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[7timesbetterthantherest]

Here's a thread that can be interesting ....

With 50 + years of Formula-one drivers that have come and gone, some of them got stuck with nick-names throughout their glorious and not-so glorious careers .... We can elaborate oh why they got those said nick-names and the meaning behind them ...We can also find new nick-names for the present crop of F1 drivers if the thread permits.....

I'm not that much aware of past F1 drivers history from the 50's, 60's and 70's ..... Here's some from the top of my head that I know from the 80's and up ....


Ayrton Senna : ''Magic''

Michael Schumacher : ''Red Baron'' & ''Regenmeister''

Alain Prost : '' Le Professeur''

Nigel Mansell : ''Il leone''

Mika Hakkinen : '' The flying finn''

Kimi Raikkonen : '' The Iceman ''

Nick Heidfeld : '' Quick Nick ''

Rubens Barrichello : '' Rubihno ''

Nico Rosberg : '' Barbie''

Juan Pablo Montoya : '' Pinball ''

Fernando Alonso : '' Teflonso ''

Sebastien Vettel : '' Baby Schumi''


Obviously there are dozens of other drivers with nick-names that I'm not aware of .....


In regarding Michael Schumacher , the Red Baron is in reference to Manfred Von Richthofen, the famous World War 1 flying ace who also blitzed everyone in his path ..... Regenmeister simply means RainMaster in german

[blacksheep79]

in german forum
Hamilton - Schinken

[thuGG]

Nico Rosberg - "Britney"

[alecc]

Robert "I have no grip" Kubica ;)

[Buttoneer]

Nico Rosberg : '' Barbie''

It's Britney.

It's Britney.

It's Britney.

It's Britney.

It's Britney.

It's Britney.

[scheivlak]

This is the 8th thread about this

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[Grundle]

Button: Mr Smooth

Vettel: (Princess)Petal

[Rob]

In regarding Michael Schumacher , the Red Baron is in reference to Manfred Von Richthofen, the famous World War 1 flying ace who also blitzed everyone in his path ..... Regenmeister simply means RainMaster in german

Regenmeister was Rudolf Caracciola's nickname. The only nickname that really applied specifically to Schumacher was "Schumi".

Off the top of my head...

Niki Lauda - The Rat
Denny Hulme - The Bear
Vittorio Brambilla - The Monza Gorilla
Jack Brabham - Black Jack
Tazio Nuvolari - The Flying Mantuan
James Hunt - Shunt
Raymond Sommer - The Wild Boar of the Ardennes
Mark Blundell - Mega
Ronnie Peterson - Superswede
Jody Scheckter - Baby Bear
Mauricio Gugelmin - Big Mo
Emerson Fittipaldi - Emmo
Eddie Irvine - Swervin' Irvine
Jos Verstappen - The Boss
Giovanni Lavaggi - Johnny Carwash
Rubens Barrichello - Rubinho
Mike Hailwood - Mike the Bike

Edited by Rob, 17 November 2010 - 16:57.

[salamin]

"use your talent" alonso

[Buttoneer]

This is the 8th thread about this ;)

Earlier threads:

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The earlier ones are archived and the most recent one closed. In that respect, they can be a resource to be added to here.

[engel]

Felipe Baby?

and Lauda was aka the rat

[7timesbetterthantherest]

Regenmeister was Rudolf Caracciola's nickname. The only nickname that really applied specifically to Schumacher was "Schumi".

I did not know that ... You see , we learn something new every day !

[BenettonB192]

I never heard the Schumacher Red Baron nick.

[7timesbetterthantherest]

I never heard the Schumacher Red Baron nick.

Really ? Like I said , we learn something new every day !

[Tombstone]

'Black' Jack Brabham. Obvious if one plays cards.

Hunt the Shunt. Propensity to crash - earned during his junior formulae days.

de Crasheris - de Cesaris. Nuff said.

Il grande John (Surtees). Won the '64 WDC

Ken Miles - Teddy Teabag/Sidebite (drunk a lot of tea/spoke out of the corner of his mouth - tank commander in WWII, common 'afliction' with those used to using headphones/microphones in vehicles like aircraft/tanks)

Carroll Shelby - Texas Tornado

(Colin) 'Chunky' Chapman. He was a little 'sturdy' from time to time.

Edited by Tombstone, 17 November 2010 - 16:59.

[Tombstone]

Lauda was aka the rat

aka 'Super Rat'

Edited by Tombstone, 17 November 2010 - 16:48.

[Tombstone]

Ricardo Rosset - 'tosser', as written on the side of his car by his mechanics.

Not in F1 but:

'Gentleman Jack' Sears. BTCC champion in '58 & '63.

