Best driver never to race in F1
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- 20th February 2011, 17:39 at 5:39 pm #128940BenHParticipant
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.
20th February 2011, 18:15 at 6:15 pm #161919AnonymousInactiveJames Courtney looked like he could be good but he never got to race.
20th February 2011, 19:05 at 7:05 pm #161920SlrParticipantTom Kristensen probably. Maybe other guys like Jeff Gordon, Valentino Rossi and Dario Franchitti deserve a shout also.
20th February 2011, 19:16 at 7:16 pm #161921Ned FlandersParticipantSebastien Loeb maybe? Watching rallies I get the impression that rally drivers require even more talent than their F1 counterparts
20th February 2011, 20:39 at 8:39 pm #161922sbl on tourParticipantdifficult one, perhaps ned flanders and prisoner monkeys, but which ones best, ned or pm, theres only one way to find out…………….fight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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20th February 2011, 21:09 at 9:09 pm #161923AnonymousInactiveColin 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
20th February 2011, 21:14 at 9:14 pm #161924GeorgeParticipantDifficult 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.
20th February 2011, 21:17 at 9:17 pm #161925BenHParticipantGood 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.
20th February 2011, 21:20 at 9:20 pm #161926sw6569Participantmmmmm
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
20th February 2011, 21:41 at 9:41 pm #161927AnonymousInactiveHe 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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaLoBqHw2oM
20th February 2011, 21:50 at 9:50 pm #161928sbl on tourParticipanttommy byrne, although he practiced I dont think he ever raced
20th February 2011, 21:52 at 9:52 pm #161929Ned FlandersParticipantTommy 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
20th February 2011, 21:54 at 9:54 pm #161930AnonymousInactiveHe raced a couple of times I think and then also had a few DNQs
20th February 2011, 22:05 at 10:05 pm #161931sbl on tourParticipanthe raced for theodore 5 times in 82, think my memory is going, still he was the d….b….
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20th February 2011, 22:13 at 10:13 pm #161932SteveMovieVoiceParticipantPaffet was linked with Montoya empty McLaren seat before Hamilton was announced. He was also rumoured to race for Prodrive.
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