JUAN MANUEL FANGIO , ARGENTINA
The first true great of the world championship F1 era , ' El Maestro ' took five titles and won 47 per cent of the grands prix he started .
It ' s true that Fangio often got himself into the best cars - he drove for Alfa Romeo , Maserati , Mercedes-Benz and Ferrari - but he was a key part in making them look that good . He won titles with all .
Revered by his peers , Fangio often seemed to win without having to push himself to the limit ; such was his advantage over the rest . The most famous exception - his comeback drive to win the 1957 German GP on the fearsome Nurburgring , in which he broke the lap record numerous times - is often cited as the greatest grand prix drive in history .
Fangio ' s record - at a time when racing was brutally dangerous - marks him as one of the all-time greats , remarkably all achieved when the Argentinean was in his 40s .
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