Who's your favorite racing driver?

[Barry]

Any discipline, F1, rally, short circuit, touring car, NASCAR, whatever.

Mine has got to be Simon McKinley. He annilated all the competition on the Irish hill climb circuits for years. Sadly he was killed a few years ago in an accident in a formula style single seater on a hill climb. I always wondered how he could fit into a bucket seat with balls so big. Anyway, here's a video of him in his famous white Mk2 Ford Escort running a Millington Diamond engine.

 

[Srikumar]

Mine was Schumi as I started watching at the time he was racing with Ferrari. There were a couple of seasons where he used to drive an underpower Ferrari and compete with McLaren's DC and Mila Hakkinen. Enjoyed those seasons the most, especially his drives in wet conditions. I always admired his thirst for victory by pushing the limits both in terms of the car as well as the rules.

It's a pity that today he is confined to a bed.

[Gaurav]

I share the exact same taste and feeling as of Sri

[Srikumar]

This is one of the greatest overtaking moves I have seen in F1. As much as I adored Schumi, you had to take your hats off to Mika. To overtake a back marker and the race leader in one go with 3 or 4 laps remaining on the race, phenomenal!! I was fortunate to meet Mika Hakkinen once at Abu Dhabi airport after the Abu Dhabi GP sometime in 2015 and the first thing that came to my mind was this overtaking move and I had mentioned it to him.

View from Mika's Car

 

[sertac]

Ayrton Senna

I am shocked no one mention yet.

 

[treks]

I don't have a favourite driver anymore since I don't follow motors sports anymore. However, I have a question that is somewhat relevant to this thread- 

Has there ever been a North American Formula 1 driver? I can't remember any, can you? 

 

[Srikumar]

Jacque Villeanue and his father. Dont recollect his name. Both were from Canda. F1 was never popular in North America. Its mainly a Europe based event.

[Srikumar]

3 hours ago, sertac said:

Ayrton Senna

I am shocked no one mention yet.

 

The thing for me is that I have never seen him driving live as he passed away in 1994. Definitely one of the greatest legends.

[Barry]

10 hours ago, sertac said:

Ayrton Senna

I am shocked no one mention yet.

 

Senna was a hero of mine when I was a kid. I can remember Ayrton Sennas Super Monaco GP2 coming out on the Sega Master System. I lost a lot of hours playing that. 

Theres a nice viral video going around at the minute where there is an accident in a F1 race. Senna stops his car in the middle of the race, gets out of his car and holds the other drivers head up until the medics get there. I’m sorry I didn’t save it. 

When we’re on the topic of F1, I’d like to throw Niki Lauda into the mix. Almost burnt to death and 6 weeks later was back out racing again. I love watching recent interviews of him. He doesn’t give a heck, just tells things like it is.