ramilas1
Podium Finisher
Picking the best F1 driver of all time would, unfortunately, descend into the attempted comparison of Fangio v Hill v Senna v Prost v Schumacher and all the other greats over the years ..... with even some of the current crop being touted, despite still having only dipped their toe into their career.
SO, I'm not interested in any of that on this thread.
I'm interested in who was a favourite F1 driver, and why?
Like many F1 fans I started following a team rather than as a driver's "fan" and have kept that allegiance with the same team regardless of personnel changes and periods of despair at the anticipation of the next race result, while happily enjoying success when it came along.
I made this point in another thread earlier but admitted that one former driver was a favourite.
My choice of Eddie Irvine was greeted by amusement, or was it disbelief, or maybe even derision.
1993 - debuted at Suzuka and unlapped himself from Ayrton Senna because he fancied trying to chase Damon Hill for an extra place - eventually finished 6th for 1pt and got punched in the face by Senna for his audacity!
1999 - was unexpectedly promoted into the Ferrari No.1 position after Schumacher’s accident at Silverstone and just missed winning the World Drivers' Championship, 2pts off Häkkinen.
2002 - in his final F1 season, and 3rd at Jaguar, he scored his 2nd podium for the team (the only 2 they ever achieved) at Monza. It was a season dominated by Schumacher and a season when every step on every podium was taken by a driver from Ferrari, Williams or McLaren except that 3rd place in Italy.
Eddie was often a bit of a loose cannon on the track, although he matured enormously after he moved to Ferrari, and off the track he was always in demand from the media who knew he would ‘say it as he saw it’ rather than stick to the boring clichéd answers that so many others gave... and the way Eddie saw it was often unique!
Some may have termed him as a clown, a joker, a nuisance or even an idiot for his antics and lifestyle but there was a shrewd brain at work there as well - over the years he has built a sizeable portfolio of property and in 2011 was still in the top-10 UK&Ire Sunday Times sports-related Rich List with an estimated worth of £80m
….. so he’s Irish, just like me, but with about £79.75m more to put in his will - what’s not to like?
Right, over to you - pick one and tell us all why!
SO, I'm not interested in any of that on this thread.

I'm interested in who was a favourite F1 driver, and why?
Like many F1 fans I started following a team rather than as a driver's "fan" and have kept that allegiance with the same team regardless of personnel changes and periods of despair at the anticipation of the next race result, while happily enjoying success when it came along.
I made this point in another thread earlier but admitted that one former driver was a favourite.
My choice of Eddie Irvine was greeted by amusement, or was it disbelief, or maybe even derision.

Steady Eddie? Well Ramilas I hope you don't have his dress sense.
Well, thanks for that guys ..... but here's a few reasons why I liked Eddie.Oh. Can't think why anyone would want to support him, but each to their own I suppose.
1993 - debuted at Suzuka and unlapped himself from Ayrton Senna because he fancied trying to chase Damon Hill for an extra place - eventually finished 6th for 1pt and got punched in the face by Senna for his audacity!
1999 - was unexpectedly promoted into the Ferrari No.1 position after Schumacher’s accident at Silverstone and just missed winning the World Drivers' Championship, 2pts off Häkkinen.
2002 - in his final F1 season, and 3rd at Jaguar, he scored his 2nd podium for the team (the only 2 they ever achieved) at Monza. It was a season dominated by Schumacher and a season when every step on every podium was taken by a driver from Ferrari, Williams or McLaren except that 3rd place in Italy.
Eddie was often a bit of a loose cannon on the track, although he matured enormously after he moved to Ferrari, and off the track he was always in demand from the media who knew he would ‘say it as he saw it’ rather than stick to the boring clichéd answers that so many others gave... and the way Eddie saw it was often unique!
Some may have termed him as a clown, a joker, a nuisance or even an idiot for his antics and lifestyle but there was a shrewd brain at work there as well - over the years he has built a sizeable portfolio of property and in 2011 was still in the top-10 UK&Ire Sunday Times sports-related Rich List with an estimated worth of £80m
….. so he’s Irish, just like me, but with about £79.75m more to put in his will - what’s not to like?

Right, over to you - pick one and tell us all why!