Top 10 F1 Drivers of the 1990s

[@harroldinab]

Never forget that Berger finnished only one point behind Senna in 92

[@ELSTERLING]

Yeah, 92 was definitely a bad year for Ayrton, possibly his worst. He was frustrated at Mclaren and F1 in general and pondering an Indycar move at the time (and even went as far as to test in '93) and he let it show. Funny that it should have been sandwiched between two of his absolute greatest seasons.

[@raremediumdonewell]

@@ELSTERLING Personally, I would have wanted to see Senna try his luck at CART. Not because of what would happen in F1, but because of the nature of American open wheel racing at the time. Where F1 went to a more technical approach, racing in the Americas was (and kinda is) still a raw kind of racing series, with loose cars and bumpy tracks. Ayrton would have felt at home in that series.

[@varunrajasingh1260]

do u like mattia binotto

[@sufferr2914]

@@varunrajasingh1260 GEORGE

[@aydankhaliq2967]

@@ELSTERLING senna was shit that season. Berger did a very Prost thing. Just take maximum points each race and don't push for a win.

[@rianrushwood1426]

Alesi suffered from the leclerc effect. Pushes so hard that he gets every bit of performance and more from the car but when something goes wrong, it goes very wrong

[@nickklavdianos5136]

Gilles Villeneuve was the original.

[@borismuller86]

It can still go wrong for him, even when it’s more of a ceremonial race…

[@nickklavdianos5136]

@@borismuller86 Monaco classic race reference?

[@Shiggiesmalls02]

@@nickklavdianos5136 The Monaco Historic Grand Prix crash wasn't Alesi's fault it was Marco Werner clipping the back of him as he went to overtake

[@raremediumdonewell]

Now that you mention it, I see it as well. Leclerc gets more out of it because there are more races per season. I really hope Charles doesn't get the same treatment as Jean..

[@Exponaut_R-01]

"Was signed onto Williams" mentioned so many times in this video They could only sign so many great drivers in the 90s

[@MoD1982]

They were the 90's F1 equivalent of a kid playing pokemon who had somehow filled up their PC and needed to boot someone out to make room.

[@jgagnier]

They ran out of 90's before they ran out of drivers.

[@raremediumdonewell]

They've had them all. Except for Schumacher and Häkkinen. Coincidentally the most dominating drivers of the 90s.

[@elliotcrossan6290]

Imagine the sustained dominance they could've had if they'd either stuck with Mansell, or stuck with Prost, or signed Senna earlier, or signed Schumacher. Instead they flitted between drivers and didn't dominate as much as their cars deserved

[@jgagnier]

@@elliotcrossan6290 Good point :) Then again, how many teams can claim to have won 4 titles in 6 years with 4 different drivers? It's pretty strong showing! The two years they didn't win, they had Hill at the helm (IMO the weakest of the bunch), but... yeah Senna's death wasn't part of the plan :/.

[@salmanazam9444]

Of Senna, I would say a few moments DEFINED the man: Outqualifying the great Alain Prost by 1.5 secs in Monaco. 5th to 1st within a lap of a wet Donington. Taking out Prost at Suzuka to win the title. Uttering those famous words: "If you no longer go for a gap..." Stopping on track and running across it in the face of cars going at nearly full speed to turn off Comas' engine and save his life. Having an Austrian flag inside his car which he would supposedly wave at the end of the session in the memory of Ratzenberger, if not for his own death, at Imola...

[@Dirhe]

Gifting his salary in order to win in Williams (would had raced for free in 93 had they gave him the chance)

[@dorientjewoller113]

One difference that still favors Prost: he is still alive coz he knew the dangers of racing and that winning isn't everything.

[@thathobbyguy6135]

@@dorientjewoller113 the fuck you talking about. His car failed.

[@Ahmed90401]

So, you too have seen Top Gear's tribute to Senna? 😂 issa yoke.

[@salmanazam9444]

@@Ahmed90401 Absolutely. I wasn't alive to ever see Senna's talents live. But I've watched enough people touting him as a certified F1 giant (and maybe even GOAT) to know he was one of the best.

[@booptidyscoop7790]

My favourite driver ever is Mika , to scare Schumacher is like Bottas winning a title , next to impossible

[@oskarifps]

listening to my dad tell stories about Mika when I was a kid made me proud to be Finnish, he’s my GOAT

[@deeacosta2734]

To come back from that crash in Australia too. 💯

[@raremediumdonewell]

I love how Michael is in awe of two drivers: Ayrton Senna and Mika Häkkinen. That needs to tell people something.

[@trongtrong8168]

You have to see my 2021 f1 career mode

[@thomaskloos6409]

Hill, Villeneuve, Räikkönen... They all scared Schumi

[@buryy4764]

Who else believes the 90’s had the best line-ups ever. And it led to even more fun in the early 2000’s.

[@winebartender6653]

I think the racing was just more exciting and the drivers skill played a larger part in where the car finished.

