06 December 2022
The history of the Grand Prix has always been an amalgam of driver and car; over the years, producing any number of spectacular vehicles and prominent characters, heroes, and dangerous men, and with that notoriety, many carry nicknames.
• Alain Prost: The Professor
• Ayrton Senna: Silvastone and Magic Senna
• Daniel Ricciardo: The Honey Badger
• Fernando Alonso: Teflonso
• Graham Hill: Mr Monaco
• James Hunt: Hunt the Shunt
• Juan Manuel Fangio: El Maestro
• Kimi Räikkönen: The Iceman
• Lewis Hamilton: Billion Dollar Man
• Max Verstappen: Mad Max
• Michael Schumacher: Schumi, or The Red Baron
• Nico Rosberg: Britney
• Nigel Mansell: Il Leone, Red Five or Our Nige’
• Niki Lauda: The Rat
• Sebastian Vettel: The Finger