Driver Pairings you would like to have seen....

WeirdKerr · Post by **WeirdKerr** » 09 Oct 2010, 16:19

The idea of this thread came from this post in the caption thread

razta wrote:

All this time Mercedes had the WRONG Schumacher

making me think wouldn't an all Schumacher driver line up be interesting...... what other driver pairings would you like?

FullMetalJack · Post by **FullMetalJack** » 09 Oct 2010, 16:48

Takuma Sato and Kamui Kobayashi. At a frontrunning Super Aguri.

razta · Post by **razta** » 09 Oct 2010, 16:48

Kimi and Vettel.
Alonso and JPM
Sakon and Sato

LionZoo · Post by **LionZoo** » 09 Oct 2010, 17:08

razta wrote:Sakon and Sato

We've already seen Sakon and Sato.

coops · Post by **coops** » 09 Oct 2010, 17:18

Nigel Mansell and Ayrton Senna.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 09 Oct 2010, 17:19

Sir Stirling Moss and Chris Amon.

QuickYoda41 · Post by **QuickYoda41** » 09 Oct 2010, 18:13

Häkkinen-M Schumacher. It can be Hugo and Mick, too.

Also an all Finnish line up with Mika and Kimi. 8-)

Others:
Hamilton-Kubica
Sutil-Alonso
Heidfeld-Button

and of course:
HWNSNBM-HWNSNBM (as he can partner himself qiute obviously)

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 09 Oct 2010, 18:21

Kubica and Vettel.
Hamilton and Sutil. (Now this might be a GOOD relationship)
Kubica and Alonso.
Rosberg and Hülkenberg.
Kobayashi and Ide!

WeirdKerr · Post by **WeirdKerr** » 09 Oct 2010, 18:41

Raikonnen and Sutil

Ferrim · Post by **Ferrim** » 09 Oct 2010, 19:27

I was looking forward to see a lot of Alonso-Hamilton. I was sad that it only lasted for a year.

Post by **mario** » 09 Oct 2010, 19:44

coops wrote:Nigel Mansell and Ayrton Senna.

A potentially quite explosive pairing...

On a similar vein, had he lived, I would have loved to see Gilles Villeneuve slugging it out with Ayrton Senna on the track, as that would be a very dramatic pairing.

Faustus · Post by **Faustus** » 09 Oct 2010, 20:01

Ayrton Senna and Rubens Barrichello.
Nelson Piquet and Ayrton Senna, which almost happened in 1984. Considering how much they hated each other later in their careers, that could have been interesting.
Gilles Villeneuve and Stefan Bellof.
James Hunt and Niki Lauda.

FullMetalJack · Post by **FullMetalJack** » 09 Oct 2010, 20:07

QuickYoda41 wrote:Heidfeld-Button

Unusual choice, but what the hell. You have your opinion. If it were a race winning car, that'd be good, just to see Nick break his duck.

watka · Post by **watka** » 09 Oct 2010, 20:28

Faustus wrote:James Hunt and Niki Lauda.

From what I've read, Lauda had masses of appreciation for Hunt, so they would have made a great driver pairing. Then again, I'd imagine Hunt would have had something to say if a team favoured Lauda over him.

A few of my own suggestions:
Ascari and Fangio
Clark and Gurney
Senna and Schumacher
Prost and Alesi
Raikkonen and Alonso

FullMetalJack · Post by **FullMetalJack** » 09 Oct 2010, 20:38

watka wrote:
Faustus wrote:James Hunt and Niki Lauda.

From what I've read, Lauda had masses of appreciation for Hunt, so they would have made a great driver pairing. Then again, I'd imagine Hunt would have had something to say if a team favoured Lauda over him.

He would have thought of it as bullsh*t

Faustus · Post by **Faustus** » 09 Oct 2010, 20:43

watka wrote:Prost and Alesi

Ferrari in 1991.

WeirdKerr · Post by **WeirdKerr** » 09 Oct 2010, 20:49

Faustus wrote:
watka wrote:Prost and Alesi

Ferrari in 1991.

I would of Liked to have seen Mansell And Alesi or SENNA and Alesi!!!

watka · Post by **watka** » 09 Oct 2010, 20:49

Faustus wrote:
watka wrote:Prost and Alesi

Ferrari in 1991.

[facepalm] Of course [/facepalm]

coops · Post by **coops** » 09 Oct 2010, 20:54

WeirdKerr wrote:I would of Liked to have seen Mansell And Alesi or SENNA and Alesi!!!

Alesi? Loved the man but he would've been career-endingly demolished by either of those two.

Dan B · Post by **Dan B** » 09 Oct 2010, 21:15

Deletraz and Ide
Yamamoto and Lavaggi
Chandhok and M. Schumacher

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 09 Oct 2010, 21:34

deletraz and lavaggi (drove the same car, but not against each other)

gary and david brabham both at brabham in 1990

Benetton · Post by **Benetton** » 09 Oct 2010, 21:37

Hakkinen / M. Schumacher at Ferrari 2001-2004.

Alonso / Montoya at Renault (Most explosive pairing??)

Räikkönen / Alonso at Renault (Kimi would have beat the crap out of Nando)

Alonso / Button at Ferrari in the future.

FullMetalJack · Post by **FullMetalJack** » 09 Oct 2010, 21:39

This wrote:deletraz and lavaggi (drove the same car, but not against each other)

The dream team.

