please log in to view this image Waddingtons (or whoever) have been in touch. They want us to formulate a new Top Trumps game based on F1 Villains. I wanted to do Heroes but chrispa76 has got that pretty much sorted with his 'nice guys' thread. The brief is to pick one F1 personality per post, past or present, give a brief description, and rate him (or her) from zero to ten according to the criteria outlined in the example below (or choose your own categories). As always, stick to the House Rules, respect other people's opinions, and try to keep it fun. [TABLE="class: grid, width: 300, align: center"] [TR] [TD]Jean Marie Balestre[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] please log in to view this image [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Ex-Jeune Front, ex-FISA, ex-FIA opinionated domineering type who, some might say, set the standard for fuelling F1 with controversy and favouritism.[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE="class: grid, width: 300, align: center"] [TR] [TD]Evil Genius[/TD] [TD]4[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Bullying[/TD] [TD]5[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Dangerousness[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Betrayal[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Cheating[/TD] [TD]9[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Deviance[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Petulance[/TD] [TD]5[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] If you want to explain the thinking behind your rankings, so much the better. For Balestre I've decided: Evil Genius (4): achieving the FIA presidency counts for something but being outflanked by Ecclestone and Enzo Ferrari into relinquishing the commercial rights to F1 impacts his score. Bullying (5): a high score for effort is compromised by being beaten whenever it came to a vote. Dangerousness (2): very low due to embarrassingly high profile innovations like introducing crash testing. Betrayal (3): some uncertainty over his Legion d'Honneur but, ultimately, he didn't do it, apparently. Honest. Cheating (9): swapping grid positions and arbitrarily disqualifying people or stopping races early probably contributed to his services to France. Deviance (8): funny how this allegation keeps cropping up for FIA presidents. Petulance (5): relatively run-of-the-mill childishness.
[TABLE="class: grid, width: 300, align: center"] [TR] [TD]Adrian Newey[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]The F1 race engineer to design Championship winning car's for Williams, McLaren and Red Bull. 8 Constructors Championships have been won in all by Newey designed car's. And what dominant car's they all were. Too dominant sometimes... [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE="class: grid, width: 300, align: center"] [TR] [TD]Evil Genius[/TD] [TD]10[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Bullying[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Dangerousness[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Betrayal[/TD] [TD]6[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Cheating[/TD] [TD]7[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Deviance[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Petulance[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Evil Genius: (10) His brain holds all the secrets to building the best car on the track, annoying to the rest of the grid. Bullying (1): More like teams bully him to sign him. Dangerousness 1: Wouldn't harm a fly. Betrayal (6)Left Williams over a dispute over buying Shares and his stint at McLaren didn't last long but says he has found home in Red Bull. Cheating (7): Not in the normal sense but those Flexi wing certainty pushed the limits on the rules. Deviance (8): Always finding a new aerodynamic device that makes his cars go faster than the rest. Petulance (3): He always has a word to say if sometimes have found something he hasn't...
[TABLE="class: grid, width: 300, align: center"] [TR] [TD]Martin Whitmarsh[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Team principal of McLaren by day, wheelgun gremlin by night. Lover of Jenson Button and secret agent of Fernando in an attempt to destroy Lewis' career in F1. Loves to insult other drivers when he gets the chance and will gladly drag McLaren through the gutter by hiring staff like Sam Michael.[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE="class: grid, width: 300, align: center"] [TR] [TD]Evil Genius[/TD] [TD]7[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Bullying[/TD] [TD]6[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Dangerousness[/TD] [TD]7[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Betrayal[/TD] [TD]9[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Cheating[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Deviance[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Petulance[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Evil Genius: (7) Not really a genius, look at the damn picture! but none the less still quite evil! Bullying (6): Will use the odd insult to try turn the media on them. Dangerousness (7): He's so not dangerous......he's dangerous. Betrayal (9) You just have to look at the amount of **** Lewis has to deal with. Cheating (2): He leaves that to other people around him to cheat and then plays dumb when they get caught. Deviance (3): The guy reminds me of Forest Gump, he's just an idiot. Petulance (1): Well he sure as hell didn't teach Lewis to act like that!
