The favourite debate of any self-respecting sports fan: who is the greatest champion of which discipline. Even if, through the ages, the game of comparisons has necessarily proved to be hazardous. All the more so in Formula 1, where driving Max Verstappen's Red Bull, a true monster of technology and safety, has absolutely nothing to do with finding yourself at the wheel of the Maserati or Ferrari of a certain Juan Manuel Fangio in the 1950s, closer to a soapbox by today's standards.
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- Formula 1: drivers' standings
- Formula 1: the calendar of the season
Nevertheless, in this little game that is as subjective as it is random, everyone obviously has the right to have their opinion. And to give it, as Bernie Ecclestone did in the columns of the Daily Mail: "Max is the best driver of all time. There is no doubt about that in my mind. I used to say Alain Prost and Lewis Hamilton. Now I'd say Max Verstappen. To me, he's the biggest, and the brightest...
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