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Originally Posted by Bononi

I have my opinion...


This is just racing and that's the way it goes.

Exactly. Fangio often found himself in the best machinery. So did Clark (when it held together). So did Schumacher in the Ferrari years.

There are occasions when a driver doesn't win in the best car (Prost '86, Stewart in the Tyrrells etc.), but getting yourself into the best car/team has always been part of motor racing and always will be. Any of the drivers listed wouldn't have won if they had been in back-of-the-grid machinery. Though Clark did once

Tom Kristensen is a Le Mans legend, yet a lot of his wins came at a time when he was driving dominant Audi machinery. The same could be said of Ickx at Porsche.

The fact that Vettel is on course to achieve 27 wins from 99 races (the same win% as Stewart) suggests he is up there with the greats. The wins percentage is a statistic that is often forgotten these days, as drivers rack up wins more often thanks to the huge race schedule.

To go slightly off topic, here is a quick table of 'top' drivers over the last 60 years including their win percentage:

Name	Wins	Starts	Win%
Juan Manual Fangio	24	51	47.06
Alberto Ascari	13	32	40.63
Jim Clark	25	72	34.72
Michael Schumacher	91	304	29.93
Jackie Stewart	27	99	27.27
Sebastian Vettel	26	98	26.53
Alain Prost	51	199	25.63
Ayrton Senna	41	161	25.47
Stirling Moss	16	66	24.24
Damon Hill	22	115	19.13
Lewis Hamilton	20	107	18.69
Fernando Alonso	30	193	15.54
Niki Lauda	25	171	14.62
Mika Hakkinen	20	161	12.42
Nelson Piquet	23	204	11.27
Jack Brabham	14	126	11.11
Kimi Raikkonen	18	173	10.40
Emerson Fittipaldi	14	144	9.72
Mario Andretti	12	128	9.38