Your ideal grid

[Cozzie]

This should be fun. What is your ideal Formula 1 grid? Which drivers driving for which teams, any other manafacturers you would like to see racing etc.

[RJL25]

ooh spiffy thread! i like it

ok here goes my imaginary grid in no particular order!

Ferrari: Kimi Raikkonen - Phillipe Massa

Renault: Heikki Kovalainen - Sebastien Bourdais

Honda: Jenson Button - Anthony Davison

McLaren-Merceedes: Fernando Alonso - Lewis Hamilton

BMW: Robert Kubica - Nick Heidfeld

Porsche: Ryan Briscoe - Nico Rosberg

Red Bull-Lamborghini: Mark Webber - Rubens Barrichello

Spyker: Robert Doornbos - Christian Albers

Toyota: Jarno Trulli - Christian Klein

Williams-Audi: Vitantonio Liuzzi - Alexander Wurz

Prodrive-Hyundai: two obscure korean drivers

Team Australia-Holden: Will Power - James Courtney (hey an aussie can dream!!!)


Well there ya go, some teams have stayed the same, and some teams have made some wierd and some wonderful transformations! discuss.......

[LeonBrooke]

Hmm........... Juan Pablo Montoya for... any team really.

Susie Stoddart, Vanina Ickx as well, and Katherine Legge. Not really bothered about who they drive for, just so long as they're competitive.


In terms of manufacturers, Cosworth back, Ford back, also Porsche and Subaru.


Also Team Brooke, run by me, with Ford engines, green cars, and Ickx and Stoddart with race numbers 1 and 2 although I'd try to think of something more imaginative than "Team Brooke" for the team...

[ottostreet]

Ferrari: Michael Schumacher & Gilles Villeneuve.
McLaren Mercedes: Ayrton Senna & Mika Hakkinen
Williams: Nigel Mansell & Nelson Piquet (it had to be)
Honda: Kimi Raikkonen & Giancarlo Fisichella (the comparative results would be hilarious)
Red Bull: Juan Manuel Fangio & Jim Clark ( dunno really. just be interesting)
Toro Rosso: Juan Pablo Montoya & James Hunt/Vittorio Brambilla (that would be great)
Super Aguri: Chiaki Kuriyama & Kobe Tai (google them) (they'd probably be just as good)
Renault: Jean Alesi & Alain Prost (could be great fun to watch)
Spyker: Estaban Tuero & Pedro Diniz (amazing)
BMW: Heinz-Harald Frentzen & David Coulthard (underrated men)
Toyota: Fernando Alonso & Pedro de la Rosa (justice would finally be done)

i hope ive understood the context of this thread now.

[Brown, Jon Brow]

Ferrari: Michael Schumacher & Fernando Alonso
McLaren Mercedes: Paffet & Hamilton
Williams: Jon Brown & Rosberg
Honda: Button & Davidson
Jaguar: Webber & Coulthard
Minardi: R. Schumacher & Trulli (where they belong)
Renault: Alain Menu & Jason Plato
Jordan: Irvine & Montoya
BMW: Hiedfeld & Andy Priloulx
Toyota: Raikkonnenn & Massa

Lotus: Senna & Jim Clark

[52Paddy]

I don't mind who drives for what but drivers I'd like to see on the grid are:

1. Gerhard Bergar
2. Johnny Herbert
3. Eddie Irvine
4. Mika Hakkinen
5. Juan Pablo Montoya
6. Kimi Raikkonen
7. Jensen Button
8. David Coulthard
9. Jarno Trulli
10. Heinz-Herald Frentzen
11. Rubens Barrichello
12. Jacques Villeneave
13. Damon Hill
14. Tarso Marques
15. Felipe Massa
16. Pedro De La Rosa
17. Eric Van Den Poole
18. Tiff Needle
19. Pedro Diniz
20. Ukyo Katayama

And then 10 teams on the grid would be:

1. Ferrari
2. McLaren Mercedes
3. Williams Renault
4. Jordon Peugeot
5. Tyrell Hart
6. Stewart Ford
7. Footwork Hart
8. Pacific Ford
9. Minardi Ford
10. Andrea Moda :

[ShiftingGears]

My ideal grid?

Okay...

Audi (Auto Union) - (Blast with some TITANS from the past, with JPM to keep it a bit modern)
Bernd Rosemeyer
Tazio Nuvolari
Juan Pablo Montoya
Lotus - (brilliant drivers who drove for Lotus who had a feel for the cars they drove)
Ayrton Senna
Jim Clark
Stirling Moss
McLaren Mercedes - (The Regenmeister vs The Professor vs The Maestro)
Rudolf Caracciola
Alain Prost
Juan Manuel Fangio
Ferrari - (real racing drivers with what I call a real racing mentality - for the romantics)
Gilles Villeneuve
Stefan Bellof
Ronnie Peterson
Kimi Raikkonen
Benneton/Renault - (the greatest drivers from the last 10 years)
Michael Schumacher
Fernando Alonso
Williams - (Tough drivers who beat other more naturally gifted drivers through iron hard will and determination - the battlers)
Alan Jones
Nigel Mansell


Oh yes... :

[RJL25]

ahh geez i went all modern and futuristic with my grid thinking that was the way to go and then you blokes come along and pluck all these blokes out of various pages of history books and make my grid look positively boring in comparison...

oh well i have a red bull-lamborghini and could you just imagine that! They would put on a parade with fireworks, aeroplanes, acrobats and bull fight events just to announce the acquisition of a new coffee machine to put in the lunch room

[F1racer3]

oh well i have a red bull-lamborghini and could you just imagine that! They would put on a parade with fireworks, aeroplanes, acrobats and bull fight events just to announce the acquisition of a new coffee machine to put in the lunch room[/QUOTE]

Yeah, they wouldn't even have to change the badge. It would be great to see Ford back, the American manufacturer has won 176 Grands Prix. If they had enough money to invest, they would have been successful once again.

[K-Pu]

Well, if some people have resurrected dead people... me too!
3 pilots per team, the third is obviously the 3rd driver and would race in case of another´s "malfunction".

THE GRID

Ferrari: (Red, Passion... Ferrari)
Gilles Villeneuve
Michael Schumacher
Riccardo Patrese (I needed an Italian here)

Williams: (I´ll do it!)
Nelson Piquet
Nigel Mansell
Alan Jones

McLaren: (To do this you must do that)
Ayrton Senna
Mika Hakkinen
Niki Lauda

Lotus: (Golden history)
Jim Clark (Of course)
Elio De Angelis
Johnny Herbert (The Unlucky Man)

Brabham: (Of course we can!)
Jack Brabham
Carlos Reutemann
John Watson (No Comments)

Renault: (Allons frères de la patrie...)
Alain Prost
René Arnoux
Jean Alesi

Campos Racing (Por España!)
Fernando Alonso
Pedro De La Rosa
Félix Porteiro

Eagle-Weslake (The All-American team, one man team with 1 test pilot)
Dan Gurney (Obviously)
Mario Andretti

Honda (Itaiiii!!!)
Ukyo Katayama
Takuma Sato (Fun!)
Aguri Suzuki