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F1 driver you would want to drive your Ferrari

  1. Rosberg

  2. Hamilton

  3. Vettel

  4. Dan

  5. Alonso

  6. Kimi

  7. Button

  8. Maldonado :p

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  1. moretti

    moretti Five Time F1 World Champ
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    #1 moretti, Jun 10, 2014
    After reading a lot of debate about the "virtues" of certain drivers I wondered which driver I would let drive my car (I'm very protective of it) to see just how fast it could go.

    Hamilton I think would have the fastest time but my car would be rooted and I'd hate him even more than I do now.

    I'd never let Alonso drive it, he's not a true Ferrari driver :p

    Kimi before they open the pub would post a good time

    It'd have to be Schuey ....
     
  2. Rosso328

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    #2 Rosso328, Jun 10, 2014
    Most of them I probably would. But....

    Not Maldonado.

    Not Ko-Bash.

    Grosjean is still on the 'watch' list, crash-wise.

    Ricciardo's grin wouldn't fit in a closed cockpit.

    Neither would Hamilton's ego. Or Alonso's.

    And if I let Vettel drive, it would transform the car into an unreliable dog and leave me stranded every other Sunday.
     
  3. NeuroBeaker

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    #3 NeuroBeaker, Jun 10, 2014
    Can I answer hypothetically, since I don't yet have a Ferrari? :eek:

    All the best,
    Andrew.
     
  4. daytona355

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    #4 daytona355, Jun 10, 2014
    Alonso, or failing that, schumi. Born to race in red the pair of them
     
  5. Aircon

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    #5 Aircon, Jun 10, 2014
    Since I'd want to see how fast it can go around a track, I'd choose Nico over Lewis, obviously.
     
  6. Jack-the-lad

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    #6 Jack-the-lad, Jun 10, 2014
    Button...seems to bring the equipment back in good shape...and still fast enough when inspired to be.
     
  7. spirot

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    #7 spirot, Jun 10, 2014
    I guess I'd let any of them drive my car... but really I would like either:

    1. Jackie Stewart
    2. Niki Lauda
    3. Michael Schumacher
    4. Gerhard Berger
    5. Alan Prost
     
  8. Isobel

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    #8 Isobel, Jun 10, 2014
    JV. Alesi, Rosbergs, Gurney. Fred, Phil, Desi. Mika, Ice, Niki. Larini, Berger, Hulk, Warwick, Bianchi, Caffi, Herbert. Possibly Mansell.
     
  9. moretti

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    #9 moretti, Jun 10, 2014
    So, you're just looking for a chauffer ? :)

    RD likes the Scandinavians to drive his kids to school

    I'd be worried about JV, his mind wouldn't be on the job ... just ask Dannii M :p
     
  10. Fast_ian

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    #10 Fast_ian, Jun 10, 2014
    I could go with any of those except the last; He'd find something wrong and you'd never hear the end of the whining! ;)

    Out of any, the Schu of course.

    But I agree with Jack the Lad re JB too - He'd get it going *and* bring it back safe & sound.

    Cheers,
    Ian
     
  11. moretti

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    #11 moretti, Jun 10, 2014
    No, it's an exclusive poll for the elite :D

    And I drive a FIAT so I didn't vote :)
     
  12. moretti

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    #12 moretti, Jun 10, 2014
    So true, but my girlfriend at the time Mansell was racing had the hots for him ..... and Prost !!!

    Didn't have the heart to tell her he was batting for the other team
     
  13. DGS

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    #13 DGS, Jun 10, 2014
    Didn't Hamilton already get arrested, once, for hooning around in someone's car, in Australia? ;)
     
  14. moretti

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    #14 moretti, Jun 10, 2014
    Yes, but it wasn't a Ferrari
     
  15. Isobel

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    #15 Isobel, Jun 10, 2014
    No kids but dogs, the laplander squad better be nice to my poodles.

    Jacques is there because he could croon whilst in a four wheel drift through Tabac. A unique attribute you're not considering...;)

    D.S. Gurney would be the ultimate. I'd give him the car for the next ten years if he'd agree to drive it and I'd be allowed to ride with him once. Can you imagine ? Wow.
     
  16. ARTNNYC

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    #16 ARTNNYC, Jun 10, 2014
    Button...because I know afterward he would want to stop at a pub and we could have a drink in memory of his dad
     
  17. Fast_ian

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    #17 Fast_ian, Jun 10, 2014
    I think I'd get out & walk rather than listen to him crooning! ;)

    His pops though - Now *that* would be an experience!
     
  18. Jack-the-lad

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    #18 Jack-the-lad, Jun 10, 2014
    I came close to this fantasy a few years ago....I rode shotgun while Derek Bell drove my car....mostly sideways!
     
  19. moretti

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    #19 moretti, Jun 10, 2014
    Walter Wolf may disagree ... and Jody Scheckter

    There is an article I have where Walter asked Gilles to take his Boxer to Maranello for a service, when he gave it back, Wolf said it needed another service :p
     
  20. Mulehead

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    #20 Mulehead, Jun 10, 2014
    Hulk
     
  21. Jack-the-lad

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    #21 Jack-the-lad, Jun 10, 2014
    ....at least a fresh set of tires!
     
  22. LightGuy

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    #22 LightGuy, Jun 10, 2014
    MalTornado brings the most money.
    Just make sure the insurance is doubled.
     
  23. 05011994

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    #23 05011994, Jun 10, 2014
    +1, it is a good thing Mansell is not driving the new "quiet" Formula 1 we would have no chance to hear the cars over his incessant whining!
     
  24. Jack-the-lad

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    #24 Jack-the-lad, Jun 11, 2014
    It's nice to be in such good company as you and Jerome! I think Button will be considered as one of the most underrated drivers of this era.

    Jack
     
  25. PSk

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    #25 PSk, Jun 11, 2014
    None of them ... but if I had to Jackie Stewart, Lauda and Prost would be the ones as they respect the cars under them and why they won so many WDCs.

    But we all have to understand that you don't get fast lap times by being nice to the car so "our" cars would get a beating, especially from the current bunch, including huge kerb hops, etc.

    My father watched Berger drive a BMW M6 years ago at Adelaide and every time he went through a particular corner he was well over the kerbs with sparks flying everywhere and many wheels in the air as it jumped ... :eek:
    Pete
     
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