Formula One's greatest drivers

Senna in Monaco in 1984

Jackie Stewart

Jackie Stewart

British driver Stirling Moss, the eventual race winner, has his Maserati 250F in front of Eugenio Castellotti?s Ferrari-Lancia as the field slows for the Gasworks Hairpin during the Monaco Grand Prix, Monte Carlo, 13th May 1956. (Photo by Klemantaski Collection/Getty Images)

Stirling Moss helping Mike Hawthorn with his helmet

Alberto Ascari driving the Ferrari 500/F2 at the British Grand Prix, Silverstone, 19th July 1952. Ascari won the race having started on equal pole with his fellow Ferrari driver Nino Farina, who finished sixth. (Photo by Klemantaski Collection/Getty Images)

Alain Prost drives the Marlboro McLaren-Honda MP4/5 ahead of his team mate Ayrton Senna just before the two drivers would contoversially collide during the Japanese Grand Prix on 22 October 1989 at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, Japan. (Photo by Pascal Rondeau/Getty Images)

The German Grand Prix; Nürburgring, August 1, 1976. Nikki Lauda flying with is Ferrari 312T at Flugplatz during practice. In the race he had a suspension failure which resulted in a serious crash and fire which was very nearly fatal. This was the last Grand Prix run on the Nürburgring?s Nordschleife. (Photo by Klemantaski Collection/Getty Images)

LONG BEACH, CA - APRIL 3: Mario Andretti waits to drive his Lotus 78 R3/Ford Cosworth DFV in the 1977 United States Grand Prix West on April 3, 1977, on the temporary street course in Long Beach, California. Andretti won the event. (Photo by Bob Harmeyer/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Nelson Piquet

WATKINS GLEN, NY - OCTOBER 5: Mario Andretti drives the Parnelli VPJ4 002/Ford Cosworth during the United States Grand Prix on October 5, 1975, at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course near Watkins Glen, New York. (Photo by Bob Harmeyer/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Scottish World Champion Racing Driver Jim Clark (1936 - 1968) won his first race in 1956 and became Scottish Speed Champion in 1958. In 1960 he joined the Lotus Formula 1 team and first won the championship three years later in 1963. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

1991: Williams Renault driver Nigel Mansell of Great Britain gives McLaren Honda driver Ayrton Senna of Brazil a lift home after the British Grand Prix at the Silverstone circuit in England. Mansell finished in first place and Senna retired from the race after he ran out of fuel. \ Mandatory Credit: Pascal Rondeau/Allsport

Ayrton Senna

Scottish Formula One race car driver Jim Clark (1936 - 1968) races in the Indianapolis 500 auto race in his Ford-build Lotus 38 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 31, 1965. (Photo by Robert Riger/Getty Images)

UNITED STATES - MARCH 30: 1971 Questor Grand Prix. Lotus driver Emerson Fittipaldi stands by the paddock. Fittipaldi would start the race ninthe on the grid but fail to finish the race because of a gearbox issue. (Photo by John Lamm/Source Interlink Media/Getty Images)

Senna and Prost's infamous Suzuka collision

Ayrton Senna

Dan Gurney

Alain Prost

Sebastian Vettel

MONTEREY, CA - 1991: Driver Juan Manuel Fangio drives a vintage Mercedes on the track at Laguna Seca Raceway during the Monterey Historic Automobile Races in August of 1991 in Monterey, California. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)

James Hunt, perhaps not the greatest, but worthy of a mention. He was, however, the greatest playboy.

Michael Schumacher

Graham Hill

Senna and Schumacher have words

NORTHAMPTON, ENGLAND - JULY 07: Fernando Alonso of Spain and Ferrari drives on his way to finishing first during qualifying for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone Circuit on July 7, 2012 in Northampton, England. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)

Dan Gurney

KERPEN, GERMANY - JULY 1: Michael Schumacher of Germany in action after the press conference on the go-cart circuit on July 1, 1994 in Kerpen, Germany. (Photo by Mark Sandten/Bongarts/Getty Images)

#LONG BEACH, CA - March 26: Five time Formula One world champion driver Juan Manuel Fangio at the inaugural United States Grand Prix West race weekend March 1976 sitting in the cockpit of his Mercedes Grand Prix Car. (Photo by Alvis Upitis/Getty Images) ***Local Caption*** Juan Manuel Fangio

Argentinian racing driver Juan Manuel Fangio (1911 - 1995) wins the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, 14th July 1956. (Photo by George Stroud/Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Gilles Villeneuve racing his Ferrari during a practice session at the Belgian Grand Prix, Zolder, 13th May 1979. (Photo by Klemantaski Collection/Getty Images)

Senna leads Prost

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY - JULY 29: Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and McLaren leads from Romain Grosjean of France and Lotus on his way to winning the Hungarian Formula One Grand Prix at the Hungaroring on July 29, 2012 in Budapest, Hungary. (Photo by Drew Gibson/Getty Images)

Technically pre-F1, but worthy of a mention.

The Italian motorcycle and automobile racing driver Tazio Giorgio Nuvolari (1892-1953) as Victorious on Auto Union at the English Donnington Grand Prix. October 22nd 1938. Photograph. (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images) Der italienische Motorrad- und Automobilrennfahrer Tazio Giorgio Nuvolari (18921953) als Sieger auf Auto-Union beim englischen Donnington Grand Prix. 22. Oktober 1938. Photographie.

NOIDA, INDIA - OCTOBER 27: Sebastian Vettel of Germany and Infiniti Red Bull Racing celebrates on the track after winning the Indian Formula One Grand Prix at Buddh International Circuit on October 27, 2013 in Noida, India.