[@cohenday1377]

Imp the best driver lineups comes from the 60's

[@coolguy10060]

I think we now have quite some drivers as well with the likes of lewis,max,charles,carlos,lando and george

[@pastalovertwentyseven]

The 90's and early 2000's was the best era of F1 imo

[@mostly_baseball24]

SAME…

[@memes4themasses365]

Josh: don’t be a manus Everybody in the comments: * proceeds to be a manus *

[@swamin764]

F1 community in a nutshell

[@commandergeokam2868]

@@swamin764 basically the entire Motorsport community

[@SparkleanAutos]

@@commandergeokam2868 basically 21st century society in general 😐

[@commandergeokam2868]

@@SparkleanAutos true :(

[@dhupee]

@@commandergeokam2868 nah WEC community is less manus than this

[@stepladder3257]

I think the years Schumi didn’t win a title is where his talent shines best, the amount of incredible drives he managed to do in 96, 97, and 98 was just insane

[@JustSomeDinosaurPerson]

Especially in a fucking shitbox of a car lmao

[@waldovilla6869]

What about seasons 10, 11, 12 when he was beaten by another German GOD 🥶

[@arroe8386]

@@waldovilla6869 You mean the 43 year old that came out of retirement to drive some races as a hobby?

[@gigsawsoljier1408]

and 1999.

[@gigsawsoljier1408]

​@@waldovilla6869 it was a mistake returning tbh but then nico beat lewis too.... sooo....

[@TheBigFishPlayz]

Ok, I think it needs to be said... those transitions/segues between drivers were impeccable. Fantastic stuff as always Josh, definitely worth watching :)

[@TherealLorinser]

For me Jean Alesi, he was an awesome driver the way he leans his head while cornering is so badass it's like riding a motorcycle or even like piloting an aircraft he was insane.

[@ibrahimiqbal1465]

Yep, shame he was unlucky af like Italy 1995 and he never had the best of cars

[@thatayrellguy3023]

The thing is,he join a right a team,but wrong time,he join Ferrari when The Horse have too much toxic and even left because too much favor to Michael

[@Enrico_Pallazzo_]

Don't forget Alesi's 10 & 2 O'clock hand positioning on the steering wheel!

[@thatayrellguy3023]

@@Enrico_Pallazzo_ he still have it....at his age...im suprised he still do that in an F1 car....

[@Shiggiesmalls02]

@@Enrico_Pallazzo_ well in his later career it was more like 10 to 12/1 cause the flappy paddles

[@salmanazam9444]

I would say Schumi is not only the No.1 driver of the 90s, but also of the 2000s. Touting him as the absolute GOAT often leads to controversy these days, but I hope the above opinion won't be unpopular.

[@yannickvaz694]

Yeah, Schumacher is definitely going to be no. 1 in the 2000s video. My predictions; 1) Schumacher 2) Alonso 3) Raikkonen 4) Montoya 5) Hamilton 6) Massa 7) Kubica 8) Button 9) Barrichello (maybe) 10) Vettel (maybe)

[@flyingphoenix113]

I don't think that's a controversial take at all. Schumacher could have easily won the 06 title if not for that engine failure in Suzuka, and people forget just how hard he fought against Raikkonen for that 03 title (despite the McLaren being the quicker car on most circuits that year). Imo, the only reason his GOAT status is even in contention are his admittedly lackluster years at Mercedes from 2010-2012, but even Ross Brawn has explained why those years have to be viewed as anomalies in his overall career.

[@dominicbarden4436]

@@yannickvaz694 Seems a solid list. Possible honourable mentions for me: Fisichella, Trulli, Heidfeld, Webber, Ralf Schumacher, Coulthard (although maybe the latter two could make a case for the top 10 overall), maybe Hakkinen, even though he only raced in 2000 and 2001.

[@hepulipoika49]

@@flyingphoenix113 agree with you but not about 03 season. Mclaren wasn't a better car by any means, only for the first few races maybe. It was a year old car after all that Kimi had to drive

[@JK7kaye]

I don't know how it would be if Senna didn't die but as history stands to me Schumacher in the 90s is the undisputed best driver. When I watched that 1995 season highlights I was just shocked by how untouchable he was. Then in lesser machinery for the next 3 years he was maximising everything out of the car. I'm confident in claiming had he not had the Silverstone crash in 1999, Mika would only have one world championship.

[@salmanazam9444]

Josh, an idea for a video. "The worst driver moves (i.e. in between teams) in F1 history." Hill-Arrows made me think of that.

[@yankohler2174]

It can be pretty much just Alonso's career lol

[@tvTwo1]

@@yankohler2174 Villeneuve too lol

[@un6250]

@@yankohler2174 😂

[@Spermwhales93]

The Race has already done one of these videos: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3aYgWSVg7t5b9E

[@Spermwhales93]

@@yankohler2174 Alonso's career was never the same after he went to McLaren in 2007 and then back to Renault in 2008. It did recover quite a lot during the early 2010s when he was at Ferrari but he never quite got back to where he was. It's a real shame, to be honest. He really could have got a 3rd world title in 2012 if that year's Ferrari was better at the start of the season.

[@aasavshah3183]

Haven’t started the video yet but man am I excited. Schumi and Hakkinen are two of my all time favorite drivers and always made me so happy about how great they were as friends and rivals as all sport should be. Sport is for fun even at the highest level

[@penttiperusinsinoori3037]

Mika says when you driving you don't have a friend.. after the race you can go and buy a pint to your rival. That was in the video when after the race Mika have a conversation with Schumacher... Mika telling to Schumacher, you cannot drive like that, trying to kill someone. 300km/h allmost crash. After that they was ok.

[@realkrubertimes8367]

My top 10 solely consists of angles you can measure in Coulthard's jawline

[@Eric-lj2nk]

Solid top 10 list! I don’t think I would have changed much.

