BBC Formula 1's greatest drivers. Number one: Ayrton Senna

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happyal

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We all knew it anyway, but here it is:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/20324109

Number 2 - Juan Manuel Fangio
Number 3 - Jim Clark
Number 4 - Michael Schumacher
Number 5 - Alain Prost
Number 6 - Sir 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
 
Not gonna lie, he was and is my all time fav... doesn't mean I agree he's the greatest, as its been said before in these threads, its very hard to judge these great drivers due to the fact that each era they drove, drive in is so different.
Was he greatest driver of his era? For me, yes... Was he the greatest of all time? Well thats down to each individuals opinion.
 
But, B-But Di Resta...... :emoticon-0101-sadsm

He's so good he gets his own top 20 count down, I’ll start it off, fill in the rest yourself!

1 Di Resta – 2012 version of “The Di Resta, the best an F1 man can get!”
2 Di Resta
3 Di Resta
4 Di Resta
5 Di Resta
6 Di Resta
7 Di Resta
8 Di Resta
9 Di Resta
10 Di Resta
11 Franchitti - Paul wasn’t racing, he was on a gap year travelling the Far East
12 Di Resta
13 Di Resta
14 Di Resta
15 Di Resta
16 Di Resta
17 Di Resta
18 Di Resta – First pedal car
19 Di Resta – He’s now walking..
20 Di Resta – When learning to crawl.
 
Senna was the best I ever saw race, but, as I've said before, I never saw Fangio or Clark race so cannot compare, better than Schumacher, Prost, Mansell et al.
 
He's so good he gets his own top 20 count down, I’ll start it off, fill in the rest yourself!

1 Di Resta – 2012 version of “The Di Resta, the best an F1 man can get!”
2 Di Resta - Becomes Force India F1 driver. Joins Hall of Fame.
3 Di Resta - Becomes a Force India F1 tester. Before Vettel
4 Di Resta - Does pretty good in DTM. Better than Vettel anyway
5 Di Resta - Beats Vettel
6 Di Resta - Beats Vettel
7 Di Resta - Beats Vettel
8 Di Resta - Beats Vettel
9 Di Resta - Beats Vettel
10 Di Resta - Beats Vettel in F3!
11 Franchitti - Paul wasn’t racing, he was on a gap year travelling the Far East
12 Di Resta - Anger issues. Literally beats Vettel
13 Di Resta - Beats Vettel to get a girlfriend
14 Di Resta - Starts go-karting. Beats Vettel
15 Di Resta - Beat Vettel to the canteen line
16 Di Resta - Beat Vettel in Formula Kindergarten
17 Di Resta - Beat Vettel to preschool
18 Di Resta – First pedal car
19 Di Resta – He’s now walking..
20 Di Resta – When learning to crawl.
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