Favourite driver

[paulzinho]

Ok forget who the greatest driver is, we all know who its Senna!!!

Who's your favourite driver of all time? Your racing hero?

Mine without question was Ayrton Senna.

[f1manoz]

I have to split mine into two categories.

Drivers I've grown up with:

Nigel Mansell
Mika Hakkinen

were the two I have supported.

However, I also have favourites from before I was born, some legends, some heroes. Names such as:

Jim Clark
Ronnie Peterson
Gilles Villeneuve
Clay Regazzoni

Out of them all, it would be Hakkinen as I've supported him since the very beginning until the cows eventually came home.

[Aysedasi]

Paulzinho, I guess I'm really only doing this to add another post to my total.

Senna.

[paulzinho]

Every little helps as they say....

I know some peoples choices but I suppose this is a chance to find out who liked who.

[EERO]

Whhooooo! Ozman!

Faves recently:

Hakkinen
Coulthard
Heidfeld
D Hill

Faves grown-up with:

Reggazoni
Peterson
Hailwood
Revson

All Time:

Jim Clark

[Damon]

I've had a few fave's over the years;
Mansell
Senna
Damon Hill
Montoya

[Gt_R]

Of modern F1, the drivers i like are as follows:

Michael
Juan Pablo Montoya
Senna
Mika Hakkinen
Giancarlos Fisichella

[Inigo Montoya]

All time favourite: Gilles Villeneuve
Current favourite: TGF

All time most hated: (tie) Damon Hill, Jacques Villeneuve
Current most hated: Jacques Villeneuve (of course)

[enemy-ace]

I like a lot of drivers for different reasons, but I love Gilles Villeneuve for a lot of reasons.
Don't hate any of them

[Aysedasi]

Most hated? How did we turn this one around? I don't think I have ever hated any driver. I didn't care too much for Prost at the time he and Senna were at war, but that was only because had Senna been given the same team supremacy that Schumacher had with Benetton and now Ferrari, he would have won so many more races. But now I have the utmost respect and dare I say even liking of the little Frenchman and have no trouble accepting how good he was.

The only drivers I have disliked are those who clearly haven't deserved to be driving a car at what is supposed to be the pinnacle of motor sport - and even then I don't hate them - if I had the money and a thumbnail's worth of talent, I would do exactly the same!

[zealot]

I agree, how can you HATE any driver, you don't even know them?

With that said, I enjoy seeing Shumi Sr. lose because of the way he handled himself against Hill and JV, but even then, I don't hate him. I also don't like the playboy lifestyle of DC, but I don't hate him.

Back to the original, for some reason, I really liked Michelle Albereto (excuse the spelling) growing up. A true racer, too bad he had to go like he did.

[Ralf's Girl]

The only absolute favourites I've ever had (as a relative newcomer to F1) are Damon Hill and (of course) Ralf. At the moment, as well as Ralf, I like de la Rosa, Alonso, Heidfeld and Raikkonen.

[Bononi]

Originally posted by Ralf's Girl
The only absolute favourites I've ever had (as a relative newcomer to F1) are Damon Hill and (of course) Ralf. At the moment, as well as Ralf, I like de la Rosa, Alonso, Heidfeld and Raikkonen.

So we should call you: De La Rosa-Alonso-Heidfeld-Raikkonen-Ralf's girl ?

You seem to have a fall for blondes...

[Dino IV]

For me it is:

John Barnard
Gordon Murray

*huh* What?

Favourite drivers?

Oh no, not again ...

[Inigo Montoya]

Oh fer crisssake, relax guys! Replace "hate" with "least liked."

[ingo]

Jacky Ickx and Clay Regazzoni. I must be getting old.

[Ferrari Girl]

Current fave:
Michael Schumacher, however Eddie Irv comes a close second.

Faves who I wasn't around to see, but I have seen vid's etc:
Gilles Villeneuve
Aryton Senna
Ronnie Peterson
Jackie Stewart
Niki Lauda

[paulzinho]

Dino



I wasn't expecting that one although I probably should'va done!

[TimD]

Favourites...

Happy thoughts.

Stirling Moss - a racer's racer, a showman, a gentleman and a thoroughly nice chap to meet.

Jackie Stewart - What can I say - I was 4 when I first saw him race. These things stick...!

Michele Alboreto - made a turbocar dance like no one else - and that includes Senna and Prost.

Stefan Bellof - He was going to be so good, and then we lost him so damned early.

Clay Regazzoni - He made being Ferrari's man fun. Not easy in the 1970s!

Rudolf Caracciola - The original regenmeister.

Archie Scott-Brown - Handicapped from birth, and yet he still won with the mighty Listers.

Sir Henry Birkin - Well, what did you expect? The fastest Bentley driver of all, and a Brooklands specialist. Of course I'm going to be a fan!

Tom Delaney - see him race his Lea Francis at the VSCC and you'll understand...

[Raoul Duke]

Favourite Drivers

Ralf
JPM
Jacques Villeneuve
Giancarlo Fisichella

And I must admit I've always had a soft spot for Coulthard.

Least favourite driver

TGF

[FastJoel31]

Right now it would either be Alonso or Heidfeld.

I wasn't around to see Tom Pryce (one unlucky guy) or Mark Donahue (after reading his autobiography, he became #1).

[Roy2]

Favourites at the time:
1. Stirling Moss
2. Alain Prost
3. Jacques Villenueve (still)

Favourites in retrospect:
1. Juan Fangio
2. Ayrton Senna

Honorable mention:
All of them

[EERO]

Originally posted by FastJoel31
Right now it would either be Alonso or Heidfeld.

I wasn't around to see Tom Pryce (one unlucky guy) or Mark Donahue (after reading his autobiography, he became #1).

Joel, I had the pleasure of seeing Donahue in the 917-30 Can Am, the AMC Javelins and the original Penske F1. As he had gone to college in my home town, I was devoted to him. His death swore me off F1 for nearly two years.

[Don K]

Senna

[Martin de Miguel]

Alonso