Nicknames for all current F1 Drivers

[TimD]

And still no-one's come back on "Chunky".

[Dino IV]

Nearly forgot this thread. We're getting closer and closer:

Tres cool TimD:
3 - The Abruzzi robber = Luigi Fagioli, becuase he had the looks of a (and maybe a little past ) tough criminal.

8 - The Sorcerer is not Gordini. This driver was indeed French and had some resemblance to Jean Alesi's career (not the end tho ) and style.

28- Il Negher = Giuseppe Campari, not because he was African or something, but because his tan was always so dark. Dodgy indeed.


Remaining:
2 - The Booming Bulldog
5 - The Smiley Dane
6 - The Matchstick
8 - The Sorcerer
16- Hawkeye
29- Il Pirata
30- Ciccio
32- 13

Y'all had time for some fresh inspiration so shoot!

[bulldogspirit]

The Smiley Dane is Tom Belso (I think, can't think of many Danes in F1 and Jan Magnussen hardly ever smiled).
The Sorcerer is Jean Behra again.
Hawkeye is probably Paul Hawkins, just from the name?
Il Pirata is Felice Bonetto, unless Marco Pantani has taken to F1!
Ciccio - 'tubby' in Italian, must be Ascari surely?
13 - well the unluckiest guy I can think of is Herbert, but he is Sherbert, so I don't know.
I can't believe I can't get Booming Bulldog, is he British? If so then someone like Derek Bell?
Matchstick - absolutely no idea.

[JeremySmith]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Georgio
Other than Senninha, which I don't think was Ayrton's nickname, was a nick name ever given to him by anyone ?

As much as I admired his talent, I just can't seem to recall him being called anything else other than Ayrton or Senna, and not counting the names he may have been called by other drivers that he beat under their helmets ?

Ummmmmmmm I think Alain Prost had a few "Nick" names for Ayrton which of course I can't repeat here...

[Speed]

Juan Pablo MonTOYOTA
Obi Juan

[Don K]

Originally posted by Jersound
As much as I admired his talent, I just can't seem to recall him being called anything else other than Ayrton or Senna

Da Silva?

[economy_waffle]

alternative nicknames


Rubens - Mr. Nice guy
Coulthard - Geordie gasbag
hakkinen - unlucky guy
JV - technicolor hair man
Olivier Panis - Frenchman

JPM - The Gr8 1
Fisichella - little italian
Button - the button-ator
Tarso Marques - useless
Fernando Alonso - Chalk Face
Trulli - little italian 2
Frentzen - the german
alesi - old man
burti - bert
raikonnen - flying finn 3
heidfeld - lucky
eddie irvine - playboy
Pedro de la rosa - pedro
joss verstapen - the boss


Edited for rude and actionable language.

Waffles, please do not post obscene language or libelous content on this Forum.

[TimD]

David Coulthard a Geordie?

a Geordie did I hear you right???

Bwahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!


I guess it's living in Hastings that does it.

[Ferrari Girl]

Originally posted by economy_waffle
alternative nicknames


Pedro de la rosa - pedro

noooo, t'is Norman...cause in some racing formula he did in spain, apparently he used to wear a flat cap that made him look like norman wisdom...so apparently the name has stuck!

[Mekola]

I usually refer M Schumacher as "von Schummi", as a reference he is the next German Ferrari F1 driver after Wolfgang von Trips. I also refer the ScuderÃ*a Ferrari as "ScuderÃ*a von Trips", specially where all are talking about all things of this F1 team are around TGF.

And about Jean Alesi, of course his career has resemblances in comparison of Jean Behra's. He also has a brother called Jose!

[economy_waffle]

Originally posted by TimD
David Coulthard a Geordie?

a Geordie did I hear you right???

Bwahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!


I guess it's living in Hastings that does it.

erm...no i know wots scottish and wots geordie...it just it annoys my scottish friend when i call him geordie!!!
(personal joke)

[Holly]

Girly nicknames...

Jenson - Scrumptious Bum (debatable, I know)
Kimi - Kimilollipop
Juan - Coffeepot

[Nicholas]

Bunsen's school nickname was "Chocolate Button."

[FAS33]

resurrecting this thread because it just looks like it needed to be.

Kimi Raikkonen - The Flying Finn

Daniel Ricciardo - Spaniel Avocado

Fernando Alonso - those eyebrows

Romain Grojean - Roman Crossant

Jenson Button - Jenslow Button or just JB

Sebastien Vettel - Fingerboy

Mark Webber - big chin guy

Niko Hulkenberg - The Hullk

Pastor Maldonado - Pasta Marinara

[Mr V]

Among John SSC, Sato San and myself...

