Rank the best 5 driver of all time!!!

[f1king]

Well you see mine, tell me yours at least 5.

 

[Talentless]

why is Dale in it?

 

[Talentless]

never mind

 

[Talentless]

i don't know, but based on comments i've seen

senna
clark
fangio
moss
schumacher

 

[f1king]

Well his number 6 so ingnore it.

 

[HUDSONJONES]

Ayrton Senna
Nigel Mansell
Carl Fogarty(bikes i know)
Alain Prost
Michael Schumacher

 

[KevinPSX]

In no particular order:

Schumacher
Prost
Senna
Clark
Fangio

 

[vat_man]

Mmmm...only five?

I'd prefer not to keep it just to F1, but for this thread I will.

Fangio
Senna
Prost
Clark
(gulp...) Schumacher

The list is slanted toward current stars because I never saw the earlier guys race.

Others in the list - G Villeneuve, J Brabham, Ascari, Farina, Moss

 

[KevinPSX]

I'll try to rank them:

The two best:
Schumacher and Fangio. Tons of World Championships.
3. Prost
4. Senna
5. Clark

 

[-Fred-]

only 5???

anyway... in no particular order...

Senna
Prost
Villeneuve
Pironi
Clark
Fangio
Jabouille
Hulme
McLaren
Farina
Patrese
Mansell
Lauda
Hill
Ascari
Brabham
Surtees
Rindt
Stewart
Andretti (Mario, of course!)
Piquet
Rosberg

select 5 from all those, i can't figure it out myself...

 

[Pupik]

(in no order)

F1, first team:
Fangio, Clark, Stewart, Nuvolari, Rosemeyer

F1, second team:
Senna, Prost, Fittipaldi, Ascari, Michael Schumacher

F1, third team:
Graham Hill, Varzi, Gilles Villeneuve, Piquet, Lauda

But which five would I like to have a pint with?
Rosberg, Villeneuve (Jacques or Gilles), Peterson, Campari

 

[KevinPSX]

I'd say it's a stretch to call some of those guys "F1" drivers.

 

[Pupik]

I know, I shouldn't disgrace the likes of Nuvolari, Campari, Varzi and Rosemeyer by calling them Formula One drivers. In some circles, I'd be villified for not calling them Grand Prix drivers.

But the point is, there was Grand Prix racing before 1950. And before Ayrton Senna!

 

[KevinPSX]

Yeah, if you want to call them the best, fine, I won't argue, especially since this thread doesn't specifically say F1, just best 5 in any series.

 

[Pupik]

It's an F1-section. Naming the best 5 of all time in all series would be hard to name...

Some great drivers never drove an F1 car, I'll admit. Watching rallying made me realize that. There's also plenty of sports-car, stock-car, and other series that are good too.

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Best five?

In order:
Fangio
Schumacher M
Senna
Prost
Moss

Mansell was not as good as people remember him being, I don't think. I never bought the British Gutter Press "Mansellmania". And he only eventually won the championship in a car that was masively dominant. On his day he was untouchable, but the days were few and far between. The Dider Auriol of F1.

Who would I like to have a pint with?

Brundle, Ron Dennis, Berger, G Hill, Alesi.

I'm not sure how many F1 or GP drivers there would be on my all-field driver list.

 

[HUDSONJONES]

Originally posted by GilesGuthrie
Best five?

In order:
Fangio
Schumacher M
Senna
Prost
Moss

Mansell was not as good as people remember him being, I don't think. I never bought the British Gutter Press "Mansellmania". And he only eventually won the championship in a car that was masively dominant. On his day he was untouchable, but the days were few and far between. The Dider Auriol of F1.

Who would I like to have a pint with?

Brundle, Ron Dennis, Berger, G Hill, Alesi.

I'm not sure how many F1 or GP drivers there would be on my all-field driver list.

i was never a mansell fan, but youv'e got to take your hat off to him, he always tried and gave it his best and had a lot of heart for the sport, and also didn't he then go to america and win that championship, nice one Nige! show the Yanks how to do it!!!!

 

[KevinPSX]

Hudson: 1. yes, Mansell did win CART the year after winning the F1 Championship.
2. Don't call us Yanks. That is a term I take a great deal of offense at. Please call us Americans. I'm not sure exactly how to explain it, but it seems that Ernest Hemingway wrote in one of his books about how Scots and Englishmen don't really like each other too much. I think that would be similar to the north vs. the south over here.

 

[Talentless]

our northerners are sometimes called yanks, though that may not be common anymore.

 

[vat_man]

Originally posted by KevinPSX
2. Don't call us Yanks. That is a term I take a great deal of offense at. Please call us Americans. I'm not sure exactly how to explain it, but it seems that Ernest Hemingway wrote in one of his books about how Scots and Englishmen don't really like each other too much. I think that would be similar to the north vs. the south over here.

How about Septics, then?

 

[f1king]

Great lists but I dont know about MS over senna. I know its an F1 section but you can put in any drivers.

 

[vat_man]

Yeah - I thought about putting Vatanen, but I don't know rallying history well enough - and the same for many other disciplines - do you Derek Bell or Jacky Ickx in (Ickx won Le Mans and the Paris-Dakar!)?

I stuck to F1 because it's what I know - I'd be interested to hear nominations on other areas of the sport.

 

[f1king]

I dont know much about rallying myself.

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Originally posted by vat_man
Yeah - I thought about putting Vatanen, but I don't know rallying history well enough - and the same for many other disciplines - do you Derek Bell or Jacky Ickx in (Ickx won Le Mans and the Paris-Dakar!)?

I stuck to F1 because it's what I know - I'd be interested to hear nominations on other areas of the sport.

Hmmm. Colin McRae, Walter Rohrl, Hannu Mikkola would have to be seriously considered for any all-discipline list, along with some of the great touring/sportscar drivers, such as Yvan Muller (ice racing, British Touring Cars), Frank Biela (touring cars, Le Mans).

But is this a measure of success or outright ability? There are some drivers whose success far outstrips their innate ability (D.Hill to name just one), and others for whom the opposite is sadly true (J.Alesi).

The names above are success/ability balanced.

 

[HUDSONJONES]

Originally posted by KevinPSX
Hudosn: 1. yes, Mansell did win CART the year after winning the F1 Championship.
2. Don't call us Yanks. That is a term I take a great deal of offense at. Please call us Americans. I'm not sure exactly how to explain it, but it seems that Ernest Hemingway wrote in one of his books about how Scots and Englishmen don't really like each other too much. I think that would be similar to the north vs. the south over here.

thanks for bothering to spell my name wrong, and no offence was meant by "yanks" just a bit of harmless ribbing.....

 

[KevinPSX]

Hudson: had you just said "show those Americans how to do it" I would've taken it as harmless ribbing. That didn't offend me in the least. What annoys me is the apparent lack of knowledge among those outside of the States about the meaning of the term "Yanks."

 

[f1king]

The man!!!

 

[zero]

Senna
Prost
M. Shumacher
Mario Andretti
Damon Hill

 

[HUDSONJONES]

Originally posted by KevinPSX
Hudson: had you just said "show those Americans how to do it" I would've taken it as harmless ribbing. That didn't offend me in the least. What annoys me is the apparent lack of knowledge among those outside of the States about the meaning of the term "Yanks."

look no offence was meant so take a chill pill mate, stop being such a "REBEL"......