What if Piquet's career had ended at Imola 1987?
#1
Posted 19 August 2005 - 06:57
Consider:
- Mansell would almost certainly have won the 1987 WDC
- Without Piquet moving to Lotus, would Honda have stayed with Williams? If so, would Mansell/Williams/Honda have given Prost/Senna/McLaren/Honda some serious opposition in 1988? (probably)
- Would Senna (and Honda) still have gone to McLaren? Or would Senna have joined (or replaced) Mansell at Williams?
Discuss!
I'm aware that some members of this BB don't like "what if" threads. People so inclined should feel free to ignore and not participate in this thread.
Also, please note that I bear no ill feeling towards Sr Piquet, and I'm very glad that his career didn't end at Imola in 1987.
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#2
Posted 19 August 2005 - 07:02
What if the injuries Piquet sustained at Imola in 1987 had prevented him from racing again that year?
#3
Posted 19 August 2005 - 07:29
#4
Posted 19 August 2005 - 07:31
#5
Posted 19 August 2005 - 07:38
Honda might have stayed with Williams instead of dumping them and leaving them to the tender mercies of the Judd.
#6
Posted 19 August 2005 - 07:57
Instead of Prost/Senna battles at McLaren you end up with Mansell/Senna battles at Williams, probably with almost as many "catastrophic toys/pram exit situations".
#7
Posted 19 August 2005 - 16:03
Mansell gets the WDC - maybe Jacques Laffite gets a last shot at a GP win as the sub?
I've always thought it was a big loss that McLaren and Williams didn't get to battle with Hondas in 1988 -- it could have been one of the most intriguing seasons of the era -- the big 4 in top teams with the same powerplant
#8
Posted 19 August 2005 - 17:59
Originally posted by Ray Bell
One thing appears likely...
Honda might have stayed with Williams instead of dumping them and leaving them to the tender mercies of the Judd.
There is the opinion (stated by several people over the years) that Honda had a "problem" with the idea of Williams as a team led by a guy in a wheelchair... whether there's any truth to this I don't know, but i've seen it stated often enough. So maybe they'd've left Williams whatever happened after his accident?
#9
Posted 19 August 2005 - 23:56
#10
Posted 20 August 2005 - 00:58
Originally posted by Rediscoveryx
It's a bit sad to say it, but I'd suppose Piquet's reputation around boards like these would probably be a lot higher than it is today.
I'm sure that is right.
#11
Posted 20 August 2005 - 03:00
#12
Posted 21 July 2010 - 12:49
Broadly speaking, Piquet was never the same after that accident, even though he went on to win the title that year.
But Piquet in 1986 was disapointing...
#13
Posted 21 July 2010 - 12:50
#14
Posted 21 July 2010 - 14:02
Jean Alesi would pair his idol Prost at McLaren in 1989/1990 and by now would be at least double WC.
#15
Posted 21 July 2010 - 15:40
From an obscure point of view.
Jean Alesi would pair his idol Prost at McLaren in 1989/1990 and by now would be at least double WC.
Hmm, Jean Alesi a double WDC in the no2 McLaren?
You mean like Gerhard Berger, Michael Andretti, John Watson, Stefan Johansson, Martin Brundle, Mark Blundell, David Coulthard and J P Montoya?
Nice guy, good on his day, but Hell would freeze over before that happened.
#16
Posted 21 July 2010 - 15:48
I do love What If's, some very interesting views. Did Williams ever try and tempted Senna from Lotus? and if not why not?
Williams was the first to give Senna an F1 test drive, I do not believe Senna ever left Franks radar.
#17
Posted 21 July 2010 - 15:52
Hmm, Jean Alesi a double WDC in the no2 McLaren?
You mean like Gerhard Berger, Michael Andretti, John Watson, Stefan Johansson, Martin Brundle, Mark Blundell, David Coulthard and J P Montoya?
Nice guy, good on his day, but Hell would freeze over before that happened.
I wasn't saying that he would be WC while being Prost 2nd driver, but perhaps he would have a better change when Prost retired (assuming that Prost retired in 93 as well).
#18
Posted 21 July 2010 - 17:33
If you belive all the mansell hype FW14 was a result of the big push to nige back into the team do you think they would have put that level of comitment if they had signed someone like Alesi to the team or carried on with fw13c? which was still a relatively new car and it wasnt beyond the norm to use evolutions of cars rather than brand new designs in the late 80's.
One off topice question which has always bugged me though. In 1989 Beneton used the 1988 car which by all accounts was pretty handy. Yet in 1989 the frivers complained about the handling being awful. i can inderstand the car being slower than the competition but why did it become a monster all of a sudden. was it tyre compounds or something more complicated.
Thanks for your time and i have really enjoyed reading this forum and learning from you folks. :-)
Edited by pizzakrap, 21 July 2010 - 17:59.
#19
Posted 24 July 2010 - 15:25
(Please note I dont wish that on him, its just a what-if)
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#20
Posted 24 July 2010 - 17:09
#21
Posted 27 July 2010 - 20:41
Justice done.