Championships get decided by drivers doing arithmetic at 300 km/h. This is a ranking of the ones who thought their way past people who were quicker.
1Alain ProstNicknamed The Professor for winning championships on points arithmetic rather than lap records.
2Ayrton SennaRead races and rule books alike, and used both in the title fights of 1989 and 1990.
3Niki LaudaAustrian who built two careers on knowing exactly what a car and a season were worth.
4Jackie StewartApproached each circuit as an engineering problem and changed the sport's safety standards doing it.
5Michael SchumacherTurned pit strategy into a weapon with Ross Brawn across the Benetton and Ferrari years.
6Fernando AlonsoTwo-time champion known for extracting results from cars that had no business scoring them.
7Lewis HamiltonFrequently calls his own strategy over the radio and has overruled the pit wall to win.
8Juan Manuel FangioChose his teams as carefully as his overtakes and won five titles doing it.
9Sebastian VettelManaged tyres and fuel through the pirelli era better than anyone in the same machinery.
10Nico RosbergSpent a full season engineering a title win over the fastest teammate available.
11Jenson ButtonBuilt a championship on tyre management and a feel for wet-to-dry crossovers.
12Nelson PiquetThree titles won with a calculating approach that his rivals underestimated.
13Max VerstappenRace pace and tyre calls that have turned qualifying deficits into wins.
14Emerson FittipaldiTwo-time champion who won the 1974 title by finishing races his rivals threw away.
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Nicknamed The Professor, Prost worked out what a championship cost in points and drove to that number, taking four titles without leading on poles: https://youpick.best/articles/senna-vs-prost-ranked
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