Top 20 Greatest F1 drivers

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Originally Posted by wolfhound

Going back to the original list and looking at the wins to starts ratios. It makes for interesting reading in so far as statistics can but statistics never show the full story.

Fangio 47%
Ascari 41%
Clark 34%
M.Schumacher 30%
Stewart 27%
Prost 26%
Senna 25%
Vettel 24%
Moss 24%
Hamilton 19%
Mansell 17%
Alonso 16%
Lauda 15%
Haikkinen 12%
Piquet 11%
Brabham 11%
Rindt 10%
Fittipaldi 10%
G. Hill 8%
G Villenuve 6%

Other possibles

Raikkonen 11%
Peterson 8%
Button 6%

If Schumacher had not come back he would have a 36% win ratio putting him ahead of Clark.
The drivers who spend more time in good cars come out best in this list.
Still the cream rises to the top.

Very true! 1996 World Champion Damon Hill who does not appear above achieved an overall win ratio of 19% putting him level with Lewis Hamilton but if he'd quit after taking the title in 96 he'd have acheived a 41% win ratio which would have put 2nd equal to Fangio with Ascari!