Which discipline has the most skilled drivers?

[anonymous-user]

Simple question which was the first thing I woke up to. That and Poison - Nothing but a good time.
For me it has to be rally (just) simply because they're the most mental so they just continue to push the car up to the limit and then beyond.
I thought F1 was a too obvious answer.

[m8rky]

Rally drivers for me too.

[TheHeretic]

Is it too boring an answer to say that they are entirely different disciplines, and not really comparable?

[anonymous-user]

TheHeretic said:

Is it too boring an answer to say that they are entirely different disciplines, and not really comparable?

Well they all drive don't they?

[Allyc85]

Rallying.

So many more variables to take in at high speed, while listening to the bloke next to them belt out the notes. I heard a stat a couple years a go saying a top rally driver processes more info and does more actions than a jet fighter pilot in a dog fight per minute!

Roundy, roundy drivers are of course amazingly skilled, but they get a lot more practice!

[y2blade]

Allyc85 said:

Rallying.

So many more variables to take in at high speed, while listening to the bloke next to them belt out the notes. I heard a stat a couple years a go saying a top rally driver processes more info and does more actions than a jet fighter pilot in a dog fight per minute!

Roundy, roundy drivers are of course amazingly skilled, but they get a lot more practice!

That would be my thoughts too.

[odyssey2200]

Rally for me. Really, really fast but sideways and replace the gravel trap and tyre walls with trees.
Balls of steel IMHO.

[iva cosworth]

Rally driver all the way.

No votes yet for Touring car ,hmm why is that ?.....Because they only overtake with

a bump up the back of the other fella,no skills there.

[no votes for endurance either] but at least they are "clean" drivers who know they need

to last for hours not 30 minutes only

[woof]

F1 drivers for me.
The speeds are so much higher in F1, coupled with the technical and setup knowledge a driver needs. It's a more complete package for me.

Rally drivers are no doubt bloody amazing both sets of drivers drive on the limits but F1 slightly edges it for me.

[TheHeretic]

As much as I appreciate a good rally stage, there was a video posted comparing endurance GT cars and F1 cars going through Eau Rouge. Impressive does not describe it.

As I said earlier, they are all different disciplines, so center on different things. F1 is about precision, high top speed, cornering at daft MPH, g-forces, open wheels, and so on, but on a repetitive circuit...

Rallying is about control on various surfaces, sliding about, and doing all that at a lower speed, but in amongst some treacherous environments, all at the absolute limit of control, on non-repetitive stages.

Touring cars probably the lesser of these. Slower, and repetitive, but can be equally as entertaining. A bit more boshage as well, which can be viewed as good, or bad.

Endurance racing. Repetitive, but absolute stamina, and operating at as high a level as you can for hours at a time. High speed, high risk, (multiple classes on the same circuit), and some utterly daft machinery at the top level.


It is hard to pinpoint.

[Redlake27]

If we are talking about the entire grid, then F1.

The quality on this year's F1 grid is higher than ever. Even the bottom three teams have signed proven top three drivers to try and clinch 10th place.

Rallying has some absolute stars, but the well-funded paydriver is more prevalent outside of the top ten in Endurance and Rallying than in F1.

However, if it is for a breadth of talent, all surfaces and conditions, then it is Rallying for me. But then they don't have any wheel to wheel racecraft.....so I'm going to compromise and say Rallycross

[EDLT]

Redlake27 said:

If we are talking about the entire grid, then F1.

The quality on this year's F1 grid is higher than ever. Even the bottom three teams have signed proven top three drivers to try and clinch 10th place.

Rallying has some absolute stars, but the well-funded paydriver is more prevalent outside of the top ten in Endurance and Rallying than in F1.

However, if it is for a breadth of talent, all surfaces and conditions, then it is Rallying for me. But then they don't have any wheel to wheel racecraft.....so I'm going to compromise and say Rallycross

No pay drivers have won a rally this year, F1 can't say the same

[GravelBen]

TheHeretic said:

there was a video posted comparing endurance GT cars and F1 cars going through Eau Rouge. Impressive does not describe it.

If its the one I'm thinking of, what they called endurance GT cars were actually road cars on a trackday.

[thunderbelmont]

Must be NASCAR.

Turn left, then left again. At 200mph lap after lap after lap, for up to 4hrs in a race. Then sometimes they haul those simple machines with no driver aids what so ever around classic road courses like Watkins Glen.

[tr7v8]

Speed hillclimbing, near F1 power, similar cars & all up something the size of a country lane or someone's stately home drive! And without any real practice.

[MocMocaMoc]

I'm a huge fan of circuit racing, but Rallying I think takes the top skills prize.

[28jaguar]

I haven't voted because I'm not committed either way to F1 or Rallying. While I would'nt hold it against anyone for choosing rallying over F1, I wonder if any of you acknowledge a rally car is easier to drive that an F1 car, or to get the most out of?

[anonymous-user]

What person said touring car?...

[BaronVonVaderham]

I voted F1 as I think as speed increases (of the cars/series) then talent required does too.

But thinking about it, what about racing prototypes at night like at Le Mans? This must be harder.

[DanDC5]

Rallying, but only just. Loeb and McRae both tested F1 cars and were pretty much on the pace very quickly, most of the F1 drivers who've attempted rallying don't tend to have been all that good at it, relatively speaking anyway.