My top 5 would be 1. Marco Ardigo – missed out on the WDC due to a technicality 2. Rubens Barrichello – demonstrated his superior experience by scoring 4 times as many points as his team mate. 3. Felipe Massa – for his mathematical approach to racing. If you take the number of points he scored and divide it by the number of points that Ferrari scored, then move the decimal place, then you get the numerical constant referred to in scientific circles as Pi. 4. Karun Chandhok – although he scored 0 points along with 8 other drivers he would have finished 8 places higher if it hadn't been for the count back 5. Fernando Alonso -
Hehehehe… I seem to remember someone going on about Ardigò a long time back. I think it was someone on the BBC606 forum… In terms of top drivers, he is not in the top 20 of present day drivers. Not even close. And in my opinion, that's why he's not yet in F1 - and why I expect things to remain that way for the foreseeable future. Karting is a good grounding for F1, but almost entirely because it develops what has been come to be known as 'racecraft'. It should be borne in mind that whilst racecraft is undoubtedly important, F1 is light-years ahead; and very few make a successful transition from karting to cars - least of all F1…
Sebastian Vettel voted best F1 driver of 2011 by team bosses http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/96751 AUTOSPORT TEAM PRINCIPALS' TOP TEN - 2011 RESULTS 1. Vettel 241 UP 1 2. Button 200 UP 4 3. Alonso 188 DOWN 2 4. Hamilton 122 DOWN 1 5. Rosberg 90 UP 2 6. Webber 70 DOWN 2 7. Di Resta 44 NEW ENTRY 8. Sutil 38 RE-ENTRY FROM 2009 9. Kovalainen 26 RE-ENTRY FROM 2008 10. Schumacher 23 NEW ENTRY
