most talented?????
ok. first up, the most talented driver ever to set footin a f1 car is giles villeneuve... that man was a god to me as a kid and still is now. i was only 8 when he died but still........
then its senna, no explanation needed.....
then id have to say lewis hamilton down to his sheer skill in a car. his ability to drive the wheels off it. his ability to keep it on the circuit at a point where an accident looks likely. and its his first season at 22 years old... immense talent! i havent been this excited about a driver in a very long long time!
i suppose michael schumacher is in here. i never liked the way he went racing but you cant argue the fact that he has so many victories and championships. but i think his talent is helped by te fact he had EVERYTHING laid out on aplate in front of him. he was exciting around the d 90s in a benneton and in the awful ferraris but im sorry, i am not a fan of his "my team, number one status" style of driving....... and he cheated more times than any other driver before, including senna.... theres ruthlessness and theres unfairness......
lastly.... tough one. hakkinen??? prost??? de angelis??? mansell??
id probably have to say stefan bellof. he only got a short shot at f1, one season, before he was killd in a sportscar accident at spa in 85 but he was awesomely quick and so frightingly brave. he would have won the 1984 monaco gp if it hant been red flagged. (thats the one that senna almost won in a toleman). if he lived im sure that he would have been the equal if not better than senna and prost.......
as you can see, im a purist, a race fan not a statistician!