To think that all he wanted was to race for a good team... he didn't care if the contract favoured Mario Andretti or not; he just wanted to race. That attitude does not see many people become champions, but Ronnie was one of the best drivers with said mentality. He was no Sunday driver, though.
Perhaps Didier Pironi should be here?
Well, don't expect everyone to remember him. I mean he wasn't exactly fast nor does he even outperform his teammate at times. So do you think you remember any former F1 drivers like Luciano Burti, Tarso Marques, Giorgio Pantano, Justin Wilson, Zsolt Baumgardner, Cristiano Da Matta, and the link and where they are now. Yes, true F1 fans can remember them, but ask any person on the street about these person and they won't know who they are. So they are not basically a "great driver" to begin with.......He raced in F1, so any F1 fan should remember him. Like Tomas Enge & Gaston Mazzacane.
Well, don't expect everyone to remember him. I mean he wasn't exactly fast nor does he even outperform his teammate at times. So do you think you remember any former F1 drivers like Luciano Burti, Tarso Marques, Giorgio Pantano, Justin Wilson, Zsolt Baumgardner, Cristiano Da Matta, and the link and where they are now. Yes, true F1 fans can remember them, but ask any person on the street about these person and they won't know who they are. So they are not basically a "great driver" to begin with......
He crashed the Lotus 79 in the morning warm-up. The old 78, which barely ran all year, was the spare car. An inattentive safety and distant medical crew is what possibly killed him.If only Ronnie had used the '79' in the race instead of the '78'.
He crashed the Lotus 79 in the morning warm-up. The old 78, which barely ran all year, was the spare car. An inattentive safety and distant medical crew is what possibly killed him.
I'm not sure Ronnie would have won the title in 1978, had he survived the accident at Monza in 1978. He finished less than one second apart from Andretti in the Dutch GP the race before, and he was tailing him for the last 10-20 laps. Perhaps it was team orders; Peterson said he couldn't take the win away from Mario.
Stirling MossBetter to lose honorably in a British car than win in a foreign one.
Losing honorably in a British car... That would explain why Lewis Hamilton didn't win the championship last yearBetter to lose honorably in a British car than win in a foreign one.
He'd used the 78 in the first few GP's of that year. The spare 79 was set for Mario, hence it was too big for Ronnie to use.
Moss has always said he's glad he never did win the championship, because he will forever be remembered as the Nearly Man who never quite made it, rather than someone who won it once and then sank into anonymity.
Someone like Moss would not have sunk into anonymity after just one title... the future generations will remember the non-champions less as our culture becomes less sophisticated and people rely on archives as opposed to stories handed down from generation to generation, even though there is a fair bit of literature on Stirling Moss and not Mike Hawthorn!
Someone like Moss would not have sunk into anonymity after just one title...
I don’t know about that, so many champions of that era are forgotten today, yet Moss’s name lives on.
Who are these "many" and why are they so stupid? Farina isnt the most famous driver, ill give you that, but over Fangio and Ascari? Thats why we have cars named the Zonda M and Moss KZ1, right?But I do wonder if you really think Farina and Ascari have similar notoriety as Moss Farina especially does not come to mind as the best of the best despite his title, but many talk about Moss as one of the greatest of the era.
Who are these "many" and why are they so stupid? Farina isnt the most famous driver, ill give you that, but over Fangio and Ascari? Thats why we have cars named the Zonda M and Moss KZ1, right?
Who are these "many" and why are they so stupid? Farina isnt the most famous driver, ill give you that, but over Fangio and Ascari? Thats why we have cars named the Zonda M and Moss KZ1, right?
I thought, "Zonda" was either the Italian word for wind or a car endorsed by Riccardo Zonta, but they couldn't use his name for licensing issues.
It helps that the brands are Italian too, you know.
Who are these "many" and why are they so stupid? Farina isnt the most famous driver, ill give you that, but over Fangio and Ascari? Thats why we have cars named the Zonda M and Moss KZ1, right?
He probably referred to the Zonda F (which stood for Fangio), as Fangio helped Pagani develop the exotic supercar.