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17th June 2014, 03:17 #1
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Tallest and Shortest drivers in F1 history?
I just had a thought about this while writing about Justin Wilson. I would be very interested to know this. Does anyone have some knowledge about this?
I think Andrea Montermini was 5ft2 and Anthony Davidson 5ft3? Justin Wilson was 6ft3, though I heard 6ft4 reported sometimes.SPAM - Going off topic to give you the deals you don't want.
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17th June 2014, 04:46 #2
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JJ Lehto, Cristiano da Mata, and T. Sato were little shits!
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17th June 2014, 15:58 #3
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Mike Parkes was 6' 4" (1.93m). Dan Gurney, Troy Ruttman, Carel de Beaufort and Christian Danner are also said to be that height
Mike Hawthorn 6' 2" (1.88m) was the tallest World Champion
I can't find anything definitive on the shortest - Alain Prost, Jackie Stewart, Peter Gethin and Tazio Nuvolari are often mentionedDuncan Rollo
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17th June 2014, 19:46 #4
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Undoubtedly Dan Gurney was the quickest and best tall driver. Many photos exist of him sticking way up in the cockpit, particularly in the Porsche F1 car. That must have been worth partial seconds; also the Gurney bump in the roof on sportscars he drove. Judging by body language, Pedro Rogriguez was the opposite of Gurney; photos of him peering over the screen of those big Ferraris he drove are legion. He must have been on the short side, along with Ricardo. Certainly could motor fast.
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17th June 2014, 20:25 #5
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Mike Parkes was certainly a surprise package, seeing him collect the Spring trophy at Oulton in 1962, we estimated his height at around 6`5", noticeably taller than Hawthorn and Salvadori, at the opposite end of the scale, the smallest drivers we saw would be Archie Scott Brown, Jean Behra, and Richie Ginther was another seriously short on inches.
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27th June 2014, 08:32 #6
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I remember in F2 you could always spot Christian Danner from a mile off as his head was about 6" further out of the cockpit than his team mates! From memory, although Danner was the inaugural F3000 champ in 1985, in F1 he always had more success with the ladies than he did on track!
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27th June 2014, 09:47 #7
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Was at a charity auction and a race suit of Massa,s was on sale ,he must be very small to get into such a small race suit .
Small rally drivers,well Jean Pierre Nicolas was rounded but small too
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29th June 2014, 13:23 #8
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If you are covering in ALL forms/disciplines of racing in this, NASCAR drivers Buddy Baker 6ft5in tall, Richard Petty, 6ft4in tall, the late Tiny Lund, 5ft6in tall, Michael Waltrip, 6ft4in tall.
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9th July 2014, 18:29 #9
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I've seen soemething recently that says Nuvolari was 5ft 3in (1.59m). And he did drive in one pre-championship F1 race so he just qualifies for this thread
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28th July 2014, 12:34 #10
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Who's the fattest?
It was on qualifying stage, he rolled the car and it was said that he won't be able to start the rally. But team managed to repair the car and he did start and dominated drivers like Rossel, Gryazin...
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