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ELI5: Are Formula 1 drivers the most skilled drivers in the world, or could some random people be unknowingly better drivers?

I mean I'm sure you need to know your racing to be a F1 driver, but are they the best drivers in the world, or could some people in the world unknowingly be better drivers than F1 champions? 

 I've been thinking, watching shows like Britain's Got Talent, new talents are discovered from people who don't look the part. 

Could this be the case for race car drivers as well? Could someone have a hidden talent at driving F1 cars? How much of it is down to their connections and opportunities?
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To be a Formula 1 driver, you need to have a detailed knowledge of how to drive a racing car. You need to be able to understand the engineering aspects of pretty much each area of the car, so you can work with the engineers to make it perform the way it needs to perform. You need to be physically fit, and have excellent reflexes.

Is it possible that there is someone out there, who, if they started racing karts at the age of 8, might be (or have been) better than the greatest Formula 1 driver ever? But instead, that person never set a foot inside a kart, and now works as an accountant? Yes, it's possible.

Is it possible that there's an accountant somewhere, who, if he was given a chance to drive a Formula 1 car tomorrow, and even if he was given 6 months to practice, would be better than the greatest Formula 1 drivers? No. He simply wouldn't have the experience, the knowledge, the fitness, the reflexes and so on, which the best drivers have been working on for literally their whole lives.

For an interesting insight into this, see if you can track down the Top Gear episode where Richard Hammond has a go in a Formula 1 car. Hammond is not a racing driver - but he has spent lots of time driving fast cars around racing tracks. Watching him struggle with the F1 car shows just how far Formula 1 is from the experiences of even people who are used to fast cars.