1980's F1 drivers
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Prost - Piquet - Mansell , who was the fastest of these drivers?. Having dicovered some amazing old videos on you tube, its pretty hard to split these 3 up, they all took wins off each other really. I didnt include Senna because he was certainly the best at qualifying, and in the wet, but didnt have many fastest laps which was strange.
Mansell was Banzai, no doubt about it. Win it or bin it (and whinge about it!)
Senna was clinically quick and was quite good under pressure.
Piquet was "outta da way" - very good at mind games.
Prost sat back, watched them take each other out, then won. He wasn't called The Professor for nuffink!
Prof. Sid Watkins recounted the tale of when Piquet gave him a lift to the airport after the Brazillian GP.
Some way into the journey, Sid heard a noise in the back of the car. He looked in the back to see Mrs Piquet crouched on the floor cowering. "What are you doing down there my dear?" he asked. "I always ride like this when Nelson drives" she said.!!!! Priceless!!!
Senna was clinically quick and was quite good under pressure.
Piquet was "outta da way" - very good at mind games.
Prost sat back, watched them take each other out, then won. He wasn't called The Professor for nuffink!
Prof. Sid Watkins recounted the tale of when Piquet gave him a lift to the airport after the Brazillian GP.
Some way into the journey, Sid heard a noise in the back of the car. He looked in the back to see Mrs Piquet crouched on the floor cowering. "What are you doing down there my dear?" he asked. "I always ride like this when Nelson drives" she said.!!!! Priceless!!!
They are not separate entities. They are one. Known as the Fab Four.
They defined an era in F1, lasting a decade, where they won roughly 3/4 of all races. Destroying the opposition at the detrement of each others' carrer record. F1 had not seen such an era of close persistent competition and dominance, in equal measure, before or since.
Happy days.
They defined an era in F1, lasting a decade, where they won roughly 3/4 of all races. Destroying the opposition at the detrement of each others' carrer record. F1 had not seen such an era of close persistent competition and dominance, in equal measure, before or since.
Happy days.
Edited by mattikake on Saturday 9th January 00:32
MGJohn said:
JonesyBoy said:
+1
-20 .... Not for nothing known as the "Sunday Driver" ...Alfanatic said:
Prost.
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thunderbelmont said:
Prof. Sid Watkins recounted the tale of when Piquet gave him a lift to the airport after the Brazillian GP.
Some way into the journey, Sid heard a noise in the back of the car. He looked in the back to see Mrs Piquet crouched on the floor cowering. "What are you doing down there my dear?" he asked. "I always ride like this when Nelson drives" she said.!!!! Priceless!!!
I remember reading that anecdote in Sid's book, but I thought the driver was G. Villeneuve?Some way into the journey, Sid heard a noise in the back of the car. He looked in the back to see Mrs Piquet crouched on the floor cowering. "What are you doing down there my dear?" he asked. "I always ride like this when Nelson drives" she said.!!!! Priceless!!!
Edited by Alfanatic on Saturday 9th January 10:09
mattikake said:
They are not separate entities. They are one. Known as the Fab Four.
They defined an era in F1, lasting a decade, where they won roughly 3/4 of all races. Destroying the opposition at the detrement of each others' carrer record. F1 had not seen such an era of close persistent competition and dominance, in equal measure, before or since.
Happy days.
Happy days indeed. One thing for sure, Senna was awesome at qualifying, truly awesome.They defined an era in F1, lasting a decade, where they won roughly 3/4 of all races. Destroying the opposition at the detrement of each others' carrer record. F1 had not seen such an era of close persistent competition and dominance, in equal measure, before or since.
Happy days.
Edited by mattikake on Saturday 9th January 00:32
mattikake said:
F1 had not seen such an era of close persistent competition and dominance, in equal measure, before or since.
Happy days.
i would say that the period from the late fifties to the late sixties was just as competitive an era... as an example, four went into 59 with a shot at the title, when has that happened since?Happy days.
