Most unworthy f1 champion?

[slipstream 1985]

Setting aside the fact they beat everyone that year. Being f1 buffs we know more of the ins and outs of results in a season that led to a championship for someone where everything just clicked. History only remembers the results but what about the story getting there.

To me Kimi Raikkonen is one of the most undeserving. The year he won his championship he had massive help from his teammate to get the point that were needed to only just beat lewis and fernando.

I may be updating my opinion if in a few hours time Nico becomes champion..

[slipstream 1985]

OldandGrumpy said:

Most unworthy thread award?

Tasteless

Tasteless? Pre-empting the possibillity of a f1 champion that 99% of fans would have seen as undeserving this season had results been different.

[slipstream 1985]

iandc said:

VolvoT5 said:

A better thread would be "Driver most WORTHY of winning a championship that never did". Massa would be quite high on my list as would Webber.

Stirling Moss?

you mean the season when hammilton had no help from his teamamte and kimi let massa past for more points but lewis still won?

[slipstream 1985]

REALIST123 said:

slipstream 1985 said:

you mean the season when hammilton had no help from his teamamte and kimi let massa past for more points but lewis still won?

......by being let by, by someone else?

What a utterly pointless, sad thread. Get a fking life, why don't you?

Plenty of people replying.

[slipstream 1985]

Halmyre said:

FourWheelDrift said:

wibble cb said:

unworthy = least successful, while still winning the title, Rosberg snr?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keke_Rosberg#The_shar...

only 1 win all year, but enough for the title.

I don't think there is ever an unworthy champion but he certainly lucked into it in 1982.

Ferrari should have won in 1982 but Villenevue was killed at Zolder and the runner-up in 1982 Didier Pironi never raced in the last 5 GPs due to near fatal collision with Prost's Renault in heavy rain at Hockenheim.

Speaking of lucking into it - James Hunt. (ducks for cover)

I totally agree with you. Was going to have it on the first post but thought better of it until i judged how the discussion would go.