5 Best F1 cars of all time

#1 McLaren MP4/4 (1988)

Ayrton Senna won the first of his three driver's championships in the MP4/4

No team has ever won all the Grands Prix during a season, but McLaren came the closest we've seen to a perfect record in 1988. The MP4/4 was part of the last turbocharged F1 cars that characterises motorsport in the 80's. The combination of Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna - F1's most infamous partnership - won 15 of that year's 16 rounds, and only missed out on a whitewash thanks to some horrible luck in Italy.

Prost's Honda engine blew part-way through the race and Senna was taken out when leading by Jean-Louis Schlesser's Williams in the Frenchman's only GP start. During an era when Formula 1 cars had a much lower rate of reliability, the McLaren-Honda combination was as reliable as it was fast. The MP4/4 finished off the podium on only two occasions and it only failed to finish five times in 32 starts, a finishing record that many teams would be happy with nowadays.

In total, 15 wins, 25 podiums and 15 poles is a record which speaks for itself and with the extended length of Formula 1 seasons now, it's hard to imagine this car's records going away anytime soon.

But which do you think is the best ever F1 car? McLaren's MP4/4 or another all-conquering force? Let us know in the comments below!