I wanted to do whitmarsh [TABLE="class: grid, width: 300, align: center"] [TR] [TD]The Toad[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] please log in to view this image [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]The deadliest of all assasins, The Toad hides behind a veil of idiocy and occasional lunacy, yet when night falls, he uses his evil ray gun, and sheer indecisiveness, to destroy everything the Fia ever stood for. A true covert-operative, but his leaked emails show regular contact with a shadowy Italian man known only as L.[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE="class: grid, width: 300, align: center"] [TR] [TD]Evil Genius[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Bullying[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Dangerousness[/TD] [TD]5[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Betrayal[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Cheating[/TD] [TD]10[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Deviance[/TD] [TD]7[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Petulance[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Evil Genius: (8) Uses his position of power for personal gain, and a politician to boot, if that doesn't make him evil, what does? Bullying (8): Smaller teams fear the Toad, as his mantra is "Join or Die". L is impressed by his lack of Morals Dangerousness (5): He's head of the FIA, which means he has to approve certain safety measures. This makes him less dangerous, though sending the whole F1 circus to Bahrain was hardly the best judgement call. Also seen sneaking into opponent garages with his Ray gun, causing numerous mechanical failings, but failed in 2006, when disorientated he aimed his ray gun at his German sidekicks car in japan. Betrayal (8) He's involved in politics, betrayal is his middle name. Just ask the teams who assumed a budget cap would be in operation. Cheating (10): The master of cheating, changed numerous regulations to suit the shadowy L, and while in L's employ, cheated heavily on numerous occasions, along with his surly German underling. Deviance (7): Uses his influence to help those who need no helping Petulance (3): Being french, some petulance in expected, but it's more surly sulking than Vettel whingeing.
Of course not - that's the point, Nazara. You can do whoever you want, Kyle. No harm in giving us a different take on Whitmarsh. It doesn't have to be limited to F1 boss men, either. Drivers are fair game, as are mechanics and engineers.
[TABLE="class: grid, width: 300, align: center"] [TR] [TD]Michael Schumacher[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] please log in to view this image [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] Statistically the most successful driver to ever grace F1 and arguably the most controversial. 7 drivers championship's, 91 race wins, 68 pole positions and 154 poduim's in all.[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE="class: grid, width: 300, align: center"] [TR] [TD]Evil Genius[/TD] [TD]7[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Bullying[/TD] [TD]6[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Dangerousness[/TD] [TD]10[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Betrayal[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Cheating[/TD] [TD]9[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Deviance[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Petulance[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Manny...
Flabio is the winning card. Crashgate got him 10's for the first five, and he's a fat talian so he must get at least 9's for the other 2.
[TABLE="class: grid, width: 320, align: center"] [TR] [TD]Lewis Hamilton[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] please log in to view this image [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Bursting onto the F1 grid in a flare of hot intensity in 2007, Hamble Lewiston read the rulebook, turned it the right way round, and then proceeded to tear it up along with the track, the order of things, and his shy, reserved team mate's composure and discretion. From Spygate and Liegate to It's-cos-I-is-black-gate, never one to shirk the prime responsibility of an F1 driver to create controversy, Jammy Namby Pambleton coruscates his way through the field and rivals' sidepods hotter than a quick knife though easy butter. But what of the other side of the man - the private, insular, self-deprecating expat? I don't know.[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE="class: grid, width: 320, align: center"] [TR] [TD]Evil Genius[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Bullying[/TD] [TD]4[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Dangerousness[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Betrayal[/TD] [TD]5[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Cheating[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Deviance[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Petulance[/TD] [TD]6[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] A surprisingly measured set of scores for Hamilton, IMO: Evil Genius (3) - a bit of a hamateur in this respect, I feel, he often comes off as hapless or reactive. Still, he got stuck in against his team mate in 2007 and manipulated the team manager into a tricky situation. How he plays his contract negotiations in 2012 could improve his score. Bullying (4) - plenty of on-track bullying, but we all like a bit of that; his treatment of team mates is more socially inept than spiteful although he patronises his mechanics admirably. Dangerousness (8) - scores highly both in the Michael Jackson sense of the word and his kamikaze banzai manoeuvres. His new-found faith in consistency may prevent him reaching the top of the class in this regard. Betrayal (5) - Dave Ryan gave him full marks in this category but generally Hamilton's a bit of a bad egg at being a bad egg. Average at best. Cheating (8) - an impressive score in this category is the result of being the first and only driver ever to lie to stewards and he even went on to play the race card after a hard race. Unfortunately, we know he was only joking so we can't give him full marks. Deviance (1) - woefully inadequate tastes have led to a relatively mundane venture involving just one partner, disappointingly attractive and of the opposite sex, with nary a whip nor a uniform in sight. F. Petulance (6) - from "frickin' ridiculous" to "we'll find out who made the call" and the ever-popular "is it cos I is black?" this kid knows how to spit his dummy for medial effect.
