I liked Irvine. Spoke his mind, never whined at being a no.2 Ferrari driver and he unlapped himself from Senna!
Printable View
I liked Irvine. Spoke his mind, never whined at being a no.2 Ferrari driver and he unlapped himself from Senna!
Eddie was funny but I can't remember what his reasoning was for declaring that he was "quicker than Mika". It must have been because this was in 2001 when Hakkinen was well below par? But at this time, Eddie was outqualified 5 times in a row by Pedro de la Rosa and Hakkinen domainted the British GP.
I'm amazed at his thinking that allows him to believe even today that he was the 2nd best driver around. His explanation for Barrichello being far more impressive at Ferrari is simply that Michael wasn't as good after '98!! Wow, brushed off and dealt with, just like that!
Senna for me...
Please can we have a paragraph saying why he is a hero to you.Quote:
Originally Posted by sandokan
I am surprised he has only been mentioned a couple of times but my Hero would have to be Jim Clark.
He was Britain's first double world champion and raced purely for Lotus. In fact he was the only driver to win any GP in a Lotus between 1962 and 1967.. and he won 25 races in that time (ok one of them was at the start of 1968) and not one of his team mates managed to get a single win between them.
reading this is one of the best dream I was dreaming of !Quote:
Originally Posted by Mintexmemory
Well said about Jim Clark . From now, how often I will pray for your words to be words of God . let's alls judge things like a child, for a while !
Colin Chapman - brilliant thinker and innovator
Jim Clark - possibly the best driver ever and a total gentleman, proved you don't need to be an egocentric a-hole to be a champion
Riccardo Patrese - not too sure why, but probably due to the way he handled all of the vitriol thrown at him by dick head like James Hunt after the tragic death of Ronnie Petersen (Patrese didn't make contact with anyone at the start of the race, Hunt is the one who hit Petersen, but Patrese was blamed).
Damon Hill
Michael Schumacher
Ayrton Senna
If I had to pick one, it's be Nigel Mansell. Initially, it was because he was good enough to beat the best drivers, even if he wasn't considered the outright best on his own. It wasn't til a while after he retired that I truly appreciated how good he was. (I only started following F1 from about 1990)
He also showed in the Masters Series that he was good. Mansell was actually underrated IMO. He may have only won one F1 championship in a dominant Williams, but he also had 33 wins which is no mean feat!Quote:
Originally Posted by journeyman racer
[quote=555-04Q2]He also showed in the Masters Series that he was good. Mansell was actually underrated IMO. He may have only won one F1 championship in a dominant Williams, but he also had 33 wins which is no mean feat![/quote:uy7m2aay]Quote:
Originally Posted by "journeyman racer":uy7m2aay
Agreed, it is just a shame his legacy is tainted by his awful attitude out of the car. There was no one in history that could whinge and complain like Mansell could. Behind the wheel no one gave more or tried harder and some of his drives (87 British GP pass in Piquet on hangar straight, and his win from near the back in a Ferrari in Hungary) were simply astonishing.