[@Arthurzeiro]

I'm not opposed to this list at all, just think Rubens Barrichelo or the man, the myth, the legend Roberto Moreno deserved an honorable mention.

[@leonardantal6333]

I think Rubens is gonna be there in the 2000s list

[@motorsportfanboy7769]

@@leonardantal6333 He’s got to be!

[@NamNguyen-ci2hh]

I think that Giancarlo did some great things in the Benetton, around 1998-2000

[@thesfdoctor3603]

Barrichello was way better than Hill and Irvine in the 1990s imo, if he would've gotten in Ferrari in 1999 he probably won the title

[@troykennedy1087]

Rubens was class in the 90's. Deserves an honorable mention for sure!!

[@f1pro299]

Michael Schumacher is the reason I started watching F1. He was my hero ☺️

[@lilibra6224]

Me too he the 🐐

[@sabriaabilon5516]

same 🖤

[@apostolosapostolopoulos1190]

Me too man. He the goat for me

[@amroge8703]

I miss Michael

[@persezyra]

Poor Jean whenever leading something went down. One of the last romantics, he even refused to run TC in early 2000.

[@persezyra]

@theLundLs Traction Control, banned nowdays

[@chuckwagon7354]

I read he didn't use power steering either!

[@UGRRetribution]

@@chuckwagon7354 ...and then he planted his Prost 7th on the grid in Monaco. In a Prost. Less than a tenth behind a Ferrari. He wrangled that car's neck, only for the gearbox to go au revoir on him

[@F1_Gianni_96]

I put Schumacher as well on number one of the 90’s he was just legendary for me he was the GOAT

[@lilibra6224]

Yeah so many ppl now know f1 bec of him

[@Bruno555s]

He was also the best in the 00´s hands down... 5 consecutive WC...

[@DanHill1991]

Mika is my favourite F1 driver. He's the one who made me a McLaren fan and responsible for my first main F1 memories as a kid. It's also clear how much respect Schumacher had for him as well.

[@m80116]

Congrats and thank you for the extensive research end editing of proper clips of the impressive F1 vault content and other individual channels, must have been a heck of a job.

[@Matt-yw8tj]

The 90s had some of my favourite backmarker drivers ever. Katayama, Salo, Jos Verstappen (because lets face it, he was), Diniz, Tosser and more. Great times. Loved the Minardi team in particular.

[@joeogle7729]

Minardi. The lovable backmarkers est 1985...

[@Coastfog]

@@joeogle7729 You just knew they were going nowhere, often enough literally.

[@TLTeo]

@@Coastfog And we loved them for it! This one time I was at Monza with my dad (I was born and rasied in Milan, so we would go for free practice quite often), between the exit of Parabolica and the pit lane entry. A Minardi came by, went in the pits, and all of a sudden we heard all sorts of weird sounds from the pit lane...it was like they were drilling a hole in the wall or something. My dad, who tends to be very serious and quiet, looks at me with this twinkle in his eyes and goes "Sounds llike they are drilling holes in that Minardi to improve the aero. Good for them!". It was hilarious.

[@jeffsington3550]

@@TLTeo That's a great story and lovely memory to have! Thanks for sharing :)

[@joeogle7729]

@@Coastfog exactly. A team like Ferrari this year they're either getting pole or getting out in Q1. It's difficult to keep up with. Minardi were consistent...

[@Aleks-yl5hf]

I love the 90's: great drivers and beautiful cars!

[@RowhiderRCRacing]

The best decade in F1 for sure

[@hallamhal]

Mika is easily my favourite driver ever - two world titles aside he was great to watch and has so much personality

[@BOABModels]

The 1990s were my entry into F1 - I started following the sport after Senna had passed away, so I sadly don't have any memories of him first hand. What I do remember was Damon Hill Vs Michael Schumacher. One thing I hadn't realised at the time was their age differences - Hill was close to 10 years Schumacher's senior.

[@tiadaid]

The only reason Mansell buggered off was Frank Williams being a tightwad. Same thing for Hill. Also Hakkinen's move on Schumacher at Spa 2000 was probably move of the decade to me.

[@dylansmit3883]

Mansell actually buggered off when he learned Williams wanted Prost. He hated Alain from his time with him at Ferrari and didn't want to work with him again.

[@michaelkitchin9665]

@@dylansmit3883 And Frank had already made his mind up about Damon in 1995. He was leading the title and then kept running into Schumacher to hand the title to Michael. He thought it was as good as Damon was going to get.

[@rupertpupkin9630]

Villeneuve on Schumacher, Estoril 1996 was insane. As was Mansell on Berger, Mexico 1990. The Spa 2000 pass doesn't touch them. It's way overhyped.

[@Laihojaa]

@@rupertpupkin9630 "It's way overhyped" ???????????

[@rupertpupkin9630]

@@Laihojaa compared to the greatest passes in history.... yep it is

[@sokarash]

I think what people often forget is that Schumacher not only bought Ross Brawn with him, but also Rory Byrne, an engineer on a level with Adrian Newey. While Newey was know as a brilliant designer since his days at Williams and McLaren, he became the Superstar Designer at Red Bull. Rory Byrne was equalliy important for Ferrari, but less in the spotlight.