Collieafc · Post by **Collieafc** » 09 Oct 2010, 21:43

Senna and Prost! Oh wait...

Schumacher and Alesi (esp mid-90s)
Kobayashi and Schumacher (Taking out the grid one place at a time...)
Mansell and Button (Whiners unite!)
Trulli and Lavaggi (Masters of obstruction...)
Jackie Stewart and Jim Clark (Scotland vs the world

)

watka · Post by **watka** » 09 Oct 2010, 22:35

Collieafc wrote:Mansell and Button (Whiners unite!)

You'd whine if you knew you had potential to be F1 WC but had to put up with the Honda RA107.

Post by **mario** » 09 Oct 2010, 23:07

watka wrote:
Collieafc wrote:Mansell and Button (Whiners unite!)

You'd whine if you knew you had potential to be F1 WC but had to put up with the Honda RA107.

And the RA108 - you know that a car is bad when even the engineers can't stand the car. At Interlagos in 2008, Button's mechanics strapped a lighter to the inside of the cockpit, and told him that they were so fed up with the car that he was free to torch it after the race (I believe they also did the same with Rubens).
In the end, though, Button's car spared him the effort required to torch it by setting itself on fire in Parc Ferme - only Honda could produce a car capable of setting itself on fire in torrential rain...

MinardiFan95 · Post by **MinardiFan95** » 09 Oct 2010, 23:54

Inoue and Katayama
Sato and Kobayashi
Vettel and Alonso

resir014 · Post by **resir014** » 10 Oct 2010, 00:10

I'd like to see Sato and Davidson again..

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 10 Oct 2010, 00:16

-Stefan Bellof and Michele Alboreto in Ferrari in 1986.
-Jean Alesi and Nigel Mansell in Williams in 1991.
-Mario Andretti and Gilles Villeneuve in Ferrari between 1978 and 1983.
-Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher in Ferrari in 1996.
-Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton in McLaren after 2007 (there - I've said it. I don't care who was to blame, but this combination would have been absolute dynamite results-wise).
-Derek Warwick and Nigel Mansell in Williams in 1986.
-Niki Lauda and James Hunt in McLaren in 1978.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 10 Oct 2010, 02:00

Collieafc wrote:Mansell and Alonso (Whiners and eyebrows unite!)

Sorted.

Cynon · Post by **Cynon** » 10 Oct 2010, 03:30

Deletraz and Inoue.

In the Honda RA108.

F1000X · Post by **F1000X** » 10 Oct 2010, 05:43

Prost at Mclaren in 1992. Prost Vs. Senna ROUND 3.
Alesi at Mclaren or Williams EVER.

thehemogoblin · Post by **thehemogoblin** » 10 Oct 2010, 08:05

Nur Ali and Narain Karthikeyan

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 10 Oct 2010, 09:35

And the RA108 - you know that a car is bad when even the engineers can't stand the car. At Interlagos in 2008, Button's mechanics strapped a lighter to the inside of the cockpit, and told him that they were so fed up with the car that he was free to torch it after the race (I believe they also did the same with Rubens).

Well, Barrichello was good enough to finish third with it once.

Here are some combinations for your thoughts:
Rubens Barrichello/Gerhard Berger (eternal #2's)
Rubens Barrichello/Michael Schumacher 2.0 (i.e. in 2010 Mercedes for example - boy that would be grade A b***hing from both all the time)
Sven Heidfeld/Rami Räikkönen (now that would be two drivers living of their names)

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 10 Oct 2010, 09:42

What about a Hamilton - Sutil pairing? They are friends, both are fast, only Sutil gets crap cars (I dare to say it: Force India's 2010 car is CRAP by now!), but remember Sutil's 5th in Malaysia in front of Lewis! I'd see Sutil in a McLaren, to be honest.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 10 Oct 2010, 10:54

Petrov/Kobayashi (Back row in Qualifying but will make up places on the grid on race day)
Massa/Barrichello (Brazilian No. 2s vs the world)
Gilles Villeneuve/Alesi (Now that would have been epic)
Hakkinen/Raikkonen (Flying Finns unite!)

EDIT: Montoya/Alonso (Fight fire with fire and see what happens :lol:

)

WeirdKerr · Post by **WeirdKerr** » 10 Oct 2010, 14:08

Wizzie wrote:Petrov/Kobayashi (Back row in Qualifying but will make up places on the grid on race day)
Massa/Barrichello (Brazilian No. 2s vs the world)
Gilles Villeneuve/Alesi (Now that would have been epic)
Hakkinen/Raikkonen (Flying Finns unite!)

EDIT: Montoya/Alonso (Fight fire with fire and see what happens )

there were rumours in '06 that Montoya and alonso were to be paired up at Mclaren in '07 (would of made prost v senna look like a tea party)

how about Coulthard/Irvine?

FullMetalJack · Post by **FullMetalJack** » 10 Oct 2010, 14:41

Jamie McGregor and Enoch Law
CarlosFerreira and thehemogoblin
HWNSNBM and Chris Dagnall

thehemogoblin · Post by **thehemogoblin** » 10 Oct 2010, 16:37

redbulljack14 wrote:CarlosFerreira and thehemogoblin

I'm going to need more money than I'm getting now.

eagleash · Post by **eagleash** » 10 Oct 2010, 17:13

thehemogoblin wrote:
redbulljack14 wrote:CarlosFerreira and thehemogoblin

I'm going to need more money than I'm getting now.

You're getting money? I thought you had to be a pay-moderator!?