And maybe also Stefan Bellof. He was really talented in a bad Tyrell car until his death. He even closed the gap to Senna while in third place at the Monaco GP 1984 before his car failed.
23 out of 32. Got the major players in the game and the tragic figures ( e.g. senna died in tragic accident, nikki lauda sustained lifelong injuries due to racing accident and ofcourse Michael Schumacher experienced a tragically pathetic tailend to his career...he couldn't quit while he was ahead. But can not take away the fact that those three are some of the greatest drivers in f1..even if only because they each won multiple f1 world year end championships).
One of the most tragic is also Jochen Rindt who did not participate in the last four races because he crashed and died at Monza, yet he won (posthumously) the championship in 1970 because he had a sufficient lead.
To be honest Senna's crash shouldn't have happened...He almost didn't participate in the race after Roland Ratzenberger's death the day before. If only he knew...
I expected to do better; I guess I've forgotten a lot since the height of my F1 mania 15 years ago. I got everyone since 1988 except Button (should have remembered him) and a scattering of others before that. I'm berating myself for not thinking of Fangio, Piquet and especially Lauda, given there just was a movie about him.
You did well. I think that I must be getting old as I could see a picture of Hamilton and couldn't remember what his name was, but no problems picking off Surtees, Brabham, Jones, Fangio etc.
I'm at that age (and possible early onset memory condition!) where I can't remember names. So I knew that there was (Brits) Jim and Mike and John, and the American Joey guy from Ferrari, but in the time I couldn't force their surnames. Joey turned out to be Jody. But I surprised myself in that I knew everyone from the last twenty years except for Kimi. But I don't follow Formula 1 like I used to. When I typed in the pictured guy and four years in a row came up, I was shocked!
Some of the least guessed drivers have the most amazing stories: John Surtees won the Formula One and als also the Motorbike championship; Rindt was already dead, when he became champion; Farina was the first champion ever.
It's a shame really - the 2021 championship will always be remembered as controversial with the fastest driver on the day having it taken away on the last lap. I do hope Verstappen wins in 2022 to prove he is actually an F1 champion.
Ah yes, the old "crying" comment! I've watched F1 my whole life, but the embarrassment of watching elite sportsmen and engineers having thier work undone by WWE-insipred faux-sports-entertainment was too much for me! The whole thing was a shambolic display of manufactured rating-counting which left the true fans angered, embarrassed and dejected! I'm sure you must be a true sports-fan of you're happy for those in charge to change the rules at the drop of a hat to make for "exciting endings"...? In the last 2 minutes of the World Cup final, why not make the penalty box 30 yards bigger.... or have 8 pockets for the snooker final... or have tries worth 10 points! Pretty sure that would be considered a joke?
100 percent first time out been watching F1 since I was eight-
Not saying Rindt didn't deserve the title, I'm just stating facts here.
Him: " '79 Sheckter, '78 Andretti, '77 Lauda, '76 Hunt '75 Lauda..."
One with yellow box:
https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/1257042/every-formula-one-champion-yellow-box
One where you choose the right driver:
https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/1257042/choose-the-right-formula-one-champion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH9yXEpoMEw
5 stars for him!
And we accept Raikkonen for 2006 :)
I hope that Max Verstappen is gonna win