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Topic starter
03/09/2010 10:44 am
Our own Eddie Valdez got me thinking!
In his "random thought of the day" Eddie asked what racing event and what two drivers would we like to see? I'd like to dovetail his question and ask:
If you could take the great drivers from F1, and place them in the same race, who are they? What drivers would make the podium?
03/09/2010 12:14 pm
Oh, my, Marlowe, that's a REAL brain twister. There have been SO many greats over the years.........
I'd have to include (in no particular order) .....
1. The late, great Jimmy Clark, the Rainmeister.
2. The Wee Scot, Jackie Stewart
3. Stirling Moss, my childhood idol, if he's not from too early an era.
4. Dan Gurney, because he built and successfully drove his own F1 car (!)
5. Jack Brabham
6. Niki Lauda, the Rainmeister II
7. Michael Scumacher, of course
8. Graham Hill, even if he never won a single race because he just LOOKS like what an F1 driver should look like :))
9. Emerson Fittipaldi
10.Ayrton Senna, the Rainmeister III,
11.Alain Prost
12.Nelson Piquet
13.Nigell Mansell
14.Gilles Villeneuve
Pick a winner from THAT group? You've GOT to be kidding! :))
03/09/2010 1:10 pm
03/09/2010 2:00 pm
No argument that he was one of the all time greats, Paul. After our discussion .......
the other night, his name was the first to occur to me. My list was just off the cuff, and without an statistical analysis.
Did I leave anyone out?
Topic starter
03/09/2010 2:44 pm
Here's my list...
Jim Clark
Juan Manuel Fangio
Phil Hill
Mario Andretti
Ayton Senna
Gilles Villeneuve
Jackie Stewart
Michael Schumacher
Alain Prost
Lewis Hamilton
Niki Lauda
Alberto Ascari
Jochen Rindt
Fernando Alonso
Nigel Mansell
Nelson Piquet
Jack Brabham
Mika Hakkinen
Podium
3. Niki Lauda
2. Juan Manuel Fangio
1. Jim Clark
Topic starter
03/09/2010 2:46 pm
A.J. Foyt also spoke very highly of Jim Clark
03/09/2010 11:47 pm
How did I leave FANGIO out, fer chrissakes ?!?!?!?!?!?! LOL!
03/09/2010 11:49 pm
And that's sayin' a lot, seeing as how Clark kicked his butt in his own back (brick) yard!
04/09/2010 12:57 am
AJ is greatly admired in the UK for his massive achievements in racing.
04/09/2010 12:58 am
May be, it's because he is a given?
Topic starter
04/09/2010 3:06 am
Like you said, a real brain twister! I was thinking of the names I left out like...
James Hunt
Jody Scheckter
Ronnie Peterson
Emerson Fittipaldi
Sterling Moss
Kimi Raikkonen
Graham Hill
Damon Hill
Bruce McLaren
David Coulthard