POLL: Which is the best basic Italian pasta sauce?

my late night quick pasta option is similar to this but not with the lemon, which seems to be a key ingredient.

the one I made last night had close to a full bulb of garlic, three chillies and a load of pecorino grated over the top. no lemon. was perfect. but ofc it depends on the pasta shape too. my actual vote would be more like this:

spaghetti - aglio e olio
linguine - vongole
most other things - pesto (but alternatives considered)

the one time I looked at a recipe for aglio e olio it had lemon juice as an emulsifier for the boiled pasta and oil but looking around it's not a common ingredient for this one. I always use some butter as well as the oil with my sauces or simple pasta dishes.

Personal top 3:
Pesto alla trapanese
Amatriciana
Cacio e pepe (hardest one to get exactly right imo)

Vodka sauce - that seems to be a specifically american thing? As someone living in a very heavily Italian populated community I cant say its a sauce I see here at all.

Yes, though there are claims it was invented in Italy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOWG4pU2-6Y

Italian chef making penne alla vodka. If I understood him, he's saying the use of vodka came via Croatian influence.

Oops brain fart. Slovenian not Croatian.

Can't stand marsala, I'm glad it received zero votes

never had it and it sure doesn't look good

there are a lot of good uses for marsala that aren't pasta sauce tbf