Which former F1 drivers would you like to have back in F1?

Sunshine_Baby_[IT] · Post by **Sunshine_Baby_[IT]** » 20 Mar 2012, 20:10

Which are the Formula 1 drivers of the past that you would like to have back in Formula 1 nowadays?
I'm talking about possible comeback (they have to be alive and not too old to race in F1).

nome66 · Post by **nome66** » 20 Mar 2012, 20:11

fisichella or maybe Bordais.

Or maybe Zs----wait, who's at the door?

Post by **Ataxia** » 20 Mar 2012, 20:14

Nick Heidfeld. Nick Heidfeld. Nick Heidfeld.

I'm serious.

Sunshine_Baby_[IT] · Post by **Sunshine_Baby_[IT]** » 20 Mar 2012, 20:18

Mine are:
- Takuma Sato
- Luca Badoer
- David Coulthard

tzerof1 · Post by **tzerof1** » 20 Mar 2012, 20:39

Mine would be:

Takuma Sato- he has genuine speed, is a great character, and just really deserves to have another go.
Stephane Sarrazin- it would be great to see how fast he would be in a car that's not a Minardi
HWNSNBM- Who here wouldn't want him to come back

Post by **Londoner** » 20 Mar 2012, 20:43

Rubens Barrichello, if only to see him complete a 20th season in f1

Luca Badoer, so he can finally score a point.

Sunshine_Baby_[IT] · Post by **Sunshine_Baby_[IT]** » 20 Mar 2012, 21:02

East Londoner wrote:Rubens Barrichello, if only to see him complete a 20th season in f1

I want Barrichello back, me too.

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 20 Mar 2012, 21:05

Eric Van de Poele

Aerospeed · Post by **Aerospeed** » 20 Mar 2012, 21:08

eurobrun wrote:Eric Van de Poele

Could be a possibility at Marussia...

Hmm there are currently a few capable drivers...
Adrian Sutil
Jaime Alguersuari
Sebastien Buemi

and going a bit more crazy...
Juan Pablo Montoya
Tiago Montiero
Nick Heidfeld

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 20 Mar 2012, 21:13

Ta-da!

nome66 · Post by **nome66** » 20 Mar 2012, 21:20

in all seriousness, Bordais, Sato, and Montoya.
also let's be honest here. IndyCar kind of needs a big name like Barrichello. and well over 300+ F1 starts is plenty in my opinion.

MansellsEyebrows · Post by **MansellsEyebrows** » 20 Mar 2012, 21:26

Juan Pablo Montoya more than anyone, he was so charismatic, humorous and exciting to watch.
Takuma Sato (and obvious choice)
Jacques Villeneueve
Mika Hakkinen
Giancarlo Fisichella

^ All obvious and already said ^

Some less obvious:

Robert Kubica (Can we have this one?)
Norberto Fontana
Karun Chandhok

FullMetalJack · Post by **FullMetalJack** » 20 Mar 2012, 22:08

Pedro Lamy, he's only turned 40 today. The way things are with teams signing old drivers, this kid has a bright future.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 20 Mar 2012, 22:20

redbulljack14 wrote:Pedro Lamy, he's only turned 40 today. The way things are with teams signing old drivers, this kid has a bright future.

Pair him up with 43 year old Karl Wendlinger and you have a superb driver lineup, stalwarts of sportscars with solid experience to fall back on in F1.

James1978 · Post by **James1978** » 20 Mar 2012, 22:23

JPM
Sato (though do we really need him now we have Kobayashi?)
Rubens
Heidfeld

Dare I say it......Ralf? Just becuase I thought it was hilarious seeing just how much of a grump-bag he was. :lol:

Backmarker · Post by **Backmarker** » 20 Mar 2012, 22:28

Jos the Boss. Put him in a team with Adrian Sutil, let them crash into each other on the first lap, sell the resulting punch-up on pay-per-view.

Kubica

DJ Alguersuari

Badoer

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 20 Mar 2012, 23:01

Katherine Legge once tested a Minardi (in 2005 I believe) - the last lady before Maria de Villota to drive an F1 car.

Sato I would like to see, but I imagine that that would only happen with a return of Honda.

Oh, and Rubens and Bourdais.

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 21 Mar 2012, 00:07

Yuji Ide

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 21 Mar 2012, 07:40

Adrian Sutil, obviously.
Jaime Alguersuari, I'll always hate Toro Rosso for that.
JP-Montoya, some of his comments were hilarious.

I don't believe having Barrichello back would change anything, he's had 19 years, that's more than enough.

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 21 Mar 2012, 11:56

Other besides HWNSNBM?

Luca Badoer, Ukyo Katayama and who is this whinging into a racing seat? My word, it's Nigel Mansell! :lol:

Backmarker · Post by **Backmarker** » 21 Mar 2012, 12:15

DanielPT wrote:Other besides HWNSNBM?

Luca Badoer, Ukyo Katayama and who is this whinging into a racing seat? My word, it's Nigel Mansell!

I think any car that Mansell could fit in these days would have to be practically all cockpit.

CoopsII · Post by **CoopsII** » 21 Mar 2012, 13:02

Justin Wilson

dinizintheoven · Post by **dinizintheoven** » 21 Mar 2012, 13:20

Backmarker wrote:I think any car that Mansell could fit in these days would have to be practically all cockpit.

