As of October 30, 2026, leads with 80% of head-to-head picks across 4 votes.
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The case for each
Lewis Hamilton
Seven world titles, tied for the record, and more race wins and pole positions than any driver in history. He moved from Mercedes to Ferrari in 2025.
Max Verstappen
Four world titles in a row from 2021 to 2024 with Red Bull, including a record 19 wins in the 2023 season.
Michael Schumacher
Seven world titles, five of them in a row with Ferrari from 2000 to 2004, and 91 race wins, a record that stood until Hamilton.
Fernando Alonso
World champion in 2005 and 2006 with Renault, then the youngest ever. He was still fighting at the front in his forties and has started more Grands Prix than anyone.
Ayrton Senna
Three world titles with McLaren in 1988, 1990 and 1991, a record six Monaco wins and 65 pole positions. He died at Imola in 1994 and remains many fans' answer to who was fastest.
Lando Norris
McLaren's driver since 2019, he won the 2025 world championship at the final race of the season.
Charles Leclerc
Ferrari's lead driver since 2019 and one of the fastest qualifiers on the grid. In 2024 he finally won his home race, the Monaco Grand Prix.
Oscar Piastri
The Australian won his first Grand Prix in Hungary in his second season and led the 2025 championship for much of the year with McLaren.