Who has "big-upped" other drivers to be a star of now...

[PhilAsia]

The initial message was deleted from this topic on 25 October 2023 at 03:31

[Speed Badger]

I thought Alex Lynn was going to be the next big thing.

[carl_w]

Michael Schumacher said that his brother was quicker than him

[Koln-RS]

Don’t fully understand the question, but do recall, as a kid, seeing Mike Thackwell and being told he would be a future F1 world champion.

[Petrus1983]

Jamie Green - he was a natural talent in 2003 F3 - but never made it into F1.

[Milkyway]

Tommy Byrne: Faster than Senna
(Just not a PR person)

Brian Henton: Multiple champion... but a dire F1 career.

Edited by Milkyway on Wednesday 25th October 10:05

[sidewinder500]

I remember Heikki Kovalainen was to be the next big thing for 2008.

Wrong, though.

[sidewinder500]

Milkyway said:

Tommy Byrne: Faster tha Senna
(Just not a PR person)

Edited by Milkyway on Tuesday 24th October 20:19

Brundle, the only one who could beat Senna

[sidewinder500]

Ah, and a certain rookie named Lewis Hamilton got paired with the current double world champion Alonso for the McLaren superteam.

Watch and learn and try to keep up...oh, wait

[Siao]

Milkyway said:

Tommy Byrne: Faster tha Senna
(Just not a PR person)

Brian Henton: Multiple champion... but a dire F1 career.

Edited by Milkyway on Tuesday 24th October 20:19

Wasn't Senna quoted saying "if you think I'm fast, wait until you see my nephew Bruno?"

[Milkyway]

Siao said:

Milkyway said:

Tommy Byrne: Faster tha Senna
(Just not a PR person)

Brian Henton: Multiple champion... but a dire F1 career.

Edited by Milkyway on Tuesday 24th October 20:19

Wasn't Senna quoted saying "if you think I'm fast, wait until you see my nephew Bruno?"

The Schumachers: Ralf & Mick.
(Micks sister Gina was was quick in karts as well... but chose horses instead)

Edited by Milkyway on Wednesday 25th October 10:18

[Niponeoff]

Maldonado, 1 race win in a Williams and did nothing after that.

[Sandpit Steve]

Milkyway said:

The Schumachers: Ralf & Mick.
(Micks sister Gina was was quick in karts as well... but chose horses instead)

I said in the Jamie Chadwick thread, that this is the biggest problem with getting more young girls interested in motorsport.

Dirty, noisy, smelly, polluting, and expensive things to run, we need to ban horses.

(On topic, there’s a long list of future world champions who have gone nowhere. Stoffel Vandoorne was a recent one).

[okv3]

Gary Paffett, Nyck De Vries

[ralphrj]

Almost everybody thought Jan Magnussen was going to be the next Senna. They were right but only if they meant Bruno rather than Ayrton.

[wibble cb]

HH Frentzen....

[Milkyway]

Roman Grojean
Nelson Piquet Jr

[520TORQUES]

sidewinder500 said:

Brundle, the only one who could beat Senna

Frank Bradley beat Senna in FF2000 in 82. Top bloke is Frank.

[520TORQUES]

Rubens Barrichello never quite hit the highs expected of him, he was to be the next Senna when he first arrived in F1.

[Diderot]

Niponeoff said:

Maldonado, 1 race win in a Williams and did nothing after that.

That’s a bit unfair. He gave us so much entertainment with all his crashes.