[TABLE="class: grid, width: 320, align: center"] [TR] [TD]Pirelli Tyres[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Pirelli tyres, or the scientific term "Pirellias ****upyourracias" Public enemy number 1 to the aggressive drivers. It's mission is to ruin top drivers careers every race weekend at any cost. Created in the bowls of Hell by evil genius Paul Hembery and supported by the devil himself "BERNIE". Their sworn enemy Ernie Beccelstone and his sidekick Michael Schumacher have vowed to end their reign of evil at any cost.[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE="class: grid, width: 320, align: center"] [TR] [TD]Evil Genius[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Bullying[/TD] [TD]7[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Dangerousness[/TD] [TD]9[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Betrayal[/TD] [TD]11[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Cheating[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Deviance[/TD] [TD]9[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Petulance[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]
[TABLE="class: grid, width: 320, align: center"] [TR] [TD]Bernie Ecclestone[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Bernie Ecclestone is the criminal 'mastermind' behind many of Formula Ones problems. Not only has he been involved in court cases due to fraud and decpetion when F1 was sold he has also been at the centre of many rows, often being the instigator. He was a major player in the Bahrain grand prix going ahead despite there still being human rights issues and violence in the country. Also the victim of a mugging in 2010. [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE="class: grid, width: 320, align: center"] [TR] [TD]Evil Genius[/TD] [TD]10[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Bullying[/TD] [TD]9[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Dangerousness[/TD] [TD]9[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Betrayal[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Cheating[/TD] [TD]9[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Deviance[/TD] [TD]10[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Petulance[/TD] [TD]10[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]
[TABLE="class: grid, width: 320, align: center"] [TR] [TD]Max Mosley[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] please log in to view this image [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]The former fuhrer of the FIA, now more famous for his bedroom antics than his actual work, which he did a sort of decent job with. Throw in dodgy family history, and you have a recipe for a disaster. [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE="class: grid, width: 320, align: center"] [TR] [TD]Evil Genius[/TD] [TD]6[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Bullying[/TD] [TD]6[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Dangerousness[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Betrayal[/TD] [TD]10[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Cheating[/TD] [TD]10[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Deviance[/TD] [TD]10[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Petulance[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Evil Genius: (6). Not really an evil genius, more like a madman on a quest, he set in motion the plans that have ruined F1's future. No refuelling, smaller engines, windmills on the rear wings. This is all his doing. If you're a purist, add 4 to the original score. Bullying: (6). Would score higher, after brutalising smaller teams, but being on the receiving end of a whip lowers his score significantly. Dangerousness: (2). More likely to confound you verbally, than attempt to harm you, he's about as dangerous as a housefly. If you factor in having to hide from his wife, then he's really not dangerous at all. Betrayal: (10). Ask Mrs Mosley Cheating: (10) Try phoning his secretary. If they tell you he's out, then he's up to no good. Deviance: (10). I love the smell of leather in the morning..... Petulance: (8). Had some high profile bust ups, notably with Flavio Briatore after crash-gate. Has a tendency to spit his dummy out of the pram (i think he's into that too) if things aren't going his way.
