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3 Aug 2003, 02:01 (Ref:678285)
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10 Best Drivers During the 1980's
Well I had the 'best since 1994' thread - have a go at this one: the best 10 drivers during the 1980s. It's gonna be alot harder then he 90s version, that I'm sure of. I'll post mine later on.
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3 Aug 2003, 02:19 (Ref:678291)
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All my choices started races sometime between Buenos Aires, 1980, and Adelaide, 1989.
1. Aryton Senna de Silva 2. Alain Prost 3. Stefan Bellof 4. Gilles Villeneuve 5. Jean Alesi 6. Nigel Mansell 7. Emmerson Fittipaldi 8. Mario Andretti 9. Gerhard Berger 10. Nelson Piquet This is based on their entire careers, not just during the 1980s. Last edited by Lee Janotta; 3 Aug 2003 at 02:20. |
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3 Aug 2003, 02:26 (Ref:678296)
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3 Aug 2003, 02:32 (Ref:678300)
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ESPN used to mispell it all the time. Sorry.
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"Put a ****ing wheel on there! Let me go out again!" -Gilles Villeneuve, Zandvoort, 1979
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3 Aug 2003, 02:33 (Ref:678301)
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All my choices started races sometime between Buenos Aires, 1980, and Adelaide, 1989.
1. Aryton Senna de Silva 2. Alain Prost 3. Stefan Bellof 4. Gilles Villeneuve 5. Jean Alesi 6. Nigel Mansell 7. Emmerson Fittipaldi 8. Mario Andretti 9. Gerhard Berger 10. Nelson Piquet |
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"Put a ****ing wheel on there! Let me go out again!" -Gilles Villeneuve, Zandvoort, 1979
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3 Aug 2003, 03:00 (Ref:678307)
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Here is my list, featuring drivers based on their performances from 1980-1989: 1. Alain Prost - the ultimate proffesional 2. Ayrton Senna - incredibly fast 3. Gilles Villeneuve - passionate, wild, superlative 4. Nigel Mansell - always tried hard, unlucky not to take an 80s WDC 5. Nelson Piquet - scrapped together three championships 6. Keke Rosberg - still holds record for fastest F1 lap ever 7. Niki Lauda - dud qualifier, but he did win a WDC 8. Gerhard Berger - solid performer, with a few race wins in there 8. Alan Jones - not the fastest, but the gritty Aussie did win a title 10. Michele Alboreto - RIP
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3 Aug 2003, 03:32 (Ref:678313)
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"Put a ****ing wheel on there! Let me go out again!" -Gilles Villeneuve, Zandvoort, 1979
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3 Aug 2003, 04:09 (Ref:678323)
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Oh damn, that's right, of course. I knew one of the 'fastest speed' records had fallen, obviously it's the 'fastest race' that still hasn't been beaten. My mistake.
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3 Aug 2003, 04:10 (Ref:678325)
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I'll give a top 10 but this is just in names that come to mind. I will only be looking between their careers 1980-1989:
Ayrton Senna - Dedicated and quick Alain Prost - The Professor Nigel Mansell - Mr. Excitement Nelson Piquet - Always there Rene Arnoux - Ended in a whimper, but he was talented Jacques Laffite - Mr. Nice Guy Gilles Villeneuve - If only... Keke Rosberg - Supremely quick Michele Alboreto - Incredibly loyal and deserved more Gerhard Berger - The Joker |
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3 Aug 2003, 06:11 (Ref:678352)
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1 Alain Prost
2 Ayrton Senna 3 Nelson Piquet - based particularly on his Brabham years 4 Nigel Mansell 5 Keke Rosberg 6 Gilles Villeneuve 7 Gerhard Berger 8 Alan Jones 9 Niki Lauda 10 Michele Alboreto |
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3 Aug 2003, 06:46 (Ref:678362)
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1. Ayrton Senna
2. Alain Prost 3. Stefan Bellof 4. Mario Andretti 5. Nelson Piquet 6. Nigel Mansell 7. Niki Lauda 8. Keke Rosberg 9. Gilles Villeneuve 10. Gerhard Berger in no particular order. |
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3 Aug 2003, 07:34 (Ref:678375)
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1. Prost
2. Piquet 3. Senna 4. Jones 5. Rosberg 6. Lauda 7. Villeneuve 8. Mansell 9. Alboreto 10. Berger Those who managed to win a championship heads the list. |
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3 Aug 2003, 09:25 (Ref:678405)
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1 Senna
2 Prost 3 Lauda 4 Gilles 5 Mansell 6 Rosebrg 7 Piquet 8 Alesi 9 Alboreto 10 Jones |
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3 Aug 2003, 09:46 (Ref:678425)
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Based on their performances in the 1980s. Hmmm.
