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Who is your British GP Hero?

BRITISH GP HERO 24 OOO BRITAIN CAN LAY JUST CLAIM TO BEING THE HOME OF INTERNATIONAL MOTOR RACING, HAVING HOSTED THE FIRST WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GRAND PRIX AT SILVERSTONE IN 1950 UK TRACK ACES HAVE ALSO WON MORE DRIVERS' CHAMPIONSHIPS THAN ANY OTHER NATIONALITY, WITH NINE DRIVERS SHARING 13 TITLES. THIS INCLUDES ICONIC NAMES SUCH AS MANSELL, HILL, STEWART, CLARKE AND, MORE RECENTLY, HAMILTON AND BUTTON. BUT WHO IS THE BEST BRITISH DRIVER OF THEM ALL? MONEYSUPERMARKET HAS PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF 20 OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL AND BEST-LOVED BRITISH GRAND PRIX DRIVERS IN AN EFFORT TO FIND OUT WHO THE FANS AND EXPERTS BELIEVE IS BEST OF ALL. SO, IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER... WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BRITISH GP VICTORIES 88888 REGARDED BY MANY AS THE FASTEST RACING DRIVER TO COME OUT OF BRITAIN. WON TWO DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR THE LOTUS TEAM AND JIM CLARK BRITISH GP WINS - 25 POLE POSITIONS - 33 MAGIC MOMENT WOULD HAVE WON MORE IF MOST SUCCESSFUL BRITISH DRIVER AT HIS HOME EVENT, WITH 5 WINS. IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR POOR RELIABILITY. TOPPED THE PODIUMS - 32 FASTEST LAPS - 28 TIMES LIST OF GREATEST RACING DRIVERS IN 2009. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BRITISH GP VICTORIES STIRLING MOSS GENERALLY THOUGHT OF AS BAITISH GP THE BEST DRIVER NEVER TO HAVE WON A CHAMPIONSHIP. FOUR TIMES A RUNNER UP; MISSING OUT BY JUST 1 POINT IN 1958. WINS - 16 POLE POSITIONS - 16 MAGIC MOMENT TAKING OVER TEAM MATE TONY BROOK'S CAR AT THE 1957 BRITISH GP AT AINTREE AFTER HIS OWN FAILED MID RACE. STORMED FROM 9TH BACK TO 1ST. PODIUMS - 24 FASTEST LAPS - 19 3 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BRITISH GP VICTORIES MIKE HAWTHORN BRITISH GP BECAME THE FIRST BRITISH WORLD CHAMPION IN 1958, WINS - 3 POLE POSITIONS - 4 MAGIC MOMENT SEEING OFF A STRONG FINISHING 2ND TO TEAM-MATE COLLINS IN 1958 DESPITE SETTING THE FASTEST LAP CHALLENGE FROM FELLOW BRIT STIRLING MOSS. PODIUMS - 18 FASTEST LAPS - 6 4. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BRITISH GP VICTORIES INCREDIBLY VERSATILE - GRAHAM HILL THE ONLY DRIVER TO WIN BAITISH GP THE 24 HOURS OF LE MANS, INDY 500 AND F1 WORLD WINS - 14 POLE POSITIONS - 13 MAGIC MOMENT CHAMPIONSHIP. BECAME THE BRITISH GP WAS THE ONLY PRESTIGIOUS EVENT HILL NEVER WON, BUT HE CAME CLOSE IN 1965; FINISHING JUST 100 YARDS KNOWN AS MR. MONACO AFTER WINNING THE GLAMOUROUS RACE FIVE TIMES. PODIUMS - 36 FASTEST LAPS - 10 BEHIND CLARK AFTER BREAKING THE LAP RECORD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BRITISH GP VICTORIES INNES IRELAND LARGER THAN LIFE CHARACTER WHO CAME BACK FROM SERIOUS INJURIES TO TAKE HIS ONLY VICTORY AT THE USA GP IN 1961 FOR BAITISH GP WINS - 1 POLE POSITIONS -0 MAGIC MOMENT STRONG PODIUM FINISH AT THE 1960 EVENT LOTUS. PODIUMS - 4 FASTEST LAPS - 1 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BRITISH GP VICTORIES JACKIE STEWAAT THE 'FLYING SCOT' WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP THREE TIMES FOR TYRRELL WITH HIS SILKY SMOOTH STYLE. HAS KNOWN FOR HIS TIRELESS WORK TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY LEVELS WITHIN THE SPORT. BAITISH GP WINS - 27 POLE POSITIONS - 17 MAGIC MOMENT WHEEL TO WHEEL TUSSLE WITH JOCHEN RINDT FOR THE LEAD IN 1969 IN A RACE HE EVENTUALLY WON BY OVER A LAP. STEWART PODIUMS - 43 FASTEST LAPS - 15 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BRITISH GP VICTORIES NIGEL MANSELL KNOWN AS THE LION' IN ITALY FOR HIS AGGRESSIVE, FIGHTING STYLE. THE MOST SUCCESSFUL BRITISH DRIVER BAITISH GP POLE POSITIONS - 32 MAGIC MOMENT WINS - 31 PROMPTING A TRACK INVASION AFTER HIS IN TERMS OF VICTORIES. 