# Who is the greatest Brazilian Formula 1 driver?

> Three world champions share this grid with a driver who lost a title by a single point, a one-win hero whose name now hangs over Interlagos, and the young driver carrying Brazil's hopes today.

*By YPB Team · Published November 7, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/who-is-the-greatest-brazilian-formula-1-driver*

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1. **Ayrton Senna** — score 1000/1000
   Three-time Formula 1 world champion with McLaren (1988, 1990, 1991) who won 41 Grands Prix before his death at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix.
2. **Nelson Piquet** — score 625/1000
   Three-time Formula 1 world champion, in 1981 and 1983 with Brabham and in 1987 with Williams, with 23 Grand Prix wins.
3. **Emerson Fittipaldi** — score 625/1000
   Brazil's first Formula 1 world champion, winning the title with Lotus in 1972 and with McLaren in 1974.
4. **Carlos Pace** — score 500/1000
   Won the 1975 Brazilian Grand Prix for Brabham; the Interlagos circuit was renamed after him following his death in a 1977 plane crash.
5. **Felipe Nasr** — score 433/1000
   Finished fifth on his 2015 debut in Australia with Sauber and scored the team's only points of 2016 with ninth place at the Brazilian Grand Prix.
6. **Gabriel Bortoleto** — score 433/1000
   FIA Formula 3 champion in 2023 and Formula 2 champion in 2024 who debuted with Sauber in 2025 as Brazil's first full-time F1 driver since 2017.
7. **Roberto Moreno** — score 433/1000
   Finished second for Benetton at the 1990 Japanese Grand Prix behind teammate Nelson Piquet, completing a Brazilian one-two.
8. **Nelson Piquet Jr.** — score 357/1000
   Renault driver who finished second at the 2008 German Grand Prix and whose deliberate crash at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix became the Crashgate scandal.
9. **Felipe Massa** — score 167/1000
   Ferrari driver who won 11 Grands Prix and lost the 2008 world title to Lewis Hamilton by one point at the final race in Brazil.
10. **Rubens Barrichello** — score 0/1000
   Won 11 Grands Prix with Ferrari and Brawn and finished runner-up in the championship in 2002 and 2004 across a career of more than 320 starts.

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