Comments on: CART drivers who raced in F1: From Andretti to Zanardi part 9 http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2008/06/12/cart-drivers-who-raced-in-f1-from-andretti-to-zanardi-part-9/ F1 Fanatic - The Formula 1 Blog with F1 news, pictures, video, comment and analysis Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:10:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: maggie sottero suzanne wedding dress http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2008/06/12/cart-drivers-who-raced-in-f1-from-andretti-to-zanardi-part-9/comment-page-1/#comment-471116 maggie sottero suzanne wedding dress Mon, 08 Nov 2010 15:19:05 +0000 http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/?p=6912#comment-471116 been following your blog for 3 days now and i should say i am starting to like your post. and now how do i subscribe to your blog? been following your blog for 3 days now and i should say i am starting to like your post. and now how do i subscribe to your blog?

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]]> By: Lustigson http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2008/06/12/cart-drivers-who-raced-in-f1-from-andretti-to-zanardi-part-9/comment-page-1/#comment-172916 Lustigson Sun, 22 Jun 2008 11:50:05 +0000 http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/?p=6912#comment-172916 Great series. I really loved reading the articles. And you've got a new steady reader, too. Great series. I really loved reading the articles. And you’ve got a new steady reader, too.

]]> By: Steven Roy http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2008/06/12/cart-drivers-who-raced-in-f1-from-andretti-to-zanardi-part-9/comment-page-1/#comment-171625 Steven Roy Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:47:56 +0000 http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/?p=6912#comment-171625 I read an interview with Thackwell a couple of years ago when he was teaching. He came across as really enjoying it. He said that he had an attitude problem when he was racing that he was self-centred and egotistical. It struck me as an odd thing for a top racing driver to say because they are all like that. I am surprised he saw this as a negative and that he thought it held him back. Had I been running a midfield (or better) F1 team at the time I could have quite happily put up with a bit of ego to have a driver of his calibre. It was a shame for him that by the time he arrived in F2 the F1 drivers no longer raced in it. F1 may have almost completely ignored him running at the front of F2 year after year but it would have been a lot more difficult if he was blowing away their GP drivers in the process as he surely would have. At some point someone has to find a way to get the best drivers into F1 in place of those who make it as sponsors favourites or on grounds of nationality. I read an interview with Thackwell a couple of years ago when he was teaching. He came across as really enjoying it. He said that he had an attitude problem when he was racing that he was self-centred and egotistical. It struck me as an odd thing for a top racing driver to say because they are all like that. I am surprised he saw this as a negative and that he thought it held him back. Had I been running a midfield (or better) F1 team at the time I could have quite happily put up with a bit of ego to have a driver of his calibre.

It was a shame for him that by the time he arrived in F2 the F1 drivers no longer raced in it. F1 may have almost completely ignored him running at the front of F2 year after year but it would have been a lot more difficult if he was blowing away their GP drivers in the process as he surely would have.

At some point someone has to find a way to get the best drivers into F1 in place of those who make it as sponsors favourites or on grounds of nationality.

]]> By: George http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2008/06/12/cart-drivers-who-raced-in-f1-from-andretti-to-zanardi-part-9/comment-page-1/#comment-171616 George Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:49:30 +0000 http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/?p=6912#comment-171616 Couldn't agree more with you Steven on Mike Thackwell. He was an incredibly gifted driver, who was continuously in the wrong place at the wrong time. Some people say that he was never the same after his massive testing accident in F2 in 1982, but the results don't bear that out. In '83 he finished runner up to Jonathan Palmer in the European F2 series and then won it in '84 with 7 wins from 11 races. Despite all of that, a full-time F1 opportunity failed to present itself. So he went off an almost beat Christian Danner to the inaugral F3000 championship at the same time as carrying on a highly successful career in sportscars (with Jaguar and then Sauber Mercedes - whose maiden win he scored in 1986). Still all to no avail. No wonder he turned his back on them all to apparently fly helicopters for a while, before becoming a teacher. Couldn’t agree more with you Steven on Mike Thackwell. He was an incredibly gifted driver, who was continuously in the wrong place at the wrong time. Some people say that he was never the same after his massive testing accident in F2 in 1982, but the results don’t bear that out. In ’83 he finished runner up to Jonathan Palmer in the European F2 series and then won it in ’84 with 7 wins from 11 races. Despite all of that, a full-time F1 opportunity failed to present itself. So he went off an almost beat Christian Danner to the inaugral F3000 championship at the same time as carrying on a highly successful career in sportscars (with Jaguar and then Sauber Mercedes – whose maiden win he scored in 1986). Still all to no avail. No wonder he turned his back on them all to apparently fly helicopters for a while, before becoming a teacher.

