The best ever is a subjective question that reflects more on which drivers you have witnessed in person, TV or read about. No one has mentioned Jim Clark here, or Tazio Nuvolari or many other phenoms. That's because we weren't even born when they performed their magic. So your opinion on the best might change based on what you experience as you grow older.
In my OPINION the best 5 of all time are:
1. Tazio Nuvolari
2. J M Fangio
2. Ayrton Senna
2. Michael Schumacher
2. Rudi Caracciola
I place TN a clear first and the rest an equal second because they are/were all brilliantly fast, supremely gifted, had magic races where they beat a driver in a better car/ or better strategy. And importantly they won at the tracks where driving talent shines - Spa, Nurburgring (old), Suzuka, Monaco, Targa Florio, et al.
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"Tazio Nuvolari - The greatest driver of the past, the present and the future" - Ferdinand Porsche
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