Comments on: F1 2007 Preview: The defecting champion http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2007/02/24/f1-2007-preview-the-defecting-champion/ F1 Fanatic - The Formula 1 Blog with F1 news, pictures, video, comment and analysis Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:27:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Keith Collantine http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2007/02/24/f1-2007-preview-the-defecting-champion/comment-page-1/#comment-36456 Keith Collantine Wed, 14 Mar 2007 23:03:49 +0000 http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2007/02/24/f1-2007-preview-the-defecting-champion/#comment-36456 Indeed - but for simplicity's sake I wanted to stick to recent drivers. Even then, as I said, in the last 30 years there's only been these three. Fangio is a particularly interesting case - he was so renowned and respected he more or less had the pick of the teams, even when he semi-reluctantly hooked up with Ferrari in 1956. There's more on it here: http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2007/03/02/f1-2007-preview-alonso-shoots-for-the-triple/ Indeed – but for simplicity’s sake I wanted to stick to recent drivers. Even then, as I said, in the last 30 years there’s only been these three.

Fangio is a particularly interesting case – he was so renowned and respected he more or less had the pick of the teams, even when he semi-reluctantly hooked up with Ferrari in 1956. There’s more on it here:

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2007/03/02/f1-2007-preview-alonso-shoots-for-the-triple/

]]> By: Paulo Ocampo http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2007/02/24/f1-2007-preview-the-defecting-champion/comment-page-1/#comment-36454 Paulo Ocampo Wed, 14 Mar 2007 22:54:48 +0000 http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2007/02/24/f1-2007-preview-the-defecting-champion/#comment-36454 Shouldn't Juan Manuel Fangio be on this list? He won titles from 1954-1957 with Maserati, Mercedes, Ferrari, and Maserati again. He practically kept moving on a yearly basis! In fact, he is more successful than Schumi in the sense that won it in his 1st year with his new team(s). Shouldn’t Juan Manuel Fangio be on this list? He won titles from 1954-1957 with Maserati, Mercedes, Ferrari, and Maserati again. He practically kept moving on a yearly basis!

In fact, he is more successful than Schumi in the sense that won it in his 1st year with his new team(s).

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