]]> By: verasaki http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2008/06/12/cart-drivers-who-raced-in-f1-from-andretti-to-zanardi-part-9/comment-page-1/#comment-171528 verasaki Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:57:00 +0000 http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/?p=6912#comment-171528 zanardi was always very frank about the problems he was having in his last f1 season. i think it was really a mutual agreement for him to leave. what was really amazing about that season was that nobody was really ripping the guy apart to the degree they would have another driver- maybe because he was very honest about the problems he was having. he was that way in cart, too and i hated to see him go back to f1(go figure). i made it up to the portland race for his final champ car season and at that point in the season you could tell he was back on form and the team becoming competitive. he is also racing a handbike in his off-track time. zanardi was always very frank about the problems he was having in his last f1 season. i think it was really a mutual agreement for him to leave. what was really amazing about that season was that nobody was really ripping the guy apart to the degree they would have another driver- maybe because he was very honest about the problems he was having. he was that way in cart, too and i hated to see him go back to f1(go figure). i made it up to the portland race for his final champ car season and at that point in the season you could tell he was back on form and the team becoming competitive.

he is also racing a handbike in his off-track time.

]]> By: Steven Roy http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2008/06/12/cart-drivers-who-raced-in-f1-from-andretti-to-zanardi-part-9/comment-page-1/#comment-171495 Steven Roy Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:21:07 +0000 http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/?p=6912#comment-171495 Despite the fact that it was 25 years ago I still cannot believe no-one gave Mike Thackwell a break in F1. The guy was awesome. Everyone knows that Eddie Irvine arrived in F1 with a stack of money in the bank from playing the markets. Thackwell was so highly thought of by Ralt and Honda that they paid him so much to race F2 that he bought himself a plane. Imagine a current GP2 driver making enough just for driving that he could buy himself a plane. It is unbelievable. He should have been someone who ran at the front of grands prix for a decade. A fabulous driver and a great racer. Despite the fact that it was 25 years ago I still cannot believe no-one gave Mike Thackwell a break in F1. The guy was awesome.

Everyone knows that Eddie Irvine arrived in F1 with a stack of money in the bank from playing the markets. Thackwell was so highly thought of by Ralt and Honda that they paid him so much to race F2 that he bought himself a plane. Imagine a current GP2 driver making enough just for driving that he could buy himself a plane. It is unbelievable.

He should have been someone who ran at the front of grands prix for a decade. A fabulous driver and a great racer.

]]> By: Rohan http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2008/06/12/cart-drivers-who-raced-in-f1-from-andretti-to-zanardi-part-9/comment-page-1/#comment-171484 Rohan Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:51:35 +0000 http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/?p=6912#comment-171484 One thing about Zanardi leaving Williams - the way it is described in his book seems as though it was more a mutual decision than us just "sacking" him. One thing about Zanardi leaving Williams – the way it is described in his book seems as though it was more a mutual decision than us just “sacking” him.

]]> By: TommyB http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2008/06/12/cart-drivers-who-raced-in-f1-from-andretti-to-zanardi-part-9/comment-page-1/#comment-171477 TommyB Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:45:03 +0000 http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/?p=6912#comment-171477 If anyone hasn't seen the incredible pass Zanardi did at Laguna Seca this is a video of the last lap http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywsB65YfLOQ What a move :) If anyone hasn’t seen the incredible pass Zanardi did at Laguna Seca this is a video of the last lap

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywsB65YfLOQ

What a move :)

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