Best from each country
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- 17th October 2010, 20:31 at 8:31 pm #128225AnonymousInactive
The discussions about Sato and Kobayashi and Japan’s hope in F1 got me thinking who were the very best from their country?
Brazil? Senna or Piquet snr must fight for top honours.
Britain?
Germany? Should be easy ;P
Japan?
Italy? Have to go way back for that. Ascari for me. If it was pre-F1 then Nuvolari.
France?
America?
Finland?
Have you spotted any talent that could rise to the top of their nation? Are there any countries lacking or have more talent than you’d expect given their F1 history? Finland has loads more than I expected because of how much they lvoe rallying.
17th October 2010, 20:51 at 8:51 pm #147557AnonymousInactiveOnly rankings after 1985-1990:
Brazil
4 Barrichello
3 Massa
2 Piquet Sr
1 Senna
Honorable mentions: Gugelmin, Moreno
Germany
4 Frentzen
3 R Schumacher
2 Vettel
1 M Schumacher
Honorable mentions: Heidfeld, Sutil
Italy
4 Capelli (@Leyton House)
3 Trulli
2 Fisichella
1 Alboreto
Honorable mentions: Nannini, de Cesaris
G Britain (+Ireland+Scotland)
4 Hill
3 Button
2 Hamilton
1 Mansell
Honorable mentions: Irvine, Coulthard
France
4 Alliot (no seriously)
3 Panis
2 Alesi!
1 Prost
Finland
4 Lehto
3 Salo
2 Raikkonen
1 Hakkinen
Austria
4 Klien
3 Wendlinger
2 Wurz
1 Berger
Japan
4 Sato
3 Suzuki
2 Kobayashi
1 Nakajima (S!)
Honorable mentions: Katayama, Takagi
*My long shot is Pietro Fantin for Brazil. Let’s see how he does.
17th October 2010, 21:43 at 9:43 pm #147558David-AParticipantGermany
1. M.Schumacher
2. S.Vettel
3. R.Schumacher
4. N.Rosberg
5. H.Frentzen
Great Britain
1. N.Mansell
2. L.Hamilton
3. J.Clark
4. J.Stewart
5. J.Button
Brazil
1. A.Senna
2. E.Fittipaldi
3. N.Piquet Sr.
4. F.Massa
5. R.Barrichello
Finland
1. M.Hakkinen
2. K.Raikkonen
3. K.Rosberg
4. H.Kovalainen
5. M.Salo
Japan
1. K.Kobayashi
2. T.Sato
3. A.Suzuki
4. S.Nakajima
5. K.Nakajima
France
1. A.Prost
2. R.Arnoux
3. J.Alesi
4. O.Panis
5. J.Laffite
Australia
1. J.Brabham
2. A.Jones
3. M.Webber
United States
1. Mario Andretti
2. P.Hill
3. D.Gurney
17th October 2010, 21:57 at 9:57 pm #147559RucknarParticipantGermany
1. S.Vettel
2. N.Rosberg
3. M.Schumacher
Great Britain
1. N.Mansell
2. L.Hamilton
3. J.Stewart
4. J.Clark
5. J.Button
Brazil
1. A.Senna
2. E.Fittipaldi
3. N.Piquet Sr.
Finland
1. M.Hakkinen
2. K.Rosberg
3. K.Raikkonen
Japan
1. K.Kobayashi
2. T.Sato
France
1. A.Prost
2. R.Arnoux
3. J.Alesi
4. J.Laffite
5. O.Panis
Austrian
1. Jochen Rindt
Australia
1. J.Brabham
2. M.Webber
United States
1. Mario Andretti
18th October 2010, 3:36 at 3:36 am #147560karan01ParticipantI would put Coulthard in there under Britain.
18th October 2010, 8:59 at 8:59 am #147561Magnificent GeoffreyParticipantHungary
1. Baumgartner
18th October 2010, 9:35 at 9:35 am #147562Ned FlandersParticipantSimilarly:
Malaysia
1. Yoong
2. N/A
18th October 2010, 10:02 at 10:02 am #147563rampanteParticipantIt must be an age thing here as I can’t see how some of the very best have been left out.
