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19 Mar 2000, 02:27 (Ref:7905) | #1 | |
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Okay then, let's just say your greatest driver never existed or didn't ever get into motorsport.
Who do you reckon would have taken the place that he has in our hearts? I.e. who was second best after Clark, or who would have filled the shoes of Fangio? As we would not have any comparison with the 'Greatest', would we have filled his place or would we know that no-one of that calibre was around and so a gap left? |
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19 Mar 2000, 16:32 (Ref:7906) | #2 | ||
The Honourable Mallett
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This one is pretty easy if you just take one era. However to get any meaningful answere we'll have to go further than a single decade in which case my list would be:
1930's Rosemeyer. 1950's Moss. 1960's Hill (G). 1970's Peterson. 1980's There were too many although Jack Lafferty was always entertaining and Mansell grabbed most of the headlines even if Senna was winning the most. 1990's Too early to judge. |
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20 Mar 2000, 18:45 (Ref:7907) | #3 | ||
The Honourable Mallett
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Well Murph has chosen an opportune moment to send me a couple of pictures. Gilles Villeneauve was possibly the majority of enthusiast’s choice for the greatest driver never to have won the championship. It’s not an opinion that I share but that’s motor sport for you. I subscribed to the Alan Jones theory that most of the time he was an accident looking for somewhere to happen. However we can never forget Dijon in ’79 or Zandvoort in 1978 (I think) when he showed exactly how dedicated he was.
Sadly though, unlike Senna, Prost or Fangio and Nuvolari before him, he never understood that consistency paid. I guess I liked him for that though. |
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