Who is your favourite F1 champion from the last twenty years

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Who is your favourite F1 champion from the last twenty years Mar 23, 2015 23:46:16 GMT

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Post by racechick on Mar 23, 2015 23:46:16 GMT

Over the past twenty years, F1 has given us nine world champions. Which one is your favourite? Here are a few negative and positive things that have been said about these champions to help you make your mi d up. You may have some more points to add to these. Please be respectful. Remember the driver you dislike may be someone else's favourite.
So here are some pros and cons that I've heard said about these drivers. I will add these aren't necessarily my own views. Starting with the most recent world champion

Lewis Hamilton

Positives
Won for two different teams
Can haul a result from an inferior car
Double world Champion
Instinctive / reactive car control

Negatives
Overly emotional
Easily distracted
Can't think a race/ manage tyres/ fuel
Relies too much on natural speed and talent

Fernando Alonso

Positives
Double world champion
Can haul a result from an inferior car
Relentless
Complete driver

Negatives
Only won for one team
Has insisted on number one status
Involved in too many dubious incidents
Beaten by a rookie

Sebastien Vettel

Positives
Four time world champion
Mastered the Newey blown off throttle diffuser (or some such device

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Good sense of humour
Good work ethic

Negatives
Only won in a dominant car
Can't easily adjust to a different handling car
Beaten by less experienced team mate
The finger

Jenson Button
Positives
When everything's right he can match top drivers
Seems a pleasant fellow
Good at gambling on weather conditions
Smooth driver

Negatives
Can't find set-up/ balance/ grip lots of times
Makes a lot of excuses
Only championship won in vastly superior car ( double diffuser)
Bit sneaky with team mates and team bosses

Kimi Raikkonen

Positives
Inherent speed
Popular due to irreverent monosyllabic replies to inane press questions.
Not overly demanding within a team
Highly amusing radio style

Negatives
Only just scraped one world championship (lost by McLaren rather than won by Kimi)
Goes missing in races sometimes
Beaten convincingly by Alonso
Doesn't always seem particularly bothered

Michael Schumacher

Positives
7 times world champion
Won for two different teams
Helped the resurgence of Ferrari
Good work ethic

Negatives
Cheating ( traction control/ Adelaide'94/ Jerez '97)
Hamstrung team mate
Unlimited testing
Taylor made tyres

I've tried to be fair and give four negatives and four positives for each driver. Feel free to add more. It's surprising how much easier some drivers were to give positives/ negatives for.
There are of course three more drivers Jacques Villeneuve, Mika Hakkinen and Damon Hill. But my fingers aching now! So maybe someone could add four positives and four negatives for them.
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Who is your favourite F1 champion from the last twenty years Mar 24, 2015 3:22:07 GMT

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Post by RyRy on Mar 24, 2015 3:22:07 GMT

"Can't think a race/ manage tyres/ fuel" I don't think that one is actually correct anymore for Lewis, he did a great job last year comfortably beating his teammate all year on fuel saving, comfortably beating his teammate on tyre preservation...

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Who is your favourite F1 champion from the last twenty years Mar 24, 2015 6:32:47 GMT

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Post by racechick on Mar 24, 2015 6:32:47 GMT

I agree with you RyRy, I just tried to pick out some of the top good and bad things we've heard about thise drivers over the years. . Some things, like the one you've mentioned, could go on both the pro and the con side of the arguement depending on your viewpoint.

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Who is your favourite F1 champion from the last twenty years Mar 24, 2015 8:30:03 GMT racechick likes this

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Post by CookinFlat6 on Mar 24, 2015 8:30:03 GMT

Metric - Lewis-Fernando-Seb-Kimi-MS-Senna-Prost-Button

Racing Inteligence(Race craft)10-9-7-8-9-10-10-7
Seat of pants(feedback ability) 9-7-5-6-8-10-7-2
Emotional Stability 6-7-7-8-8-8-9-7
Academic Education - 6-7-7-5-6-8-8-6
Integrity 10-3-4-5-2-10-4-4
Bravery 10-9-8-8-9-10-4-1
Likeability (media act) 5-5-5-6-5-6-3-6

edit: I just totaled the metric scores with a calculator for a truly scientific approach to identifying a driver as my favorite.

Lewis - 56
Fernando - 47
Seb - 43
Kimi - 46
MS - 46
Senna - 62
Prost - 45
Button - 33

And on top of the scientific result its only natural to add a couple of purely biased and subjective tweaks based on nationality, blind bias or just that the guy is a twat.

Once adding the pure bias then Lewis gains more Fernando drops a couple, MS and Button drop several, Kimi drops a few, Seb gains very slightly, Prost drops a fair few

Last Edit: Mar 25, 2015 8:21:59 GMT by CookinFlat6

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Who is your favourite F1 champion from the last twenty years Mar 24, 2015 12:31:37 GMT

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Post by Wß on Mar 24, 2015 12:31:37 GMT

The last twenty years is what makes this poll interesting. I can't help look for lasting historical impact and it's difficult for me to see the present with the same historical value I place on past championships. The sport just seem more grand in the 70's and 80's for me. Maybe that was just my perception more than the actual sport.

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Who is your favourite F1 champion from the last twenty years Mar 24, 2015 19:22:42 GMT via Tapatalk

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Post by pistnbroke on Mar 24, 2015 19:22:42 GMT

I miss the great rivalry of yesteryear senna/prost schumacher/hakkinen

Alonso/Lewis would/should be a great battle but they never seem to be in a equal cars at the same time. I know there was 2008 but I feel some on song Ferrari's and Mclaren's since would of been epic.

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LewEngBridewell Full Member Posts: 384 Likes: 111	Who is your favourite F1 champion from the last twenty years Mar 25, 2015 12:26:24 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by LewEngBridewell on Mar 25, 2015 12:26:24 GMT I went with Mika Hakkinen, some great McLaren VS Ferrari/Hakkinen VS Schumi moments in the late 90s and early 2000s.

Who is your favourite F1 champion from the last twenty years

Post by racechick on Mar 23, 2015 23:46:16 GMT

Post by RyRy on Mar 24, 2015 3:22:07 GMT

Post by racechick on Mar 24, 2015 6:32:47 GMT

Post by CookinFlat6 on Mar 24, 2015 8:30:03 GMT

Post by Wß on Mar 24, 2015 12:31:37 GMT

Post by pistnbroke on Mar 24, 2015 19:22:42 GMT

Post by LewEngBridewell on Mar 25, 2015 12:26:24 GMT