Top 10 Most Annoying Drivers of all Time

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Hmmm. Hadn't known about Verstappen's history of violence (do now, having looked it up). That's not amusing at all, and far worse than just annoying...

Edited by Zmeej, 25 January 2019 - 19:27.

You can add Jos Verstappen to my list of annoying drivers.

Super quick in his junior career but then got carried away with his own hype "Jos the Boss" and so on. Elevated too early to F1 in the top car of the time and made a bit of a hash of it all....a few years later looked like he might deserve his place on the grid but was already giving interviews proclaiming he was the best driver in the world and boasting how he'd never read a book in his life. Somehow boasting of ignorance doesn't sit well with me....and in recent years the stories of domestic violence which are well documented.

Max, on the other hand...yes he's spoiled but at least he lives up to the hype. And he doesn't often repeat the hype machine's words about himself. I can live with big-headed people who actually perform and don't abuse their partners. 

Irvine could be full of himself too. But I always laughed at his incident at Suzuka in 93 when Senna punched him for totally reasonably unlapping himself. However some of the spew to come out of his mouth is ridiculous. And you could possibly blame Irvine for Jos' spectacular flip in his grand prix debut.

And you could possibly blame Irvine for Jos' spectacular flip in his grand prix debut.

When you say possibly, you fail to mention that the FIA did blame Fast Eddie and he subsequently received a three race ban and large fine for the incident. It's a terrible bit of driving from Irvine there, literally pushing Jos onto the grass. 

The problem wasn't really Irvine.  Brundle was slowing to an engine-blown stop, and Bernard jinked left to go around, right into Irvine's path.

Remember Bernard was a lap behind.  Had he known there were two behind him, and therefore no room, he would probably have braked harder rather than steered.

But banning Irvine for that, given what Schumacher got up to on a depressingly regular basis, was asinine.

The problem wasn't really Irvine.  Brundle was slowing to an engine-blown stop, and Bernard jinked left to go around, right into Irvine's path.

 

Always thought it was weird Brundle never got off the racing line given his car had just thrown its flywheel... 

Pay drivers.

Anyone who loves motorsport but ignores motorsport history is missing out big time.

The problem wasn't really Irvine.  Brundle was slowing to an engine-blown stop, and Bernard jinked left to go around, right into Irvine's path.

 

Is that what happened ? So was Irvine the car that was on the furthest right, from the shot that we see, in the clip that YouTube provided ? Which of those four cars, was Irvine  ?

That Alonso is not on anybody's list. Always blaming the team and kicking someone in his comments. Really irritating guy to work with I think.

Edited by DrF, 26 January 2019 - 07:42.

In no particular order, except for 1 and 2!

1) Lewis Hamilton, especially when he's wearing those ridiculous Emperor Hirohito glasses!
2) That bloke that comes on the radio and says "Get in there Lewis" whenever he wins!
3) Toto Wolfe, cant think of a reason, he just annoys me!
4) Any driver that retires from a race then walks back to the pits without taking his helmet off!
5) All those drivers from the 90s that were going to be the next Schumacher, but then did diddly squat, e.g. Frentzen, Fisichella, Trulli, Salo, Magnussen, ( I'm sure there's more but I'm even more board trying to think of them than I was watching them!)
6) Mansell, for falling about all over the place when he won, and for falling about all over the place AND moaning when he didn't!
7) Stirling Moss, can't do an interview without mentioning crumpet!
8) Drivers with silly names, e.g. Button, Bottas, Stoffel vandoorne, Lando Norris etc etc
9) Nelson Piquet, for winning the championship in 1981.
10) Carlos Reutemann, for not winning the championship in 1981!

Edited by DrF, 26 January 2019 - 07:47.

Absolutely agree. Totally up his own arse. Hamilton and Vettel also very annoying. Others who've gotten my Goat are Barichello, Sienna, Prost, Schumacher, Villeneuve, Hill and now Max Verstappen is irritating me. Oh and Mark Webber. He really liked playing the poor me card and deflecting attention from his mediocre performance. Edit: Grosjean! How could I have forgotten him?! Also Button for some reason I just can't explain... I think it was his attitude in the Brawn.

I'm pretty sure this means like 85% of all WDC's won since the mid 80's has been by someone you find very annoying.

That must be tough to endure.

Absolutely agree. Totally up his own arse. Hamilton and Vettel also very annoying. Others who've gotten my Goat are Barichello, Sienna, Prost, Schumacher, Villeneuve, Hill and now Max Verstappen is irritating me. Oh and Mark Webber. He really liked playing the poor me card and deflecting attention from his mediocre performance. Edit: Grosjean! How could I have forgotten him?! Also Button for some reason I just can't explain... I think it was his attitude in the Brawn.

This cracked me up, especially #2 maybe because he sounds like JAMES ALLEN!

Is there a top ten annoying racing commentator thread yet? I wonder who'd beat the mighty JA?

Def. Olav Mol (Dutch  F1 commentator). I do like Max, but the Dutch commentary/show is one Max-ass kissing contest. It's one big cringe fest. 

Def. Olav Mol (Dutch F1 commentator). I do like Max, but the Dutch commentary/show is one Max-ass kissing contest. It's one big cringe fest.

This cracked me up, especially #2 maybe because he sounds like JAMES ALLEN!

Is there a top ten annoying racing commentator thread yet? I wonder who'd beat the mighty JA?

2- Jonathan Legard. Managed to mess up his first opening sentence, all downhill from there

Legard. Commentating. Going well. Round the bend. Uphill. And downhill again. Is it good enough? No it isn't.

