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Who is the greatest F1 World Champion who won a Formula 2 or Formula 3 title?

By YPB Team

Junior-formula prodigies who turned early titles into Formula 1 immortality, spanning the swashbuckling past and the modern hybrid era. Who stands above the rest? Which will win?

  1. Jackie Stewart — ranked #11
    Jackie Stewart
    The 1964 British Formula 3 champion who won three Formula 1 World Championships in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
    1000pts
  2. Lewis Hamilton — ranked #22
    Lewis Hamilton
    The 2006 GP2 (F2) champion who went on to win a record-tying seven Formula 1 World Championships.
    809pts
  3. Ayrton Senna — ranked #33
    Ayrton Senna
    The 1983 British Formula 3 champion who became a three-time F1 World Champion and racing icon.
    809pts
  4. Emerson Fittipaldi — ranked #44
    Emerson Fittipaldi
    The 1969 British Formula 3 champion who became a two-time F1 World Champion in 1972 and 1974.
    684pts
  5. Alain Prost — ranked #55
    Alain Prost
    The 1979 European Formula 3 champion known as 'The Professor' who won four F1 World Championships.
    560pts
  6. Mika Hakkinen — ranked #66
    Mika Hakkinen
    The 1990 British Formula 3 champion who won back-to-back F1 titles in 1998 and 1999 with McLaren.
    560pts
  7. Michael Schumacher — ranked #77
    Michael Schumacher
    The 1990 German Formula 3 champion who went on to a record seven Formula 1 World Championships.
    560pts
  8. Nico Rosberg — ranked #88
    Nico Rosberg
    The inaugural 2005 GP2 (F2) champion who claimed the 2016 Formula 1 World Championship.
    410pts

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Champions who also took a Formula 2 or Formula 3 title number eight, Emerson Fittipaldi and Mika Häkkinen among them: https://youpick.best/articles/hamilton-vs-schumacher-ranked

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Aug 21