Who is the most iconic figure in motorsport history?

By YPB Team

Grand prix drivers, oval kings and two-wheel showmen, judged on the thing that outlives lap times. Fame is not the same as greatness, which is what makes this awkward.

  1. Michael Schumacher — ranked #11
    Michael Schumacher
    Seven Formula 1 titles and 91 wins, five of them with a Ferrari team he rebuilt around himself.
    1000pts
  2. Ayrton Senna — ranked #22
    Ayrton Senna
    Three-time Formula 1 world champion whose death at Imola in 1994 turned him into the sport's defining martyr.
    776pts
  3. Giacomo Agostini — ranked #33
    Giacomo Agostini
    Italian who holds the record for premier-class motorcycle titles with eight, and fifteen world championships in total.
    756pts
  4. Lewis Hamilton — ranked #44
    Lewis Hamilton
    Seven Formula 1 titles and the most race wins in the championship's history, plus a second career in fashion and activism.
    596pts
  5. Max Verstappen — ranked #55
    Max Verstappen
    Dutch driver whose 2021 title fight with Lewis Hamilton went to the final lap of the final race.
    517pts
  6. Enzo Ferrari — ranked #66
    Enzo Ferrari
    Founder of the only team to have raced in every Formula 1 season since 1950.
    517pts
  7. Colin McRae — ranked #77
    Colin McRae
    1995 World Rally champion whose flat-out style sold a video game franchise that carried his name.
    517pts
  8. Valentino Rossi — ranked #88
    Valentino Rossi
    Nine-time world champion whose number 46 and yellow crowds made MotoGP a mainstream sport in Europe.
    423pts
  9. Richard Petty — ranked #99
    Richard Petty
    NASCAR's record holder with 200 race wins and seven championships, still recognised by his hat and sunglasses.
    423pts
  10. Sebastien Loeb — ranked #1010
    Sebastien Loeb
    Nine consecutive World Rally Championship titles between 2004 and 2012.
    423pts
  11. Niki Lauda — ranked #1111
    Niki Lauda
    Three-time Formula 1 champion who returned to racing six weeks after the burns he suffered at the Nurburgring in 1976.
    423pts
  12. Alain Prost — ranked #1212
    Alain Prost
    Four-time Formula 1 champion nicknamed The Professor for winning races on calculation rather than bravado.
    423pts
  13. Dale Earnhardt — ranked #1313
    Dale Earnhardt
    Seven-time NASCAR Cup champion known as The Intimidator, killed on the last lap of the 2001 Daytona 500.
    310pts
  14. Mario Andretti — ranked #1414
    Mario Andretti
    The only person to win the Indianapolis 500, the Daytona 500 and a Formula 1 world championship.
    310pts
  15. Juan Manuel Fangio — ranked #1515
    Juan Manuel Fangio
    Argentine who won five of the first eight Formula 1 championships with four different manufacturers.
    172pts
  16. Marc Marquez — ranked #1616
    Marc Marquez
    Spanish rider with nine world championships across three classes, including seven in MotoGP.
    172pts

Comments

Two of these sixteen names raced motorcycles, and both are outnumbered by cars and by a driver who died at Imola in 1994: https://youpick.best/articles/rossi-vs-marquez-ranked

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