Oppo Best Driver Voting

"Bobololo23 is waiting for the FT86 to come" (victorhugogomes) 01/28/2014 at 18:58 • Filed to: None

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Lets do a contest to see, who is the greatest driver in the WORLD. So yeah pretty much like the best driving song thing from a while ago

Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur > Bobololo23 is waiting for the FT86 to come 01/27/2014 at 18:58

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Me

Brian Silvestro > Bobololo23 is waiting for the FT86 to come 01/27/2014 at 18:59

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The Stig.

/thread

For Sweden > Bobololo23 is waiting for the FT86 to come 01/27/2014 at 19:00

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Me

Bobololo23 is waiting for the FT86 to come > Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur 01/27/2014 at 19:00

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No, like seriously. Nominate someone like Foyt, Mansell, Alesi or Senna

Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur > Bobololo23 is waiting for the FT86 to come 01/27/2014 at 19:01

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Arrrgh fineee

Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur > Bobololo23 is waiting for the FT86 to come 01/27/2014 at 19:02

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either senna or Fangio

N/A POWAAAHH > Bobololo23 is waiting for the FT86 to come 01/27/2014 at 19:03

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Cue posts saying "me"

CAR_IS_MI > Bobololo23 is waiting for the FT86 to come 01/27/2014 at 19:04

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It's me. No contest. I once scored a 100 on my drivers test. Game. Set. Match.

saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars > Bobololo23 is waiting for the FT86 to come 01/27/2014 at 19:04

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As much as I hate to say it... Sebastien Vettel. I hate him and Red Bull, and for the purposes of this argument, I'm going to assume that all of the traction control rumors and the ilk aren't true and that Seb is actually as good as Newey makes him look. If this is actually the case, I don't think there's a better driver out there. Maybe some WRC guy, but I don't follow WRC. I probably should.

TurboSloth > Bobololo23 is waiting for the FT86 to come 01/27/2014 at 19:04

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Tie between me and Sebastian Loeb.

Milky > Bobololo23 is waiting for the FT86 to come 01/27/2014 at 19:05

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uhh whoever this guy is, the winner of the last ROC

EL_ULY > Bobololo23 is waiting for the FT86 to come 01/27/2014 at 19:05

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Every taxi driver in Mexico DF or Mika Häkkinen

Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur > Milky 01/27/2014 at 19:07

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Really? Wow. Yeah he is great but I don't think he's been around long enough to be greatest.

ddavidn > Bobololo23 is waiting for the FT86 to come 01/27/2014 at 19:07

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Loeb.

Anima > Bobololo23 is waiting for the FT86 to come 01/27/2014 at 19:07

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Purely on pedal ballet, Walter Rörhl.

But it's a really difficult thing to judge. So many different styles, classes and especially era's. The cars of yesteryear and the cars now are incomparable, therefor it's very hard to tell how drivers would compete in different times.

Bad Idea Hat > CAR_IS_MI 01/27/2014 at 19:10

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I...I did as well.

Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager > Bobololo23 is waiting for the FT86 to come 01/27/2014 at 19:10

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No contest.

Tom McParland > Bobololo23 is waiting for the FT86 to come 01/27/2014 at 19:11

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I dunno...Schumi has got to be up there.

Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur > ddavidn 01/27/2014 at 19:13

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ear loeb

With-a-G is back to not having anything written after his username > Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur 01/27/2014 at 19:14

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Oops. I star clicked that before realizing you weren't talking about me.

Anyway: Me, of course.

d00mZ > Bobololo23 is waiting for the FT86 to come 01/27/2014 at 19:17

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This handsome mother fucker. Keiichi Tsuchiya.
EDIT: Does kinja do this now? "This image is still being processed" wth.

CAR_IS_MI > Bad Idea Hat 01/27/2014 at 19:18

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Well. I called firstsies!

Bad Idea Hat > CAR_IS_MI 01/27/2014 at 19:20

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This isn't McLaren, there are rules!

CAR_IS_MI > Bad Idea Hat 01/27/2014 at 19:22

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Not Huh!!!

Milky > Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur 01/27/2014 at 19:23

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I don't even know who he is, but winning the ROC has got to hold some ground …. actually it should hold a lot of merit.

Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur > Milky 01/27/2014 at 19:31

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Uhh you seriously don't know Romain Grosjean? Lotus F1 Team driver.

Bandit > Bobololo23 is waiting for the FT86 to come 01/27/2014 at 20:02

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Isn't that what IROC is/was for? Grosjean won the last one.

KB Garage > Bobololo23 is waiting for the FT86 to come 01/27/2014 at 20:19

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Travis Pastrana based solely on the diversity of vehicles he drives.

Milky > Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur 01/27/2014 at 20:24

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Sorry but F1 hasn't sparked any interest in me for a few years now.

Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur > Milky 01/27/2014 at 20:31

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Romain is pretty interesting to watch though. He'll fight his way up to the top really nicely.

Milky > Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur 01/27/2014 at 20:46

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Well thats god, and I hope he brings some glory to lotus. Love the brand.

