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Top 20 greatest or favourite F1 cars
By popular demand (bjohnsonsmith), I would like you to put in order your greatest or favourite F1 cars. If you can't come up with 20, that's fine. Off you go.
Note: This thread was started as a reaction to the number of driver threads that get started. It will be interesting to see which one sinks without trace the first. Last edited by Marbot; 27 Aug 2012 at 18:05. |
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That's what I call popular !
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1 - Copersucar Fittipaldi !!!
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I don't know where it would go on my top twenty, but the BRM Type 15 (with that incredible V16) would definitely have to be on there.
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I do have a greater perverse interest in the rust-buckets that have occasionally graced the F1 grid. That Toleman Truck Henton had to haul around, 'the Life' old Giacomelli crawled about in before it came to a smokey decidedly lifeless hulk at the end of the lane. Gachot's Coloni Subaru anyone? Fun days.
My favourites won't startle anyone. The McLaren MP4/4, the Jordan 191 and an honourable mention going to the Brabham fan car. IMO, if the rule makers quietly steered their efforts into making cars look a bit more like the cars in circa 1988-94 era then the sport would be a little better off. |
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Here is a list of favourites with a few great cars thrown in that I would not pick as a favourite.
These are in no particular order Lotus 25, 49, 72, 79 & 88 Brabham BT 46B, BT 49 & BT 51 Williams FW07 & FW14B McLaren M 23 & MP4/4 Ferrari 312T & F2002 Tyrrell P34 & 019 Maserati 250F Mercedes W196 Jordan 191 Cooper T51 Red Bull RB6 |
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The Simtecs were beautiful...
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My favs in no particular order
Jordan 191, 199 Lotus 49, 79, 99Y Eurobrun ER189 - 15 DNPQ and 1 DNQ but the Jagermeister livery was the nuts Ligier/Prost JS45 Lola LC89 Life L190 - Comedicly bad, loveable for this reason Onyx ORE1 - A fair bit of potential in that car. Poor management ruined their chances Sauber C12 Williams FW10, FW26 (I Am The Walrus) Tyrrell P34, 012 Leyton House CG901 Minardi M193, PS01 Virgin VR-01 Arrows A10 |
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Strictly speaking not an F1 car - the Ferrari 500 was surely the greatest, because it achieved what it set out to do.
I would think its win/start ratio was better than the Mercedes W196. |
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All the Ferrari's
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The Ferrari 312B was gorgeous. Likewise Maserati 250F.
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Lotus 49 and Ferrari 312 get my vote!
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Lots of excellent cars already mentioned,I would add the Alfa 182 and the Williams FW12 if aesthetics are more significant than results.Sauber also tend to produce a nice looking car,when the rules don't make it nearly impossible.
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If we're talking looks, then I have a soft spot for the Talbot-Lago of the 40s/50s. It may have been a bit of a truck, but it looked the epitome of a front-engined racer. Ditto the Alfa Romeo 159
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Ferrari 641, Prost's 1990 car was particularly beautiful.
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You are right Miatanut, this thread is useless without pictures.
(Some of us however do not get to post pictures. DIG!) Like all the cars you posted, except for the 6 wheel Tyrrell 34, loved the concept, but, thought it was ugly! |
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My top 2 are-
Brabham BT19 Tyrrell P34 |
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Jordan 191, Curvy with great colours
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For me,the late 80's/early 90's F1 cars looked best (there are others too that stand out). They were jsut proportionately right, wings of the right dimensions etc. My faves in no order, though the 641 has always been my fave:
Ferrari's: 641 642 or whatever the replacement mid 92 was called. F1-92 or something? F92A - crap but beautiful F187 Turbo car 312T from 95 Lotus 98T Jordan 191 Williams FW15C Williams FW11/11B Williams FW08C McLaren MP4/whatever the 93 car was. MP4/8 was it? Too Lazy to Google it Yardley McLaren M23 from 73. I don't know, that car always strikes me as beautiful and I love the big 'Denny Hulme' or 'Peter Revson' written on the side. It never looked as good in Texaco/Marlboro livery Late 90's/early 2000's McLarens looked good It's amazing how many cars I thought looked damn ugly back in the day are now gorgeous compared to modern F1 cars - the 1990 Lotus for example. |
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Look at the front cover of Autosport 16 August for the Lotus 91 another car that looks really good.
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