cool/funny/unique/memorable/whichever-sounding names in F1
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- 23rd June 2010, 19:41 at 7:41 pm #127767glueParticipant
this was becoming somewhat of a game in the “Frentzen to steward European GP” article, so I thought I’d just move it here
I can’t tell whether this will be rendered useless in the near future, so apologies for eventual wasting of bandwidth
Andrea de Cesaris, along with his given de Crasheris springs to mind
23rd June 2010, 19:56 at 7:56 pm #141728RatboyKeymasterTheres Giancarlo Baghetti that raced in the 60’s
sounds like a cross between a baguette and spaghetti :p
23rd June 2010, 19:58 at 7:58 pm #141729Steph90MemberAndrea de Adamich was a good’un.
Agabashian.
Elio de Angelis
I always liked Rene Arnoux just because whenever I thinki of it Murray’s voice pops into my head for some reason
Luca Badoer was unfortunate because he got ‘Look how bad you are’ last year
Baldi…because well I’m immature.
I liked Fabrizio Barbazza
He was just in F1 Racing so Zsolt Baumgartner
Francious Cevert was just cool.
I always liked “Gilles” but the driver became so popular that he didn’t even need a last name for people to recognise him and that’s hard to come across.
Pierluigi Martini
23rd June 2010, 20:07 at 8:07 pm #141730newnhamlea1MemberScott speed is quite memorable, mainly for his complete lack of speed.
23rd June 2010, 20:20 at 8:20 pm #141731JaggedParticipantThe Italian names just seem to roll off the tongue
From
Andrea de Adamich
Michele Alboreto
Giovanna Amati
Marco Apicella
Alberto Ascari
Lorenzo Bandini
To
Nino Vaccarella
Luigi Villoresi
Alex Zanardi
Renzo Zorzi
and a whole host in between.
23rd June 2010, 20:21 at 8:21 pm #141732RatboyKeymasterA couple more:
Fred Wacker who did a few races in the 1950’s
Desmond Titterington, how fantastically British is that name!
23rd June 2010, 20:39 at 8:39 pm #141733JaggedParticipantLol Ratboy, I used to laugh when I was a kid trying to visualize “a mad titter running through the crowd” :-)
23rd June 2010, 20:44 at 8:44 pm #141734RobRMemberI first heard of Desmond Titterington on F1Rejects’ podcast, when they did a “Top 10 British sounding names” feature :D
Some of the others I can remember off the top of my head.. Archie Scott-Brown and the best one: Robin Montgomorie-Charrington, haha…
23rd June 2010, 21:34 at 9:34 pm #141735Ned FlandersParticipantHaha yeah I remember that Rob, there were some great ones there!
http://www.f1rejects.com/podcasts/index.html
Here’s the link for anyone who’s interested, it’s on the 2006 British GP edition. I’d encourage everyone who hasn’t heard them before to try one of their podcasts, they’re great
23rd June 2010, 21:46 at 9:46 pm #141736TommyBParticipant“Francious Cevert was just cool.”
Agree, quite possibly the coolest name ever.
23rd June 2010, 21:51 at 9:51 pm #141737RatboyKeymasterNothing can be quite as unique as:
Wolfgang Alexander Albert Eduard Maximilian Reichsgraf Berghe von Trips
23rd June 2010, 21:55 at 9:55 pm #141738Ned FlandersParticipantI think the most common F1 name is probably Sebastian Hill… or Nico Schumacher
23rd June 2010, 22:25 at 10:25 pm #141739JaggedParticipantThat’s why his friends called him “Taffy” Ratboy.
23rd June 2010, 22:29 at 10:29 pm #141740RatboyKeymasterAm not surprised Jagged, Bet the worst person in the crowd was the one that shouted “Give us a W” lol
23rd June 2010, 22:58 at 10:58 pm #141741Ned FlandersParticipantvon Trips was nicknamed ‘The Count’ wasn’t he? That’s got me thinking about other driver nicknames. Here’s a few off the top of my head:
M Schumacher= Schumi/ The Rainmeister
R Schumacher/ Vettel= Baby Schumi
Massa= Felipe Baby
Fisichella= Fisi
Baumgartner= HWNSNBM
Hakkinen= The Flying Finn
Coulthard= DC
Prost= The Professor
N Rosberg= Britney
Raikkonen= The Iceman
Heidfeld= The Beardinator
(ok so I made that last one up!)
Can anyone think of any others?
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