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Best driver never to race in F1 (51 posts)

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BenH said 2 years, 3 months ago:

Saw a post on twitter from Peter Windsor about the best racer never to have driven in F1. An intriguing argument and one I would like to hear what other F1F’s think about the subject. Personally I would argue Tom Kristensen is hard to top from recent times. His record at Le Mans is second to none and I feel that it was a shame he never made it into the sport.

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Deleted User said 2 years, 3 months ago:

James Courtney looked like he could be good but he never got to race.

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Slr said 2 years, 3 months ago:

Tom Kristensen probably. Maybe other guys like Jeff Gordon, Valentino Rossi and Dario Franchitti deserve a shout also.

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Ned Flanders said 2 years, 3 months ago:

Sebastien Loeb maybe? Watching rallies I get the impression that rally drivers require even more talent than their F1 counterparts

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sbl on tour said 2 years, 3 months ago:

difficult one, perhaps ned flanders and prisoner monkeys, but which ones best, ned or pm, theres only one way to find out…………….fight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sblot, aka harry hill

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Deleted User said 2 years, 3 months ago:

Colin Mcrae could have been good too? Didn’t he test for Jordan?

@Ned I’m sure 5live had a debate last year about whhich was best f1 drivers or rally drivers and it had my head spinning :P

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George said 2 years, 3 months ago:

Difficult to say, different disciplines require different skills which dont necessarily translate to F1, and I dont have much knowledge of junior single seater formulae.

Just to have a random stab in the dark though, I’ll say Yvan Muller.

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BenH said 2 years, 3 months ago:

Good shout on both McRae and loeb. The discipline required of a rally driver is amazing. It never really hit home fully regarding that until I heard kubica defending his decision to rally in the off season to keep his sharpness and discipline. Before I had never really appreciated just how much they can translate into performance in F1 due to them being such different styles of racing. And steph I think you may be right about the Jordan test. It does ring a bell.

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sw6569 said 2 years, 3 months ago:

mmmmm

Difficult question. Good one though, its a tough one!

Alain Menu? Gary Paffett? (technically never raced in F1) Gil De Ferran? Bobby Rahal?

Some questionable names I’ve put there I suppose, but thats what debate is for :p

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Deleted User said 2 years, 3 months ago:

He did Ben! I searched it on youtube and EJ has a good word to say about him and how well he would have done in F1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaLoBqHw2oM

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sbl on tour said 2 years, 3 months ago:

tommy byrne, although he practiced I dont think he ever raced

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Ned Flanders said 2 years, 3 months ago:

Tommy Byrne was someone who came straight to my mind, but I’m pretty sure he took part in a few races

Gary Paffett is a funny case in the sense that he’s been the test driver for a top team for years now and I can barely think of a single time he’s been linked with a race drive anywhere, or had pundits bemoaning his lack of opportunities as they did with Anthony Davidson, for example

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Deleted User said 2 years, 3 months ago:

He raced a couple of times I think and then also had a few DNQs

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sbl on tour said 2 years, 3 months ago:

he raced for theodore 5 times in 82, think my memory is going, still he was the d….b….

check out crashed and byrned with mark hughes, excellent read

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SteveMovieVoice said 2 years, 3 months ago:

Paffet was linked with Montoya empty McLaren seat before Hamilton was announced. He was also rumoured to race for Prodrive.

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