Brazil
1, Senna
2, Piquet
3, Fitipaldi
Britain,
1, Stewart
2, Clark
3, Hill G
(Can’t believe Hamilton and Mansell are above Stewart and Clark with some)
Germany
1, Schumacher
2, Von Tripps
3, Vettel
Italy
1, Ascari
2, Farina
3, Nuvolari
France
1, Prost
2, Cevert
3, Alesi
USA
1, Hill
2, Andretti
3, can’t think of another worth mentioning
Finland
1, Hakkinen
2, Raikonen
3, Rosberg
Austria
1, Lauda
2, Rindt
3, Berger
18th October 2010, 10:38 at 10:38 am #147564Magnificent GeoffreyParticipantI agree rampante. For me, I’d place Sir Stirling Moss, Clark and Stewart above Hamilton, Mansell and the Hills easily.
18th October 2010, 11:12 at 11:12 am #147565Ned FlandersParticipantI think Hamilton has shown enough alreadyn to put him up amongst the likes of Stewart, Moss and Clark. Within a few years I believe we may well be conidering him to be the best British driver ever.
I agree that the likes of Mansell, Button and the two Hills are a step below this lot though
18th October 2010, 12:45 at 12:45 pm #147566AnonymousInactiveItaly – De Angelis
18th October 2010, 12:57 at 12:57 pm #147567ScribeParticipantYeah the Britain ratings baffling, Clark was considered to be the special one of his generation, Stewart says he considers him the best driver he’s ever raced, certainly a better driver than himself, those once in a generation miles out in front.
By the time he died he’d already won the most races ever at that time.
Britain.
1 Clark
2 Stewart
3 Moss
4 Mansell
5 Hamilton
6 G Hill
7 Button
8 D Hill
9 Surtees
10 Hawthorn
Everything else, I’d agree with David A’s list.
18th October 2010, 13:40 at 1:40 pm #147568rampanteParticipantNed, Hamilton has a very long way to go to be considered alongside Stewart and Clark.
They may well pre date you but Clark was one of the very best ever and Stewart( my first favourite driver and that’s from an Italian!) was a 3times WDC when just surviving 2 seasons in the sport was seen as exceptional.
18th October 2010, 21:03 at 9:03 pm #147569AnonymousInactiveI have to agree with Rampante. I think Hamilton could one day be up there but certainly not now for me. He can’t think like other British champions could, he still makes errors and I’m not sure if he is the naturally fastest out of them. I really believe he could be better than all of them one day but not now.
18th October 2010, 22:21 at 10:21 pm #147570paulgilbParticipantMost successful driver from each country:
Argentina – Juan Manuel Fangio
Australia – Jack Brabham
Austria – Niki Lauda
Belgium – Jacky Ickx
Brazil – Ayrton Senna
Britain – Jackie Stewart
Canada – Jacques Villeneuve
Chile – Eliseo Salazar
Colombia – Juan Pablo Montoya
Czech Republic – Tomas Enge
Denmark – Jan Magnussen
Finland – Mika Hakkinen
France – Alain Prost
Germany – Michael Schumacher
India – Narain Karthikeyan
Ireland (Republic) – Derek Daly
Italy – Alberto Ascari
Japan – Takuma Sato
Liechtenstein – Rikky von Opel
Malaysia – Alex Yoong
Monaco – Louis Chiron
Mexico – Pedro Rodriguez
Netherlands – Jos Verstappen
New Zealand – Denny Hulme
Poland – Robert Kubica
Portugal – Tiago Monteiro
Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) – John Love
Russia – Vitaly Petrov
South Africa – Jody Scheckter
Spain – Fernando Alonso
Sweden – Ronnie Peterson
Switzerland – Clay Regazzoni
Thailand – Prince Bira
Uruguay – Eitel Cantoni
USA – Mario Andretti
Venezuela – Johnny Cecotto
And if we extend to Friday practice drivers, we have:
Israel – Chanoch Nissany
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