FORMULA ONE LEGENDS
10 Formula 1 Legends;
Michael Schumacher |
One of todays living formula one legends. Born on the 3rd January 1969 in Germany. Michael has won a total of 7 world championships (1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004) of which five were consecutive. He has won 91 races in his career from 269. |
Ayrton Senna |
Ayrton Senna was the great Brazilian driver and in his very short career he won three championships in 1988, 1990 and 1991. He was the last driver who lost his life while driving in an F1 race. |
Juan Michael Fangio |
Juan Fangio an Argentine national born in June 1911. He won 5 World Championships in a single decade (1951, 1954, 1955, 1956 and 1957). Alfa Romeo, Maserati, Mercedes and Ferrari were the teams he raced for. |
Alain Prost |
Alain Prost a French National born in 1955, He won the World Championship 4 times ( 1985, 1986, 1989 and 1993) and out of his 202 races he won 51 of them. |
Jim Frost |
Jim Frost was a British National who drove for team Lotus. He won two championships (1963 and 1965). Out of 73 races he won 25 of them. |
Jackie Stewart |
Also known as “The Flying Scot” he won three championships in 1969, 1971 and 1973. Out of his 100 races he won 27 of them. |
Niki Lauda |
He won three championships (1975, 1977 and 1984) and won 25 races out of 177 raced. Two with Ferrari and one with McLaren. |
Alberto Ascari |
An Italian who had raced in a total of only 33 races but won 2 championships 1952 and 1953. His won 13 races out of 33. Sadly, he was killed while test driving his car in 1955 |
Nelson Piquet |
Nelson won three world championships and is a Brazilian. His raced 207 times and he won 23 of them. He was the Formula One world champion in 1981, 1983 and 1987 |
Jack Brabham |
An Australian and he won the World Championship twice in 1959 and 1960. He had a 15 year career and during those years won 14 of those F1 races with his own car! |