Legard. Commentating. Going well. Round the bend. Uphill. And downhill again. Is it good enough? No it isn't.

Oooh there's a problem there.

This cracked me up, especially #2 maybe because he sounds like JAMES ALLEN!

Is there a top ten annoying racing commentator thread yet? I wonder who'd beat the mighty JA?

 

I'd put Will Buxton at the top of that list. Any of the F1 videos he's in are just unwatchable.

Pay drivers.

10 most annoying pay drivers? OK then:

1. Stroll

2. Delatraz

3. Stevens

4. Diniz

5. Maldonado 

6. Perez

7. Langes

8. Belmondo

9. Nakajima, S

10. Lauda

Absolutely agree. Totally up his own arse. Hamilton and Vettel also very annoying. Others who've gotten my Goat are Barichello, Sienna, Prost, Schumacher, Villeneuve, Hill and now Max Verstappen is irritating me. Oh and Mark Webber. He really liked playing the poor me card and deflecting attention from his mediocre performance. Edit: Grosjean! How could I have forgotten him?! Also Button for some reason I just can't explain... I think it was his attitude in the Brawn.

Legard. Commentating. Going well. Round the bend. Uphill. And downhill again. Is it good enough? No it isn't.

all time-mansell.. what a buffoon

if you dont believe me, do some research about the guys that worked with him!

current - vettel

still acting like a brat despite his age

current runner up - m verstappen

he may grow out of it, but the vettel example at red bull suggests he wont.

beyond annoying, just amoral-

senna and schumacher

When Patrese arrived in F1 during 1977 he was seen as something of an "enfent terrible" by many. Things were not helped by Hunt certainly laying blame at him over Peterson's death. It can be demonstrated that if anything, Hunt bore some responsiblity for the accident....definitely not Patrese in my book. Multiple angles are freely available...if you really want to watch it....

 

Hunt did mellow a bit towards the end of his (and Patrese's) career....showing genuine concern when Patrese had his near backflip crash at Estoril in 1992 and pointing out during 1991 that Patrese had a shot at the title. But yes, during the 80s Murray Walker knew he could liven up a boring race by praising Patrese, Arnoux or Alliot and that it would send James off on a bit of a diatribe. A few years later James had it in for Nannini too, over his apparent lack of commitment throughout a race. I remember him reading out a series of lap times from a race where Nannini certainly seemed inconsistent and James going on about not understanding why Sandro was popular and in demand. 

 

I miss James Hunt. Didn't always agree with him but there was never a dull moment.

The reason why Patrese got drivers backs up is because he was young and quick, which you were not allowed to be in those days unless you drove for Ferrari. F1 was looking for an excuse and Monza gave them one, even though he was totally innocent. 

After Keke and Jones, Patrese was my favourite driver. 

Sometimes the racer isn't even annoying, but his fanbase is the worse and then the association becomes inevitable.

Always thought it was weird Brundle never got off the racing line given his car had just thrown its flywheel... 

It was probably the safest place to stay rather than jinking across the track with 3 cars baring down on him, although he could have pulled to the right onto the grass but I think the grass was greasy from recent rain?

1- Murray Walker. His voice used to cut straight through me
2- Jonathan Legard. Managed to mess up his first opening sentence, all downhill from there
3- Martin Haven. A bit too opinionated for my liking
4- David Croft. Sky ruined him, was originally awesome on BBC practice coverage

Not really a commentator but a Jake Humphrey used to boil my p***, walking around like he owned the place

I tend to have no problem or like the other commentators

Have a look in the Daytona 24 Hours thread for another example of that other then the obvious names already mentioned in reply on this post....

I went out of that thread after comments like "## in Godmode" .....

The truth hurts I guess. He was on a mission with his laptimes and without the yellows there was a possibility that he lapped the whole field. 

and there may have been something that involved Irvine being arrested at some point but that may be my imagination filling in the blanks.

he was arrested for driving a scooter without a license

The truth hurts I guess. He was on a mission with his laptimes and without the yellows there was a possibility that he lapped the whole field.

Blasphemy!!
You should know that the only God of racing is AJ Foyt


More seriously, you wanna suggest that Alonso's recent years in F1 must be rated as being his Passion Story, being at Mclaren effectively his crucifixion and this Daytona victory and what is to follow the Ressurection Story?
Oh, and while I'm in the mood, he did not walk on water yesterday but drove on it instead???

Yes indeed, fanboys of a certain driver can be more annoying than the God they have proclaimed.

I guess you are reading way too much into my post. If you have seen Daytona 24 (I hope you did), you cannot deny that Alonso drove a brilliant race.  Don't be bitter about it Henri. 

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Yes indeed, fanboys of a certain driver can be more annoying than the God they have proclaimed.

On the other side, blind hate toward certain drivers seem to be OK I guess.

Blasphemy!!
You should know that the only God of racing is AJ Foyt


More seriously, you wanna suggest that Alonso's recent years in F1 must be rated as being his Passion Story, being at Mclaren effectively his crucifixion and this Daytona victory and what is to follow the Ressurection Story?
Oh, and while I'm in the mood, he did not walk on water yesterday but drove on it instead???

Yes indeed, fanboys of a certain driver can be more annoying than the God they have proclaimed.

I'd wager what really annoyed you yesterday wasn't the everpresent, for any celebrity or sports people, exxaggerating part of the fans, but how Alonso showed undisputable brilliance in his profession once again.

Besides, hyperbole fan comments might be annoying for the non-fan, but taking them serious easily tops it for silliness.