1992 VICTORY ON HIS WAY TO A LONG OVERDUE CHAMPIONSHIP WIN PODIUMS - 59 FASTEST LAPS - 30 BEST REMEMBERED FOR HIS COLOUR PERSONALITY AND HATRED WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BRITISH GP VICTORIES JAMES HUNT BRITISH GP OF RICCARDO PATRESSE WHILE IN THE COMMENTARY BOX WITH ALSO AN EXTREMELY TALENTED DRIVER WHO BEAT NIKI LAUDA TO THE 1976 CHAMPIONSHIP FOR MCLAREN. RON MAGIC MOMENT WINS - 10 POLE POSITIONS - 14 MURRAY WALKER. HE WAS OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED HE COULDN'T MAKE THE RESTART IN 1976 AFTER AN INFRINGEMENT. FANS BEGAN CHANTING HIS NAME AND HE HOWARD FILM 'RUSH' IS BEING RELEASED LATER IN THE YEAR BASED ON THEIR BATTLE. PODIUMS - 23 FASTEST LAPS -8 WAS EVENTUALLY ALLOWED TO START DUE TO FEARS OVER RIOTS. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BRITISH GP VICTORIES DAMON HILL STILL THE ONLY SON OF A WORLD CHAMPION TO TAKE THE TITLE HIMSELF, BEST BAITISH GP WINS - 22 POLE POSITIONS - 20 MAGIC MOMENT REMEMBERED FOR HIS BEAT MICHAEL BATTLES WITH MICHAEL SCHUMACHER IN THE MID 1990S. SCHUMACHER TO VICTORY IN THE 1994 RACE. fohma PODIUMS - 42 FASTEST LAPS - 19 CaHOA 10 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BRITISH GP VICTORIES ENTERED THE SPORT WITH A LEWIS HAMILTON BANG BY PROVING HIMSELF BRITISH GP FASTER THAN DOUBLE WORLD CHAMPION TEAM-MATE WINS - 21 POLE POSITIONS - 27 MAGIC MOMENT SAITAN BRITA GRD PR S TONE 20 ALONSO IN 2007. WENT ON STUNNING WET WEATHER PERFORMANCE IN 2008. AT TIMES, HE WAS 3 SECONDS PER LAP FASTER THAN ANYONE ELSE. TO TAKE THE TITLE IN 2008. COMMONLY THOUGHT OF Form AS THE FASTEST DRIVER PODIUMS - 51 FASTEST LAPS - 12 Santandes CURRENTLY IN THE SPORT. 11 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BRITISH GP VICTORIES A PERSISTANT FRONT-RUNNER IN THE 1950S WHO CAME 2ND IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1959. MOST FAMOUS FOR HANDING TONY BROOKS BRITISH GP WINS - 6 POLE POSITIONS - 3 MAGIC MOMENT HIS CAR OVER TO TEAM-MATE STIRLING MOSS AT THE 1957 BRITISH GP AFTER MOSS'S CAR SHARING VICTORY HONOURS WITH STIRLING MOSS IN 1957 SUFFERED RELIABILITY ISSUES. PODIUMS - 10 FASTEST LAPS - 3 12 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BRITISH GP VICTORIES THE ONLY MAN TO WIN JOHN SUATEES WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ON BRITISH GP 2 AND 4 WHEELS. MADE AN IMMEDIATE IMPRESSION, FINISHING 2ND IN HIS SECOND WINS - 6 POLE POSITIONS - 8 MAGIC MOMENT GRAND PRIX AT SILVERSTONE IN 1960 AND WENT ON TO BECOME CHAMPION WITH FERRARI IN 1964. BEATING HIS MORE EXPERIENCED TEAM- MATE IRELAND TO 2ND PLACE IN ONLY HIS SECOND GRAND PRIX AT PODIUMS - 24 FASTEST LAPS - 11 SILVERSTONE IN 1960 13 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BRITISH GP VICTORIES PETER COLLINS MADE HIS DEBUT IN 1952 WITH BACKMARKERS HWM, BAITISH GP BUT HAD TO WAIT UNTIL 1956 LEAD FOR HIS BIG BREAK WITH WINS - 3 POLE POSITIONS - 0 MAGIC MOMENT FERRARI WHERE HE CAME CLOSE TO BECOMING BRITAIN'S FIRST CHAMPION. LOST HIS BEATING TEAM-MATE AND EVENTUAL CHAMPION HAWTHORN FASTEST LAPS - 0 TO WIN THE 1958 RACE LIFE IN AN ACCIDENT AT THE GERMAN