Edited by mattikake on Saturday 9th January 00:32
Alfanatic said:
MGJohn said:
JonesyBoy said:
+1
-20 .... Not for nothing known as the "Sunday Driver" ...Alfanatic said:
Prost.
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~ and 10/10 for twisting my words crookedly. I have NEVER said or thought that Rovers are more reliable than Toyotas. One or two of my work colleagues have done so though ~ speaking from their own direct and expensive experience.
What is it about some PHers and their obsession with Alien product R-slicking!
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pablo said:
mattikake said:
F1 had not seen such an era of close persistent competition and dominance, in equal measure, before or since.
Happy days.
i would say that the period from the late fifties to the late sixties was just as competitive an era... as an example, four went into 59 with a shot at the title, when has that happened since?Happy days.
Edited by mattikake on Saturday 9th January 00:32
Loved some the drivers' antics of Mansell era too ~ there was always an element of "Anything can happen in the next few laps" when he was about and it usually did...
Quite unlike the "entertaining" processions of the Schumacher era, some down to team orders and pit lane expertise, which was rarely nice to see. Only ever seen one F1 driver loudly booed whilst on the top spot of the podium.
MGJohn said:
Alfanatic said:
MGJohn said:
JonesyBoy said:
+1
-20 .... Not for nothing known as the "Sunday Driver" ...Alfanatic said:
Prost.
.
~ and 10/10 for twisting my words crookedly. I have NEVER said or thought that Rovers are more reliable than Toyotas. One or two of my work colleagues have done so though ~ speaking from their own direct and expensive experience.
What is it about some PHers and their obsession with Alien product R-slicking!
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MGJohn said:
pablo said:
mattikake said:
F1 had not seen such an era of close persistent competition and dominance, in equal measure, before or since.
Happy days.
i would say that the period from the late fifties to the late sixties was just as competitive an era... as an example, four went into 59 with a shot at the title, when has that happened since?Happy days.
Edited by mattikake on Saturday 9th January 00:32
Loved some the drivers' antics of Mansell era too ~ there was always an element of "Anything can happen in the next few laps" when he was about and it usually did...
Quite unlike the "entertaining" processions of the Schumacher era, some down to team orders and pit lane expertise, which was rarely nice to see. Only ever seen one F1 driver loudly booed whilst on the top spot of the podium.
Officially (statistically) between 1981 and 1987 more than 50% of all races were won by the Fab Four. Officially between 1988 and 1993 over 75% of all races were won by the Fab Four.
Officially no other period in F1 has ever existed before or since.
The closest was 1950 - 1957 where Fangio, Moss, Ascari and Farina won just over 75% of all races, but the (unofficially, subjective) level of competitiveness in that era was nowhere near what it was during the Fab Four's time. And of course Farina, Fangio and Ascari were gone after 1957...
Alfanatic said:
I wasn't in the UK in the '80s so I have no clue what ads were running here, but I'd bet if there were that it referred to the fact that F1 races happen on Sunday, not that he drives slowly.
Ahah ~ possibly not of UK origin ~ maybe Italy which makes your affection for the Alfa more understandable. There is much to admire about the Italians and their more interesting cars and above all, their racing Grand Prix Motorcycles which I had the pleasure watching in action all those years ago. Still competing and winning at top level today. One of the finest car and bike riders of all time, John Surtees is still the only man ever to win top honours on both two and four wheels, riding Count Agusta's MVs and driving Enzo Ferrari's Grand Prix machines. He also gave Soichiro Honda's F1 outfit their first F1 win too ~ and not simply by driving the cars. Saw him in action on and in both... It is no coincidence that both MV-Agusta, Ducati and some others still survive despite the might of the Japanese Motorcycle Industry's onslaught since the 1960s.By the way, Toyotas ~ by coincidence, just been over to another of my favourite Car Enthusiast sites and came across this interesting post by a professional in Motor Racing circles ~ have a quick read ~ quite interesting ~ surely he is mistaken though ....
...:~http://forums.mg-rover.org/showpost.php?p=3565666&...
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