Which was the greatest F1 wet-weather drive?

Max Verstappen produced a superb thrust to win the Sao Paulo Grand Prix connected Sunday, coming done the tract from 17th connected the grid successful treacherous conditions.

The Dutchman described it arsenic "definitely the best" of his 62 Formula 1 expansive prix wins, but wherever does it fertile among the large wet-weather drives?

We person selected 7 of the champion from immoderate of the greats of the sport. Make your enactment from the database below...

Starting eighth successful horrendously bedewed conditions connected the archetypal 8.8-mile Spa-Francorchamps circuit, Clark rapidly moved to the beforehand successful his Lotus. By the extremity of the race, lone Jack Brabham had managed to enactment connected the aforesaid thigh - and helium was astir 5 minutes down the Scot.

Clark - considered by galore to beryllium the top operator of his epoch - hated Spa, considering it acold excessively dangerous. But helium inactive won determination 4 times connected the trot, from 1962-65.

Another overwhelmingly ascendant triumph for a Scotsman in atrocious conditions connected possibly the eventual F1 challenge, the 14.2-mile Nurburgring Nordschleife circuit.

The fog was truthful heavy drivers could lone spot 100 yards successful beforehand of them and the rainfall became truthful atrocious the way had channels of h2o moving crossed it successful respective places.

Stewart won by conscionable implicit 4 minutes successful his Matra and erstwhile helium got backmost to the pits, the archetypal question helium asked squad brag Ken Tyrrell was "who died?'" Thankfully, the reply that time was nobody.

Ayrton Senna delivered galore wet-weather masterclasses successful his career, including his archetypal F1 triumph successful Portugal successful 1985, but possibly each were surpassed on a acold and very, precise bedewed April time astatine Donington.

From 4th connected the grid, McLaren's Senna was 5th going into the archetypal corner. He passed Michael Schumacher's Benetton exiting Turn One, went astir the extracurricular of Karl Wendlinger's Sauber done the Craner Curves and wrong Damon Hill's Williams into McLean's.

He present lone had large rival Alain Prost up of him and Senna went past the Frenchman astatine the hairpin earlier the extremity of the archetypal lap.

F1's YouTube transmission describes it arsenic Senna's 'Lap of the Gods'. He remained untouchable passim the contention and by the extremity lone Hill was connected the aforesaid lap, the Brazilian winning by 83 seconds.

There were years of overwhelming dominance up for Michael Schumacher and Ferrari but his archetypal triumph for the Italian squad was achieved successful what BBC F1 analogous Andrew Benson described arsenic a "dog" of a car, lacking grip, downforce and balance.

Schumacher's greatness successful sodden conditions made the quality successful Barcelona. From 3rd connected the grid, helium made a atrocious commencement and dropped backmost but by thigh 13 helium was past Williams' Jacques Villeneuve and into the lead.

Regularly lapping 5 seconds faster than anyone else, Schumacher was 1 of lone six drivers to decorativeness and successful a people of his own.

There were downpours aplenty astatine Silverstone and galore of the drivers were caught out, including Jenson Button and Felipe Massa, who went disconnected 5 times arsenic helium finished last.

Up front, from 4th connected the grid, Lewis Hamilton had nary specified problems, mastering the conditions for 1 of his top wins.

Andrew Benson wrote of the Englishman's performance: "This was a time erstwhile 1 operator made the others look similar amateurs, erstwhile his show reached specified heights that it scarcely seems possible.

"At times, Hamilton was 4 oregon 5 seconds faster than his pursuers, adjacent team-mate Heikki Kovalainen successful a akin car.

"These sorts of margins are not chartless successful F1, but they thin to hap lone erstwhile the precise top drivers are astatine their champion successful conditions that trial the tract to the implicit limit."

Jenson Button often excelled successful changeable wet-dry conditions and Canada 2011 provided surely his astir singular F1 victory.

There were similarities with Sao Paulo connected Sunday: Montreal was a four-hour race, featuring a two-hour red-flag hold and 5 information cars.

McLaren's Button was 21st and past with 30 laps to go, aft 2 collisions and a drive-through penalty, but helium fought his mode done the tract acknowledgment to choosing the close clip to alteration to intermediate tyres and past dry-weather slicks.

On thigh 65 helium passed Red Bull's Mark Webber and Mercedes' Michael Schumacher to determination from 4th to 2nd and closed connected contention person Sebastian Vettel.

Going into the past lap, Vettel appeared to beryllium conscionable retired of scope but the unit applied by Button led to the German putting a instrumentality a mates of inches wide of the adust line, his Red Bull went into a descent and Button was done to instrumentality a hardly believable victory.

From 17th connected the grid, it appeared to beryllium a lawsuit of harm regulation for Max Verstappen with title rival Lando Norris connected pole.

Not a spot of it. Verstappen gained six places connected the archetypal lap, and by thigh 12 was up to sixth connected the backmost of a four-car radical warring for third, with the apical 2 of George Russell and Norris lone 8 seconds ahead.

As the rainfall got heavier and Russell and Norris pitted for caller tyres, Red Bull kept Verstappen out. A reddish emblem halted the contention with the Dutchman successful second, down Alpine's Esteban Ocon, and allowed them a 'free' alteration of tyres.

After the contention resumed, a clang for Williams' Franco Colapinto led to a information car. At the restart, Verstappen came from a agelong mode backmost to walk Ocon into Turn One and helium disappeared into the distance. His fastest thigh of 1:20.472 was much than a 2nd quicker than immoderate different driver.