GRAND PRIX IN 1958. PODIUMS - 9 14 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BRITISH GP VICTORIES BECAME THE YOUNGEST DRIVER IN THE SPORTS JENSON BUTTON HISTORY IN 2000 BUT IS NOW BRITISH GP ITS MOST EXPERIENCED WINS - 15 POLE POSITIONS - 8 ANTA STR AN N RIX 2012 PARTICIPANT. WENT THROUGH MAGIC MOMENT YEARS OF FRUSTRATION WITH MADE A BIG IMPRESSION IN HIS FIRST BRITISH GP WEEKEND, QUALIFYING 5TH AHEAD OF SCHUMACHER IN THE UNDER PERFORMING HONDA TEAM BEFORE GETTING HIS BIG CHANCE WITH BRAWN PODIUMS - 49 FASTEST LAPS - 8 CHANGEABLE CONDITIONS IN 2009; AN OPPORTUNITY HE TOOK WITH BOTH HANDS. Santk 15 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BRITISH GP VICTORIES HIGHLY RATED AFTER EXCELLENT PERFORMANCES IN F3 AGAINST AYRTON SENNA, BUT THINGS NEVER REALLY CAME TOGETHER IN GP RACING. BEST SEASON CAME IN MARTIN BRUNDLE BRITISH GP WINS - 0 POLE POSITIONS -0 MAGIC MOMENT 1992 WHEN HE WAS TEAM-MATE TO MICHAEL SCHUMACHER AT BENETTON BEFORE THE TEAM HAD MANAGED TO ESTABLISH ITSELF. BEST OF THE REST BEHIND THE WILLIAMS DRIVERS AND BEATING TEAM-MATE SCHUMACHER TO 3RD IN THE 1992 RACE PODIUMS - 9 FASTEST LAPS -0 NOW A FAN FAVOURITE BEING PART OF SKY SPORTS F1 COVERAGE. 16 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BRITISH GP VICTORIES A HORRIBLE F3000 ACCIDENT JOHNNY HERBEAT IN 1988 ALMOST ENDED CAREER BEFORE IT REALLY BRITISH GP STARTED, BUT HE MADE HIS DEBUT FOR BENETTON IN A COMPROMISED STATE IN 1989. BATTLED PHYSICAL WINS - 3 POLE POSITIONS - 0 MAGIC MOMENT HOLDING OFF COULTHARD AND ALESI TO WIN THE 1995 RACE FOR BENETTON LIMITATIONS THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER BUT STILL MANAGED TO WIN THREE RACES. PODIUMS - 7 FASTEST LAPS -0 17 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BRITISH GP VICTORIES JOHN WATSON MAIN BRITISH HOPEFUL IN THE LATE 1970S AND EARLY 1980S, BECOMING FAMOUS FOR HIS CHARGES FROM LOWLY GRID POSITIONS. LOOKED FAVOURITE FOR THE TITLE IN 1982 BEFORE A LATE SEASON SLUMP. BRITISH GP WINS - 5 POLE POSITIONS - 2 MAGIC MOMENT TAKING MCLAREN'S FIRST WIN FOR THREE YEARS IN THE 1981 RACE PODIUMS - 20 FASTEST LAPS -5 18 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BRITISH GP VICTORIES EDDIE IAVINE PERENNIAL BRIDESMAID TO TEAM-MATE SCHUMACHER AT FERRARI BEFORE HE TOOK OVER BRITISH GP WINS - 4 POLE POSITIONS -0 MAGIC MOMENT THE LEAD POSITION WHEN THE GERMAN BROKE HIS LEG. BATTLED HAKKINEN STRONGLY FOR THE BATTLING COUTHARD FOR THE WIN IN 1999 TITLE BEFORE AN ILL-FATED MOVE TO JAGUAR. PODIUMS - 26 FASTEST LAPS - 1 19 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BRITISH GP VICTORIES DAVID COULTHARD THE LONGEST SERVING DRIVER IN MCLAREN HISTORY; SPENDING 9 SEASONS WITH THE TEAM. CAPABLE OF OCCASIONAL STUNNING PERFORMANCES, WHICH INCLUDED 2 MONACO VICTORIES. BRITISH GP WINS - 13 POLE POSITIONS - 12 MAGIC MOMENT TAKING BACK To BACK BRITISH GP WINS WITH MCLAREN IN 1999 AND 2000 METRO tTAGHer #icm PODIUMS - 62 FASTEST LAPS - 18 aceofc 20 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BRITISH GP VICTORIES TOM PAYCE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL WELSH DRIVER IN THE CATEGORY. AN UNDER RATED TALENT WHO WAS SUPREME IN WET CONDITIONS. BRILLIANTLY TOOK POLE POSITION AT THE 1975 BRITISH GP FOR THE SHADOW TEAM. BRITISH GP WINS - 0 POLE POSITIONS - 1 MAGIC MOMENT QUALIFYING ON POLE POSITION FOR THE 1975 PODIUMS - 2 FASTEST LAPS -0 BRITISH GP 24 MoneySupermarket com

Who is your British GP Hero?

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