The R.I.P. Thread

[Paddingtonwolf]

Lung transplants and pneumonia is a pretty horrendous mix.

One of my heroes. I loved him and Villeneuve when I first got into F1. I was at the 1985 British GP at Silverstone and he sadly retired right in front of us (I think it was Stowe as I remember it from the old circuit configuration ,but I could be wrong). Got out of his car and was signing caps, shirts, anything through the fences.

When he retired I transferred my allegiances to this brash Brazilian nutter who was stupidly quick.

All dead now. Sad.

 

[Keef]

Hero,brave and legendary are overused a lot,but he was all three,back racing six weeks after a near death accident,hopefully he'll be having a few beers with James hunt about now

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

They were both into that. Rush really really misplayed his character.

 

[Pablowolf]

The Very Reverend Dr. D. Wayne Love (Jake Black), co-founder of Alabama 3.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

They were both into that. Rush really really misplayed his character.

Good film (if not totally accurate) and Niki endorsed it.

Too young to remember him as a driver - obviously I have watched the videos - but I just loved his enthusiasm whenever he spoke on TV in recent years. And of course Mercedes sent him in to sort shit out when Lewis/Nico were behaving like children. They listened to him.

Great man.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Superb driver in his day.

If I had to pick my top five that I have seen (and Villeneuve was as a very young boy really with his death in 1982) then Lauda is in

Senna
Villeneuve
Schumi


and then Hamilton / Lauda

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Good question.

Senna
Schumi
Hamilton
Mansell
Hakkinen

Alonso and Prost close but no cigar.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Just to reiterate though - if there's a 20 car grid of all equal cars, then the result is simple.

It's Ayrton, then everyone else.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Nope

Its

Jim Clark vs Ayrton






And then everyone else

(I know I never saw Clark race as it was all before I was born, but there is a reason for me why him and Ayrton are number one and number two of all time)

 

[Johnny75]

Judith Kerr, 95. The author of 'The Tiger who came to tea'. One of my kids favourite books.

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

Yep, I loved it when I was a kid and now my kids love it too. We're also big fans of the Mog books in our household.

 

[machin05]

I hate the Mog books. I find them almost unreadable because of how literal and bland they are.

 

[Langers]

I hate the Mog books. I find them almost unreadable because of how literal and bland they are.

I think they're pitched at readers who are slightly younger than yourself TBH mate.

 

[leedswolf]

I think they're pitched at readers who are slightly younger than yourself TBH mate.

The Mix?

 

[darlowolf64]

Former Arsenal player Jose Antonio Reyes has died in a car crash, aged 35

 

[Pablowolf]

Paul Darrow - Avon from Blake's 7.

 

[The Weasel]

Yeah gutted about that one

 

[SLA]

Roky Erickson of the 13th Floor Elevators aged 71. :icon_sad:

 

[lemonjelly]

Roky Erickson of the 13th Floor Elevators aged 71. :icon_sad:

ah no man. read an interview with him the other day.
love a bit of the psychedelic sounds of the 13th floor elevators.

 

[Tom Hark]

Malcolm John Rebennack, Jr., aka Dr. John, aged 77