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1. Kubica’s return
2. one of the Sauber drivers reaching a podium
3. entertaining season like last one was, even if one team dominates1. McLaren – Senna/Hamilton
2. Williams- Mansell/Hunt
3. Benetton- Schumacher/Prost
4. Ferrari – Berger/Alesi
5. Lotus – Clark/G.Hill
6. Brabham – Brabham/HAkkinen
7. Jordan – Patrese/Irvine
8. Maserati – Fangio/Ascari
9. Alfa Romeo – Piquet/Lauda
10.Tyrell – Stewart/Rindt
11.Cooper – Hulme/Surtees
12.BRM – Kubica/Raikkonen
13.Minardi – De Cesaris/Kobayashi
hmmm, top 5 you say.
I guess this would be the top 10:
1. Senna
2. Fittipaldi
3. Prost
4. Hakkinen
5. Lauda
6. Hunt
7. Hamilton (if he’s included)
8. Hulme
9. Coulthard
10.Raikkonen
Well, I guess they draw a conclusion from the end of the season standings etc, when championships were a bit tighter and more than 2 teams fought for the title. But yeah, strategy was an important part of Formula 1 ever since pitstops became important part of every GP.
https://www.racefans.net/2008/08/29/a-brief-history-of-pit-stops-in-f1-video/
Hamilton – Montreal
Kobayashi – Suzuka
Webber – Silverstone
Petrov – Yas Marina
p.s. I don’t watch races on street tracks, well except Monaco sometimes, tho last one I’ve see was in 2008, so can’t judge Valencia and Singapore races.
I think I’d go for Webber’s “that felt good” comment on radio after he lapped Schumacher in one of the early races in the season (not sure which one).
I’d add Warwick’s decision to stay with Renault instead of moving to Williams for 85 season (Williams than took Mansell instead).
I’d say they are more or less same, only difference between them is Alonso’s experience. Lewis had really amazing rookie season (I honestly can’t remember anyone being so consistent in his first season), but he’s terrible under pressure – I kinda thought his 1st WDC would “relax” him a little, but looking at last season, it didn’t help much. Alonso on the other hand can’t stand being equal to his team mate – 2007. was the only season he had team mate that could match his skills, and we’ve all seen how things developed.
And I guess that last thing is only thing that really separates them, while Alonso clearly must be nr. 1 driver in the team to perform, Lewis looks much better when he has competitive team mate (2007 and to some extent 2010 proved that). As far as racing skills goes, there’s very little that separates them.
But it’s still too early for a definite judgment, in 10 to 15 years, when both of them retire we’ll have a bit clearer picture who was better.
Driver Champion: Lewis Hamilton
Constructors Champion: McLaren
Biggest driver let down: Massa (I just don’t see him turning in to a good racing(!) driver all of a sudden, and with more overtaking coming he’ll just seem worse)
Biggest constructor let down: Mercedes
Best race of 2011: Spa Francorchamps or Silverstone
Worst race of 2011: Valencia (after a first race there I was stunned that they managed to make a circuit more boring than Monaco)
Biggest Suprise of 2011: Kobayashi taking his first win with Sauber (well, I wish) :)
I think two tyre barriers would cause red flags even with a bit more minor accidents, since tyres would fly all over the place. What about haystacks? They could be used as such “half-way-to-the-wall” barriers I guess, though I think they were banned for some reason.
Tumborello run-off in ’94 was tarmac/concrete if I remember right. Anyway, wall was just too close, I don’t believe that any type of run-off at that speed would help.
Hmmm, tough call… my personal best would be:
1.Clark
2.Senna
3.Fangio
4.Brabham
though I can’t see Brabham finishing in top 4
Well, I see some of you include MSC because of his time at Benetton. In that case you can count in Berger as well, since he drove for McLaren, ferrari and Benetton (winning races in all 3 teams).
Uh, this is a great topic, with so many potential candidates.
For me the best one would be Amon, and close behind him Warwick, Brundle, Heidfeld, De Cesaris (prolly the best paydriver ever), Bellof and Wendlinger.
From the current ones Kobayashi and Rosberg, but I’m pretty sure they’ll get at least one sometime in the future.
