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Thread: Greatest Era in F1
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5th January 2007, 17:47 #1
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Greatest Era in F1
I vote for the '60s. There were some truely great drivers among them Clark, Gurney, Moss, G.Hill. Some great cars, Cooper, Lotus, Ferrari, BRM, Brabham, Westlake Eagle. At any given race any driver could win. As a side bar, would Gurney have been world champ in '66 had he decided to remain with Brabham instead of forming his own team?
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5th January 2007, 20:03 #2
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I guess as I started following F1 in the 80's that decade would get my vote. The rise and fall of the turbo's. Senna, Prost, Piquet, Mansell all winning many GP's, some great cars and good racing.
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5th January 2007, 23:02 #3Originally Posted by brudan
Based on all I've seen, I'd say about '86-'91 - The first season I completely followed and paid full attention to, however, was 2006.
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6th January 2007, 00:50 #4
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The late 80s, early 90s for me.
Senna, Mansell, Piquet, Prost, Berger, Patrese, Brabham, Renault, turbo's, Footwork, Lotus and all the small teams run about 4 men.My top 3 Sports personalitys..
#1 Andy Priaulx. #2 Pippa Flanders. #3 Ronnie O'Sullivan. (ok maybe not Ronnie)
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11th January 2007, 09:34 #5
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The 60's for me, probably because that was when I first became interested in F1 and it was the era of Jim Clark. Dan Gurney in 1966??, imo a definite yes. The Repco Brabham was the class of the field and Gurney was, according to comments attributed to Jim Clark's father, the only driver JC "feared".
Almost equal ... the 80's - Prost, Senna, Piquet, Mansell - need i say more. Great competitive drivers in machinery that was different enough to provide swings and roundabouts, proper qualifying and 4 days of proper on track action.
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14th January 2007, 09:55 #6
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I would say the period 1970-1977. Packed grids, incredibly close competition, charismatic drivers, good circuits, diverse and interesting machinery.
The Cosworth engine was now widely available, and with the advent of sponsorship, it was relatively easy to have a go at F1.
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14th January 2007, 12:52 #7
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Originally Posted by brudan
About car sharing.. as Mikkelsen's drives were confirmed, can we assume the others..? Monte - Mikkelsen Sweden - Lappi Kenya - Lappi Croatia - Mikkelsen Portugal - Sordo Sardegna - Sordo?...
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