I've met:

4 Wheels
Ayrton Senna
Martin Brundle
Striling Moss
Mike Hailwood
Derek Bell
Will Hoy

2 Wheels
Niall Mackenzie
Steve Parish
Phillip MaCallen

I'd really like to meet:

Nigel Mansell

Mark Webber at Sunderland v Luton at Kenilworth Road in 07

Just said hello and he signed my Sunderland shirt

He's a Sunderland fan btw

My friend had good contacts with Artur Kubica, father of Robert.

Um... Does a guy who worked as a track marshall count?

You really don't want to. He's a miserable brummie git, I've met him twice. Never meet your heros they say and that certainly applied in my case!

I only met marko asmer once and saw some of the drivers in the football match and sponsorship organizations.

Several over the years, including...

Nigel Mansell
Gerhard Berger
Eddie Cheever
Derek Warwick
Martin Brundle
Bernd Schneider
Derek Bell
Stirling Moss
Alessandro Nanini
Ricardo Patrese
Jackie Stewart
Derek Daly
Phil Hill

Non drivers...

Bernie
Herbie Blash
Charlie Whiting
Ross Brawn
John Judd
David Brown

but, alas, the memory's fading...

Say what you feel man

Yey a fellow Sunderland fan!
A friend has met Ross Brawn but sadly I haven't met any ...yet

hi everybody, I'm writing for the 1st time because I'm not good in writing english..but I have always read the forum.
during these years I have met:

Dindo Capello (I'm vice-president of his official fan club)
Allan McNish
Tom Kristenses
Andrea Bertolini
Emanuele Pirro
Frank Biela
Arturo Merzario
Martin Short
Jan Lammers
Verstappen
David Brabham
Marc genè
Alexander wurz
Gianni Morbidelli
Pierluigi Martini
Ghinzani
Olivier Panis
Ortelli
Collard
Biagi
Bobbi
Gimmi Bruni
Tomas enge
ekstrom
Bartles
bruno Senna
Vanina Ickx
Lucas Luhr
Micke Rockenfeller
Pescatori
Andrea Piccini
Reinold Joest
Garcia
Bouillon
Peter Cox




2wheels
Noboru ueda
Cecchinello
melandri
Chili
Ben Bostrom
Alex Criville
Mick Doohan

I met Jackie Stewart circa 96ish on Kensington High Street, London. He and his wife were trying to cross the road.

I just shouted out "hey, Jackie Stewart" and extended my hand and he shook it. I told him his new team (Stewart) were going to do well. His wife smiled and nodded as if she was looking at a madman! Next race they got the 2nd place at Monaco! That man owes me a drink!

Nice story

Good luck getting anything free off a Scot


*J/K Scottish peeople calm down

I've met Mika Salo and Allen McNish.

McNish is a really nice guy.

I've not actually met any driver, but when I was 8 or 9 years old I was supposed to be going to some sort of event at Silverstone which was cancelled because of Princess Diana's death so we ended up going to the Jordan factory across the road and they let me sit in the car they were working on. That was nice of them.

Jenson Button
Graham Hill
Damon Hill
Murray Walker
Desire Wilson
Ronnie Peterson
Guy Edwards
Rick Mears
Loris Kessell
Tony Brise
Gerry Marshall
Damien McGee

Only one: Murray Walker, 7 years ago at a book signing....

Burti's father lended me his pit pass .

Besides that, Piquet, Moreno, Barrichello.

Jackie Stewart
John Watson
Alan McNish
Michael Schumacher

Oh, and a whole bunch of security guards, but I don't know their names!

Colin McRae (RIP)
David Leslie (RIP)
Johnny Herbert (spent a while with him at a BTCC event last year - he's a great laugh!)
Tim Harvey (got to sit in his GT3 Cup car )
James Thompson
Matt Neal
Jackie Stewart
Andrew Kircaldy (admittedly I was like 8 and we had lunch together )

Probably others but I've forgotten.

On a slightly morbid note, it appears people I meet die soon after, especially in aircraft accidents. You other lads better watch out

Can we insinuate anything about Mr Salo from that....?

Sadly, I've met nobody who has anything to do with motorsport. Maybe one day I will, but it's unlikely.

