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Tazio Nuvolari (Nuvolari)
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Username: Nuvolari
Post Number: 316
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Friday, October 17, 2003 - 10:51 pm: | |
Actually to further seperate Fangio from all others consider that of his 51 starts, he retired ll times (mainly mechanical) won 24 was second 10 times, third once, and fourth 5 times. In his whole GP career he never finished worse than 4th. That is a phenominal achievement. Times are different and it is impossible to compare but Fangio was something extraordinary. Oh and to those fools that think you have to be in your early 20's to drive, Fangio won his first title at 40 and his last at 47. The basic qualities of the champion driver have not changed from Fangio's time and skill of his caliber is rarely seen; Schumacher is cut from the same cloth and it is great to be able to see and learn from it. |
Jack (Gilles27)
Intermediate Member
Username: Gilles27
Post Number: 1449
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 15, 2003 - 5:25 pm: | |
Adding to the apples vs. oranges aspect of that is the fact that many of Fangio's races were non-points events. Kind of like the Gordie Howe vs. Gretzky deal. |
Najib Amanullah (Najib)
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Username: Najib
Post Number: 258
Registered: 4-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, October 12, 2003 - 3:29 am: | |
Some statistics I looked at show Michael has 185 Grand Prix appearances with 70 wins i.e. 38% Senna 161-41-26% Montoya 36-3-8% and Fangio 51-24-47%.
That puts Fangio well ahead on a percentage basis. However, it also shows how good MS's performance is in the modern day sport with competition being what it is and with all the money at stake nowdays. |