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The F1 GOAT debate: How do Hamilton and Schumacher compare?

Lewis Hamilton matched Michael Schumacher's record of seven world titles at Sunday's Turkish Grand Prix, putting the two drivers on an equal standing in Formula One's record books.

The argument over who is the Greatest Of All Time (or GOAT) is entirely subjective and has no single satisfactory answer, but at a point where so many of the two drivers' statistics match up it seemed like as appropriate a time as any to address the question.

So let's start with those mind-blowing stats before moving on to some of the more controversial and debatable categories of greatness.