If you could pick any driver and any car...

Gilles and Senna in any Ferrari. Bring lots of spares....

 

Schumi and Senna in the F2004.

 

F2004 - probably the quickest F1 car around a track so it would be the obvious choice if i would kick of a fantasy season to get the best possible results in theory.

Driver line-up:

Senna
Hamilton

 

Jim Clark + Schumi + F2004

 

1988 McLaren MP4/4

Gilles and Ayrton

 

Cool thread!

Let's see... all in the F2004 for obvious reasons...

Hamilton and Alonso (just to drive the point home. again)

Schumacher and Fangio (to prove what we already all know)

Schumacher and Senna (to find out what we all wonder)

Hamilton and Senna (to find out)

Schumacher and Hamilton (in a wet race - who is the real rain master)

Coulthard and Barrichello (they both think they are way better than they really are - I wonder who'd be worse)

 

There´s actually a chance we might see this next year

 

Don't forget the OP said "at the top of his game." MS past his prime. Besides, Gilles was the REAL rain master.

 

Very nice matchups!

Frank

 

Gilles and Bellof in the F186. All turbo year in the end of the line Forghieri Ferrari. Not a great car against some of the greats. Would they have fared better than Albo and Johansson ? Would have been fun to find out, nothing better than watching the best driving second best..

 

*Mansell!* Surely, you're joking?

Mansell isn't fit to carry Ayrton's jock!..... [Actually, he isn't fit to carry the jock of any of those mentioned above - 'cept *maybe* Bellof [EDIT - and even that's questionable!]

Fangio, Jim Clark & the Schu - Perm any two from three.

Car - Who cares?.......

Cheers,
Ian

 

Schumacher and Senna in the mp4/4 on wet streets in Monaco.

 

And Ayrton of course! - I was so discombobulated by Mansells inclusion I screwed up!



Cheers,
Ian

 

Gille Villeneuve in the Mclaren MP4/6 (1991)

 

+1 Sounds good to me.

 

I *really* wanted to include Gilles on my list, but as awesome as he was, he never reached "the top of his game."

Oh, what might have been......

If I was *forced* down to two, I guess SRTMike's;

Would have to be it.

Anyone here ever see Fangio drive? [To save the young 'uns looking, he retired in '58 ]

Cheers,
Ian

 

Why no Jim Clark in your list? His all-round statistics are as good as any!

Race win percentage;
Fangio 47.1%
Clark 34.7%
Schumacher 33.8%
Senna 25.5%
Hamilton 19.7%
Alonso 16.4%


Race wins;
Schumacher 91
Ayrton Senna 41
Alonso 26
Clark 25
Fangio 24
Hamilton 14

Race starts;
Schumacher 269
Senna 161
Alonso 158
Clark 72
Hamilton 71
Fangio 51

Pole positions percentage,
Fangio 55.8%
Clark 45.2%
Senna 40.1%
Hamilton 25.4%
Schumacher 25.3%
Alonso 12.6%

Pole positions;
Schumacher 68
Senna 65
Clark 33
Fangio 28
Alonso 20
Hamilton 18

Fastest race laps;
Schumacher 76
Clark 28
Fangio 22
Senna 19
Alonso 18
Hamiltion 8

Fastest laps percentage;
Fangio 45.09%
Clark 38.88%
Schumacher 28.36%

 

While we're fantasizing, rinse & repeat using a 250F Maserati (or similar.....)



Cheers,
Ian
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Hunt and Kimi. In the safety car. Drunk...

 

+1 He's on mine

I find the following staggering.

Thanks for posting!

Cheers,
Ian

 

Clark and Senna in the Lotus 79

 

Prost and Lauda, McLaren -- oh wait, we had that, loved every second of it. The only thing missing, Ferrari. I really would have liked to see them win in Red.

 

Your right, there amazing stats.

Its interesting to note that Fangio and Clark are 1st and 2nd in the percentages for race wins, poles, and fastest laps.
And due to Clark driving in a more professional and competitive era, i personally think his record is even more unbelievable!