your favourite racer - ___________

[orne]

Mine is a Pedro Lamy.

He was kind of a Portugese child prodigy. made it all the way to F1, for a season.
Been racing in jtst about anything he finds. Recently has had a lot success in endurance racing. He had a few class victories in many races, from Le Mans to sebring.

He now races in A1 for the Portugese team.

I like him because He was my Idol when i was a child, and I allways admired his perseverence in everything he does(races).

Correction, he hasn't been racing in A1 GP, Álvaro Parente has...

Pedro Lamy however, is certainly one of the top GT drivers atm, Gabriele Gardel can thank him for his FIA GT title

[PininfarinaPIMP]

Either Sir Stirling Moss or Sir Jackie Stewart, or Michael Schumacher...

[CHEESE-TACULAR]

i like a lot of race car drivers but i respect the old greats like nuvolari, ascari, james dean, and such

[Silver-Arrowz]

I can't believe nobody's mentioned Ayrton Senna or Alain Prost.

I'll never forget the way Senna carved up the field at Donnington in 1993. Under powered engine and poor chassis all washed away when the rains came down. Just absolute masterful control of the car in the wet.

[spi-ti-tout]

james dean

Wasn't James Deah a singer/actor?

[CHEESE-TACULAR]

Wasn't James Deah a singer/actor?

yeah but he died racing his porsche. and he was good too

[Matra et Alpine]

yeah but he died racing his porsche. and he was good too

NOT "racing" it.
He died on the public highway, hit by a Ford Tudor. ( 50 years ago in Spetember )

He was driving TO a race with his mechanic. He decided to drive down rather than trailer it to get some miles on the engine to run it in for the race. His mechanic was beside him friends Roth and Hickman were following in a station wagen with the trailer originaly going to be used to tow the Spyder to the race track.

Dean did race competitively but not professionally. It would be like saying Steve McQueen was a bike racer. ( so we really need a "definition" of racer -- or McQueen WILL get niinated for his of-road bike racing . Is it a professional or amateur ? Does the number or level of competition matter ?? )

The hi res images aren't up yet, but even the thumbnail shows there wasn't much left after .....

[spi-ti-tout]

The hi res images aren't up yet, but even the thumbnail shows there wasn't much left after .....

Fifty years and they aren't up "yet"??

[lukeh]

My favourite race car driver is Chris Atkinson. He is very young but I know that he has got a huge amount of potential.

[VtecMini]

Paddy Hopkirk.

[magracer]

Ayrton, of course! JPM comes close second.. for now.

I don't like Schumacher a bit but I respect him for his ability. Shame for those who think that he didn't drive well this season; he did, but he just didn't have the fastest car anymore.

[rev440]

Tony Stewart or Sam Hornish junior.

[robcooper]

Sir Stirling Moss.Absolute Racing Legend. Noone will ever accomplish anything like the Mille Miglia.

[MrKipling]

Best F1 all-rounder has to be Schumacher, but my favourite racer will always be Gerry Marshall. Total legend.

[kingofthering]

nobody has mentioned Phil Hill yet, even though he has more Ferrari victories than Michael Schumacher.