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The Autosport F1 Podcast

Top 10 F1 Drivers of the 2000s | Autosport Retro

The Autosport F1 Podcast

Motorsport Studios

News, Sports, Sports News

4.1743 Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Ranking F1's Best Drivers of the 2000s Autosport editor-in-chief Kevin Turner is joined by senior writer Stuart Codling and former F1 driver turned broadcaster Karun Chandhok to debate and rank the finest talents of Formula 1's 2000s era. From Ferrari's all-conquering superteam years to the rise of a new generation of stars, the panel discusses the drivers who shaped the decade — including the sport's greatest legends like Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher, Kimi Räikkönen and Fernando Alonso, plus a look at those who narrowly missed out. Who tops the list, and who's ranked lower than you might expect? Listen to find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Spend £200 on your first campaign and get a £200 credit. Get to LinkedIn.com slash awesome magazine, I'm Kevin Turner and this is the AllSport Top 10. Welcome to our latest episode running through the top 10 F1 drivers decade by decade. I'm

0:48.2

sure you can guess the format by now. This time it's the 2000s and joining me to agree or disagree are Karun Chandt, Stuart Codling.

0:56.6

How are you feeling about this, chaps?

0:59.5

We take a breath, that's never good.

1:02.5

We'll see.

1:03.4

We'll see.

1:05.4

It's quite, this is a tough one to do, actually.

1:08.1

I'd say the 1980s and the 2000s were the too hardest to do. Yeah,

1:11.8

it's a really hard. I think there's some, there are some obvious placings, but some equally

1:17.0

obvious blunders on your part. Obvious blunders. He's come out fighting, he's come out fighting today.

1:22.9

Well, for those who aren't familiar with the format so far, criteria's level of performance in achievement within the decade. Comparisons to teammates obviously come into it as well, standout performances, but also is very much within this decade. So I've not included performances and wins and things outside. So that does, obviously most careers don't fit neatly into a decade, especially later on as careers have got longer and longer.

1:45.8

So it has been difficult to crowbar people in at certain places.

1:50.1

So let's get into the 2000s.

1:54.0

Number 10 is Ralph Schumacher.

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