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

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

The 1964 British Formula 3 champion who won three Formula 1 World Championships in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

1000pts

2

Lewis Hamilton

The 2006 GP2 (F2) champion who went on to win a record-tying seven Formula 1 World Championships.

886pts

3

Ayrton Senna

The 1983 British Formula 3 champion who became a three-time F1 World Champion and racing icon.

886pts

4

Emerson Fittipaldi

The 1969 British Formula 3 champion who became a two-time F1 World Champion in 1972 and 1974.

812pts

5

Alain Prost

The 1979 European Formula 3 champion known as 'The Professor' who won four F1 World Championships.

738pts

6

Mika Hakkinen

The 1990 British Formula 3 champion who won back-to-back F1 titles in 1998 and 1999 with McLaren.

738pts

7

Michael Schumacher

The 1990 German Formula 3 champion who went on to a record seven Formula 1 World Championships.

738pts

8

Nico Rosberg

The inaugural 2005 GP2 (F2) champion who claimed the 2016 Formula 1 World Championship.

649pts