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RANKED: The top 10 American F1 drivers of all time

Logan Sargeant will be the 151st American driver to start a world championship race when he makes his Formula 1 debut for Williams next year. The vast majority of that number shouldn’t really be considered F1 drivers given they competed only in the Indianapolis 500, when it paid world championship points from 1950-1960. That anomaly was the consequence of the misguided attempt to legitimize the world championship tag. As great a race as the Indy 500 is, it’s always been a separate world to F1. So setting aside those who are often listed as F1 drivers thanks to their Indy 500 exploits — to call Bill Vukovich a two-time F1 race winner is simultaneously inaccurate and reductive...
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