16 legends shown
From Stevenage karting prodigy to the most statistically dominant driver in F1 history. Hamilton equalled Schumacher's seven titles in 2020 and reset nearly every all-time benchmark for wins, poles and podiums.
The architect of Ferrari's modern dynasty. Five consecutive titles between 2000 and 2004 redefined what a driver–team partnership could achieve, with relentless work ethic and engineering input.
Won five world titles with four different manufacturers when racing routinely killed its stars. His 1957 Nürburgring drive — 22 seconds down with 10 laps to go — remains the greatest single performance ever.
Youngest race winner in history at 18, Verstappen turned raw aggression into surgical precision. The 2023 RB19 season — 19 wins from 22 — is the most dominant single campaign on record.
Four straight titles with Red Bull made Vettel the youngest quadruple champion. A throwback racer with an encyclopaedic love for the sport's history and an outspoken voice on its future.
Nicknamed 'The Professor' for a calculating, tyre-conserving style that produced four titles across three teams. The intellectual counterweight to Senna's instinct.
Mystic over a single qualifying lap, ferocious in the rain, and the emotional heart of an entire nation. Senna's rivalry with Prost defined late-80s F1 before Imola 1994.
Three-time champion who walked away from his retirement race after teammate François Cevert's death. Spent the next 50 years fighting for circuit safety.
Returned from a near-fatal Nürburgring fire just six weeks later to fight for the 1976 title. A relentless engineer-driver who later rebuilt Mercedes into a hybrid-era superpower.
Ended Schumacher's Ferrari run with back-to-back Renault titles, then spent two decades chasing a third. Universally rated by his peers as the most complete racer of his generation.
Effortless, humble, and ruthlessly fast in everything he drove — including the 1965 Indy 500. Killed in a Hockenheim F2 race in 1968, his legend has only grown since.
The only driver Michael Schumacher openly named as the rival he respected most. Twice champion in McLaren-Mercedes silver, with a near-fatal 1995 Adelaide crash forming part of his legend.
Moustached, mortgaged-the-house determination personified. The 1992 Williams was the most technologically advanced car of its era — and Mansell drove it like he stole it.
Out-thought and out-fought Hamilton across an unforgettable 2016 season, then walked away five days after lifting the trophy. The cleanest exit in F1 history.
The Iceman. A 2007 title in his first Ferrari season, a record-setting career length, and an unfiltered cult-hero personality the paddock will never replace.
Six wins in seven races at the start of 2009 carried the Brawn fairytale to a championship. A silky-smooth stylist with the best wet-weather feel of his generation.
“If you no longer go for a gap that exists, you are no longer a racing driver.”
“I still feel I can perform at the highest level, so why stop?”
“I have no idols. I admire work, dedication and competence.”
“Records are there to be broken.”
“I have no time for anyone who does not respect this sport.”
“To achieve anything in this game you must be prepared to dabble on the boundary of disaster.”