Juan-Manuel Fangio "The Master" won more World Championships than any man. He was as close to perfection as any mortal could be. Once passing rivals Collins and Hawthorne by "straightening out" a series of curves at full speed.

 Enzo Ferrari the founder of the company that bears his name died in 1988 at the age of 90 but his legend lives on. Other marquees have their fans yet only one team has what could be called disciples. A team that has not won a World Championship for eighteen years yet exerts a mystical hold on the hearts of a nation. This is a nation without boundaries, their citizens are known as the Tifosi, their flag the Prancing Horse.

 The first of the famous trio of great Brazilian drivers Emerson Fittipaldi became the youngest World Champion at the age of 25 driving for Lotus. Later winning another title for McLaren before moving to his own team, Copersucar. This underfunded team led to personal bankruptcy and eventual retirement from Formula One. His second career as an Indianapolis winner returned the lustre to his reputation.

 Graham Hill the father of World Champion Damon was my boyhood hero. He epitomized how a race driver should act and look. The only man to win Indianapolis, Le Mans and the F1 World Championship. The 5-Time winner of Monte Carlo drove during what many consider the golden years of F1 against such legends as Clark, Brabham, Surtees, and Gurney.

 
Vittorio Jano's P3 dominated the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa in 1925 after the local favorite, the Delage team, had retired all of their cars. With the race now an Alfa-Romeo parade the fans began to make their displeasure known and Jano in response ordered his cars to pit. While they were being refueled the cars were cleaned and buffed. During this pitstop he had a table placed in full view, whereupon he imperiously ate lunch, deaf to the howls of the spectators. The cars rejoined the race and won with ease.

 
Out of all of the billions of words written and spoken about Grand Prix, probably no one has ever heard or read: "You know so-and-so? He reminds me of Niki Lauda." Unimpressive in appearance even before his Nurburgring accident, Lauda nevertheless has a force of personality and Teutonic strength of will that in the '70s and '80s carried him to three Formula 1 championships spread over two careers, and success in the airline business. In the process he, more than any other Grand Prix driver, carved out his own personal niche in the history of sport.

 Stirling Moss will always be known as the greatest driver never to have won the World Championship. But if the measure of a man is more than just honors but the respect in which he was held by his peers then he was a champion many times over. I will never forget my introduction to this man through his exploits during the 1955 Mille Miglia with Denis Jenkinson.

 Alfred Neubauer the former race car driver for Austro-Daimler had his wife once tell him that he drove like "a night watchman.." Whether this caused him, when he became a team manager for Mercedes, to exact any revenge on his drivers is unknown! What is known is that this legendary figure was responsible for more innovations, along with some "crack-pot" ideas than any team manager in the history of the sport.