Driver of the decade 2000 - 2009

[Mark]

:D

[Sonic]

there's no debate is there? Love him or loath him you can't question the results, and 5 titles in a decade is some result.

[Dave B]

Got to be, hasn't it? Statistally the greatest driver of all time, smashing record after record along the way.

Honourable mentions for Alonso, and for the manner of Hamilton's arrival, but neither of them can come close.

[ArrowsFA1]

Got to be, hasn't it?
Yup, no question.

[Sonic]

Yup, no question.

Short thread, huh? ;) :p

[F1boat]

Michael, of course!

[K-Pu]

Yes, short thread.

[truefan72]

MSC

[inimitablestoo]

Not Yuji Ide then? ;)

[maximilian]

Of course it has to be the BEST driver who competed during the ENTIRE decade... and that can only be...
Rubens Barrichello! :D

[Rollo]

Wrong, wrong, you're all wrong. The best driver of the decade 2000 - 2009 is none other than...

Some say that his tears are adhesive, and that he knows only two facts about ducks and both of those are wrong...

...all we know is that... he won the Indianapolis 500, the Le Mans 24hr, the Spa 24hr, the Bathurst 1000, the World Rally Championship, the DTM and the Formula One Drivers Championship in the same calendar year and driving a Daewoo Matiz. :D

[UltimateDanGTR]

Wrong, wrong, you're all wrong. The best driver of the decade 2000 - 2009 is none other than...

Some say that his tears are adhesive, and that he knows only two facts about ducks and both of those are wrong...

...all we know is that... he won the Indianapolis 500, the Le Mans 24hr, the Spa 24hr, the Bathurst 1000, the World Rally Championship, the DTM and the Formula One Drivers Championship in the same calendar year and driving a Daewoo Matiz. :D

i wonder who that could be? :D

[TMorel]

Well, judging from many of the threads around here, I'm guessing it aint gonna be Kimi who wins the popular vote

[drinkyourmilk]

Yuji Ide.

[jonny hurlock]

m. schumi, no question without asking

[Robinho]

Jenson Button,

with M Schumacher, F Alonso closely behind

[driveace]

There is only one guy,and he may come back and kick a few arses in 2010

[harvick#1]

SATO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


hands down Shumi, with Rubens second followed by Alonso

[ioan]

5 out of 10, not difficult to do the maths on this one!

[CNR]

2000–2004: World Championship years

Q:the best of the drivers that had starts in 2000 and are to race in 2010 ?
Giancarlo Fisichella (http://www.formula1.com/results/driver/2000/17.html) 10 years test driver ?
Jenson Button (http://www.formula1.com/results/driver/2000/6.html) 10 years
Jarno Trulli (http://www.formula1.com/results/driver/2000/14.html) 10 years
Nick Heidfeld (http://www.formula1.com/results/driver/2000/16.html) 10 years

[Cozzie]

Schumi without a doubt

Honorable mentions to:

Alonso
Kimi
JPM

[CNR]

2000–2004: World Championship years

Q:the best of the drivers that had starts in 2000 and are to race in 2010 ?
Giancarlo Fisichella (http://www.formula1.com/results/driver/2000/17.html) 10 years test driver ?
Jenson Button (http://www.formula1.com/results/driver/2000/6.html) 10 years
Jarno Trulli (http://www.formula1.com/results/driver/2000/14.html) 10 years
Nick Heidfeld (http://www.formula1.com/results/driver/2000/16.html) 10 years

forgot Rubens Barrichello (http://www.formula1.com/results/driver/2000/8.html)

[UltimateDanGTR]

2000–2004: World Championship years

Q:the best of the drivers that had starts in 2000 and are to race in 2010 ?
Giancarlo Fisichella (http://www.formula1.com/results/driver/2000/17.html) 10 years test driver ?
Jenson Button (http://www.formula1.com/results/driver/2000/6.html) 10 years
Jarno Trulli (http://www.formula1.com/results/driver/2000/14.html) 10 years
Nick Heidfeld (http://www.formula1.com/results/driver/2000/16.html) 10 years

well when you look at it like that it would have to be Jenson i guess-he is the only one of them to become world champion.

BUT schumi may still be on the grid in 2010, and if he is then he is an eligible asnwer to your question therefore he would be the driver of the decade to start it and start the next.

anyhow, he is the driver of the decade anyway in my book. for obvious reasons. like cozzie, i have some hounarable mentions too. mine being:

Kimi
Fred
JPM
Hamilton
Vettel

and then ofcourse there is the question the next decade. who will be the greatest of the future? we will have to wait and see......

