The Best Current Non F1 Driver
Discussion
GravelBen said:
ZX10R NIN said:
I say this because I think Shane Van Gisbergen is a very underrated racing driver, he pretty much cleans up no matter what he drives.
He'll never fit in a single seater but I expect to see him win Le Mans soon.
Anyone else have a driver they rate?
Actually he managed to squeeze into an F3 class car for the NZ Grand Prix last year.He'll never fit in a single seater but I expect to see him win Le Mans soon.
Anyone else have a driver they rate?
He started from pit lane (after accidentally triggering the fire extinguisher instead of starting the car for the warm-up
) and passed the entire field to win by a couple of seconds.
I'm not surprised he tore the field up he's such a quick driver I really want to see what he'd do in a full fat WEC car.
I'd also like to see him partner with Danny Ric at the 2023 Bathurst 1000 (now they both drive for RedBull) as that would be something to see & a good yard stick as to how good SVG is.
Jader1973 said:
ZX10R NIN said:
I haven't seen the race yet but saw he only got 20th so I'm sure there's a story there, especially if he was up to 6th.
100% his fault unfortunately.As a sidebar how good a track is Adelaide, it has to be in the top 5 of street circuits.
JonChalk said:
Scott Dixon.
Always consistent in the Indycar series, be it ovals or road tracks. Rarely has an off day, and rarely goes backwards in races.
Given the evenness of cars and engines and general "randomness" of other drivers and races, he has consistently been top 4 in championship for past 15 years (with one "bad" year in 6th).
That level of consistency is very impressive.
Very good shout that consistency is hard to ignore, I wonder why he never even left Indycars?Always consistent in the Indycar series, be it ovals or road tracks. Rarely has an off day, and rarely goes backwards in races.
Given the evenness of cars and engines and general "randomness" of other drivers and races, he has consistently been top 4 in championship for past 15 years (with one "bad" year in 6th).
That level of consistency is very impressive.
slopes said:
Bit left field this one but bear with me
Mark Higgins
He managed an average lap speed of 128.73mph around the IOM TT Course
Peter Hickman holds the bike record at 135mph average, anyone else who has tried it in a car has got nowhere near what Higgins has acheived and there is a video of it on the Tube of You that is worth watching
Great lap but not comparable to the bike which has to race to a set of rules but he was driving the wheels off of that car, as a side bar still slower than a 600cc supersport Mark Higgins
He managed an average lap speed of 128.73mph around the IOM TT Course
Peter Hickman holds the bike record at 135mph average, anyone else who has tried it in a car has got nowhere near what Higgins has acheived and there is a video of it on the Tube of You that is worth watching
Apart from that lap I don't see him as anything exceptional unless I've missed him dominating some rallies in his pomp?
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