Rounds would go down to public vote on a random drawn selection of racing traits such as "Best Qualifyer" for one round followed by "Best at Overtaking" in another until 1 driver remains as the overall best (or at least forum favourite!)
In the spirit of the WTA the seedings and rankings are very dubious and controversial in that they are decided by the list of grand prix wins found here -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Fo ... ix_winners
Therfore the top 4 seeds in order are, Michael Schumacher, Alain Prost, Aryton Senna and Nigel Mansell.
The seeding extends down to all the drivers that have won 4 races or more, meaning the seeds finish at Eddie Irvine ranked 52nd.
To be a true knock out competition there needs to be 64 competitors to avoid the use of byes. I want to suggest therfore that the forum uses here nominate the final 12 competitors
-Remember these 12 must be drivers who have won 3 races or less
For example I would nominate the following 12 drivers (Though my vote will not count to avoid bias)
1. Robert Kubica
2. Jean Alesi
3. Phill Hill
4. Chris Amon
5. Thierry Boutsen
6. Giancarlo Fisichella
7. Heinz-Harald Frentzen
8. Johnny Herbert
9. Jose Froilan Gonzalez
10. Wolfgang von Trips
11. Elio de Angelis
12. Alessandro Nannini
(and sorry to Bellof, Brundle, Johansson, Heidfeld, Trulli, Kovalainen, Kobayashi, Sato and many others!)
This first vote is mainly to gage interest for this competition and of course *DISCLAIMER* comparing drivers of different eras is not scientific or truly viable but more an exercise in procastanation!
The Provisional catagories to be randomly picked for the 6 rounds are:
1.Best Race Pace
2.Best Qualifier
3.Best Wet Weather driver
4.Best at overtaking
5.Greatest ability in a slower car
6.Best at performing under pressure
7.Best Race Craft
Feel free to suggest alternatives (I am not happy with the last 1) and I state again the catagory to use for each round will be random!
So remember, nominate 12 drivers with 3 wins or less to enter as wildcards.
(Tony Jardine, 1988)
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