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31 Mar 2003, 13:48 (Ref:553783) | #1 | ||
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Drivers by nationality
If every country would have only one driver in F1, what kind of list it would be.
Currently there are drivers from 11 countries in F1. 7 countries have only one (test drivers not included): Columbia (Montoya) Finland (Räikkönen) Spain (Alonso) Canada (Villeneuve) France (Panis) Australia (Webber) Netherlands (Verstappen) Then, I rate these four as the best of the country: Germany (M.Schumacher) Brazil (Barrichello) Great Britain (Coulthard) Italy (Fisichella) We have 9 places left. I think the following should have a chance for them: Austria (Wurz) Japan (Sato) Sweden (Wirdheim) New Zealand (Dixon) Mexico (Jourdain Jr.) South Africa (Scheckter) Czech Republic (Enge, despite of failed drug test) Portugal (Monteiro) United States (Hornish Jr.) Following countries are missing: Argentina (any better than Fontana or Mazzacane?) Belgium (Goossens maybe) Denmark (Magnussen or Kiesa) Switzerland (Fässler drove F1 Safety Car in Canada 2001) Malaysia (Yoong .) India (Karthikeyan) Last edited by Bleu; 31 Mar 2003 at 13:50. |
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31 Mar 2003, 13:52 (Ref:553784) | #2 | ||
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I would like to add another country on the "should have a chance" list:
Romania: Mr Red What I'm talking about. Make a new list, "MUST have, and Formula 1 loss" |
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31 Mar 2003, 14:09 (Ref:553798) | #3 | ||
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No offence Red,but can you name a Romanian race driver? This is about the only European country that AFAIK has never held a race. Please let us know if you know otherwise.
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31 Mar 2003, 14:22 (Ref:553802) | #4 | ||
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No offence Rob. Yes, I actually CAN name a Romanian race driver. Actually a couple of them, unfortunatelly both were prewar drivers. (we were a "communist" country, remember? We did not waste valuable resources and time on such decadent western entertainments... )
PS: The only current driver (and yes, I can name one ) has just replied to you... |
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31 Mar 2003, 14:39 (Ref:553815) | #5 | ||
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Why we should put one driver per country ?
I think the countries with most tradition in F1 are well representated with more than one drivers. |
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31 Mar 2003, 15:00 (Ref:553847) | #7 | ||
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There's little chance Hornish will get a shot at F1. We don't really know how good of a road racer he is. I think he's probably good, but F1 calibre?
I wouldn't put Coulthard as the top Brit... |
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Ah, don't start Red. You are only able to race red cars...
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Yeee..... wouldn't that be great?
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31 Mar 2003, 15:43 (Ref:553903) | #12 | ||
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I found out Sri Lanka has a race driver. First non Japanese to race in the GT series over there and made it on merit and slowly working his way through series. From the article I remember he set up a small school in his home country and tried to raise motorsports profile in the country.
But I can't remember his name... argh. |
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My idea started when there were even more nationalities in F1 than there are now. I made also a calendar of tracks which doesn't include any of 2003 F1 tracks. Australia (Phillip Island), Japan (Motegi), South Africa (Kyalami), Spain (Valencia), Portugal (Estoril), France (Paul Ricard), Italy (Mugello), Czech Republic (Brno), Germany (Sachsenring), Belgium (Spa), Netherlands (Zandvoort), Great Britain (Donington), USA (Elkhart Lake), Mexico (Mexico City), Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) and Argentina (Buenos Aires) |
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Good thread BTW. One country that is missing and should be producing some F1 pilots: USA. Who do we have from there? Herta? Jeff Gordon (go on it'd be good & he and Montoya never did swap cars...)? And for Denmark, what about Kristensen? Last edited by Adam43; 31 Mar 2003 at 18:26. |
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Countries who have had at least one driver start at least one F1 GP:
(compiled this list some time ago using GP Data Book and Autocourse) Europe: UK Italy France Germany Austria Finland Belgium Switzerland Sweden Netherlands Spain Republic of Ireland Portugal Denmark Monaco Liechtenstein (Rikky van Opel) Czech Republic (Tomas Enge) Asia: Japan Malaysia (Alex Yoong) Thailand (B Bira) Americas: Brazil USA Argentina Canada Mexico Colombia (JPM, Roberto Guererro) Chile (Eliseo Salazar) Venezuela (Johnny Cecotto) Uruguay (Alberto Uria,Oscar Gonzalez) Africa: South Africa Zimbabwe/Rhodesia (John Love,Sam Tingle) Oceania: Australia New Zealand |
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I think that the presence of many drivers from the same country in some categories, reflects the popularity and the support that is given to motorsports.
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31 Mar 2003, 19:10 (Ref:554096) | #17 | |
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Could you do one with countries who had drivers who won at least one GP?
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31 Mar 2003, 19:29 (Ref:554123) | #18 | ||
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Asia: India(Khartikeyan)
Very good joke: Hungary(Slowgartner) |
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2 Brazil 84 3 France 79 4 Germany 74 5 Austria 41 6 Italy 39 7 Argentina 38 8 United States 33 9 Australia 26 10 Finland 26 11 Canada 17 12 New Zealand 12 13 Sweden 12 14 Belgium 11 15 South Africa 10 16 Switzerland 7 17 Mexico 2 18 Colombia 1 (Some people might argue that the USA only had 22 victories, as their first 11 victories were at Indianapolis) (The number behind the country is the number of victories, rather than the number of victorious drivers) Last edited by Don K; 31 Mar 2003 at 19:38. |
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31 Mar 2003, 20:47 (Ref:554196) | #20 | ||
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What about Jimmy Vasser for the USA instead of Hornish?
or, instead of that, wy not Jeff Gordan or Tony Stewart (what did happen to the plan with Grdan and Montoya to swap cars?-are they going to do it at this years US GP? |
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31 Mar 2003, 20:52 (Ref:554206) | #21 | ||
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One other 'country' (a dependency of the UK, but not actually part of the UK): Jersey (Arthur Owen).
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31 Mar 2003, 21:16 (Ref:554227) | #22 | ||
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In reallity if there is to be another American to be in F1 any time soon, it will probably be either: Townsend Bell is in F3000 this year, or perhaps Phil Hill's son Derek who is also in F3000 this year. Other drivers in the Red Bull program might see some action in the future also.
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I don't know, Jimmy just doesn't seem to have the speed he once had. Recall he was offered a spot at BAR beside JV.
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I don't know I kinda like it
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