Who is the best one-time champion in F1 history?

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top 3: mansell, raikkonen, rosberg (nico)

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hunt too

[icy coyote]

id put robserg above kimi

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Mansell is the only driver that was the indycar champion and f1 champion at the same time

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they put jochen rindt on this list over jenson button

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mansell, kimi raikkonen, nico rosberg

mansell fought against some of the greatest drivers of all time

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HOLD MY BWOAH

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the case for rindt is far stronger than the case for button

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both aren’t strong imo

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button was a very good driver

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rindt died and still won the title

id argue thats pretty impressive

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it definitely is alongside being tragic but his career as a whole isn't enough to compete against rosberg, raikkonen and mansell

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the recency bias in this poll is wild

no votes for keke rosberg or jochen rindt

is wild

and nico rosberg has more than nigel mansell

I agree with the poll winner but not any other result here

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mansell clears all

ngl

[undone grove]

his career is highly overlooked

in his earlier years he was thrown into highly unreliable coopers of the mid to late 60s, but was still highly competitive and far above any teammates he had, his talent was noted strongly by other greats at the time
moving to brabham in 1968 he had the worst luck of his career there, he could have fought for the title but mechanical issues caused him to retire in all but 2 races, both of which he finished 3rd
in 1969 he finally got lucky with lotus and once they resolved their own early reliability issues they were strong and he managed his first win at long last
and then lotus had the best car in 1970, thus rindt's true talent finally shone through, and it's such a shame he died mid-season, he would probably be held in a regard even close to lauda had he been luckier and lived longer