[555-04Q2]

MS. There is no equal for light years during this period.

[Valve Bounce]

Is this a trick question? :confused:

[Hawkmoon]

He won 5 of the 10 titles awarded which is impressive enough but when you consider he only competed in 7 of the 10 with 5 titles, a second and a third and it's even more impressive.

[Garry Walker]

5 out of 10, not difficult to do the maths on this one!

5 out of 7 would be more right.

[ioan]

5 out of 7 would be more right.

You are right, I was jut trying not to wake up the naysayers. ;)

[Ent]

My top 10:

1: M Schumacher
2: M Schumacher (yes, he was that good that he deserves the top 2 positions)
3: Alonso
4: Hamilton
5: Kimi
6: Montoya
7: Rubens
8: Button
9: Vettel
10: Webber (tough call between him, Fisichella, Coulthard, Trulli and Heidfeld)

[DexDexter]

Stupid thread, it's obviously Michael Schumacher. :rolleyes:

[F1boat]

My top 10:

1: M Schumacher
2: M Schumacher (yes, he was that good that he deserves the top 2 positions)
3: Alonso
4: Hamilton
5: Kimi
6: Montoya
7: Rubens
8: Button
9: Vettel
10: Webber (tough call between him, Fisichella, Coulthard, Trulli and Heidfeld)

For top 10, which is a better idea, since it is obvious that MS is first, here is my choice:
1 M Schumacher
2 Alonso
3 Raikkonen
4 Button
5 Hamilton
6 Barrichello
7 Montoya
8 R Schumacher
9 Coulthard
10 Webber

[Bezza]

Jenson Button.

Best driver who has raced from 2000 to 2009. Therefore, driver of the decade :up:

[Rusty Spanner]

It's got to be M Schumacher. For all the right and all the wrong reasons he was the dominant driver and personality in F1 for the decade. Cast the net wider than F1 though and you have contenders like Loeb, Rossi, Tony Schumacher, Jimmie Johnson and Tony Stewart and I think things get a lot more interesting.

[Mia 01]

Opinions, that´s all there is.

For me it is Kimi.

[race_director]

neither do i care or bother about the driver of the decade. but i deserve the FAN OF THE DECADE TITLE, for watching every f1 race, inspite of all the stupid rule changes bernie has imposed to make the sport a joke.


Hope things are different next year

[race_director]

neither do i care or bother about the driver of the decade. but i deserve the FAN OF THE DECADE TITLE, for watching every f1 race, inspite of all the stupid rule changes bernie has imposed to make the sport a joke.


Hope things are different next year

[ioan]

For top 10, which is a better idea, since it is obvious that MS is first, here is my choice:
1 M Schumacher
2 Alonso
3 Raikkonen
4 Button
5 Hamilton
6 Barrichello
7 Montoya
8 R Schumacher
9 Coulthard
10 Webber

It's funny to see the guys whom you listed 7 to 10 but no mention of Massa and Vettel. :D

[ioan]

Cast the net wider than F1 though and you have contenders like ...Tony Schumacher, Jimmie Johnson and Tony Stewart and I think things get a lot more interesting.

Who?

[F1boat]

It's funny to see the guys whom you listed 7 to 10 but no mention of Massa and Vettel. :D

I don't rate Vettel among the Top 10 of the decade, but I knew that I have missed something. Massa, of course, where was my mind! My corrected list would be:
1 M Schumacher
2 Alonso
3 Raikkonen
4 Button
5 Hamilton
6 Barrichello
7 Massa
8 Montoya
9 R Schumacher
10 Coulthard

Thanks for correcting me, ioan. That was SO stupid!

[Mia 01]

Now when MS is back.

1. MS

2. Kimi

[DexDexter]

It's funny to see the guys whom you listed 7 to 10 but no mention of Massa and Vettel. :D

I don't get it, driver of the decade means ONE DRIVER, what's this listing about??? :confused:

[Mia 01]

I don't get it, driver of the decade means ONE DRIVER, what's this listing about??? :confused:

As every other list.

[ioan]

I don't get it, driver of the decade means ONE DRIVER, what's this listing about??? :confused:

They need to put their favorites somewhere too.
I've been always puzzled that every time there is a question about who is teh best people will come up wit their top x drivers. It's human nature, they need to put their favorites on the list no matter what the question is about. :)

[Robinho]

if MS hangs around for all 3 years with success he might have a shot at driver of next decade too!

[ioan]

if MS hangs around for all 3 years with success he might have a shot at driver of next decade too!

