Ever wondered what F1 drivers road cars are??

[nickythesaint]

http://www.silverstone.co.uk/news/latest-news/Form...


Here we go:

Sebastian Vettel: Infiniti FX50S, Fiat 500, Volkswagen T5 van, Mercedes SL 65 AMG Black Series (prize for winning 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix)

Mark Webber: Nissan Navara, Porsche 911 Turbo, Porsche GT2 RS, BMW X5, Infiniti M37

Lewis Hamilton: Mercedes GL450

Jenson Button: Mercedes C63 AMG DR 520 (limited-edition, 520bhp), Smart Car

Fernando Alonso: Ferrari 458, Maserati Gran Cabrio

Felipe Massa: Ferrari 599, Maserati Quattroporte

Michael Schumacher: Mercedes S65 AMG, Mercedes GL, Mercedes C63 AMG, Ferrari California

Nico Rosberg: Mercedes C63 AMG

Nick Heidfeld: Lotus Exige, Mini Cooper S, Toyota Sienna, Porsche 959S, Fiat 500, Volkswagen Beetle Convertible, Ford Mustang

Vitaly Petrov: Lotus Evora, Renault Megane

Rubens Barrichello: Audi RS6, Ferrari 575

Pastor Maldonado: Jeep Grand Cherokee

Adrian Sutil: Techart Porsche GT2, Techart Porsche Cayenne, Audi RS4 ("I would never buy a saloon car - it has to be sporty," he says)

Paul di Resta: No car

Kamui Kobayashi: BMW X5, Lexus IS-F

Sergio Perez: BMW X3, BMW Z4

Sebastien Buemi: Volkswagen Golf R

Jaime Alguersuari: Seat Leon Cupra R

Heikki Kovalainen: Infiniti FX 50S, Nissan GT-R

Jarno Trulli: Fiat 500

Vitantonio Liuzzi: Mercedes C63 AMG

Timo Glock: Volkswagen Touareg 3.0 TDI, Audi A4 3.0 TDI

[Snoggledog]

And not a McLaren F1 between the lot of them. Call themselves drivers? Phuph.!

[Tyre Smoke]

nickythesaint said:

Jarno Trulli: Fiat 500

And it shows!

[johnpeat]

I'm not sure if I'm more offended by "no car" or "Jeep Grand Cherokee"

[Urban Sports]

I suppose that road cars are all a bit dull compared to their everyday company cars.

[Lets Torque]

Tyre Smoke said:

And it shows!

^^^^

I knew about Hamilton Mercedes GL car and Webber's Porsche 911 but I never knew the rest (partly because Button changes his cars weekly. )!

Intresting that Di Resta doesn't have a car. He is one of my favourite drivers this year.

[300bhp/ton]

I know Jacques Villeneuve used to have one of these:

[StottyZr]

I like how Alguersuari has a Seat Leon Cupra R Its such a stereotypical 23yr old petrolhead car.

[Welshbeef]

Didn't schu has a brabus tweaked RS6?
Also a bugatti EB110ss
a fiat croma

Hamilton has a shelby GT350 mustang too

Also no lambos, no zondas no Konnisegg really all the cars mentioned are well under £150k and in theory they are cars which petrol heads Could buy either used or new if they saved up hard enough.

[thinfourth2]

You know when you go karting and you leave to go home and you get into your car and it feels like a rolly polly lump of lard.

This is why F1 drivers drive dull cars as nothing is going to feel fun aftr the day job.


If i was an F1 driver i'd be choosing something large slow and comfy

[Condi]

Saw an interview with.... possibly Webber? and when asked about his daily drive he said he wanted something practical, because nothing was going to be faster or more fun to drive than his F1 car so he didnt see the point of having something too quick on the road.

[jon-]

Condi said:

Saw an interview with.... possibly Webber? and when asked about his daily drive he said he wanted something practical, because nothing was going to be faster or more fun to drive than his F1 car so he didnt see the point of having something too quick on the road.

I'm pretty sure when Schumacher rolled with Ferrari he ran around in a Fiat 500.

[marcosgt]

When I was about 15 or so, I used to buy Autocar every week.

The F1 column then was usually full of articles about F1 drivers racing each other to and from the airport in rental cars (FIAT Stradas, ghastly American things and the like) - Real drivers don't need supercars

As I remember they mostly drove Mercedes S450s too, because they were big and comfy, rather than because of their prodigious speed or razor sharp handling.

As someone else said, after driving an F1 car for a living, everything else is going to seem pretty tame...

M

[RizzoTheRat]

Urban Sports said:

I suppose that road cars are all a bit dull compared to their everyday company cars.

I can believe that, there's been a few motorbike racers that don't even have a bike licence.

[RedWhiteMonkey]

RizzoTheRat said:

I can believe that, there's been a few motorbike racers that don't even have a bike licence.

I know a lad who races in BSB and openly says he won't ever ride a motorbike on a public road as he considers that too dangerous.

[vdubbin]

When I found out that Damon Hill drove a Reanult Espace (the year he was WDC) as a daily it dawned at me that a) real cars were never going to be as cool as F1 cars, and b) when driving for a team sponsored by a car company, check the road cars are at least decent…

[Lets Torque]

I just thought... Do they warm up their tires on the way to Tesco , in the Fiat 500?

[Nagra]

Fernando has the best I reckon.

As a side note, does anyone know what Kimi Raikkonen has in his garage? Wasn't he gifted an Enzo once?

[CraigyMc]

Didn't Button sell a Veyron not that long ago?

C

[TonyHetherington]

That list though - that's the PR list, surely?