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Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith
I think Patrick Depailler should be included, along with Beltoise and Panis.
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I disagree. Patrick Depailler took a few years to get going but was almost on Jody Scheckter’s level in 1976, then matches an admittedly not-at-his-best Ronnie Peterson in 1977, outperformed rookie Didier Pironi in 1978 and was very close to Laffite at Ligier, a team that Laffite had made his own over the previous years. Personally, I would consider Depailler a much stronger driver than Beltoise or Panis. Jarno Trulli, Sergio Perez or Maurice Trintignant would be other Monaco GP winners of perhaps a similar level to Beltoise or Panis in my opinion.