JasonStern911 > Bobololo23 is waiting for the FT86 to come 01/28/2014 at 01:02

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I think you need to clarify best driver of all-time, best driver currently, best driver at their peak, or most versatile driver. I am biased based on my age, but right now, all time, it's Michael Schumacher (or, maybe Valentino Rossi if you count motorcycles). Currently, it's Sébastien Loeb - and it's not even that close (unless you include motorcycles, then Travis Pastrana has a claim). Best driver at their peak might have been Ayrton Senna. And most versatile driver is Walter Röhrl (or Travis Pastrana if motorcycles count). Hat tip to Gilles Panizzi, who is probably the best tarmac driver I have seen.

Hoccy > JasonStern911 01/28/2014 at 02:05

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I thought this as well, best driver at their peak (impossible) or best driver now (possible, but hard).

Also, Gilles Panizzi in the early 2000's. Tarmac boss.

JasonStern911 > Hoccy 01/28/2014 at 02:09

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Unless you sub-classify each, then it comes down to personal preference. Formula 1? NASCAR? (if motorcycles are included, SuperCross or Moto GP?) Hell, even NASCAR if that is your thing. Derek Zoolander was a great driver, but he could only turn left...

Hoccy > JasonStern911 01/28/2014 at 02:16

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I think they should have proven themselves in more than one kind of motorsport. At least the ability to adapt to other kinds of driving counts for something. If a NASCAR driver can do rallycross, well it's a good thing. No driver has ever been a world champion in two different championships, but that might happen this year with Loeb in WTCC and Solberg in WorldRX.

JasonStern911 > Hoccy 01/28/2014 at 02:22

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Respect to Loeb, but is Rally and RallyCross really that different? Why not include drivers that won Formula 3 championships and moved onto Formula 1, Group 2 and Group A, Bush League and... Obama League? (not a NASCAR fan, obviously. although I do respect the drivers.)

Hoccy > JasonStern911 01/28/2014 at 02:40

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Rally and rallycross are quite different, but it depends on what aspects you look at. Yes, both motorsports have AWD turbo hatchbacks running on tarmac and gravel, but that's about it.

And all the best drivers drive or have driven at the top level of their sport. Winning those lower tier classes are more a way of getting to the top level.

A3R0 > Bobololo23 is waiting for the FT86 to come 01/28/2014 at 08:21

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I'm dissapointed by the lack of people saying Senna!

GhostZ > Bobololo23 is waiting for the FT86 to come 01/28/2014 at 19:07

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Living, or dead? Racing currently, or retired?

I'm throwing Vettel for currently racing and living, and Fangio for dead and retried. Might shake up the ranks a bit, though I'm fairly sure both would lose when compared to Shumi, though I don't necessarily think so. Shumi was a great winner in a dangerous era with faster cars, but Fangio and Vettel both have perfected flawless technique in combination with good cars. Faster, no, but better drivers, yes.

MtrRider Just Wants Doritos > Bobololo23 is waiting for the FT86 to come 01/28/2014 at 19:11

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Sebastien Loeb. He basically left WRC because he was bored winning all the time. He came to the X Games and owned the RallyX like the other drivers were just kids in push cars. He holds the record at Pikes Peak, and can jump into F1 any time he wants to.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > Bobololo23 is waiting for the FT86 to come 01/28/2014 at 19:13

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Hans-Joachim Stuck and apparently Joachim is German for "Motherfucking badass"

You want some numbers? WELL HERE'S YOUR FUCKING NUMBERS

2 outright wins at 24 hours of LeMans, an additional class win, and multiple overall podiums over two decades of competing

3 overall wins at 24h of Nurburgring

2 third places in F1

1988 SCCA Trans-Am, 1989 IMSA-GTO, and 1990 DTM multiple race winner (and champion in DTM) racing for Audi using three very different cars.

There are also dozens of assorted victories across multiple disciplines in his 40+ year career as a racing driver so I'll let you find your own. But to drive so many different pieces of machinery and be able to find success with them all is amazing. Typically your "best of the best" got that way by specializing on one particular vehicle. Yes, that talent can translate to other cars as well, but being a front running F1 driver does not magically grant you the ability to be an ace driver in WRC, NASCAR, DTM, or any other series.

GhostZ > Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur 01/28/2014 at 19:14

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Vettel had a first-round wreck if I recall right and Schumacher's getting old. Romain raced Schumacher in the KTM X-bow, which is a very different philosophy (low downforce, low HP) than what Schumacher used to race, so the experience gap didn't help him much.

Romain isn't a bad driver, but he won due to some favorable circumstances. Both Vettel an Shumacher beat his qualifying time, and Vettel came in first, so I'd say all three of them could have taken the title (though I argue that Vettel would have won it over Schumi) at any point.

Pedro Rafael > Bobololo23 is waiting for the FT86 to come 01/28/2014 at 19:18

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Ayrton Senna.

Your boy, BJR > Bobololo23 is waiting for the FT86 to come 01/28/2014 at 19:28

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Bobololo23 is waiting for the FT86 to come > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 01/28/2014 at 19:31

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Oh, and he LEARNED to drive on the Nurburgring

Xentron Holy Reaper of Worlds > Bobololo23 is waiting for the FT86 to come 01/28/2014 at 19:43

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Oh. You said best. Oh well, enjoy!

Bobololo23 is waiting for the FT86 to come > Xentron Holy Reaper of Worlds 01/28/2014 at 19:59

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This video is pure greatness