Dream Grid

[Ed-f1]

This is the 'dream' line up from autosport:

Minardi Supertec
Mika Hakkinen
Michael Schumacher

Mclaren Mercedes
Jaques Villeneuve
Juan Pablo Montoya

Williams BMW
Jenson Button
Warren Hughes

Ferrari
Rubens Barrichello
Nigel Mansell or Jean Alesi if Mansell cannot prove race fitness

Jaguar
Eddie Irvine
David Coulthard
Third car for US GP driven by Dale Earnhardt jnr or Jeff Gordan

Jordan
Heinz harold Frentzen
Ralf Schumacher

Benetton
Giancarlo Fisichella
Pedro De la Rosa

Arrows
Antonio Pizzonia
Tomas Scheckter

BAR
Ricardo Zonda
Jarno Trulli

Sauber
Olivier Panis
Luciano Burti

Prost
Sebastien Bourdais
David Saelens

So it's goodbye to Johnny Herbert, Pedro Diniz, Marc Gene, Alex Wurz, Gaston Mazzacane, Nick Heidfeld and Jos Verstappen.

What do you think? Have they got it all wrong? Can you come up with a better line-up? And what would the results be?

BTW this is the order that the line up apeared in autosport but it wasn't clear if this is the same order they would be expected to finish in.

[Jay]

How exactly is this a dream grid?

It looks to me like JV would dominate and easily win the WC if the team strength remained the same. How is that a dream? (unless you are a JV fan)

[Minardi fan]

I would have included Gene, Jos and Heidfeld, and got rid of TGF, Mika H and Boxhead. Now THAT would be a dream grid...

[R]

Oh, but come on, MF, wouldn't you like having the two most successful of the current drivers in your team? Wouldn't you like it just a tiny little bit?!?

And, Jay, no I don't think JV would dominate and win easily if this was the grid. I think it would be pretty close between him and Montoya...

[Minardi fan]

No I wouldn't. If I had it my way it would be any two from Alesi, Frentzen, Verstappen or Gene in the Minardis.

[Sharky]

It looks Ok to me. Perhaps I would leave Zonta out but the rest looks OK.

[fastracer]

I wouldn't put Earnhardt jr. or Gordan in an F1 car because they would probably crash at the first right-handed turn!

[Ed-f1]

I guess it perhaps lacks a bit of foresight to put 2 of the bestr drivers in the best car but there are a number of other interesting points in the team mate pairings. How would Schumacher and Hakkinen do in a Minardi - with Supertec engines note - not the 2 year old ford. Frentzen against Ralf in the Jordans would be interesting I think as would Zonta against Trulli at BAR (as Zonta's only ever had Villeneuve as a team mate in F1 it would be interesting to see him paired up against someone else who's pretty highly rated). And how would Nigel Mansell stack up in the Ferrari against today's bunch?

[Danielsun]

Originally posted by Ed-f1
Ferrari
Rubens Barrichello
Nigel Mansell or Jean Alesi if Mansell cannot prove race fitness

I think that last bit should read "... if Mansell is too wide to fit in the cockpit of a modern F1 car..."

I, too, read the 'Dream Grid' and I reckon it could prove pretty exciting; wonder who'd fight for the title honours, though...

[Jay]

R, yes Montoya would fght with him just like Zanardi fought M. Schumacher in 98. (hey, most said he would)

It would still be intersting to see how Mika and Micheal did in the Minardis. The Minardis are pretty slick cars. They just need an engine.

Also, this grid is assuming that the team strengths would remain the same. I have a feeling there will be some majorf changes next year in the constructors battle. Hello BMW and Honda?

[Ralf's Girl]

Ralf going back to Jordan would be the death of his F1 career! It'd be like a life sentence. Since he went to Williams, he just gets better, and I think that for him to leave for a team doing such a poor job would be a pretty dumb move on the part of his management et al.