[@geckowizard]

I think Newey has a higher profile because he was more involved in the race operations - I'm not sure what he does/did, but I'd noticed that during race broadcasts, pit cameras would show him almost as often such as Frank Williams, Patrick Head, Ron Dennis and Christian Horner. Sometimes he'd even be on the pit wall. With Ferrari, I don't think Rory Byrne was as active beyond designing.

[@marcelobellissimo]

The fact is: all those guys were amazing, and i love them all...God bless these crazy drivers for giving us such a great time!

[@toby3695]

Third is both just right for Mika but also somehow feels like you are underrating him.

[@borismuller86]

I love Kimi, but I have to say Mika is the Finnish GOAT.

[@DedMan28]

Considering the legend status of the two drivers ahead of him... I feel it's partly justified.

[@retardray5701]

He was quick, but maybe it's because he won his 2 titles back-to-back in the same team, so there's this question of whether he could've made it work in another top team.

[@mafiousbj]

I think because most of us watching Josh probably were born during the 90´s and never watched F1 live during the early part of the decade, so our childhood memories are the black and silver car against the red car in the late 90´s. Therefore we think of either Mika or Schumi as being Nº1 and Nº2 in our minds

[@harroldinab]

Don't worry, when he returns from his sabatical he'll know he underrated him

[@ddlee84]

My biggest memory of Berger is 1989 Grand Prix at Imola, where he went right in to the wall and when it came to a stop...Burst in to flames. I can't remember exactly what Murray Walker said...but you could tell how shocked he was at the scenes. I remember that accident purely because of how good he was after it!!!!

[@ShineStreet]

I'd add Ivan Capelli, Bertrand Gachot and Martin Brundle to my honourable mentions list. Three brilliant drivers who couldn't quite get their hands on a top tier car. Other than that, the list looks pretty amazing.

[@Phantom5611]

I would also add Barrichello considering he did some great wet weather drive and regularly outperformed Herbert.

[@motorsportfanboy7769]

@@Phantom5611 At least Rubens is guaranteed to be put on the list for the 2000’s one I think

[@nicolasmartinez575]

Frentzen's 99 season is alongside alonso's 2012 as one of the best individual performances of all time. I mean, to think that with a bit more luck he wouldve been right in the mix for the title until the last race in a jordan is absolute unbeliveable

[@Scuderino67]

Wish I was born around 90's so I can watch some brilliant action of drivers, teams & acourse hear the great Murray walker

[@rickywilcocks2712]

Great video, the 90s were the golden era of F1. I agree with your top 10 list

[@isunnyalive]

Interesting enough, but Chris Rea's song Johnny needs a fast car is dedicated to Herbert, and it was written while Johnny was in Lotus, muchly outperforming the car he had back in the early 90s. Thanks for the videos, Josh, greetings from Russia)

[@snobey]

Remember that Frentzen was in a 1999 title fight. IN A FRICKING JORDAN.

[@the_rustydoornob1164]

IMO with mansel his is definitely ONE of the greatest drivers of all time... problem is he races with THE greatest drivers of all time

[@apophisstr6719]

The way he entered the sport pretty much sums up what he is as a driver. Bold, brave, and determined, he IS the Lion.

[@harrytodhunter5078]

Just like Mark Martin in NASCAR

[@nickklavdianos5136]

@@harrytodhunter5078 very true.

[@subarnosinha8042]

Well, he was one of the "Big 4" drivers of the '80s alongside Prost, Piquet and Senna. He was named "il Leone" for a reason. The last driver to be handpicked by Enzo Ferrari, he's an undisputed great of this sport.

[@PlasticBagForAHelmet]

Similar to Andy Murray existing and playing at the time of Federer, Nadal and Djokovic.

[@Viviloo]

Truly Mika is just... something else, maybe I'm still riding on the hype of him being such a big f1 fan who constantly makes blog posts and podcast sessions to talk about it or maybe it's the memory of that one time he told senna "you need big balls (to do what I did on the track)" but he's just.. really special

[@DaniMacYo]

Schumacher my racing hero. Legend. Also Mika had a special place in my heart was always a big fan. The only driver I didn't mind beating Schumi on his best day. The respect those two had was lovely to watch. But yeah Michael Schumacher imo was the overall best driver of the majority of the 90's and 00's.

[@maje2610]

Watching all these decades videos and their progression and evolution has been amazing. I cant wait to see the 2000's and 2010's editions!

[@edwuave]

Max fans, "best F1 driver on the 90s is Max of course"

[@DomHowardsFluoPants]

Similar to Ham fans then. How quaint.

[@Denhalen79]

His father Jos. He could rival Michael Schumacher in his debuut year, although he crashed often. But did manage to become 3rd in Hungary.

[@Plupx]

@@Denhalen79 funny man

[@kotsosmanolis879]

No, jos

[@janikakis]

Well written video -- great segues between each driver in the list!

[@alexthehunted]

Love to see your list of top 10 f1 commentators i mean we all know who number 1 will be but be fun to hear your opinion

[@pauljennings8432]

Can you name ten F1 commentators?

