Your Top 5 racing drivers of all time???

[The Gorilla]

Hi,

I think its impossible to compare Drivers
from different era's for all the obvious
reasosn so I would go as follows-

Equal 1st-

Nuvolari - Naturally Gifted in a period when 'Testing' was, start engine,stop.

Fangio - Moss was very good, Fangio was better, says it all.

Senna- Wet Lap at Donninton ,in that company, ''where others fear to tread''

4th-

Jochan Rindt- Made uncompetitive Cars competive against the likes of
Hill / Clark/ Hulme, [Schumacher had contractual Team
Orders with his team mates, I expect Hill wished he had to]

5th -

Gilles Villenue- The Racer's racer, could drive anything he was
given, and always way beyond its limits.



Others in the frame, Mansell, very brave racer, but just a
shade to much drama about the car, Prost, quick, tactile
but alas French, Von Tripps, flamboyant, talented almost
to quick, and his vision gave the Schmachers their start,
Stewart, almost to canny, very clever driver but the lure of
money was to strong to resist, Clarke, could drive anything
very, very fast, but just to nice a Gentleman, which sadly
contributed to his untimely death.

Regards,

The Gorilla.

[LeinsCSL]

Prost was a moaning tit who knew that without stitching him up Senna was unbeatable.

Monaco stopped because it was too wet??? Or because Senna was charging through to win ?

I would of rammed the French Tw#t off then taken a dump in his helmet :smokin:

I'm a massive Senna fan (hence the pic!), and it was an absolute privilege to be at Donnington in '93 and witness what he did there. Especially considering how poor his McLaren was that year. However....

What generally gets forgotten about Monaco 1984 was that Stefan Bellof was actually closing in on Senna and Prost when the race was cancelled. Now I know the car was subsequently deemed to have been running illegally, but knowing what Bellof was capable in a racing car when on-form I'm not sure too much can be read into that. As fast as anyone on his day

As for Prost, not the most exciting of drivers, but if you had to bet your house on someone to bring a car back in one piece then he was your man. 4 titles against serious competition says an awful lot

[83SY]

I'm a massive Senna fan (hence the pic!), and it was an absolute privilege to be at Donnington in '93 and witness what he did there. Especially considering how poor his McLaren was that year. However....

What generally gets forgotten about Monaco 1984 was that Stefan Bellof was actually closing in on Senna and Prost when the race was cancelled. Now I know the car was subsequently deemed to have been running illegally, but knowing what Bellof was capable in a racing car when on-form I'm not sure too much can be read into that. As fast as anyone on his day

As for Prost, not the most exciting of drivers, but if you had to bet your house on someone to bring a car back in one piece then he was your man. 4 titles against serious competition says an awful lot

But Prost has too serious flaws... He's French and has hair like a porn star :supz:

[The Gorilla]

Hi,

Quote- ''As for Prost, not the most exciting of drivers, but if you had to bet your house on someone to bring a car back in one piece then he was your man. 4 titles against serious competition says an awful lot''


But 'he' did have the FIA with Balestre
Policing and sanctioining everybody else
over that period, not forgetting that the
FIA at the time was also known as the
''Paris Mafia''.

Even poor old Bernie had to mind his 'P's & Q's' in
those days.

Senna was right on the Money about Balestre
and the FIA Estblishment, and everybody knew it,
only Senna at the time would speak out.

Mansell's first year at Ferrari, they gave him
his actual F1 Race Car complete, even with
ECU unlocked, very rare, following year, due to much
''Prostation'' Mansell got a British Racing Green
Fiat.


Regards,

The Gorilla.

[digi]

Senna
Walter Rohrl
Schumacher
Stefan Bellof
Tommi Makinen

[LeinsCSL]

Hi,

Quote- ''As for Prost, not the most exciting of drivers, but if you had to bet your house on someone to bring a car back in one piece then he was your man. 4 titles against serious competition says an awful lot''


But 'he' did have the FIA with Balestre
Policing and sanctioining everybody else
over that period, not forgetting that the
FIA at the time was also known as the
''Paris Mafia''.

Even poor old Bernie had to mind his 'P's & Q's' in
those days.

Senna was right on the Money about Balestre
and the FIA Estblishment, and everybody knew it,
only Senna at the time would speak out.

Mansell's first year at Ferrari, they gave him
his actual F1 Race Car complete, even with
ECU unlocked, very rare, following year, due to much
''Prostation'' Mansell got a British Racing Green
Fiat.


Regards,

The Gorilla.

I still think Prost is unfairly classed as almost a second-class driver now though. He may have been "assisted", and he managed to find himself in the right seat for most of his career, but he was still a properly fast driver

Was never a Mansell fan, but there's no getting away from the fact that he was brave as you like. "Il Leone" sums it up perfectly

Speaking of which, there's a great story in Richard Williams' biography of Ferrari about Nuvolari overtaking a competitor through the forecourt of a petrol station, twice! Measured afterwards, there were only inches to spare either side of the car between the kiosk and the pumps

[The Gorilla]

Hi,

Yes, Nuvolari had calculated that
through the ''Pumps'' was the shorter
route, its a sublime piece of Motorsport
history.

Bit like Senna / Bernie story at Spa,

Extract-

A famous account is at Spa, where Bernie was standing very close to the guardrail at a very fast corner. Lap after lap Senna would edge his car closer and closer to the barrier to "test" the courage of Ecclestone. Ecclestone later described how incredible he had found Senna's car control as he ended up tapping the barrier with the tires at 320km/h (198 mp/h) lap after lap.



Regards,

The Gorilla.

[LeinsCSL]

Hi,

Yes, Nuvolari had calculated that
through the ''Pumps'' was the shorter
route, its a sublime piece of Motorsport
history.

Bit like Senna / Bernie story at Spa,

Extract-

A famous account is at Spa, where Bernie was standing very close to the guardrail at a very fast corner. Lap after lap Senna would edge his car closer and closer to the barrier to "test" the courage of Ecclestone. Ecclestone later described how incredible he had found Senna's car control as he ended up tapping the barrier with the tires at 320km/h (198 mp/h) lap after lap.



Regards,

The Gorilla.

Just brilliant, love that story!

[pinkpanther008]

Drivers

1: Senna
2: Terry Fullerton:whistle:
3: Clark
4: Fangio
5: Cevert

I think its very hard to compare Drivers
from different era's also but if we must:

[83SY]

Looks like most people put Senna at the top :thumbs:

Hi,

Yes, Nuvolari had calculated that
through the ''Pumps'' was the shorter
route, its a sublime piece of Motorsport
history.

Bit like Senna / Bernie story at Spa,

Extract-

A famous account is at Spa, where Bernie was standing very close to the guardrail at a very fast corner. Lap after lap Senna would edge his car closer and closer to the barrier to "test" the courage of Ecclestone. Ecclestone later described how incredible he had found Senna's car control as he ended up tapping the barrier with the tires at 320km/h (198 mp/h) lap after lap.



Regards,

The Gorilla.

[mattCSLnut]

Looks like most people put Senna at the top :thumbs:

For a good reason :thumbs:

[shimmy]

For a good reason :thumbs:

Cos we don't know any better and liked the film

[mattCSLnut]

Cos I don't know any better and liked the film

EFA :whistle:

[83SY]

Cos we don't know any better and liked the film

Film was good but i think most petrol heads were die hard Senna fans before the film Shim :hahaha:

[DuncanR]

EFA

I would of rammed the French Tw#t off then taken a dump ON his helmet :smokin:

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