Lewis not the FIRST rookie?

[Rocky Balboa]

When Lewis wins the championship today, will he not be the 2nd rookie in history to win the title?

Because all the drivers in the very first season back in 1950 were all rookies were they not?

Meaning Nino Farina was the first ever rookie to win the title!!!

[LDNrevs]

Now now, don't be silly..





Isn't there already a thread exactly the same as this somewhere else..

[Rocky Balboa]

oh really, sorry i didnt know! can't be bothered to search for it!

close it down then if there is another thread!

[SpeedyGonzales]

Rocky Balboa said:

When Lewis wins the championship today, will he not be the 2nd rookie in history to win the title?

Because all the drivers in the very first season back in 1950 were all rookies were they not?

Meaning Nino Farina was the first ever rookie to win the title!!!

He can't be the second rookie, the rest of them have been as well,haven't they?

[MonkeyHanger]

Rocky Balboa said:

When Lewis wins the championship today, will he not be the 2nd rookie in history to win the title?

Because all the drivers in the very first season back in 1950 were all rookies were they not?

Meaning Nino Farina was the first ever rookie to win the title!!!

The Fact that Farina won a GP a couple of years before the WDC existed excludes him from Rookie status.

[johnph]

The fact that the 1950 F1 season was the first ever means that everyone was a rookie, so i don't think Farina counts.

Jacques Villeneuve came close, but he'd won Indy and had a lot of ndycar experience prior.

[AAV]

Rocky Balboa said:

When Lewis wins the championship today, will he not be the 2nd rookie in history to win the title?

Because all the drivers in the very first season back in 1950 were all rookies were they not?

Meaning Nino Farina was the first ever rookie to win the title!!!

Don't give him your name Pike

Edited by AAV on Sunday 21st October 20:06

[sdws]

Depends how you define rookie. Lewis Hamilton has already competed in more races than people like Jim Clark, Graham Hill and Jackie Stewart did in their careers, has spent countless hours in a simulator and may or may not have been testing an F1 car last year. So he is certainly not inexperienced.

[uktrailmonster]

Rookie = a driver competing in their first season at a higher level. So Hamilton is a rookie, regardless of his preparation. Besides, there have been dozens of equally well groomed youngsters with pots of cash behind them, so Hamilton's early career is not that unusual. But his talent clearly is. I'm not a fan, but it is the most impressive rookie F1 season of all time.

Anyway he fell at the final hurdle, so no rookie WC!

[coetzeeh]

AAV said:

Rocky Balboa said:

When Lewis wins the championship today, will he not be the 2nd rookie in history to win the title?

Because all the drivers in the very first season back in 1950 were all rookies were they not?

Meaning Nino Farina was the first ever rookie to win the title!!!

Don't give him your name Pike

Edited by AAV on Sunday 21st October 20:06