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Originally Posted by Mike Harte
As for being the best drive ever to be born in the UK, you really have to be laughing. He's not even the best of the rest! He bares no comparison with the likes of Jim Clark, Stirling Moss or even the ex-driver you call out, Jackie Stewart. Not forgetting other greats such as John Surtees, Mike Hawthorn, Piers Courage, James Hunt, Graham Hill, Nigel Mansell and the list goes on and on.
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Well, if my eyes are covered in glitter and rose-tinted specs then yours, I suspect, are in the back of your head!
The UK has indeed produced loads of great F1 drivers – more than any other single country – including the ones you mention. But there is this tendency amongst British race enthusiasts to live in the past, refusing to entertain the possibility that some of today's stars are at least as good as, if not better, than their long-standing heroes.
Ultimately, comparing ‘greats’ from different eras is a pointless exercise. Was Nuvolari better than Senna? Fangio better than Schumacher? What is indisputable is that it takes a true great to win 62 GPs (a 30% strike rate against Stewart’s 25%, and equalling Schuey) and four WDCs. And there is undoubtedly still more to come. Bring it on, and give the man the credit he deserves.