He didn't do bad in the 90's either! ;)

[Robinho]

if he wins next year i imagine he'd be one of very few (the only) driver to win in 3 different decades. if he gets the title i guess that would have to be the first driver to do in 3 different decades - anyone wiling to research that one for me?

[Robinho]

right, think i've answered my own question,

Jack Brabham won races spanning 3 decades, 1st win 1959, last in 1970, no others have managed that feat.

no drivers have ever won titles spanning 3 decades - that might be a bet worth putting on.

[F1boat]

I don't get it, driver of the decade means ONE DRIVER, what's this listing about??? :confused:

4 fun :)

[stevie_gerrard]

Takuma Sato :p :

[52Paddy]

I'd go with Hamilton on this one. Driver of the decade for me :up:

[Saint Devote]

For me only the world champions are eligible. So I base it on wins and how well the title is won making the best of what is at your disposal and the environment of the day.

1. Schumacher
2. Alonso
3. Button - because he won the title by a higher or equal percentage of wins and maintaining his point difference at a significant level and won it simply better than the next two.
4. Hamilton
5. Raikonnen

[Saint Devote]

For me the 2007 and 2008 seasons were the most exciting of the last decade. Hamilton fought with drivers like Massa and Raikkonen who had comparable machinery and skill for an entire season and was not lucky enough to have half a season with a vastly superior car. Jenson was a deserving champion, and he hung in there for the ultimate result. Hung in there quite literally as he produced several dissappointing drives, before stepping up to the critics and getting the job done in Brazil.

MS has to be the driver of the decade for obvious reasons, but the season for me was 2008. It had scandal, inexperienced stewards making decisions and a last lap decider, and thats what made F1 special for me in the last ten years.

Then you measure things on an emotive level and we will only coincidentally agree.

You have to take each season on its own and Button's second half of the season in 2009 will only be understood by those with interest in the technical side of what has progressively over the past few years become a very technical sport for fans as opposed to what it has been for many decades past.

Suzuka springs to mind. For that race, only Jenson's car was fitted with the latest car nose update - that did not work well - he used it in qualifying and the race because refitting the older one that was on Barrichello's car was not feasible.

And as we now know, Brawn WAS struggling financially and had to husband resources.

Barrichello outqualified Jenson as a result but Jense finished 8th and Ruben's 7th - but the Brit had to drive his heart out at a track that he does not find difficult and suits his style and where he qualifies well.

So criticize him as you do but at least try and grab for some honesty by investigating what was a very difficult second half od the season yet where Jenson drove exceptionally and won the championship.

The late James Hunt used to say that anyone can win when things are going well, but it is only the champions that will succeed when things are not going well. Jenson is a prime example of that.

You think Schumi's greatest years were in the 2noughties? No. His greatest championship triumph was when he drove the 199o's Benetton and won or the 1996 year when he performed at a level that nobody else would have achieved in that car.

But as Ihave said - you and I look at things totally opposite to each other.

[Langdale Forest]

My driver of the decade would be Massa'as for wanting to return to F1 after a horrific accident that almost made him a cyclops.

[tinchote]

neither do i care or bother about the driver of the decade. but i deserve the FAN OF THE DECADE TITLE, for watching every f1 race, inspite of all the stupid rule changes bernie has imposed to make the sport a joke.


Hope things are different next year

I agree with you :up: In my case, the rule changes were too much, and I couldn't take it :s

[markabilly]

right, think i've answered my own question,

Jack Brabham won races spanning 3 decades, 1st win 1959, last in 1970, no others have managed that feat.

no drivers have ever won titles spanning 3 decades - that might be a bet worth putting on.
if you were to count major races, regardless of series, then andretti would be at over 4 decades of winning.
He did take pole position in 1968 in f1 and then at then the end of 1982, many years after every driver in the field of 1968 had retired or died/killed, some14 yeears later, he took pole again at Monza

And he is the only driver to have successfully and competitively driven and won with the non-winged cars at indy, the mini winged f1 cars, and the later ground effect cars........ :)

but as to the years 2000 to the end of 2009, MS is beyond compare, and that he is, love him or hate him, or give all the credit to the car.....no one has that record. And he would be the driver of the 1990's as well...................... :rolleyes:

[52Paddy]

I'd go with Hamilton on this one. Driver of the decade for me :up:

Thanks for digging this up. Drunken comment above :dozey:

[Saint Devote]

So do you think Schumi is driver of the decade or what?

I presented my list in my post.

[ioan]

I agree with you :up: In my case, the rule changes were too much, and I couldn't take it :s

Luckily for us MS' return brought you back. :)