Most Forgettable Drivers

MansellsEyebrows · Post by **MansellsEyebrows** » 26 Mar 2012, 19:31

[quote="Sunshine_Baby_[IT]

*Resists temptation to Wikipedia it to prove point to ones self*[/quote]
I had to think for about 10 seconds before I remembered Christijan Albers. The one who drove off in France 07 for Spyker with the fuel hose still attatched.[/quote]
Doornbos wasn't Friesacher team mate... it was Albers/Friesacher first, and then Albers/Doornbos...[/quote]

Yes indeed, I forgot Doornbos replaced Friesacher. The Austrian was lucky enough to start Indy 2005 of course, which would make him slightly more memorable.

Talking of Austrians and having a look at the 2005 season reminded me of Alex Wurz. For a career that lasted 5 and a bit seasons over 10 years, I always found him quite forgetful.

tc3j3r · Post by **tc3j3r** » 26 Mar 2012, 19:59

MansellsEyebrows wrote:Talking of Austrians and having a look at the 2005 season reminded me of Alex Wurz. For a career that lasted 5 and a bit seasons over 10 years, I always found him quite forgetful.

Going off on a slight tangent here but: http://atlasf1.autosport.com/98/san/gustafson.html 'Wurz: A Champion in the Making'. Written after the 1998 San Marino GP. The thing is, I guess this wasn't an unreasonable prediction at the time, on the evidence of Wurz's first seven races. 2 races later he had the coming together with Schumacher which led to the big crash coming out of the tunnel in Monaco, followed by the barell roll in Canada, and it was pretty much all downhill from there.

Sunshine_Baby_[IT] · Post by **Sunshine_Baby_[IT]** » 26 Mar 2012, 20:33

MansellsEyebrows wrote:Talking of Austrians and having a look at the 2005 season reminded me of Alex Wurz.

Was Wurz racing in 2005?

I remember him at Benetton in the late 90's and racing for Williams in 2007, but... did he race in 2005?

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 26 Mar 2012, 20:35

Sunshine_Baby_[IT] wrote:
MansellsEyebrows wrote:Talking of Austrians and having a look at the 2005 season reminded me of Alex Wurz.

Was Wurz racing in 2005?
I remember him at Benetton in the late 90's and racing for Williams in 2007, but... did he race in 2005?

He certainly did, he replaced Montoya for Bahrain I believe.

tc3j3r · Post by **tc3j3r** » 26 Mar 2012, 20:59

BlindCaveSalamander wrote:
Sunshine_Baby_[IT] wrote:
MansellsEyebrows wrote:Talking of Austrians and having a look at the 2005 season reminded me of Alex Wurz.

Was Wurz racing in 2005?
I remember him at Benetton in the late 90's and racing for Williams in 2007, but... did he race in 2005?

He certainly did, he replaced Montoya for Bahrain I believe.

No it was Imola, Montoya missed 2 races after his tennis accident, de la Rosa replaced him for Bahrain and finished 5th, then Wurz replaced him for Imola and finished official 3rd, but didn't get to stand on the podium as it was originally 4th before Button was disqualified from 3rd.

Backmarker · Post by **Backmarker** » 26 Mar 2012, 21:46

M. Stéphane Sarrazin apparently entered one race in 1999 for Minardi as a replacement for an injured driver. He actually out-qualified team-mate Marc Gené before having an accident on lap 31. Next race the injured driver returned. That driver...was Luca Badoer. Sarrazin was sent back to test for Prost, before moving on to a nearly-successful Le Mans career.

Sunshine_Baby_[IT] · Post by **Sunshine_Baby_[IT]** » 26 Mar 2012, 21:54

tc3j3r wrote:No it was Imola, Montoya missed 2 races after his tennis accident, de la Rosa replaced him for Bahrain and finished 5th, then Wurz replaced him for Imola and finished official 3rd, but didn't get to stand on the podium as it was originally 4th before Button was disqualified from 3rd.

I've just realized that I don't remember nothing about that grand prix (although I'm pretty sure I watched the race - I've missed a few in 2005, but not San Marino).
Was it when both the BAR where disqualified for some technical reason that I don't remember?

tc3j3r · Post by **tc3j3r** » 26 Mar 2012, 22:40

Sunshine_Baby_[IT] wrote:
tc3j3r wrote:No it was Imola, Montoya missed 2 races after his tennis accident, de la Rosa replaced him for Bahrain and finished 5th, then Wurz replaced him for Imola and finished official 3rd, but didn't get to stand on the podium as it was originally 4th before Button was disqualified from 3rd.

I've just realized that I don't remember nothing about that grand prix (although I'm pretty sure I watched the race - I've missed a few in 2005, but not San Marino).
Was it when both the BAR where disqualified for some technical reason that I don't remember?