Although, if Jeremy Clarkson can manage to shove himself into a Lotus T125...

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 21 Mar 2012, 15:28

I'll pick three drivers:
-Takuma Sato: if given a decent car, he still has quite a lot of banzaiosity to deliver, and his fights with Kobayashi would be excellent.
-Juan Pablo Montoya: he was extremely hot headed... and extremely talented and fast. 'Nuff said.
-Sébastien Bourdais: I think he wasn't given a proper chance at STR, he can deliver more than he showed in his one-and-a-half year in F1.

Sunshine_Baby_[IT] · Post by **Sunshine_Baby_[IT]** » 21 Mar 2012, 16:19

Phoenix wrote:I'll pick three drivers:
-Takuma Sato: if given a decent car, he still has quite a lot of banzaiosity to deliver, and his fights with Kobayashi would be excellent.

You're right. Sato was not so bad as he was described.
It would be a pleasure to have him back in Formula 1... and I would like to have Super Aguri back too (Sato/Kobayashi at Super Aguri would be great and Super Aguri for sure would not be so rejectful as HRT and Virg...Marussia).

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 21 Mar 2012, 17:09

Sunshine_Baby_[IT] wrote:
Phoenix wrote:I'll pick three drivers:
-Takuma Sato: if given a decent car, he still has quite a lot of banzaiosity to deliver, and his fights with Kobayashi would be excellent.

You're right. Sato was not so bad as he was described.
It would be a pleasure to have him back in Formula 1... and I would like to have Super Aguri back too (Sato/Kobayashi at Super Aguri would be great and Super Aguri for sure would not be so rejectful as HRT and Virg...Marussia).

I bet you something valuable that Super Aguri could have turned up at Australia this year with their SA05 revamped to 2012 specification and still qualify for the race.

Sunshine_Baby_[IT] · Post by **Sunshine_Baby_[IT]** » 21 Mar 2012, 17:46

Phoenix wrote:I bet you something valuable that Super Aguri could have turned up at Australia this year with their SA05 revamped to 2012 specification and still qualify for the race.

Without any doubt they will do better than HRT.

stupot94 · Post by **stupot94** » 21 Mar 2012, 19:29

Wurz
Sato
Alguersuari
HHF!
Hakkinen
Inoue

Sunshine_Baby_[IT] · Post by **Sunshine_Baby_[IT]** » 21 Mar 2012, 19:35

stupot94 wrote:Wurz
Sato
Alguersuari
HHF!
Hakkinen
Inoue

Isn't Inoue a little bit too old? He's 49...

Cynon · Post by **Cynon** » 21 Mar 2012, 19:43

Jaime Alguersuari
Scott Speed

Seriously. At least Speed would be doing something other than start and parking a NASCAR Nationwide Series car...

stupot94 · Post by **stupot94** » 21 Mar 2012, 20:18

Sunshine_Baby_[IT] wrote:Isn't Inoue a little bit too old? He's 49...

Does age matter?

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 21 Mar 2012, 20:42

if age doesn't matter, let's get Stirling Moss back, he'll still beat the current drivers with ease

Sunshine_Baby_[IT] · Post by **Sunshine_Baby_[IT]** » 21 Mar 2012, 20:48

stupot94 wrote:
Sunshine_Baby_[IT] wrote:Isn't Inoue a little bit too old? He's 49...

Does age matter?

My question was: "Which are the Formula 1 drivers of the past that you would like to have back in Formula 1 nowadays?
I'm talking about possible comeback (they have to be alive and not too old to race in F1)."
But probably Inoue is not too old to stay in F1, his results won't change nowadays from when he was younger! :lol:

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 21 Mar 2012, 23:08

Sunshine_Baby_[IT] wrote: not too old to race in F1)."

So no Bernie Ecclestone comeback?

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 21 Mar 2012, 23:25

This wrote:
Sunshine_Baby_[IT] wrote: not too old to race in F1)."

So no Bernie Ecclestone comeback?

Well, he wouldn't do any worse than he did last time (DNQ...)

WaffleCat · Post by **WaffleCat** » 22 Mar 2012, 09:39

I would like to see Fisichella back,he is still kinda good.

Also,Giorgio Pantano.He has a lot of talent,but being shoved into an uncompetitive Jordan did not show him justice.

Sunshine_Baby_[IT] · Post by **Sunshine_Baby_[IT]** » 22 Mar 2012, 18:29

This wrote:
Sunshine_Baby_[IT] wrote: not too old to race in F1)."

So no Bernie Ecclestone comeback?

Age doesn't matter for Bernie! :mrgreen:

IdeFan · Post by **IdeFan** » 22 Mar 2012, 20:02

1. Luca Badoer
2. Takuma Sato

FullMetalJack · Post by **FullMetalJack** » 22 Mar 2012, 20:31

Rene Arnoux, it would be funny having drivers who do nothing but block.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 22 Mar 2012, 21:33

redbulljack14 wrote:Rene Arnoux, it would be funny having drivers who do nothing but block.

If F1 decides to go with a tag-team racing format someday, we need to pair him up with Philippe Alliot! :lol: