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9 Sep 2005, 18:23 (Ref:1403148)
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Your Favorite LMP ALMS/LMES Driver
The People's Favorite! Who is everyone's favorite LMES/ALMS driver from the current season (for any reason!), there are not enough options for a poll so put who is yours and a reason why...........
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9 Sep 2005, 18:58 (Ref:1403176)
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Marco Werner , because hes an exceptional good racer whos finally able to showcase his talent at a fairly high age.
Clint Field is amazingly talented too , especially considering his age. |
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9 Sep 2005, 19:37 (Ref:1403201)
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James Weaver for ALMS. Weaver always is at 100% in the Dyson Lola.
Hayanari Shimoda for LMES. Hayanari is hands down the best driver in the P1 catagory right now. |
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9 Sep 2005, 20:01 (Ref:1403215)
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Shimoda is very talented, but the best in P1? That's saying quite a bit considering who else is driving in that category in the LMES at the moment. McNish, Ortelli, Magnussen, Minassian...
For the LMES I'd take McNish. Although, maybe he's not a fulltime driver. The guy is just brilliantly quick and knows how to bring a car home. As for the ALMS, I'd have to pick Marco Werner. He's very quick and consistent. |
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9 Sep 2005, 20:43 (Ref:1403247)
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Hayanari Shimoda . don't know if he's the best . but he's my favorite
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9 Sep 2005, 20:57 (Ref:1403254)
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Don't really have favourites (I support cars rather than drivers) but I think that the best LMP driver in the LMES is McNish and James Weaver in ALMS (his mistake at RA was one of his first ever!)
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9 Sep 2005, 21:00 (Ref:1403256)
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I'm gonna say Shimoda in LMES too because both he and his car are a great breath of fresh air for sportscar racing - despite the current Zytek's illegality from next year onwards.
I don't know much about ALMS but I quite like JJ Lehto (altho not in a lovvy kinda way lol)
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9 Sep 2005, 22:29 (Ref:1403310)
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Im going with Shimoda too, fantastic driver, hes done very well IMO this year both in the ALMS races and the LMES races here in Europe. Sure he didnt win the ALMS race, but that wasnt really his fault, and they almost won. Shimoda gets the nod for me too.
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9 Sep 2005, 22:46 (Ref:1403314)
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10 Sep 2005, 03:50 (Ref:1403426)
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Joao Barbosa. He's fast, and a helluva nice guy.
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10 Sep 2005, 05:27 (Ref:1403489)
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Shimoda is the quickest in 2005.
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10 Sep 2005, 07:02 (Ref:1403519)
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10 Sep 2005, 08:19 (Ref:1403545)
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James Weaver, as the american comentator says, he just keeps coming and is a smart driver !!!
But Hayanari Shimoda really did proove he is a force in endurance racing ! |
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10 Sep 2005, 08:29 (Ref:1403547)
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All very subjective as it is impossible to compare to drivers speed unless they drive for the same team. All we can really say for example is Shimoda is faster than Chilton.
Endurance racing is about more than outright speed therefore I choose McNish in the LMES. He has talent by the bucket load and can wring every ounce from a car that has had its performance pegged back. Shimoda is very very good, but needs to calm down a bit. Put them both in the same car and McNish would be the better driver imho, turn in lap after lap within 10ths. But if Shimoda sticks with Proto's, which I hope, he will be a massive asset for the series and could even tempt some works teams from Japan into making a new P1 if his and therefore the series status gets high enough back home. Shimoda has the potential to be huge. Weaver in the ALMS, still a very quick driver dispite his advancing years. Not really seen enough of the races to compare drivers really. |
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10 Sep 2005, 08:43 (Ref:1403550)
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10 Sep 2005, 09:01 (Ref:1403559)
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10 Sep 2005, 11:33 (Ref:1403643)
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Maybe we could see the likes of Shimoda and McNish in the Audi R11 next year.................then we will really find out who is better! |
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10 Sep 2005, 12:30 (Ref:1403674)
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But either way Shimoda is the coming man in sportscars and the level he needs to get to is displayed by McNish & TomK (if if only he had a full time drive)and others. My big worry is that we may never see the best of him if he gets lured away to another type of racing. |
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10 Sep 2005, 12:33 (Ref:1403675)
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he is a better sports car driver than single seat driver imo !!
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10 Sep 2005, 14:42 (Ref:1403742)
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Certainly he is better at sportscar but his ambition is to reach Formula 1 - it always has been and he has always maintained that. GP2 could be an interesting series for him next year if he gets a drive as he is now well aware of how to preserve tires and handle 600bhp+ cars from his sportscar experience. Hopefully we will see him stay in sportscar and get a full time drive - he is clearly good enough to be a neutral or even payed driver. However if he does progress to F1 he certainly will not be the first........
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10 Sep 2005, 15:01 (Ref:1403748)
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Maybe an R11 drive against McNish in another R11 at Le Mans....
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10 Sep 2005, 16:10 (Ref:1403773)
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Jan Magnussen is my favourite driver.....
Incredible talented and is one of the best drivers in the world Didn't he win the "most popular driver" award a couple of years ago?? |
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14 Sep 2005, 12:25 (Ref:1407627)
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JJ. Best driver in bad conditions/night and he has always funny comments.
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14 Sep 2005, 13:18 (Ref:1407682)
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My favourite proto driver at the moment is Shimoda aswell, he certainly has a knack of making races exciting. Probably the biggest future prospect in prototypes right now.
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