[@alexthehunted]

@@pauljennings8432 James Hunt, Murry Walker, Martin Brundle, David Coulthard, David Croft, Ben Edwards, James Allen, Alex Jacques, Mark Webber, Simon Taylor

[@pauljennings8432]

@@alexthehunted Thats really good, I'd add (the awful) Johnathan Legard, Anthony Davidson and Billy Monger. There a few others more ;-)

[@mr_bottomtooth]

Good list and I agree with the essential points you said. :) With that being said, here is my Top 10 list... well, actually I'm going for a Top 20 to give a closer insight to the "honorable mentions" section as well. :D I primarily took into account the ovarall achievements, but also how many opportunities the driver had to score any success, if he had competitive material and how well he performed against his teammates. 20) Ralf Schumacher 19) Giancarlo Fisichella 18) Martin Brundle 17) Rubens Barrichello 16) Olivier Panis 15) Johnny Herbert 14) Nelson Piquet 13) Riccardo Patrese 12) Eddie Irvine 11) Heinz-Harald Frentzen 10) David Coulthard 9) Gerhard Berger 8) Jean Alesi 7) Jacques Villeneuve 6) Alain Prost 5) Mika Häkkinen 4) Nigel Mansell 3) Damon Hill 2) Ayrton Senna 1) Michael Schumacher

[@alexhndr]

90's is when F1 peaked, talent wise, imho Old and new, battling it out for glory and fame Even with Death looming above them, they aint pulling back I dare say 90's.. defined F1 As a whole

[@rhatala27]

2000s were pretty great too. Schumacher, Raikkonen, Alonso, Button, Hamilton, Vettel

[@jorgeifyaknowyaknow5930]

tbh we have the same situation now. we have kimi fernando seb and lewis vs max lando carlos and perez

[@mohit_panjwani]

It's pretty great in terms of talent even now

[@Coastfog]

I think we tend to overestimate the significance of that slice of time when we got to know F1. I grew up in the 90s, so those guys are still my favorite drivers ever. Same with Indycar. But there were legends before them and more legends will follow in the future. Let's just appreciate drivers for being the amazing competitors they are.

[@TLTeo]

Reminder that the 94 season had 45 drivers in total. The front of the field in the 90s was excellent, but holy crap there were so many awful pay drivers too (as in Lord Mahaveer levels of bad, not Mazepin levels of bad). At least in modern times those people can't get a super license.

[@thatwassoawesome]

Great video! I would maybe add Barrichello to the honourable mentions for the 90s. He put in some impressive performances in the Stewart, a fair few podiums

[@AH-be6bu]

I don’t understand, where is Ricardo Rosset?

[@josemojeda1527]

Missed out in the honorable mentions to Taki Inoue smh

[@wedgeGTX]

he is still trying to reverse from the wall in Monaco :)

[@varunrkorpol]

Love your way of presentation and the humour

[@gwillco5100]

I made my own list before watching and our only difference was I had Frentzen instead of Alesi. 2 wins and 3rd in championship with Jordan!

[@captainnutnut6077]

As a Brit, to see not only two Brits in the honourable mentions, but three in the top ten is awesome. Also, referring to Nigel Mansell as a Brummie native myself? Priceless. I would have to say personally I would agree with that as a top 10 of the 90s. Need to watch your top 10 of the 80s video now! 🙂

[@Claggyt]

Great summary of 1990's F1. Two of the top five drivers only competed in 4 seasons (Senna) and 3 seasons (Prost). Only Schumacher is in the conversation about the sports best. Hakkinen was quick but needed to be driving the best car, same with Mansell, Hill and Villeneuve. There were a lot of good drivers after the Prost/Senna era but Schumacher was the only great one until probably Alonso.

[@rupertpupkin9630]

Well said. Hakkinen in hindsight is way, way overrated.

[@ciaronsmith4995]

You are clueless. Mika Hakkinen was far superior to Fernando Alonso.

[@rupertpupkin9630]

Cool story bro 🤣

[@vacsad]

@@rupertpupkin9630 Mika is very much underrated. Michael himself said Mika was the only driver who was able to intimidate him on the track.

[@rupertpupkin9630]

@@vacsad no he never said that

[@shig.bitz.3205]

Great video! Pretty much agree when taking into account the decade

[@KrisRogos]

Looking forward to your 2000s and 10s driver ratings

[@danielsgrunge]

I agree with the list for the most part, awesome vid!

[@knightmayorxd6395]

Even though he wasn’t racing i’m the 1990’s, my vote is of course, lord mahaveer the great. If you think i’m crazy, don’t forget he did buy- i mean earn a seat in alfa romeo for testing, so he is a legitimate candidate.

[@chrm08]

Top list, well done Josh

[@gregorybarker2392]

Josh you should do a detailed video on Mika. Recently I have started researching him and found it very interesting

[@chrisgoblin4857]

I'm so happy DC made it on the list. Always had a soft spot for him on the track and he really found a place in commentary after racing. My favourite driver of the 90s had to be Mika. I started watching in the early 90s with my Dad and Mika Hakkinen was the driver I loved watching. Dude was fierce on the track and went hard. There were some huge names in the 90s sharing a track that's for sure.

[@HaroldF2006]

1990s and 2000s was peak F1

[@dylanarnold5010]

Said the 25-35 year old man.

[@HaroldF2006]

@@dylanarnold5010 its my opinion although its getting more exciting every year

[@apinakissa1516]

@@dylanarnold5010 90's and early 00's was the peak of F1 -18yo man

[@dylanarnold5010]

@@apinakissa1516 when you grow up you’ll learn to appreciate the history of F1 😊

[@apinakissa1516]

@@dylanarnold5010 90's and early 00's were the best years of F1, that's the truth. Best looking cars, less politics and more real racing.

