regardless of your opinion on that matter, it's really moot. No poll ever done has shown that he is considered greater than Schumacher. In fact, all the polls ever done have shown Schumacher the greatest above him, with Senna trailing a bit behind. Fangio is always a distant third. He's not the people's greatest; he's not the experts' greatest; and he's not statistic's greatest. Calling him greatest in any capacity is intellectually dishonest. Further, you CAN prove someone is the best via data and statistics, which has already been done by a well known race car driver biographer. And popularity can be polled as well. Fangio loses on all accounts.