# 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?

*By YPB Team · Published July 3, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/who-is-the-greatest-f1-world-champion-who-won-a-formula-2-or-formula-3-title*

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## Current results (3 votes)

1. **Jackie Stewart** — 33.33% (1 votes · score 1000/1000)
   The 1964 British Formula 3 champion who won three Formula 1 World Championships in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
2. **Lewis Hamilton** — 33.33% (1 votes · score 809/1000)
   The 2006 GP2 (F2) champion who went on to win a record-tying seven Formula 1 World Championships.
3. **Ayrton Senna** — 33.33% (1 votes · score 809/1000)
   The 1983 British Formula 3 champion who became a three-time F1 World Champion and racing icon.
4. **Emerson Fittipaldi** — 0% (0 votes · score 684/1000)
   The 1969 British Formula 3 champion who became a two-time F1 World Champion in 1972 and 1974.
5. **Alain Prost** — 0% (0 votes · score 560/1000)
   The 1979 European Formula 3 champion known as 'The Professor' who won four F1 World Championships.
6. **Mika Hakkinen** — 0% (0 votes · score 560/1000)
   The 1990 British Formula 3 champion who won back-to-back F1 titles in 1998 and 1999 with McLaren.
7. **Michael Schumacher** — 0% (0 votes · score 560/1000)
   The 1990 German Formula 3 champion who went on to a record seven Formula 1 World Championships.
8. **Nico Rosberg** — 0% (0 votes · score 410/1000)
   The inaugural 2005 GP2 (F2) champion who claimed the 2016 Formula 1 World Championship.

Tags: formula 1, drivers, motorsport, f2