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What is the best Formula 1 rivalry of the 1980s?

By YPB Team3 votes

Teammates turned bitter enemies, championships settled by the slimmest of margins, and collisions still argued over decades later. The decade's fiercest duels go wheel to wheel, so where do you stand?

  1. Senna vs Prost — ranked #11
    Senna vs Prost
    The defining late-1980s McLaren feud between Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost that erupted into title-deciding collisions.
    1000pts
  2. Mansell vs Piquet — ranked #22
    Mansell vs Piquet
    The bitter 1986-87 intra-Williams battle between Nigel Mansell and Nelson Piquet for the championship.
    809pts
  3. Lauda vs Prost — ranked #33
    Lauda vs Prost
    The 1984 McLaren duel decided by half a point in Niki Lauda's favor over teammate Alain Prost.
    684pts
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  4. Prost vs Arnoux — ranked #44
    Prost vs Arnoux
    The fractious early-1980s Renault teammate rivalry between Alain Prost and Rene Arnoux.
    684pts
  5. Piquet vs Prost — ranked #55
    Piquet vs Prost
    The early-1980s championship clashes between Brabham's Nelson Piquet and Renault's Alain Prost.
    411pts
  6. Villeneuve vs Pironi — ranked #66
    Villeneuve vs Pironi
    The 1982 Ferrari feud sparked by Didier Pironi's betrayal of Gilles Villeneuve at Imola.
    410pts

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Their McLaren won fifteen of sixteen races in 1988 and Senna took the title eight wins to seven. On this list the pair are entered as one option: https://youpick.best/articles/senna-vs-prost-ranked

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