Yes, and also the one where Alonso had a thrilling battle with Schumacher who was much faster but managed to hold him off. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRLwtwO1BZ4

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 27 Mar 2012, 03:43

tc3j3r wrote:No it was Imola, Montoya missed 2 races after his tennis accident, de la Rosa replaced him for Bahrain and finished 5th, then Wurz replaced him for Imola and finished official 3rd, but didn't get to stand on the podium as it was originally 4th before Button was disqualified from 3rd.

It wasn't a tennis accident. It was a motorcycle crash disguised as a tennis accident. Even Whitmarsh himself admitted it last year :lol:

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 27 Mar 2012, 13:12

Backmarker wrote:M. Stéphane Sarrazin apparently entered one race in 1999 for Minardi as a replacement for an injured driver. He actually out-qualified team-mate Marc Gené before having an accident on lap 31. Next race the injured driver returned. That driver...was Luca Badoer. Sarrazin was sent back to test for Prost, before moving on to a nearly-successful Le Mans career.

I came to know about Sarrazin as a rally driver with Subaru at the WRC somewhere in 2005-2006 before coming to know about him as an open-wheeler driver.

Sunshine_Baby_[IT] · Post by **Sunshine_Baby_[IT]** » 27 Mar 2012, 14:03

tc3j3r wrote:Yes, and also the one where Alonso had a thrilling battle with Schumacher who was much faster but managed to hold him off. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRLwtwO1BZ4

Now I remember... and a year later happened almost the same thing, but with Schumacher in 1st and Alonso in 2nd position.

aliefbielefeld · Post by **aliefbielefeld** » 02 Jun 2012, 11:29

Justin Wilson and Ralph Firman is really forgettable for me

Gerudo Dragon · Post by **Gerudo Dragon** » 02 Jun 2012, 14:22

Franck Montagny, not his fault considering he was an SA driver...

FullMetalJack · Post by **FullMetalJack** » 02 Jun 2012, 17:42

darkapprentice77 wrote:Franck Montagny, not his fault considering he was an SA driver...

And that he wasn't that bad.

Ide and Yamamoto are only remembered because they suck.

Aerospeed · Post by **Aerospeed** » 02 Jun 2012, 23:36

redbulljack14 wrote:
darkapprentice77 wrote:Franck Montagny, not his fault considering he was an SA driver...

And that he wasn't that bad.

Ide and Yamamoto are only remembered because they suck.

Ide is only remembered for probably being the only person in history to get a superlicense revoked...

and yes Yamamoto is slow

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 03 Jun 2012, 01:26

JeremyMcClean wrote:and yes Yamamoto is slow

Sunshine_Baby_[IT] · Post by **Sunshine_Baby_[IT]** » 03 Jun 2012, 22:38

redbulljack14 wrote:
darkapprentice77 wrote:Franck Montagny, not his fault considering he was an SA driver...

And that he wasn't that bad.

Ide and Yamamoto are only remembered because they suck.

I think that Ide is remembered for his crashes too. :lol:

FullMetalJack · Post by **FullMetalJack** » 04 Jun 2012, 17:10

Sunshine_Baby_[IT] wrote:
redbulljack14 wrote:
darkapprentice77 wrote:Franck Montagny, not his fault considering he was an SA driver...

And that he wasn't that bad.

Ide and Yamamoto are only remembered because they suck.

I think that Ide is remembered for his crashes too.

That's partly the reason why he sucks.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 04 Jun 2012, 23:07

In 10 years time, no-one will know who Nick Heidfeld is.

Mauro Baldi is pretty forgettable, he was just middle of the road average.

Kenny Acheson and Brian Henton. Two British rejects without a profile. Hence easily forgotten.

Giorgio Francia. He may have a profile here but he is very rarely mentioned anywhere. I remember him personally for driving a works Alfa 155 V6 TI in the ITC era DTM.

Miguel Ángel Guerra. 3 DNQs and a retirement for Osella, was never heard from again in F1. Did some TC2000 racing after that, eventually retired from driving in 2000 and became involved in the management of the Top Race V6 series in Argentina. Don't know if he still does that now though.

Gerudo Dragon · Post by **Gerudo Dragon** » 04 Jun 2012, 23:14

Bas Leinders.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 04 Jun 2012, 23:42

darkapprentice77 wrote:Bas Leinders.

He was only a test driver for Jaguar though right? And then raced the Gillet Vertigo in FIA GT...I certainly didn't forget him

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 04 Jun 2012, 23:55

kostas22 wrote:
darkapprentice77 wrote:Bas Leinders.

He was only a test driver for Minardi though right? And then raced the Gillet Vertigo in FIA GT...I certainly didn't forget him

Fixed.

WaffleCat · Post by **WaffleCat** » 05 Jun 2012, 00:48

One year and I'm already forgetting Jerome D'Ambrosio

Gerudo Dragon · Post by **Gerudo Dragon** » 05 Jun 2012, 00:55

Oh yeah and Tiff Needell.

