Michael Schumacher says his toughest rival in his first career was Mika Hakkinen, which is quite a compliment from a man who also raced against Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost and lost his final world championship battle to Fernando Alonso. Schumacher's respect for the famously monosyllabic, but searingly quick, Finn was never better illustrated than after the 2000 Belgian Grand Prix. Hakkinen won the race thanks to one of the most brilliant overtaking manoeuvres ever seen in Formula 1, passing Schumacher's Ferrari in a stunning display of bravery and audaciousness as they speared either side of a backmarker. Full BBC story here [HR][/HR] Now I've obviously not seen every racing drivers career but I did get to see Hakkinens in full and he is worthy of at least a mention as an outside bet as an all time great. Being relatively modern he's fresh in many peoples minds, but that said I can always remember him getting the full potential out of any car he drove
