The 10 most beautiful F1 cars of all time

JayVee · Post by **JayVee** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 11:39 am

I don't see the image either.

I am still compling my list of most beautiful cars. I keep getting distracted

but hopefully I'll finish it today

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 12:25 pm

JayVee wrote:I don't see the image either.

I am still compling my list of most beautiful cars. I keep getting distracted but hopefully I'll finish it today

Must be hard when your eyes keep straying to the magnificent Numb Bus gleaming in the driveway, causing your every fibre to demand that you take it out for a drive

grandprixdiary · Post by **grandprixdiary** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 8:23 pm

For me it has to be the Jordan 191, the first F1 car Schuey raced in (even though he only raced it for about 1 mile). It looks like a GP car should, rather than these go karts we have these days.

The 1993 Sauber looked the business too

while the 1991 Ferrari is a work of art - shame it was a bit of a dog though...!

Rob

(sorry - I'm too thick to work out how to post the pic I have of the 191....)

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Ed · Post by Ed » Sat Apr 30, 2005 12:05 am

julian mayo wrote:And there was the D type jaguar Hawthorn ?

Which one was this ?

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 7:25 am

Ed wrote:
julian mayo wrote:And there was the D type jaguar Hawthorn ?
Which one was this ?

Sorry, it wasn't a F1 car

just a beautiful race car, esp., in the long nose version with the c-type screen

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 7:28 am

The jordan 191 looks like a fomula ford with about 30 wings and foils attached

And the sauber looks like a formula vee circa 1980

grandprixdiary · Post by **grandprixdiary** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 5:31 pm

julian mayo wrote:The jordan 191 looks like a fomula ford with about 30 wings and foils attached
And the sauber looks like a formula vee circa 1980

You uncouth colonial type !

The 191 is an absolute stunner, big sticky tyres, big wings, wide track, open cockpit, not at all like the saftey driven baby carriers of today !

Rob

PS: I have caught mumps off one of the bloody kids - hence my bad mood...

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 6:10 pm

grandprixdiary wrote:
julian mayo wrote:The jordan 191 looks like a fomula ford with about 30 wings and foils attached
And the sauber looks like a formula vee circa 1980
You uncouth colonial type ! The 191 is an absolute stunner, big sticky tyres, big wings, wide track, open cockpit, not at all like the saftey driven baby carriers of today !

Rob

PS: I have caught mumps off one of the bloody kids - hence my bad mood...

POM, I'm sorry to here that, I caught chicken pox off one of mine and it turned into viral meningitis, the 1st symptom was bad temper!!

JayVee · Post by **JayVee** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 7:34 pm

Mine are the Arrows A2

, Renault RE30B,

Ferrari 312B,

Mercedes W196

and the Tyrell P34 (6 wheeler) that was so CUTE

EDIT: Images added

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 8:07 pm

JayVee wrote:Mine are the Arrows A2, Renault RE30B, Ferrari 312B, Mercedes W196 and the Tyrell P34 (6 wheeler) that was so CUTE

My Granny taught me that a gentleman always respects a lady's opinion, she didn't tell me it would be this hard tho

RE30B#16 · Post by **RE30B#16** » Mon May 02, 2005 5:02 pm

[quote="grandprixdiary"]For me it has to be the Jordan 191, the first F1 car Schuey raced in (even though he only raced it for about 1 mile). It looks like a GP car should, rather than these go karts we have these days.

The 1993 Sauber looked the business too

while the 1991 Ferrari is a work of art - shame it was a bit of a dog though...!

Rob

Rob

You have some great picks. I agree on the 7UP Jordan [forgot that one] and the Sauber. If you notice, on my list there are a lot of cars that were dogs on the track, but beautiful standing still like the 1983 Ligier JS23. I saw that one up close and personal. Gorgeous! But as fast as we know Raul Boesel was as a driver, he could barely if ever qualify that thing. The Arrows A2 was the most amazing looking car as well, but Ricardo Patrese had the same issue. It was just too damn slow.

Chris

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Mon May 02, 2005 5:12 pm

Yes, the Arrows A2 with the bodywork curving up into the rear foils was a beauty. You Know JV is right! The tyrrell p34 is kind of cute

RE30B#16 · Post by **RE30B#16** » Mon May 02, 2005 5:13 pm

[quote="JayVee"]Mine are the Arrows A2

, Renault RE30B,

Ferrari 312B,

Mercedes W196

and the Tyrell P34 (6 wheeler) that was so CUTE

Great choices, JayVee!

Wasn't the A2 [Arrows] an amazing car! Too slow, but amazing. And the Ferrari 312B...at the hands of Jacky Ickx, who I have particularly fond memories of, this car was a stunner. I read somewhere that Jacky Ickx refused to race after the Italian GP in 1970 at Monza, basically assuring that Jochen Rindt would be named World Champion posthumously, and Enzo Ferrari fired him.

Chris

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Mon May 02, 2005 5:15 pm

RE30B#16 wrote:
JayVee wrote:Mine are the Arrows A2

, Renault RE30B,

Ferrari 312B,

Mercedes W196

and the Tyrell P34 (6 wheeler) that was so CUTE

Great choices, JayVee!

Wasn't the A2 [Arrows] an amazing car! Too slow, but amazing. And the Ferrari 312B...at the hands of Jacky Ickx, who I have particularly fond memories of, this car was a stunner. I read somewhere that Jacky Ickx refused to race after the Italian GP in 1970 at Monza, basically assuring that Jochen Rindt would be named World Champion posthumously, and Enzo Ferrari fired him.

Chris

Thats as I recall

lemon_martini2 · Post by **lemon_martini2** » Mon May 02, 2005 9:33 pm

Note the complete lack of anything within the last 10 years. It seems all the originality has gone out of design. Compare to the 70s,when we had 6-wheel cars,cars with huge fans attached-all within the rules and all brilliantly imaginative