One Lap -- which driver--your life depends on it.

Just one lap? And with this season's cars?

Kimi, because he's scored the fastest or top 5 fastest lap in the last 5 of 8 races so far.

 

Alonso

 

As I understand, one driver (of any era?), in perfect conditions on any track. One single lap.

I would say Kimi in his prime, spa francorchamps. Unbeatable in perfect conditions in a perfect car imo.

 

NEED POLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Senna in his 1988/9MacLaren, or schum in the 2002 Ferrari. Alonso would be awesome except our car isn't quick enough, for a one lap life or death run!

 

Some say...if you cut him, he bleeds 10/40W oil...and as a child he turbo-charged his roller skates....All I know is....He's called the Stig!!!....Mark

 

Jim Clark.

72 starts.
33 poles.
28 fastest laps.
25 wins.

JYS; "He was so smooth, he was so clean, he drove with such finesse. He never bullied a racing car, he sort of caressed it into doing the things he wanted it to do."

/thread

 

No one has mentioned Alain Prost. He was so smooth I could not fathom how he could set fastest lap, lap after lap.

 

I remember how he smoothly went off track in the warm up lap...

 

Yet he was not the only driver to have ever done this, gotta admit he was a smooth operator. Are you referring to the '91 GP of San Marino where he was soon followed by my dawg Gerhard?
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAnDsV9Z5kM[/ame]

 

Gilles Villeneuve, no doubt about it...Senna would be my second choice

 

Current F1 driver: Vettel, then Hamilton.

Any era F1 driver: Clark, then Senna.

 

I agreed with current..Vettel

 

If I can choose a driver from any era, that's an easy one - Senna in his McLaren Honda.

If you are talking today's drivers, I would have to go with Alonso.

 

Dry or wet?

 

Today; Vettel or Hami; If one Hami.

Years past; Senna or Gilles.

The same.

 

Wet from all time also Gilles, Senna

 

+1

 

Outside of Jimmy, who remains my choice, Ayrton would be a solid second.

However, just looking at the "relevant" #'s tells us;

Jimmy;
72 starts
33 poles = 46% [Think about that for a moment! - He put the thing on pole nearly half the time.... Stunning!]

Ayrton;
161 starts
65 poles = 40% [Certainly about the best outside of Jimmy!]

By way of comparison;

The Schu;
296 starts
68 poles = 23%

Jimmy was quite simply able to persuade even a recalcitrant car to the front. Nobody like him before or since IMO.

Having said that, another good excuse to repost Ayrton's Suzuka pole lap from '89 - No "subtlety" or "finesse" here! Scruff of the neck and go for it! Doesn't matter how many times I watch it, still gives me goosebumps......

https://vimeo.com/10427952

[Copyright; The Pygmy. From "50 years of F1 Onboard" BTW.]

Cheers,
Ian

 

what this guy said

 

Agree on the any era. Not on the current guys; Unfortunately, I doubt we'll ever know but I believe Fred is ultimately a little quicker than both Seb & McHam these days.

Cheers,
Ian

 

Schumi F2003GA

Kimi F2007-F2008

 

Yep, I go with my countryman, the Skiroule

 

Anybody ever heard of Jackie Stewart?
Stewart, Clark, Moss from the old days.
Senna, Schumacher, Prost from last 25 years.
Current grid? Fernando by a mile