Michael Schumacher tops greatest Ferrari F1 driver in poll

Michael Schumacher has been voted as the greatest Ferrari driver of all-time in a reader poll conducted by F1 Racing magazine.

To celebrate 70 years of Ferrari, F1 Racing asked its readers and the online forum of FerrariChat to vote for the greatest Ferrari driver in history.

To narrow the criteria, the voting was limited to the 38 drivers who have won a world championship Formula 1 grand prix for Ferrari since 1950 and the results have been unveiled in this month's edition of F1 Racing, which went on sale in the UK today (November 16).

Michael Schumacher registered over 50% of the entire vote from the global fanbase. ahead of Kimi Raikkonen and Gilles Villeneuve.

Of the F1 drivers still racing, Fernando Alonso was rated sixth in the list, while current Ferrari racer Sebastian Vettel was 10th and Felipe Massa was ranked 12th.
"We thought it was appropriate to remember some of the greats who have raced in Formula 1 for the Prancing Horse over the decades," said F1 Racing Associate Editor James Roberts.
"This forms one of key features in a series of articles celebrating 70 years of Ferrari in the latest issue."

Ferrari greatest driver vote top 10

POS	DRIVER	VOTE SHARE
1	Michael Schumacher	50.1%
2	Kimi Raikkonen	12.4%
3	Gilles Villeneuve	10.3%
4	Juan Manuel Fangio	5.6%
5	Niki Lauda	5.4%
6	Fernando Alonso	5.3%
7	Nigel Mansell	1.6%
8	Alain Prost	1.4%
9	Alberto Ascari	1.4%
10	Sebastian Vettel	1.3%