Sky Sports F1's Steve Rider sits down with the two-time champion by just 27, who showed that age, and a relative lack of experience in the pinnacle category of motorsport, should not necessarily be a barrier to championship success.
Triple World Champion Jackie Stewart is one of the greatest racing drivers of all time, he pioneered the sport's drive to improve safety standards, became a success in the business world and returned to F1 to become a team owner.
For 21 years between 1979 and 2000, South Africa's Jody Scheckter held something of a unique title - Ferrari's last World Champion. He remains the only driver from his country to reign over the top level of motorsport.
He deliberately set out to really do it all, danced on the limit longer than anyone and won in a mind-boggling array of disciplines. What's more he succeeded. Ladies and gentleman, we give you 1978 World Champion Mario Andretti.
Winning in sport for the first time always holds a special resonance. For Australia's Alan Jones that comes in the form of being the first man to win the World Championship for one of Formula 1's most historic teams, Williams.
John Surtees remains the only man to have been World Champion on two and four wheels. It was an astonishing achievement and one which seems increasingly unlikely to ever be matched.
Three World Championships and 14 Grand Prix victories attest to Australia's Sir Jack Brabham's skill behind the wheel but it's his abilities as an engineer that have arguably left the greatest legacy.
He may not have been a driver, but such was the iconic status that Murray Walker achieved during his time behind the microphone commentating on Formula 1 that he remains more well-known and loved than many a World Champion.
Finland's only two-time World Champion, Mika Hakkinen was known as the 'Flying Finn' and for anyone who raced against him at his peak it was no wonder.
Mr Motor Racing. The best driver to never win the world championship. A 16-time grand prix winner (from just 66 starts), Sir Stirling was a trailblazer - and a classy one at that. A true British sporting icon if there ever was one.
