F1's Greatest Drivers...

[Lucky13]

Formula 1's Greatest Drivers - AUTOSPORT.com - Jacky Ickx

 

[Readie]

Jim Clark

 

[stona]

I'd have Clark in the top three. I don't disagree with Senna at one.
Comparing drivers from different eras is an entirely subjective exercise.
Cheers
Steve

 

[Gnomey]

Indeed. That being said Senna, Giles Villeneuve, Fangio, Clark and Moss are up there...

 

[Torch]

Francois Cevert,died too soon, Ronnie Peterson and Alain Prost....So much depends on their cars and teams thou. As much as I hate Schumacher He's up there too..

 

[Torch]

Heck Bandini,Graham Hill,Bruce McClaren

 

[yulzari]

If there were F1 before WW2 then Tazio Nuvolari would be my number 1.

 

[Torch]

heck throw Maurice Trintignant there also..Just history wise,when i was a 3-4yr old with a home built car that my grandad built in France, news paper articles were calling me the future Maurice,long story but true.

 

[johnbr]

My dad got to meet Jim Clark. I also like Graham hill Giles Villeneuve Niki Lauda.

 

[Lucky13]

Always liked the old guard better, more skill, talant in some ways I think....

 

[stona]

Always liked the old guard better, more skill, talant in some ways I think....

I have a colleague who has collected a large archive of F1 footage. He has some incredible in car film going right back to the pre-war era. The scariest footage is of either Reutemann or Jones wrestling a Williams around the circuit in Las Vegas.
Whether the cars were harder to drive or not is a moot point. They definitely required a lot more work from the drivers.
Cheers
Steve