tohaapanen@watlion.UUCP (The Flying Finn) (03/01/86)
The beginning of the 1986 Formula 1 season is approaching soon. Traditionally, Road & Track does a set of driver ratings prior to the beginning of the season. Well, being that *we* know better than those magazine writers do anyway, I'd like to collect the opinions of the netters on the subject. Hence, the Usenet F1 Driver Survey! Below is the list of all drivers that drove in Grands Prix last year (excluding Stefan Bellof and Manfred Winkelhock, both of whom died in Group C racing accidents last year). For each of these drivers, enter a numerical rating on a scale of 0.0 to 10.0. The 10.0 is essentially a perfect driver, while an average F1 driver might be an 8.0. For your top drivers (and anybody else you wish) please include comments describing WHY they deserve the rating you gave them. Try to factor out the car in your ratings; the number should reflect the DRIVER and not the team he drives for. Do not rate a driver if you have no idea of his skills. If you wish to rank one of the drivers who were unclassified in 1985 (see list) feel free to do so. Please try to send in your entries no later than March 10th; I will hopefully post the results on March 15th. ----------- 1985 ----------- Driver Nat. points result races team Alboreto, Michele I 53 1 10/16 Ferrari Alliot, Philippe F - 9 1/13 RAM Arnoux, Rene F 3 4 1/ 1 Ferrari Berger, Gerhard A 3 5 9/16 Arrows Boutsen, Thierry B 11 2 12/16 Arrows Brundle, Martin GB - 7 10/16 Tyrrell Capelli, Ivan I 3 4 1/ 2 Tyrrell Cheever, Eddie USA - 9 4/16 Alfa Romeo de Angelis, Elio I 33 1 11/16 Lotus De Cesaris, Andrea I 3 4 3/11 Ligier Fabi, Teo I - 14 1/11 Toleman Ghinzani, Piercarlo I - 9 3/15 Osella, Toleman Johansson, Stefan S 26 2 11/15 Tyrrell, Ferrari Laffite, Jacques F 16 2 8/15 Ligier Lauda, Niki A 14 1 3/14 McLaren Mansell, Nigel GB 31 1(2) 10/15 Williams Martini, Pierluigi I - 11 2/16 Minardi Patrese, Riccardo I - 9 4/16 Alfa Romeo Piquet, Nelson BRZ 21 1 7/16 Brabham Prost, Alain F 73 1(5) 12/16 McLaren Rosberg, Keke FIN 40 1(2) 9/16 Williams Senna da Silva, Ayrton BRZ 38 1(2) 9/16 Lotus Streiff, Philippe F 4 3 4/ 5 Ligier, Tyrrell Surer, Marc CH 5 4 7/12 Brabham Tambay, Patrick F 11 3 8/15 Renault Warwick, Derek GB 5 5 7/15 Renault LEGEND: Nat - nationality, Points - points accumulated, Result - best result of the season (how many times), races - races participated in/ classified as finisher. Hesnault, Baldi, Palmer, Rothengatter, Acheson, Danner, Watson and Jones had no classified results. \tom haapanen / watrose!tohaapanen I am one in ten, a number on a list ..!watmath --- watmum!tohaapanen I am one in ten, even though I don't exist \ watlion!tohaapanen No-body knows me, though I'm always there A statistical reminder of a world that doesn't care (c) UB40, 1981