1. Alain Prost 2. Gilles Villeneuve 3. Ayrton Senna (da Silva, if you insist) 4. Nelson Piquet 5. Stefan Bellof 6. Carlos Reutemann 7. Keke Rosberg 8. Nigel Mansell 9. Niki Lauda 10. Alan Jones Though there were days - so few! so few! - when Reutemann was more than a match for anyone on the grid. |
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3 Aug 2003, 10:11 (Ref:678440)
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1. A. Prost
2. A. Senna 3. N. Piquet 4. N. Lauda 5. N. Mansell 6. K. Rosberg 7. G. Berger 8. A. Jones 9. J. Laffite 10.R. Arnoux |
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3 Aug 2003, 10:29 (Ref:678455)
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You're right, this is harder. Lets see. In no particular order:
Alain Prost Ayrton Senna Nigel Mansell Gilles Villeneuve Alan Jones Nelson Piquet Keke Rosberg Gerhard Berger Niki Lauda John Watson - Debatable I know - put him on because of his 'burn from the stern' (Clive James description!) drives in '82 and '83, though admit that he didn't perform often enough. Honourable Mentions: Michele Alboreto (R.I.P.) Stefan Bellof (would definitely be on the list in terms of talent, but don't feel he did enough GPs before his tragic accident to warrant being on the main list) Rene Arnoux Riccardo Patrese Carlos Reutemann (just needed to have more 'on' days) |
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3 Aug 2003, 17:38 (Ref:678810)
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1.Senna (the best of the decade)
2.Prost (the professor) 3.Piquet 4.Lauda 5.Rosberg 6.Villeneuve 7.Berger 8.Jones 9.Arnoux 10.Mansell 
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3 Aug 2003, 18:50 (Ref:678861)
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1. Senna
2. Prost 3. Piquet 4. Gilles 5. Lauda 6. Rosberg 7. Mansell 8. Patrese 9. Arnoux 10.de Angelis |
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3 Aug 2003, 21:28 (Ref:678977)
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1. Gilles Villeneuve - an inspiration, above stats and numbers.
2. Ayrton Senna - Quickest of 'em all, but couldn't see a car ahead 3. Alain Prost - The thinker, best at setting up a car 4. Nelson Piquet - Smarter than it seemed, and talented 5. Niki Lauda - Just like Prost, but maybe a tad slower 6. Carlos Reutemann - The best, but so moody... 7. Nigel Mansell - Very quick, but seemed to lack something in respect to Senna and Prost 8. Gerhard Berger - champion without crown 9. Keke Rosberg - very fast, and a champion 10. Jacques Laffite - had a pretty good career |
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4 Aug 2003, 08:30 (Ref:679336)
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Yep it's very hard after 3rd or 4th place.
Senna- serene ferocity Prost=Mansell- two ways to skin a cat- both effective though. Gilles- poetry in motion Lauda- thinker Rosberg- style, some guile Piquet- South American version of bits of Prost Berger- excellent driver, all-rounder Patrese- same as above Jones- tough de Angelis- nice guy, "smooth" driver Last edited by Mattracer; 4 Aug 2003 at 08:31. |
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4 Aug 2003, 11:14 (Ref:679445)
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I consider only performances during the 80s.
1.Prost 2.Piquet 3.Senna 4.Mansell 5.Rosberg 6.Lauda 7.Berger 8.Jones 9.Pironi 10.Villeneuve |
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4 Aug 2003, 14:21 (Ref:679649)
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1. Aryton Senna
2. Alain Prost 3. Nigel Mansell 4. Gilles Villeneuve 5. Nelson Piquet 6. Niki Lauda 7. Keke Roseberg 8. Gerhard Berger 9. Alan Jones (Gets really tough from here on...) 10.Ricardo Patrese (or Arnoux, De Angelis, Boutsen, Pironi) |
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4 Aug 2003, 14:32 (Ref:679660)
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1. Ayrton Senna Redefined F1
2. Alain Prost 3. Nelson Piquet 4. Nigel Mansell 5. Gilles Villeneuve 6. Niki Lauda 7. Keke Rosberg 8. Gerhard Berger 9. Didier Pironi 10.Rene Arnoux |
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4 Aug 2003, 14:33 (Ref:679661)
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Other than the usual contenders, Prost, Senna, Piquet, Mansell etc, I would include an honourable mention to Derek Warwick who was considered to be more likely to win races than Mansell in their early F1 careers. Put it another way, Jenson Button is in his 4th season of formula 1 and despite all the hype surrounding him and driving for quite decent teams, has yet to finish on the podium. By Derek's 4th season in F1 (1984 - Renault)he had finished in 2nd place twice...
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01 - Ayrton Senna
02 - Alain Prost 03 - Nelson Piquet 04 - Niki Lauda 05 - Keke Rosberg 06 - Nigel Mansell 07 - Gehard Berger 08 - Elio de Angelis 09 - Gilles Villeneuve 10 - Alan Jones |
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