Aerospeed · Post by **Aerospeed** » 05 Jun 2012, 01:08

WaffleCat wrote:One year and I'm already forgetting Jerome D'Ambrosio

Jerry who? :lol:

Post by **tommykl** » 05 Jun 2012, 05:38

Sometimes, I find myself thinking of Mark Blundell, and all I can think about is: 'Oh yeah, that guy...'

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 05 Jun 2012, 14:41

WaffleCat wrote:Two years on and I'm already forgetting Lucas di Grassi

Fixed.

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 05 Jun 2012, 14:48

pasta_maldonado wrote:
WaffleCat wrote:Two years on and I'm already forgetting that Virgin driver whose name I can't remember

Fixed.

Double Fixed.

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 06 Jun 2012, 18:40

I forgot Toranosuke Takagi existed. The highlight of a dismal 1999 with Arrows being disqualified for using his team-mates tyres :lol:

Sunshine_Baby_[IT] · Post by **Sunshine_Baby_[IT]** » 06 Jun 2012, 22:35

pasta_maldonado wrote:I forgot Toranosuke Takagi existed. The highlight of a dismal 1999 with Arrows being disqualified for using his team-mates tyres

The only reason why he remember him is his name... I don't remember nothing about him in a grand prix.

Post by **Ataxia** » 06 Jun 2012, 22:40

Sunshine_Baby_[IT] wrote:
pasta_maldonado wrote:I forgot Toranosuke Takagi existed. The highlight of a dismal 1999 with Arrows being disqualified for using his team-mates tyres

The only reason why he remember him is his name... I don't remember nothing about him in a grand prix.

Ahem, may I draw your attention to my brand spanking new avatar...

Sunshine_Baby_[IT] · Post by **Sunshine_Baby_[IT]** » 06 Jun 2012, 22:53

BaconLettuceNinja wrote:
Sunshine_Baby_[IT] wrote:
pasta_maldonado wrote:I forgot Toranosuke Takagi existed. The highlight of a dismal 1999 with Arrows being disqualified for using his team-mates tyres

The only reason why he remember him is his name... I don't remember nothing about him in a grand prix.

Ahem, may I draw your attention to my brand spanking new avatar...

Oh, I haven't noticed it...

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 06 Jun 2012, 23:26

Sunshine_Baby_[IT] wrote:
BaconLettuceNinja wrote:
Sunshine_Baby_[IT] wrote:The only reason why he remember [Takagi] is his name... I don't remember nothing about him in a grand prix.

Ahem, may I draw your attention to my brand spanking new avatar...

Oh, I haven't noticed it...

Murray Walker's commentary of said incident is in the intro theme to the community podcasts...

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 06 Jun 2012, 23:45

kostas22 wrote:
Sunshine_Baby_[IT] wrote:
BaconLettuceNinja wrote:
Ahem, may I draw your attention to my brand spanking new avatar...

Oh, I haven't noticed it...

Murray Walker's commentary of said incident is in the intro theme to the community podcasts...

I remember recording one of those... Can't tell for my life what happened with it afterwards!

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 07 Jun 2012, 07:41

pasta_maldonado wrote:I forgot Toranosuke Takagi existed. The highlight of a dismal 1999 with Arrows being disqualified for using his team-mates tyres

I remember him because he was Rosset's teammate in 1998. Never has a teammate been so dominant :lol:

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 07 Jun 2012, 09:38

BaconLettuceNinja wrote:
Sunshine_Baby_[IT] wrote:
pasta_maldonado wrote:I forgot Toranosuke Takagi existed. The highlight of a dismal 1999 with Arrows being disqualified for using his team-mates tyres

The only reason why he remember him is his name... I don't remember nothing about him in a grand prix.

Ahem, may I draw your attention to my brand spanking new avatar...

Jarno Trulli and Karun Chandok were copying then....

Aerospeed · Post by **Aerospeed** » 14 Jun 2012, 00:15

Jean Christophe Boullion.

I had to look up his name before finding out he unrejectified himself with Sauber before disappearing without a trace.

Shame, somebody like Sauber could use hi.... oh wait.

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 14 Jun 2012, 00:32

JeremyMcClean wrote:Jean Christophe Boullion.

I had to look up his name before finding out he unrejectified himself with Sauber before disappearing without a trace. Shame, somebody like Sauber could use hi.... oh wait.

Somebody obviously hasn't seen my sig.

WaffleCat · Post by **WaffleCat** » 14 Jun 2012, 00:51

Trying to force myself to think that Midland F1 actually existed.For some odd reason,however,I can still remember the "Rhino's" sponsor on the side of the car.

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 14 Jun 2012, 02:30

WaffleCat wrote:Trying to force myself to think that Midland F1 actually existed.For some odd reason,however,I can still remember the "Rhino's" sponsor on the side of the car.

And the 'Lost Boys' sponsored front wing. Which was quite apt considering the drivers spent more time crashing into each other/things/retiring rather than racing...