[@daksh2953]

That's another awesome video ❤️

[@WildGalago]

For me, Mika is by far the greatest Finnish driver, I love Kimi and he is super quick, but for me Mika was a whole new level

[@PsychedeliKompot]

Mika had dominant and more importantly, reliable machinery though. Kimi never had that at McLaren. To me, those two finns are pretty much equal. Both were great rivals of MSC, but also friends, and Kimi became Michael's protégée after the latter's retirement, thats how good he was. One of only 5 drivers with more than 100 podiums. They're probably on #4 and #5 respectively of the greatest drivers of all time, only behind Senna, Hamilton and Schumacher. Maybe behind Prost as well. Ahead of Lauda though. And ahead of Alonso.

[@WildGalago]

@@PsychedeliKompot That is true, Kimi didn't have the reliability at McLaren, both of them were incredible racers

[@tnnbeats9130]

@@PsychedeliKompot "maybe behind prost" ????? prost can arguably be ranked in front of senna and next to the likes of hamilton and schumacher you cant put kimi and mika in the same class

[@PsychedeliKompot]

@@tnnbeats9130 Clearly you've never seen Kimi's 2003 and 2005 seasons at McLaren.

[@tnnbeats9130]

@@PsychedeliKompot kimi is not in the same class as prost senna hamilton and schumacher he is a class below with guys such as mika, nigel, alonso, etc

[@peel8043]

Alain Prost is probably my favorite f1 driver and strategist of all time. He was a true smooth operator and was able to tue his car just by altering his driving style in quali to make his race performance better

[@rh-tz1ez]

I honestly believe Hakkinen is underrated, without him we wouldn't have got the Michael Schumacher that dominated f1

[@佐津間千夏]

That narrative transition tho *chef's kiss*

[@un6250]

2000’s and 2010’s left now, we know the top 3 of both the decades but still excited

[@cristiandumitrescu1744]

What is your 2000's Top3? Because that's very debatable (except the 1st place which is not even a question)

[@un6250]

@@cristiandumitrescu1744 I’d say 1- the obvious one 2- Nando 3- Kimi

[@flyingphoenix113]

@@un6250, my order as well. 10s probably has to be: 1. Hammy 2. Seb 3. Nico (though there's a case for putting Alonso here based on his drives in 2010-2012)

[@motorsportfanboy7769]

Yeah the low end of the Top 10 for both decades will be the most exciting one tbf

[@Ekinoxe]

I was there for Alesi's win at the 1995 Canadian Grand Prix. He was driving a Ferrari #27, the same car/number Gilles Villeneuve was driving 15 years before him. The crowd went nuts when he won. I was only 13 and I still remember all of it like it was yesterday. Fun times.

[@simbarocksone]

Mika Hakkinen is SO underrated! He beat Michael Schumacher twice along with Alonso.

[@salmanazam9444]

Arguably was the original Iceman. Had big cojones too. One of my favourites.

[@JoshuaC923]

A great character and a great driver!

[@RandomGuy37]

I know right. He should definitely be up there when people argue who's the best driver of all time. As a Finn it's unfortunate and frustating to see how Bottas is completely wrecking the Finnish F1 legacy with his mistakes and lack of fighting spirit. I just hope someday there will be another Rosberg, Häkkinen or Räikkönen, who is really fast and willing to win.

[@buryy4764]

@@salmanazam9444 He had massive cojones. *Spa Overtake Flashbacks*

[@Undivided-X]

Without Schumacher's injury at Silverstone, Hakkinen would have lost the title. He drove better in 2000 than 1999 arguably.

[@detonator2112]

Senna, Prost, Mansell, K.Rosberg, Piquet are in my mind 80's drivers. Sure Prost and Senna are all time top-3 drivers. But if we forget them, in the 90's there was only two super drivers: Mika and Schumi. Then came the rest. Those two were so much ahead of the competition, it wasn't even funny. Sure Hill was a good pilot but nowhere near the talent of Mika and Michael. Michael himself said that Hakkinen was the best rival he ever competed against. Great times.

[@TehMehKehIen]

It's not really the 5 titles for me, it's what Michael did between 96 and 99 that put him as the best ever. He put the rest of the grid on a tier below him, at least.

[@thomasclark3332]

I feel 2020's gonna be huge with Verstapen, Ricardo, Leclerc, Lando, George and LEGENDS like Vettel, Alonso, Kimi, Hamilton (and many more)

[@lilibra6224]

Ricciardo is done replace him with mick schumacher

[@PsychedeliKompot]

@@lilibra6224 Now thats an interesting take and I'd love to see McLaren snatch up Schumacher from under Ferrari's boot. They'll be dangling that Ferrari seat in front of Mick just like Mercedes were dangling that seat in front of Russel for years.

[@supermarconso]

1- Senna 2- Schumacher 3- Prost 4- Mansell 5- Hakkinen 6- Hill 7- Villeneuve 8- Berger 9- Coulthard 10- Frentzen

[@rupertpupkin9630]

Now THIS is almost spot on. Well done. Only I'd swap Hill and Villeneuve, otherwise perfect. Nice to see someone around here who actually watched this era and has common sense.

[@unsatisfiedfans7422]

1950s: pioneer 1960s: best 1970s: legendary 1980s: greatest 1990s: titans 2000s: excellent 2010s: only if you have a faster car

[@Neo-R.]

