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  1. January 15th, 2018, 18:20 #1
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    Lightbulb F1 Cult Heroes

    Interesting read!
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  2. January 16th, 2018, 06:10 #2
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    Pretty strange selection Ed.
    Gilles Villeneuve, Kimi Raikkonen, Ronnie Peterson, Dan Gurney, Jean Alesi and maybe James Hunt are on my list, but the rest are 'not quite right'.
    "Illegitimum non carborundum".

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    Nigel Mansell deserves to be on the Cult list.... He created his own 'Cult' following with his style and his accomplishments on-track.
    After F1, his 3rd place finish in his Rookie drive at the Speedway was legendary. He was the epitome of Guts & Grit!! I was lucky enough to see Mansell win his first Oval race in Milwaukee '93. There was never a doubt in his two years in CART that he was a force to be reckoned with. A driver I will always respect.
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  4. January 17th, 2018, 18:20 #4
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    Hey All,

    Fangio!!! Bar none the greatest F1 driver of all time. Research says so.

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  5. January 17th, 2018, 21:59 #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by MustangL2W View Post
    Nigel Mansell deserves to be on the Cult list.... He created his own 'Cult' following with his style and his accomplishments on-track.
    After F1, his 3rd place finish in his Rookie drive at the Speedway was legendary. He was the epitome of Guts & Grit!! I was lucky enough to see Mansell win his first Oval race in Milwaukee '93. There was never a doubt in his two years in CART that he was a force to be reckoned with. A driver I will always respect.
    Possibly the most ill mannered, ignorant and thoroughly unpleasant man I have EVER spoken too!
    And dumb as a bag of hammers into the bargain.
    Almost every driver in the CART round at Surfers Paradise were great ambassadors for the series and their countries, shame Mansell was the one spoiler.
    Mario Andretti made a telling comment on Mansell, he could never understand why the who man made such a great start in his first season of CART just lost interest and contributed nothing to the team in the way of development second time round.
    You want a cult hero?
    Mario Andretti is right up there with the best.
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  6. January 18th, 2018, 08:06 #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by wombat666 View Post
    And dumb as a bag of hammers into the bargain.
    Please don't insult hammers. They have a double digit IQ unlike Mansell.
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