driver to
win championships for both Ferrari and
McLaren number 7 Fernando Alonso Alonso
was the Sebastian Vettel of his day
unfortunately Vettel’s day was the day
after his meeting Alonso’s age related
records such as being the youngest
single and double champion and the
youngest driver to set a pole and win
were short-lived nonetheless Alonso the
2005 and 2006 world champion
Security’s place in history as the man
who D Thrones Michael Schumacher and as
the only Spanish Grand Prix Champion
Alonso is on track performance as of
2017 is enough to place him sixth in
all-time wins number six Jackie Stewart
Jackie Stewart was destined for
greatness
even if he did delay it a few times
while driving in Formula three the
flying Scott would politely decline to
offers to move to f11 Stewart finally
did arrive he became not only a
three-time champion but a champion of
driver safety during his first
championship season in 69 at Nurburgring
Stewart famously finished four minutes
ahead of the competition and during 1971
ran the full can-am season in addition
to his f1 championship run Stewart would
humbly retire after his third title in
1973 and would see his victory record
hold for 14 years after he left the
sport number five Alain Prost cool
calculating and consistently fast and
then Prost was always one to watch
sacked and effectively run out of
friends for bad-mouthing Renault and
fired from Ferrari for doing the same
Prost was never one to hold back but it
wasn’t just manufacturers that the good
professor would rival with an initially
friendly partnership with Ayrton Senna
turned sour quickly with the Frenchman
later legally barring Santa from joining
him at Williams while also causing Nigel
Mansell to not only quit the team but f1
altogether
Prost himself would follow suit soon
after retiring as a four-time champ with
a then-record 51 career victories number
four Jim Clark in 1961 Jim Clark came
out of one of f1 s most horrific
accidents alive but the revered Scot
would ultimately lose his life during a
formula to race in West Germany at the
age of 32 Clark died a two-time champion
with a record-setting 25 wins and 33
polls while his 1963 seven win season
wasn’t duplicated until 1984 he wasn’t
limited to formula racing either a
veteran of three LeMans and five runs at
indeed his 1965 Brickyard win made him
the only person to win both the f1
championship and the Indy 500 within the
same year
number three Michael Schumacher when
people talk about Michael Schumacher
it’s typically his legendary run with
Ferrari and with good reason
joining the Italians in 1996 the then
two-time champ helped the organisation
turn the ship around eventually leading
them to five consecutive titles from
2000 to 2004 not above race and dirty
his failed attempt directing ship rival
Jacques Villeneuve a night
ninety-seven for example Schumi is
better known for his surgical precision
in wet conditions his 17 wins in the wet
earned him the title of the rain King
while his seven titles 91 wins a hundred
and fifty five podiums and sixty eight
poles made him an icon number two Ayrton
Senna historically intertwined with
Alain Prost and the rivalry that
frequently brought out the best and the
worst of each of them
Sana’s legend was all his own a
three-time champion from his Honda
powered McLaren years the Brazilian was
known for his take-no-prisoners approach
it was a style that led to conflicts
with Prust
Nigel Mansell and Michael Schumacher but
also netted 41 career wins his death
while defending the lead at the 1994 San
Marino Grand Prix meant Senna’s was a
story cut unjustly short Michael
Schumacher dedicated his 1994 World
Championship victory to his esteemed
rival and colleague before we unveil our
number one one manuel fangio there have
been drivers so good they were paid not
to drive saw rivals signed contracts
blocking them his teammates and
teammates block them from championships
Fangio was so skilled behind the wheel
that Cuban revolutionaries kidnapped him
to raise awareness to their cause
arrival two legends like moss and Ascari
Fangio discovered his driving talent
while in the Argentinian military and
wouldn’t join the f1 circuit until his
40s he soon made up for lost time become
the only Argentine to win that country’s
Grand Prix when in 24 of the 53 races he
entered and collecting five championship
titles a record which held for 47 years
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