Hot comment bro😊

[@mrn8032]

I am waiting for the best drivers of the 2000s

[@ThatCrazyKid0007]

Schumacher, Alonso, Raikkonen, Hamilton, Massa, Montoya, Button, Kubica, Barichello, R. Schumacher. Honorable mentions Trulli, Fisichella, Coulthard and so on.

[@SOIBand]

@@ThatCrazyKid0007 a reasonable line up, if you ask me

[@motorsportfanboy7769]

@@ThatCrazyKid0007 That’s not a bad list actually. Josh would probably have most of your drivers list for his 2000’s one

[@hamstaganza9240]

More merch options, please!. Make a BRUH tshirt. It would be hilarious. Love the videos! Keep them coming.

[@devravi7049]

honestly as a driver i rank villeneuve so high cause of those first 2 seasons of his, goddamnit we think lewis made a good debut

[@josemojeda1527]

To be fair Lewis was a single point from the title in 2007, and he would have won if he had one less DNF

[@flyingphoenix113]

@@josemojeda1527, tbf, so would Alonso, and Kimi was far from lucky that season as well.

[@super_street_racer5094]

Same here... Villeneuve was the GOAT he just did the wrong moves after Williams...

[@rupertpupkin9630]

Criminally underrated EVERY TIME this guy. All because what he's outspoken? The fact this video doesn't even touch on some of his heroic performances in shitboxes during 1998 and 99 speaks volumes.

[@josemojeda1527]

@@rupertpupkin9630 I think because he never won a race after winning the title in 97, and yes I know that zipper BAR was terrible

[@Aleks-yl5hf]

I love your videos!

[@husse7300]

The Häkkinen - Schumi era was the peak of F1

[@flyingphoenix113]

My favorite as well. Clean racing, immense respect between competitors, and closely-matched cars. It helps that the cars also look and sound AMAZING.

[@kalpesh_p]

Absolutely. Thats what got me into F1. It was for me one of the golden rivalries

[@Coastfog]

Any chance you were born in the mid/late 80s?

[@husse7300]

@@Coastfog sadly no. I wish I had though. My dad has been watching F1 since Keke won the WC, and the stories he has told me about 98-00 seasons have been mindblowing

[@DarthTribal]

Happy to see Villenueve on the list. He was a great driver in the 90's. Was the 00's that he started to falter sadly.

[@StephenLMW]

Michael Schumacher is not only the king of the 90s and 2000s but I believe he is the king of Motorsport full stop Keep fighting Michael

[@blueguy12345]

Nah he was a cheat and a bully. When e was beat he crashed his opponents out. A real champion doesn't have to do that to be great...

[@StephenLMW]

Patrick Murphy in case you didn't notice Senna was a cheat remember Suzuka 1990 where he almost killed Alain Prost and what about Lewis Cheatmilton punting Max Verstappen off the track at Silverstone Michael Schumacher never put another drivers life in danger The 1994 Hill incident was Damons fault because he was stupid to even go for a gap that was closing plus Schumacher was simply doing what a real racer would do anyway regain the racing line and the 1997 incident was marked down by the race stewards as a racing incident The only time Schumacher was ever naughty was Monaco 2006 where he stopped on the corner but did it involve any other drivers no it didn't Other people are allowed to have their own opinions but don't ever call Michael Schumacher a cheat or a bully because he would never have done what Senna and Hamilton have done Hamilton is a real bully forcing drivers to take the knee is disgusting Keep fighting Michael

[@crabbytomb9788]

New to this channel, but casually followed F1 since the late 2000s and watched back older decades. Personally, my top 10 is: Alesi Irvine Coulthard Mansell Berger Prost Hill Hakkinen Senna Schumacher

[@elliotcrossan6290]

It's much harder to rank the 80s and 90s as whole decades than it is to rank them in distinct 5-year periods 80-84: Prost > Piquet > Lauda >> Jones 85-89: Prost > Senna >> Mansell > Piquet 90-94: Senna >> Prost > Mansell = Schumacher 95-99: Schumacher >> Häkkinen >> Hill >> Villeneuve

[@detonator2112]

How about Keke Rosberg? Soundly beat Mansell in Williams 1985 and won the 1982 World Championship with an underpowered, antique Cosworth.

[@karleighcharsports1]

Well written, and well voiced.

[@TheRUBrally]

My top 10: 1 M.Schumacher 2 Hakkinen 3 Senna 4 Prost 5 Villeneuve 6 Hill 7 Mansell 8 Alesi 9 Berger 10 Panis

[@fredyicey]

Schumacher is the absolute goat in germany, its common to say if someone drives fast „you drive like you are schumacher“. He is the ultimate legend over here

[@parthbadve5297]

TOP 10 TEAM PRINCIPALS OF ALL TIME WHEN?

[@TheRUBrally]

Me: It's 1.30 am, I am going to sleep. Wait, Josh loaded a new video? Ok, I can sleep later

[@salmanazam9444]

I think F1 can never quite reach the heights it did in the 90s and the early 2000s (or maybe the whole 2000s). Great driver line-ups, great tracks, soulful sounding cars, good racing action etc.

[@geckowizard]

From the 94 season onwards, when refuelling was reintroduced, there wasn't that much action, tbh. There would be some drama on the first lap, then it would be a procession until the last refuelling stop, then the 'real race' would be begin. Most of the overtaking took place during the pitstops. Of course, there were exceptions, and there were wet races, but it wasn't as exciting as some people claim it was.

