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Favorite driver?
Who is (are) your favorite active driver(s)?
Jon Field David Brabham David Donohue Jan Lammers Randy Pobst Bill Auberlen |
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T.Kristensen O.Gavin L.Luhr |
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1 Jul 2002, 14:03 (Ref:325169) | #3 | |
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The photographer for DailySportscar.com (sorry I don't remember your name) said he reckoned to have watched every driver in every car at every corner at every track in the sportscar world, and he could report that the driver most committed most of the time was
David Brabham... Who, after hearing him on Radio LM, sounds like an incredibly nice bloke too... How many drivers look upon their task as their RESPONSIBILITY to their mechanics, and not the other way around? I also really dig Jan Lammers Fabio Babini Stephane Ortelli Mark Blundell Johnny Herbert |
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1 Jul 2002, 14:51 (Ref:325207) | #4 | ||
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Certainly can't argue with any of the above! Difficult to narrow down the ones I really like, but in no particular order:
JJ Lehto (top bloke, 1995 dark wet fast) Andy Wallace (top bloke, doing the biz for Bentley) Ton Kristensen (top bloke, quick) John Neilsen (top bloke, won for Jag - has own team exploits) Stefan Johannson (top bloke, Gulf, loves it!) Jan Lammers (top bloke, won for Jag - sets up his own team) Johnny Herbert (top bloke, stopped Jag getting a 1-2-3 in '91) oh and Martin Brundle when he turns up (top bloke, a talent that was designed for sportscar racing, but is wasted on TV - albeit a great commentator to boot)! Last edited by Adam43; 1 Jul 2002 at 14:54. |
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1 Jul 2002, 16:00 (Ref:325263) | #5 | |
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You (very nearly)pinched my list! JJ lehto was staggering in '95, I remember it as been top class entertainment, face value on the encientes general just wasn't enough. (equalling jaw dropping was Schumacher in '91, I watched him from the shrubbery going round the Mulsanne kink and he was mesmeric.) Can't agree about Brundle though, and I might find a place for Win Percy, Julian Bailey, Hans Stuck (in the wet) and obviously Mr D.Bell. |
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Whoops, just noticed the word 'active'!
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1 Jul 2002, 23:05 (Ref:325500) | #8 | ||
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Well I quite like:
Stefan Johannson Andy Wallace Mark Blundell And I thought Bell and Stuck were great, especially in their Rothmans Porsche! |
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tom krisetenson stefan johannson jj letho jan lammers johnny herbert id love to see my first two drivers in a 02 r8 together for sprint races with letho as the thrid driver for longer races |
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As a frenchman, I will go for french pilots ( )...
- Sebastien Bourdais is my favourite (and he is fast !), - Don't ask me why, but I like Philippe Gache, and I'm sad if he's not at the start But not only frenchmen : - Jan Lammers is brilliant and sympatico ! - Emmanuele Pirro too - Eric Van de Poele has a nice hat... Well, a lot of good pilots and nice guys at Le Mans, anyway... Last edited by Fab; 2 Jul 2002 at 06:01. |
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Brabs is my favourite. This list is a pretty darn good one. I also love watching Ron Fellows (bet no one knew that, eh?)
In addition, how about James Weaver and Butch Leitzinger? |
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I like most all of them, personally.
My favourites: Lucas Luhr/Sascha Maasen David Brabham Terry Borcheller Andy Pilgrim Hans Stuck Boris Said Butch Leitzinger Paul Fix II AND Elliott Forbes-Robinson |
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Andy Wallace J.J.Lehto Recent Past:- Hans Stuck Bob Wollek |
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allan mcnish
johnny hebert andy wallace terry borcheller ollie gavin |
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I must agree with Paul-collins, Ron Fellows is superb to watch, and a nice guy to boot, I try and get a conversation with him most meetings I work. (even if he did try and wipe me out 2 years ago on the Mulsanne!)
It's a shame we don't see so much of James weaver these days, seems he is not around so much since various German cars started flipping. And as a parting shot, now I know who we were chasing out the bushes of the restricted area at the Kink - thanks for owning up bigh. |
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JJ Lehto Boris Said Johnny O'Connell - extremely nice, got to meet him in FL when he raced for Panoz David Brabham |
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Ron Fellows
Didier Theys Butch Leitzinger Johnny O'Connell Frank Biela Boris Said |
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Dindo Capello Franck Freon Jörg Müller |
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6 Jul 2002, 15:34 (Ref:328221) | #21 | ||
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Are we talking in all sportscar series?
Anthony Kumpen, Mike Hezemens, Andrea Piccini, Jamie Campbell-Walter, David Terrien, Christophe Bouchut, Dieter Quester, Rinaldo Capello, Johnny Herbert, Tom Kristensen, Jan Magnussen, Oliver Gavin, Dave Warnock, Tommy Erdos, Terry Pudwell. |
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jamie campbell-walter, julian bailey, rob barff, micheal caine, martin short, simon pullan and andy wallace
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Ofcourse some dutch drivers:
Jan Lammers Peter Kox Tom Coronel Hans Hugenholtz Mike Hezemans And: Ukyo Katayama Didier Theys Andy Wallace Yannick Dalmas Stefan Johansson |
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8 Jul 2002, 15:15 (Ref:329474) | #24 | ||
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Johnny Herbert
David Brabham Martin Brundle (Like somebody said, when he turns up!) Mark Blundell Micheal Caine Tommy Erdos Johnny Mowlem I don't like Tom Kristensen, because from what I can see of him, he is so far up his own @rse it's unbelievable. |
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as a semi-snapper (not in the realms of john 500mm brooks) -i found blundell, magnussen and vanina ickx to be pleasant people(ie - they smiled when i took their picture!).
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