Red Rider

There have been so many drivers that i loved to watch, but it would have to be Senna for me with Zanardi a close 2nd. My favorite American driver is Scott Pruett.

Black CL-S 4-Life

Zanardi then Montoya

H@mmerm@n

Jeez, Glenn...I thought you would have picked Schumi. After all, he drives a red car and is a left-foot braker.

Red Rider

Let's see how he would do in the twisties

astro

Ayrton Senna.

Nelson Piquet.

Tommy Makkinen.

Starter

Jimmy Clark, Gilles Villeneuve, & Mario (for success in the largest variety of cars of anyone). Astro boy, I like your choice of maybe the best rally driver ever.

astro

I was gonna put Gilles on my list too

another name I think I'd add would be Hans Stuck.

Chief F1 Fan

Prost (smooth, analytical); Mansell (tough, charger);
JV (quiet, but tough-not a bad guy in person either); Montoya (unbelievable car control); and as much as I almost hate to admit, Schumacher (best damn driver ever)

I used to love watching the old GTP/O series, especially at Watkins Glen. Stuck, Pruett, Holbert, Juan Fangio, Bell, fantastic.

Gabo3k

Tazio Nuvolari (incredible endurance, boldness, tactics, great personality, very passionate [Italian])

Michael Schumacher (excellent car control, unbelievable consistency, cold personality though)

Ayrton Senna (opposite of Schumacher personality wise, a great driver, actually outdrove Schumacher on a few occasions)

Red Rider

Senna was the best ever imho, incredible in the rain also.

acur8ly

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Peetie Cunnigham, driver of the real-time Acura nxs in the gt races on speed channel

Rips CL

Red,

You are right on. Senna owned F1 when he raced with McLaren/Honda. He has records that will never be broken.

Red Rider

Yeah, he was the greatest qualifier. Man i was so bummed when he was killed. I used to get up at 4:30 in the morning to watch him race.

Rips CL

It was just a shock when I heard he was killed in a crash. You never think it would happen to someone with such ability. Kind of reminds me of what happened to Zanardi, luckly he lived. I use to love watching him and Prost race. That was some great competition between teammates.

Red Rider

That was a great time, Senna, Prost and Mansell. I don't think Senna and Prost got along too well if i remember right.

Rips CL

Yes, they didn't like each other because they both wanted to win so bad. They were both so competitive they didn't want to back down to anyone, even teammates! It made for great racing, but I bet team McLaren/Honda worried at times when they raced so aggressively against one another.

Chief F1 Fan

the ONLY record he has that Schumacher hasn't broken yet is qualifying and that surely will fall as well.

Gabo3k

I agree!

Who do you guys think will be the great champion next? ? ?

Red Rider

I still think it will be Montoya.

anj2

Kimi Raikonnen perhaps...

He's still young, has the hype, and the backing (McLaren - if they can figure out a way to snap out of their slump)...

Rips CL

I'm talking about the McLaren/Honda team when he was a member. They won 15 of 16 races one year, and more awards then you can count. Honda was considered unbeatable, and they were tired of winning so they came to the US and Started a CART team. Schumacher and ferrari have no competition in F1. The drivers continue to migrate over to the US. Even so, they will NEVER touch what McLaren/Honda did in F1.

Gabo3k

Remember now, never say never!

Never believe in obsolutes in this world!

Rips CL

You are right!! But it sure will be hard!!

astro

Kimi is the next Schumi.

Chief F1 Fan

The only race not won by McLaren the year they took 15 of 16 was??? Ferrari-on the weekend after Enzo died (I think it was Berger)

nanxun

Using this sad news to revive a long-dead thread .... Dan Gurney (1931-2018) ... American Racing Legend Dan Gurney Dies At 86


https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/d...legend-995818/

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/r...gurney-995820/

https://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2018/01/...und-up-1501-4/

nanxun

in a Porsche 804, at the British GP (Aintree), c. 1962