[@AlexRichh]

Love the fact you called Mansell a Brummy

[@Screwy23]

My list would have Mansell higher and Damon a bit lower. IMO Mansell is one of if not the greatest drivers with 1 championship.

[@elliotcrossan6290]

Mansell is definitely the greatest one-time Champion. He has 31 wins -- the next best one-time Champions are Nico Rosberg (23 wins) and Damon Hill (22 wins). Nigel broke the record for most wins (9) and, stunningly, the record for most poles (14) in the 16-race 1992 season. He slaughtered Patrese in the FW14B. Mansell should definitely be higher on this list. 1990 is the only reason why Prost should be higher than Mansell in a 90s ranking, as Mansell's 1992 title was definitely better than Prost's 1993 title. Prost was clearly superior in 1990 though.

[@Screwy23]

@@elliotcrossan6290 The thing is Nico and Kimi are also really great drivers who only won 1 title.

[@elliotcrossan6290]

@@Screwy23 I wouldn't say Nico is quite on the same level. Kimi is more arguable. The thing is about Kimi -- his raw speed in 2001-2007 was extraordinary, but he really went off the boil after that. He didn't put in the hard work necessary to become the multiple World Champion his talent deserves. My view is that Mansell is the greatest one-time Champion, followed by Jochen Rindt and Mario Andretti, then Kimi Räikkönen and Damon Hill.

[@rafaelandre7326]

@@elliotcrossan6290 Yeah I think Kimi’s raw pace in his early years was so good that if he had the best car then, he would easily be a multiple time champ. But even after 2007 he was still pretty good until 2013. Since then it’s been a little meh, although 2018 was good.

[@elliotcrossan6290]

@@rafaelandre7326 the fact that Räikkönen got handily outscored by Massa in 2008 and 2009 is a big warning sign for me. Felipe got destroyed by Schumacher and Alonso, and comfortably beaten by Bottas.

[@domicceareal5234]

You're an impeccable shit talker. Subscribed. Thanks

[@mafiousbj]

Poor Senna...divided his talent between two decades (reminds me of Reutemann who couldn´t even get an honourable mention in the 80´s video even when finishing runner up in ´81) so it´s not well fitted for this format, but again I mostly agree with this ranking. And I think that at least results wise, Schumi may be the only one to repeat a Nº1 spot in two different decades (even if he was a disgusting cheat for most of the 90´s)

[@Coastfog]

1:29 "more chin than man" Schumacher: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@TLTeo]

As impressive as Schumi's chin was, it's nothing on Coulthards honestly.

[@Coastfog]

@@TLTeo it's up for debate I think. They both have magnificent chins in their own right

[@JoelR-n3p]

I think Rubens would get an honorary mention, by the second in 1997 monaco GP

[@motorsportfanboy7769]

Don’t worry Rubens will probably appear in the 2000’s one even if half of the decade was him being a No.2 😬

[@Xavioon]

So hyped for the 2000's video

[@salmanazam9444]

Gotta say, I sorta agree with Alesi being below Villenueve here, Alesi seems so much more likeable than Jacque.

[@marguskiis7711]

Alesi was overrated.

[@jamescleanair5471]

I actually like Jacques... Seems like just honest guy and I respect that. I don´t always agree with him but when I listened to beyond the grid podcast with him he was chill

[@rupertpupkin9630]

Alesi wasn't in Villeneuves class... end of story. JV is criminally underrated. Here and everywhere.

[@danielworona2869]

Great video, transitions good as always, but for me lack of Barrichello (who beat across full season both Irvine and Herbert and got 2 poles in Jordan and Stewart) and Brundle (the closest teammate of Schumi in that era and driver considered to be one of the best to never win an F1 race) in honorable mentions at least is suprising. Also, make a video "WTF happened with Sebastian Bourdais" Plz.

[@elliot1111]

Could you do 10 worst drivers of each decade? Or is that a tad bit rude

[@shuptwincam]

Don't really think any driver cares if they are called the worst driver. So it wouldn't really be rude

[@elliot1111]

@@shuptwincam true but I feel it still like might seem abit like rude to say this drivers crap when in actuality they’re much better than us despite being well crap

[@shuptwincam]

@@elliot1111 true but it's more a comparison to other drivers on the grid instead of normal people. They could be crap compared to all of the current drivers on the grid but compared to the average person they are obviously better than us

[@elliot1111]

@@shuptwincam yeah fair enough

[@mattminey7543]

yes the legend is back again

[@FelipePGiro]

David Coulthard makes it to the list but Rubens Barrichello doesn't even get a honorable mention.

[@ryan515god]

He didn’t even win a race in the 90s mate

[@nickklavdianos5136]

Well he didn't have particularly competitive equipment. He outdrove it, yes, but great drivers who drive for bad teams tend to be overlooked because they don't have the accolades others have.

[@FelipePGiro]

@@ryan515god You don't have to necessarily win races to do better seasons.

[@ryan515god]

You can hardly include someone who never won a race in the 90s in a best drivers of the decade list regardless of how well he drove in limited machinery. Everyone in the list achieved more than he did during that time.

[@FelipePGiro]

@@ryan515god Yes, you can. With the exception of the WDCs, most of them hardly did anything worthly impressive for as long as Barrichello did from 93-99.

[@StrikingAlexa]

Prost was clearly number 1 in the 80s joint most titles with Piquet and most wins