Lewis is affectionately know as "Snoop Hammy Hamilton".........

....... until this morning when Sato called him "Snoop Hammy Hampton" which cracked me up for some obscure reason !

[Aysedasi]

Is Felipe 'Slower Than' ?

[MagnetON]

Some here at Tenths Towers:

Driver	What We Shout At The Telly
K. Raikkonen	Mumbles
P. DiResta	Porny (from Porn Director)
F. Alonso	Teflonso / Julian*
F. Massa	Mort*
A. Sutil	Sooty
L. Hamilton	Hammy Hamster
R. Grosjean	Giraffe
J-E. Vergne	Generic
N. Rosberg	Britney

*(Doesn't Alonso look like King Julian, and Massa IS Mort, although I think Maurice looks more like Flav than Dominicalli)

[stripedcat]

Here are a few :-

Hamilton(has quite a few):-

Louise
Lewisham Hamster
Hamster(not to be confused with Richard Hammond)

Rosberg - Barbie(because he looks like the doll)

Vettel - Fingerman

Pastor Maldonado - Pasta and Moldy Tomatoes

Alonso - Teflonso(because nothing sticks to him - think back to Crashgate and also his year with McLaren)

Mansell :-

Moaning Brummie
Ferret Face

Romain Grojean - RoGro

Giedo van der Garde - Van driver

[Biscuits In A Red Bull]

There are several for Maldonado guys.

Maldonadouche, Pasta or slightly more sane, Maldo.

van der Garde is suely van der-iver.

Vergne is JEV

Pic is Picnic (even though it's longer)

[Marcus666]

Nico Hulkenberg - The Incredible Hulk

Max Chilton - ehm, I dont know, atleast he looks like Danny Saucedo (swedish pop singer):


Jules Bianchi - Jean Girard (Talladega Nights)?

Felipe Massa - "Sunshine"

Kimi Raikkonen - Iceman

Heikki Kovalainen - Niceman

Lewis Hamilton - Hammy

Sebastian Vettel - Seb, Fingerboy, Fotzel

Mark Webber - Aussiegrit?

Romain Grosjean - RoGro, The chef?

Nico Rosberg - Britney

Paul Di Resta - Dario's cousin

Timo Glock - Tim O'glock?

Fernando Alonso - Nando?

Daniel Ricciardo - Dan

Jean Eric Vergne - JEV

Pastor Maldonado - Crashtor Malfunctionado

Ralf Schumacher - The nice part of Michael?

Jarno Trulli - Trulli train

Eddie Irvine - James Hunt version 1999?

Gerhard Berger - Gerhard Burger

Sebastian Bourdais - SeaBass

Juan Pablo Montoya - JPM, Juan "****ing brilliant" Montoya, Juan "Jetdryer" Montoya (for Nascar rednecks).

Sergio Perez - Checo

Rubens Barrichello - Rubinho, Number 2?

Vitantonio Liuzzi - Tonio

Giovanni Lavaggi - Johnny Carwash


...

[rwintle]

Riffing on Sebastien Bourdais (Seabass, obviously):

Sebastian Vettel - Sea Vittles (not so obviously)
Sebastian Buemi - Sea Bum (sigh)

[rwintle]

And:

Roman Grosjean - Big Gene (Big Jeans, geddit?)

Mark Webber - Spiderman (BWAAAA HA HA AH HA *cough splutter*)

Felipe Massa - The Slave (oh the punnishness)

Fernando Alonso - Fernando So-Long

Mark Webber again - Flipper (remember Valencia 2010? or Le Mans '99?)

Nico Rosberg - The Iceberg

Pastor Maldonado - something that plays on "priest" or "minister", dunno what though

[Aysedasi]

Kimi Raikkonen - F1Pete

[Aysedasi]

Originally Posted by Georgio

Other than Senninha, which I don't think was Ayrton's nickname, was a nick name ever given to him by anyone ?

As much as I admired his talent, I just can't seem to recall him being called anything else other than Ayrton or Senna, and not counting the names he may have been called by other drivers that he beat under their helmets ?

Senna was also associated with the Honda/Acura NSX, a car he helped develop while at McLaren-Honda. He was known by the Honda engineers during that time as "Harry," because his first name was too hard to pronounce.

[Adam43]

Not Hally?