On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 9:54 PM, John Francis <[email protected]> wrote:
> As you say, it depends on the era in which you got the bug. > I got bitten early on, so I still think nostalgically of the > days when drivers were "gentlemen", not "players". That's > probably why I pick Jim Clark. Schumacher was a product of > his time - he had more than a few wins under questionable > circumstances. So did Senna, who I would probably pick as > the most skilled driver. I never got to see him live, much > to my regret. But at least I did get to watch (and hear) > Schumacher flat through Eau Rouge at Spa. Still, there are > so many good drivers to choose from - I couldn't fault > anybody who picked Mario Andretti, Phil Hill, Emerson > Fittipaldi, ... from the open-wheel world, not to mention > many more excellent drivers from the sportscar ranks. I agree with you 100%. Although he wasn't as talented as any of those you mention, I always thought that Graham Hill was the ultimate "gentleman racer" - but maybe it was just his cool accent. He was like the David Niven of the racing world. ;-) cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