Jenson Button
Ricardo Patrese
Mario Andretti


Would like to meet:
Jackie Stewart (was 5 feet away at Goodwood 2002)
Rubens Barrichello
Michael Schumacher
Sebastian Vettel
Stirling Moss (was 10 feet away at Laguna Seca 2001)
David Hobbs
Dan Gurney

I saw Jenson Button in Birmingham a few months ago but I didn't manage to get his autograph
And at Silverstone in 2005 when trying to go over one of the bridges across the circuit I nearly got run over by Pedro de la Rosa

Jackie Stewart.
Lewis's brother.
Erm..
oh, Johnathon Palmer.

That's it.

A few Marshalls (F1) - they do count.

From celebrities circles I met with Jean-Claude Killy (dominant gold medal olympian, alpine skier). Does that count?

I would not mind to spend some quality quiet time with MS, though.

It depends on what do you mean by "met".

I have autographs from:

2009 drivers: Hamilton, Alonso, Massa, Kubica, Kovalainen, Button, Barrichello, Rosberg, Nakajima, Piquet Jr, Fisichella, Vettel, Alguersuari. Liuzzi

Former F1 drivers: J. Villeneuve, Arnoux, Berger, K. Rosberg, Coulthard, Sato, Davidson, Monteiro

Other than that, several GP2 and WSR drivers (notably di Grassi, Parente, J. Villa, Charles Pic, James Walker...)

Other F1 personell: Bernie , Jean Todt , Ross Brawn, Ron Dennis, M. Theissen, Briatore, C. Horner, Luca Baldisseri


I talked to: Alonso (for about 2 minutes), Arnoux (few sentences) and a minute or two with Parente

My wife and I met Ralf, funny story. We were waiting for a table at a restaurant and were just hanging out in front of the place and here comes Ralf, alone. He speaks with the hostess and then leaves. On his way out my wife asks for a quick picture, he obliged, and off he went. Very polite considering he'd just been turned away from the restaurant. Maybe ten minutes later here comes Ralf again, only this time with some friends. As he walked by us again he recognized that we were still there and he says something to the effect of "here we go again." This time his party was seated. A couple of minutes later we were seated and an aisle over was Ralf, and a couple tables away from Ralf was Sutil. Nobody seemed to recognize Sutil, and I have to admit, I wasn't 100% at the time. Mark Webber was in the bar when we arrived.

I've always told my wife that people of fame should be left alone while eating. My wife agreed when Ralf had his dinner interrupted no less than three times, people having their kids sit next to him, etc. We never had a chance to meet Webber or Sutil for this reason.

Once we were seated the manager of the joint came over and talked to us, which seemed odd. He was curious as to who my wife had her picture with. After dinner we were unable to get to the parking garage the way we came, so I went back to the restaurant to ask how to get there. She gave me directions and as I turned to walk away she asked me who my wife had her picture taken with!

Our digital camera died earlier that day so all we have is a blurry phone picture. Better than nothing I guess.

I've met FormerF1Driver on the internet.

Kimi
Domi
Flippi
Fairnando
PK Jr. and Sr.
Kubi
Nick
Rosi
Nakajima
Sutil
Liuzzi
Webber
Vettel
Buemi
Grosjean
Felipe´s Dad and Brother and his wife
Fry
Flavio

Michael Schumacher
Eddie Irvine
Ralf Schumacher
Felipe Massa
Lewis Hamilton
Giancarlo Fisichella
Nelson Piquet Jr.

What good is it to tell just the names of who you met. If you don't present the circunstances behind the encounter and what not. Without that is not very interesting.

This will sound crazy. But my Mom, at time I believe 37 years old. Tells me about 15 years ago or so was in a party with Barrichello and he kept 'flirting' looking at her in that party. But she wasn't really attracted and didn't gave him much opening. He wasn't exactly very known at the time. I thought later on, how lovely it would have been if it had worked out, to have had a F1 star stepfather, go on traveling around the world, watching races 1 hand, not bad..

I was behind the paddock at a DTM race, I walked by the motorhome of Mercedes and then Haugh shows up right in front of me. A friend of mine didn't know him but I explained who he is, but I didn't want to bother Haugh

Mika and Erja Hakkinen at a classic event just to say hello.

Talked with Jack Brabham about his views on then and now etc. Very hard to talk with because he is profoundly deaf but a very thoughtful fellow.

Stirling Moss who is crisp and concise (almost rehearsed) and keen to get back to Suzie by the swmming pool.

John Surtees who is prepared to give detailed answers to questions and is animated when you push the right buttons.

Kenny Roberts (Sr - the 3 x World MC Champ) deals with visitors with a great sense of humour and good charm.

