Driver you miss the MOST-retired,etc..

strange_too · Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 16:08 Post subject:

Of the most recent it's got to be Mika Hakkinen.

Historically I loved watching Senna, Prost and Giles. Giles being on video, as I'm too young.

SkidMarks · Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 18:17 Post subject:

I was recently looking at some old photos of the 1970 BOAC 1000 at Brands Hatch.

Pedro Rodriguez and Jo Siffert, both good F1 drivers, were absolute stars in the the Porsche 917s.

I will remember Pedro in the BRM 153 at Spa, 1970 and Jo in the Rob Walker Lotus 49 at Brands in (?)68, but for both it will be their drives in the 917s that stick in my mind.

alesi27 · Kart Novice Joined: 05 Mar 2007 Posts: 4

jean alesi as you see Smile

.he was one of the unluckiest driver in f1 history.
he should have joined to williams not ferrari Sad

Stiletto · Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 00:33 Post subject:

Regular F1 telecasts didn't appear in Australia until 1981 (IIRC) so I didn't get to see enough of Gilles - something that I truly regret.

The man I did see a lot of, though, was Rosberg. Keke Rosberg. The smoking, drinking, candid, irreverent and bloody spectacular world champion of 1982.

When Keke was fast, he looked fast. Wheels on the grass, the car twitching in mid-corner, so obviously driving the car to its limits. If you want to see something special, track down the 1985 South African GP and watch his unsuccessful chase of Mansell in the closing laps.

More highlights in my memory:

Monaco 1983 when he started on slicks in the rain and slaughtered everyone. For that matter, the whole first half of 1983 was special as he ran in the top two in the championship despite the handicap of a seriously underpowered car.

Dallas 1984 on a crumbling track with champions in the wall everywhere. Keke never put a wheel wrong as he won with ease.

Austria 1982 and his chase of de Angelis, finishing with the cars thousandths of seconds apart.

Adelaide 1985 with Keke controlling the race as Senna panicked behind him.

Adelaide 1986. His last race. Keke sprinted off into the distance only to suffer a puncture.

What's more, the man was as brilliant out of the car as in it:

The "I Love Turbos" sign on his driving suit as he worked wonders with the normally aspirated Williams.

"The car is s*&!, thank you very much."

"The engine's only been lightly revised, it's still got six cylinders."

"I'm not allowed to talk about the engine, but if it was I'd say it's much more powerful but the power still comes in with to much of a bang."

Describing the evil, flexing Williams-Honda FW09 as the worst car he'd ever driven, the week before he won with it in Dallas.

The boy Nico looks like he's going to be good, but he'll never be Keke.
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SkidMarks · Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 09:04 Post subject:

I was sat in the Woodcote Grandstand for practice for the 1985 British G.P. and so saw Rosberg on that lap. A damp track, a miserable day, a deflating tyre (as we later heard) and Keke on fire!

We could not afford to see the race, only practice, but it is still a G.P. that I remember.
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The Figurehead · Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 21:30 Post subject:

For JV fans like myself, it's bloody boring this year... Wink

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RawSpeed · Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 01:14 Post subject:

I can't say I miss Mika the most anymore. Since the checkered flag fell last October in Brazil, that title now belongs to my idol, Michael Schumacher.
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Karlos · Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 22:00 Post subject:

I honestly thought Micheal would have got a mention on this thread WAY before now....
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SkidMarks · Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 09:32 Post subject:

I don't YET miss MS.

I expect I will before the end of the season, but even as an admirer of him, I don't have the fond memories, covered in the golden glow which only comes with half remembered reminiscences that I get from drivers from the 50's, 60's and 70's. (Just a couple from the 80's and I can remember most of the 90's still.)
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jmckenn · Karter Joined: 19 Apr 2006 Posts: 46

Fernando Alonso - he's finished now right??

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ConstantineBlue · Karter Joined: 24 Apr 2007 Posts: 33

I actually missed JV... I wonder what he thinks about Hammie... Question

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F1JHerbert · Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 20:50 Post subject:

For me; it has to be my Johnny Herbert. Been hopelessly devoted to Johnny Herbert for a blinking long time and i miss him in F1.

I also miss JV.
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