Who is the most naturally gifted Formula 1 driver of all time?

Raw speed is the hardest thing to measure and the easiest to argue about. Some of these names won everything; one or two barely won at all.

1. 1
   Ayrton Senna

   Took 65 pole positions in 161 starts, a qualifying rate nobody has matched since.
2. 2
   Alain Prost

   Won 51 races on a style built from precision rather than raw aggression.
3. 3
   Gilles Villeneuve

   Ferrari driver whose car control drew comparisons to nobody because there was nobody to compare him to.
4. 4
   Jim Clark

   Scot who won 25 of his 72 starts and made a difficult car look ordinary.
5. 5
   Michael Schumacher

   Seven-time champion whose wet-weather pace and stamina reset what fitness meant in the sport.
6. 6
   Max Verstappen

   Arrived at 17 and won on his Red Bull debut at 18.
7. 7
   Lewis Hamilton

   Took pole on merit in his debut season and holds the record for career pole positions.
8. 8
   Juan Manuel Fangio

   Won five titles with four different constructors in the sport's first decade.
9. 9
   Stirling Moss

   Never won a championship and is still cited as the finest all-round driver of his era.
10. 10
    Jackie Stewart

    Three titles built on a smoothness he described as driving with mechanical sympathy.
11. 11
    Fernando Alonso

    Two-time champion whose racecraft has kept him competitive across three decades.
12. 12
    Nigel Mansell

    Attacking style that made him the most physically committed driver of his generation.
13. 13
    Sebastian Vettel

    Four straight titles and a qualifying record in the Red Bull years that few could live with.

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