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Which F1 driver would you let drive your car ?

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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 Lifetime Rossa Owner

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    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 ....
     
    moretti, Jun 10, 2014
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  2. Rosso328

    Rosso328 F1 Veteran Owner Rossa Subscribed

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    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.
     
    Rosso328, Jun 10, 2014
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  3. NeuroBeaker

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    Can I answer hypothetically, since I don't yet have a Ferrari? :eek:

    All the best,
    Andrew.
     
    NeuroBeaker, Jun 10, 2014
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  4. daytona355

    daytona355 F1 World Champ BANNED

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    Alonso, or failing that, schumi. Born to race in red the pair of them
     
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    Since I'd want to see how fast it can go around a track, I'd choose Nico over Lewis, obviously.
     
    Aircon, Jun 10, 2014
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  6. Jack-the-lad

    Jack-the-lad Seven Time F1 World Champ Owner Silver Subscribed

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

    spirot F1 World Champ

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    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
     
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  8. Isobel

    Isobel F1 World Champ

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    JV. Alesi, Rosbergs, Gurney. Fred, Phil, Desi. Mika, Ice, Niki. Larini, Berger, Hulk, Warwick, Bianchi, Caffi, Herbert. Possibly Mansell.
     
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  9. moretti

    moretti Five Time F1 World Champ Lifetime Rossa Owner

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    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
     
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  10. Fast_ian

    Fast_ian Two Time F1 World Champ

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    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,
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    Fast_ian, Jun 10, 2014
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  11. moretti

    moretti Five Time F1 World Champ Lifetime Rossa Owner

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    No, it's an exclusive poll for the elite :D

    And I drive a FIAT so I didn't vote :)
     
    moretti, Jun 10, 2014
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  12. moretti

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    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
     
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    Didn't Hamilton already get arrested, once, for hooning around in someone's car, in Australia? ;)
     
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  14. moretti

    moretti Five Time F1 World Champ Lifetime Rossa Owner

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    Yes, but it wasn't a Ferrari
     
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  15. Isobel

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    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.
     
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    Button...because I know afterward he would want to stop at a pub and we could have a drink in memory of his dad
     
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    I think I'd get out & walk rather than listen to him crooning! ;)

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

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    I came close to this fantasy a few years ago....I rode shotgun while Derek Bell drove my car....mostly sideways!
     
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  19. moretti

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    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
     
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  21. Jack-the-lad

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    ....at least a fresh set of tires!
     
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  22. LightGuy

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    MalTornado brings the most money.
    Just make sure the insurance is doubled.
     
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    +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!
     
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  24. Jack-the-lad

    Jack-the-lad Seven Time F1 World Champ Owner Silver Subscribed

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    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
     
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    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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