Greatest F1 drivers of the decade.

[street_racer_00]

It's time things got stirred up around these parts...I'll Start
1940's--Alberto Ascari
1950's--Juan M. Fangio
1960's--Jimmy Clarke
1970's--Jackie Stewart
1980's--Ayrton Senna
1990's--Again, Ayrton Senna
2000's--Schumi of course

Discuss, and post your own "answers"

[Ridenour]

Mike Schumacher is a god. I don't know much about F1, but I watched like a 15 minute video doing a super-in depth analysis of his driving techniques, and the guy was unbelievable. They compared him against some other guy, and it was just rediculous how good he was.

[street_racer_00]

lol, wonder who the other guy was, maybe it was Rubens? haha.

[whtteg]

Originally Posted by street_racer_00

lol, wonder who the other guy was, maybe it was Rubens? haha.

You know what I think that michael schumacher is a god, but I also think that rubens barrichello is way under rated. I feel that Rubens is quite possibly the 2nd best F1 driver currently next to Micheal Schumacher.

[kfoote]

For the 1980's I would put Alain Prost ahead of Senna. Senna was always very fast for one lap, but for some of his early career he had problems being fast over the entire race distance.

[SabreKhan]

Schumi is good, but he's no better than his equipment. Recent races prove the point. The Ferraris were up front not because of the driver, but because of the engineers.

[street_racer_00]

Originally Posted by kfoote

For the 1980's I would put Alain Prost ahead of Senna. Senna was always very fast for one lap, but for some of his early career he had problems being fast over the entire race distance.

Alain Prost would have gotten my honorable mention...the reason I ranked Senna ahead of Prost is that I did my rankings on driver talent, not on the amount of races won...IMHO, Senna was more talented than Prost...I also thought about Nelson Piquet for his accomplishments in the early 80's, but I put his success on the equipment he had, not driver talent.

[Guido]

Originally Posted by street_racer_00

1940's--Alberto Ascari
1950's--Juan M. Fangio
1960's--Jimmy Clarke
1970's--Jackie Stewart
1980's--Ayrton Senna
1990's--Again, Ayrton Senna
2000's--Schumi of course

I can find myself in this listing as well. Begin an F1 follower since the 80's I have to agree that Senna would be my favorite, although he covered mid 80's to mid 90's, so it's a bit difficult in those decades.

Prost and Senna where each others opponents. Prost being the smart driver over a longer distance, more calculated and Senna super fast over a lap, and unstoppable in the rain. Senna was more inspirational, could do things that other where unable, based on his skills and believes and the 3 titles he won prove he was also capable of winning a whole campaign. So not only super quick on a lap, but also capable of a lot more.

Saying that Schumacher only wins because of engineers is also too simple, as it is the whole package nowadays that wins - manager, driver, engineer, mechanic. And that is what Ferrari and Schumacher have done so far. Most of it orchestrated, true, but then again, they did just that, where the others didn't. That also speaks for them I guess.

[street_racer_00]

I guess that's why the called Prost "the professor".

[RallyRaider]

I'd have to agree Prost was the man for the eighties. Difficult to split Senna and Schumacher for the nineties, also Hakkinen could be a strong contender.

Other guys with strong claims would be Lauda for the seventies and Jack Brabham and Graham Hill for the sixties. Can’t really dispute Fangio as the star of the fifties.

In the end this is all a bit of a pointless exercise, because everybody in F1 has different machinery, career opportunities and luck.

[street_racer_00]

Originally Posted by RallyRaider

In the end this is all a bit of a pointless exercise, because everybody in F1 has different machinery, career opportunities and luck.

And that's why they call it racing, and not bench racing.

[RallyRaider]

Originally Posted by street_racer_00

And that's why they call it racing, and not bench racing.

Huh?

[hockeygod2787]

Originally Posted by whtteg

You know what I think that michael schumacher is a god, but I also think that rubens barrichello is way under rated. I feel that Rubens is quite possibly the 2nd best F1 driver currently next to Micheal Schumacher.

i agree 100%.... michael owns, but there is some ppl on his trail (barrichello).... u guys excited for the grand prix this weekend ?

[RallyRaider]

Come on guys, get real. If Michael Schumacher is "a god" how come he cannot perform in a less than great car? Just like any other top driver he does the job when he has the equipment. The only difference between him and everybody else is that he has been lucky/well managed enough to have the best car more often.

[street_racer_00]

Originally Posted by RallyRaider

Huh?

I mean, if you start getting into the "well if so and so had such and such's equipment" or "if so and so did such and such instead of doing such and such way back then", then why even bother running the races if it's all relative?