Giacomo Agostini - a charming and surprisingly modest man whose admiration of Hailwood is profound.

Denny Hulme - extremely private man with a sense of humour not immediately apparent.

Chris Amon - delightful guy with no regrets despite his lack of good fortune (considers himself lucky just to have survived that era).

Driver I would most like to meet - Dan Gurney, by all accounts a very modest and astute man.
Of the modern F1 drivers really only Vettel, the rest strike me as devoid of personality, shy or arrogant.

Gil de Ferran, Jim Hall and his wife, Mike Pocabella, Vic Elford, Troy Rogers

Since the title and opening post doesn't say anything about what kind of people you have met, I guess everything goes...?

So, famous people I've met

1. Gene Amdahl (Computer pioneer - family relation)
2. Christian von Koenigsegg (Factory visit)

Indeed, this shouldn't be a collection of signatures for fanboys. Actually sometimes the mechanics and so on are just as interesting. Drivers tend to build their own world around them and have a cockpit and mirrors view of events. When you put them alongside other drivers who were there they don't match up and not only for egotistical reasons. Te guys on pitwall often have a much broader idea of what's going on. Some of the older mechanics who used to take the car out for a shakedown at a test day have some great stories. I have never been able to see the point in getting a whole bunch of autographs in a program unless it was used for the opportunity of talking to them and asking them one burning question.

Jim Hall - wow, did you gain an impression or anything specific?

I was supposed to meet Lewis in Croydon....

Jenson Button
Jacques Villeneuve
Fernando Alonso
Takuma Sato
Richard Burns

....all had the pleasure of meeting me!

Mostly people at Goodwood. David Pearson and Al Unser Sr...very shy. Jack Brabham...even as an octogenerian he has a presence and almost an aura of intimidation about him. Richard Petty...the archetypal Southern gentleman. Gary Bettenhausen...encyclopaedic knowledge of the cars he has driven.

Outside Goodwood, Murray Walker...nice bloke, real enthusiast, willing to share inside info with a pre-teenager. John Watson is probably the one I've spoken to longest, another one with encyclopaedic knowledge and a great enthusiast. And Andy Green - should be Sir - is perhaps the nicest sleb I've ever met.

Not met Moss, but he did whizz past me at the NEC one year, in earnest discussion with Simon Taylor as they headed for the live arena. The only word in their conversation I clearly heard was "totty".

personally i've met:
jackie stewart
sterling moss
martin brundle
john surtees
paddy hopkirk

probably others in a not-so-personal way.

I got pissed with mick doohan back in 2005 at his niece's 16th birthday party haha good bloke. Unlucky for the way the rest of the night turned out though.

Why? Did she not turn 16 till midnight?

I've met Alan Jones. He acted just like the bloody arrogant w@nker that he is.

What actually constitutes 'meeting'? I've "met" as in:
- walked by
- asked for an autograph
- exchanged a word or two
- had a few minutes of conversation
with numerous drivers over the years, including:
- Jarno Trulli
- Mark Webber
- Nick Heidfeld
- David Coulthard
- Anthony Davidson
- Rubens Barichello
- JJ Lehto
- Marco Werner
- Pat Long
- Gil De Ferran
...many others.

But I doubt ANY of them would remember that they "met" me.

Paul Newman. Twice.

Once at Road Atlanta. In the pits at SCCA runoffs, totally accesible and open.

Once on Long Island. Was driving by in his Jag, we waved and he stopped to say hello.

Cool guy.

Met quite a few over the years at places like Donington & Rockingham. Alonso, Wlison, Verstappen, Mansell, Hill, Brian Herta, David Saelens, Jason Plato, Martin Hines, John Watson, Stirling Moss, Paul Stewart, Frentzen, Trulli, Andrea de Ceasaris, Eddie Jordan to name a few. Strange how you sometimes might just get an autograph and at other times get a decent conversation out of the guys. John Watson always had a chat when bumped into (he recognised my son at our second meeting!). Jo Ramirez was nice aswell. Stirling was very nice and relaxed (no complaints there) and most of the people I have had the fortune to meet have been willing to sign autographs or had pictures taken.

Met Ross Brawn at Silverstone when he gave us a talk, that was when he just left Ferrari, before he joined Honda. Talked to Alex Yoong and Fairuz Fauzy before

Too true.

I am proud to say that I have never got an autograph in my life.

I have spoken to Nick Heidfeld, Jacques Villeneuve, Robert Kubica and Seb Vettel.

I am sure that none of them remember me.