N. Lauda is at the top of the list in my book. He­ dominated at a time when F1 was really in it’s golden­ age. It was a time when F1 was much more, dangerous and­ less reliant on driver aides such as traction control,­ while at the same time breaking new ground­ aerodynamically and with material compositions. Niki­ puts himself over the top by nearly winning his second­ consecutive WDC after nearly dying on the track in­ 1976, and missing only two races. J.M. Fangio and M.­ Schumacher take second and third place. Both of their­ accomplishments are nearly equal, considering they are­ at opposite ends of the spectrum.

N. Lauda is at the top of the list in my book. He­ dominated at a time when F1 was really in it’s golden­ age. It was a time when F1 was much more, dangerous and­ less reliant on driver aides such as traction control,­ while at the same time breaking new ground­ aerodynamically and with material compositions. Niki­ puts himself over the top by nearly winning his second­ consecutive WDC after nearly dying on the track in­ 1976, and missing only two races. J.M. Fangio and M.­ Schumacher take second and third place. as Both of­ their accomplishments are nearly equal, considering­ they are at opposite ends of the spectrum.

Both of their accomplishments are nearly equal,­ considering they are at opposite ends of the spectrum.

J.M. Fangio and M. Schumacher take second and third­ place.

Niki puts himself over the top by nearly winning his­ second consecutive WDC after nearly dying on the track­ in 1976, and missing only two races.

It was a time when F1 was much more, dangerous and less­ reliant on driver aides such as traction control, while­ at the same time breaking new ground aerodynamically­ and with material

He dominated at a time when F1 was really in it’s­ golden age.

N. Lauda is at the top of the list in my book.

Let us not forget Three Time world champion Niki Lauda­ who, had it not been for a near death accident, would­ have won the 1976 world champioship. Niki won in­ 1975,1977, and 1984. He was a great driver and­ technician, maybe the best technical driver of all­ time. Remember also, Lauda raced when the engine was­ right on the drivers back and no real safety to think­ of. Today's drivers are able to pushe harder­ because they know they will not be killed in a race­ (remember Kubica in Canada).
To face facts Schumacher­ has to ranked #1, but to rank Lauda anything less than­ #2 in an outrage!!

It is a shame that Gilles Villeneuve is not in the­ list.
Schumacher is probably the best because without­ superior machinery, he could win 3 champinships. With­ superior machinery, he blew everybody away.
The rule­ changes were to slow down Schumi. History speaks for­ itself

No doubt Schumi!!!!

My greatest Ferrari drivers of all time are my­ childhood hero Alberto Ascari followed by Gilles­ Villeneuve and Michael Schumacher. Alberto Ascari is­ the only Italian to be champion for Ferrari and being­ Italian I couldn't ask for anything more. Ascari­ beat Fangio and that takes some doing. His death was­ tragic. Gilles is on my list for sheer excitement. The­ way he drove the car, it would make today's elite­ look like amateurs on trolleys. Schumi is there for­ obvious reasons(most titles, most wins, most podiums,­ most points, the usual stuff)

Fernando is an amazing driver and in the future he will­ be on this short list- possibly even at the top of it.

Fangio was probably the best race driver, period, in­ any car. Plus, he began his F1 successes when in his­ 40's; in the last 20 years or so, if any driver is­ in his late 30's it's usually time for the glue­ factory or dog food factory for most or all in F1.­ Fangio raced when the driver had to be his own­ mechanic, changed his own tires, etc., no pit stop­ strategy BS and this was during races like LeMans and­ the Carrera Panamerica. You think Schumacher or any­ other contemporary driver would ruin their manicure or­ their Nomex? Also, you screw up Fangio's time, you­ were dead. Cojones gave you victory, not traction­ control.

Lauda- 4 seasons,1974-1977, with the­ Scuderia, 2 World Championships and 1 2nd place? He­ began with them when they weren't very good, and­ helped revitalized them (sound familiar?) That's a­ hell of a lot more impressive than anything Scumacher­ did. Especially when you consider this: He got the 2nd­ place in 1976 because after dominating the first half­ of the 1976 season, he had a very had a very nasty­ wreck at the Nurburgring, was severely burned to the­ point of being given last rights, and after a stay in­ the hospital the man came back after 2 weeks and only­ missing 2 races, and finished second by one point to­ James Hunt. That's the stuff of a great driver,­ even if you don't consider another World­ Championship in 1984 with Alain Prost as your teammate,­ not to shabby himself, at McLaren.

Ascari is easily in­ my top 3, especially if you consider he competed­ against Fangio.

That's one thing I always hate­ about these polls; most of the people who participate­ have no historical memory beyond 5 or 10 years, so­ results are always skewed in that direction.

I sorry my Marnio he make trouble there.

Although­ Marnio he seem grown, he has the sickness of the head­ and inside is just little boy, sometimes he has the­ accident in his bed.

Marnio he has no freinds so he­ invent his own and often make up stories. If Marnio he­ make you angry please ignore him and he will go away.

Without a doubt its Schumacher. Before him, Ferrari was­ at a low point, not having a championship since the­ 80's, then he comes and wins five.

Schuey was simply sublime!! His driving was unmatched!

If you want the best gentleman to ever drive a Ferrari,­ that would be Phil Hill. True sportsman.

marnio from peru, and JAIME A, so you think Schumacher­ is the best, well if you think someone who cheats,­ there away to the top, is the best, then so be it,­ whatever floats your boat.

Schumacher is the greatest ever, against facts there is­ no arguments.!!
The Records speak for themselves.!!