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No1 British Driver Ever?

Sterling Moss
4
7%
Jackie Stewart
18
31%
Damon Hill/Graham Hill
3
5%
Nigel Mansell
7
12%
John Surtees
No votes
0%
Jenson Button
2
3%
David Coulthard
4
7%
Jim Clark
17
29%
James Hunt
2
3%
Mike Hawthorn
2
3%
#112530
Jeez whats Jenson doing on that list!!
#112545
I don't really rate Surtees just for the record. Really tough for me to choose between Moss, Clark and Stewart. Moss was probably the best all rounder ever to grace motorsport but as F1 is a specialised series, it must come down to one of the original specialists, Jackie Stewart. For me his consistency proved his absolute mastery of the machinery and gives him the edge over Clark who, for me didn't score as well under difficult circumstances in F1 as readily as Stewart
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By EwanM
#112553
I don't really rate Surtees just for the record. Really tough for me to choose between Moss, Clark and Stewart. Moss was probably the best all rounder ever to grace motorsport but as F1 is a specialised series, it must come down to one of the original specialists, Jackie Stewart. For me his consistency proved his absolute mastery of the machinery and gives him the edge over Clark who, for me didn't score as well under difficult circumstances in F1 as readily as Stewart

Personally I went for Clark, with Moss and Stewart a close Second and Third. I think Clark's results would have been out of this world had it not been for reliability.
The same for Moss of course, but again. "What ifs"
#112560
For Moss, you could argue that he actually selected inferior machinery in order to make the challenge greater. I seem to remember reading a quote from him explaining as much. Clark would surely have won the 1967 world championship but for reliability and the 1968 championship but for that race at Hockenheim. Stewart had a knack in the wet and a level of consistency that was unprecedented until that point in F1 history and so that swings it for me. I think Clark and Stewart are almost inseparable though... Moss would win if it was 'all rounders' but for pure F1 performances, Clark and Stewart are the ones
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By EwanM
#112562
For Moss, you could argue that he actually selected inferior machinery in order to make the challenge greater. I seem to remember reading a quote from him explaining as much. Clark would surely have won the 1967 world championship but for reliability and the 1968 championship but for that race at Hockenheim. Stewart had a knack in the wet and a level of consistency that was unprecedented until that point in F1 history and so that swings it for me. I think Clark and Stewart are almost inseparable though... Moss would win if it was 'all rounders' but for pure F1 performances, Clark and Stewart are the ones


Your right about Moss, his patriotism to Britain cost him the title.
I suppose he was very noble in driving the likes of the Vanwall. I wonder how he would have done in a Ferrari or one of the other manufacturers of the time?
#112569
Yup and he also opted to drive for privateers such as Rob Walker over works team outfits in order to 'stick it' to the big teams. Amazing attitude really but then the sport wasn't quite as big as it is now.
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By EwanM
#112571
Yup and he also opted to drive for privateers such as Rob Walker over works team outfits in order to 'stick it' to the big teams. Amazing attitude really but then the sport wasn't quite as big as it is now.

Nope indeed it wasn't, it's amazing really how different F1 was then compared to now. Heck F1 about a decade ago is far different!
What will it be like in 10 years?
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By Jensonb
#112582
Jeez whats Jenson doing on that list!!

Getting two votes for being the class of the 2009 Field by the looks of it.

Green's not your colour racechick :wink:

Anyway, I obviously voted JB, but I rate Jackie Stewart just as highly - both supremely talented in essentially the same way.
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By bud
#112596
Jeez whats Jenson doing on that list!!

Getting two votes for being the class of the 2009 Field by the looks of it.
Green's not your colour racechick :wink:


being the class of the field for 3 out of 4 races in one season does not make him the best Brit of all time :hehe:

and green suits Racechick just fine :whip:
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By EwanM
#112638
I have to agree on that one, I voted for Clark as i've eluded to. If this poll is in a F1 driving sense that is?
By Juliet P
#112676
I voted for the Hills (two is better than one anyday :hehe: )

But Lewis should definitely be on this list if JB is!
#112714
Im such a fan of Damon Hill, he gets my vote anyday!

Ive got his autograph, on a silverstone ticket. It was all i had to hand.
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By Jensonb
#112750
I voted for the Hills (two is better than one anyday :hehe: )

But Lewis should definitely be on this list if JB is!

Technically, the only reason Lewis isn't is because of when it was made. if we made this poll today, Lewis would be on it without any question.
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