Edited by Tombstone, 17 November 2010 - 16:58.

[highdownforce]

and Lauda was aka the rat

Fittipaldi was also called RATO (rat) here in Brazil.
José Carlos Pace was called MOCO.
And Senna, BECÃO.

Edited by highdownforce, 17 November 2010 - 17:04.

[Dunder]

Jos Graveltrappen - no explanation necessary.

[Smile17]

You concluded Alonso 'Teflonso' in the list? Can't be serious mate...

[engel]

Jos Graveltrappen - no explanation necessary.

cmooon it was Joss The Boss Verstappen

[pingu666]

i think montoya was called monster by his mechanics at williams

[f1seb]

Nobody calls Vettel "Baby Schumi" except maybe you OP. Vettels nicknames are:

1. Seb
2. The Finger


other than these 2 I haven't heard anything else being thrown around. Other stuff I've also never heard of: "The Red Baron" for Schumacher.

[Craven Morehead]

Graham Hill was sometimes known as Mr. Monaco iirc.

[7timesbetterthantherest]

there was that F1 driver in 2001 , 2002 I think , Mazzacanne .... Translated in Italian it means Kill-the-dog ....

[highdownforce]

Graham Hill was sometimes known as Mr. Monaco iirc.

That's correct.

there was that F1 driver in 2001 , 2002 I think , Mazzacanne .... Translated in Italian it means Kill-the-dog ....

Argentinian Gastón Mazzacane, have raced for Minard in 2000 and some races with Prost in 2001.

Edited by highdownforce, 17 November 2010 - 17:22.

[Buttoneer]

Posts deleted.

Thread is already a magnet for those who wish to simply put a troll / expletive / judgement next to the name of a driver they don't like. Please do not do it.

[montoyasminion]

Pretty much all of the Brazilians besides Senna have had the suffix "inho" attached to their names. Rubinho, Nelsinho, Felipinho. It basically means "little" as in little Nelson, etc.

[Hairpin]

Would like to point out that "nicknames" indicates names that can be used in public, in front of the nicknamed person, without being regarded as an insult.

[Andrew Hope]

..well, yeah, except for all the other kinds of nicknames that exist that people generally don't say to your face.

[figue]

fernando "teflonso"? don't know where it comes from neither its meaning, but I'm telling you, for a spanish speaker this sound very provocative

[gricey1981]

Dont Hamilton's crew refer to him as the Terminator

[showtime]

fernando "teflonso"? don't know where it comes from neither its meaning, but I'm telling you, for a spanish speaker this sound very provocative

That's the idea, you didn't see the ones that were deleted...

Edited by showtime, 17 November 2010 - 17:50.

[Hairpin]

..well, yeah, except for all the other kinds of nicknames that exist that people generally don't say to your face.

At least in my language, we would translate those kind of names to something other than "nicknames" (our translation for the positive is simply 'nickname'). But it seems like in english, 'nickname' can also be in the form of ridicule.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickname

[Buttoneer]

fernando "teflonso"? don't know where it comes from neither its meaning, but I'm telling you, for a spanish speaker this sound very provocative

It is, and I agree the OP has got that very wrong. This is not something Alonso would wish to be called and it is certainly not something I have seen or heard of others calling him (to his face). Pat Symonds would call him 'Fred', but that's about it as far as I am aware.

[figue]

It is, and I agree the OP has got that very wrong. This is not something Alonso would wish to be called and it is certainly not something I have seen or heard of others calling him (to his face). Pat Symonds would call him 'Fred', but that's about it as far as I am aware.

that's it, fred, nano, magic alonso or "el puto amo" (the f+++ing owner) are the nicknames that could be linked to fernando

[f1seb]

David Coulthard = D.C.

[Buttoneer]

that's it, fred, nano, magic alonso or "el puto amo" (the f+++ing owner) are the nicknames that could be linked to fernando

Be careful, because that takes it the other way. Who calls him Magic Alonso in the paddock?

[Tufty]

Noone thought of the Incredible Hulk yet?

[figue]

Be careful, because that takes it the other way. Who calls him Magic Alonso in the paddock?

Lobato, he always refers to alonso as magic alonso, everyone in Spain knows it

[showtime]

Who calls him Magic Alonso in the paddock?

Spanish TV. Because he loves card tricks and all that stuff.

http://www.youtube.c...r... trick&aq=f

[Zava]

Raikkonen - Kimster.

made of Kimi + monster (I think they gave him that name in 2004 spa, for his monster lap times)

I imagine these days at mclaren... if they gave that kind of nickname to Lewis also... Hamster

[rehto]

I like to call my second favorite driver Fiamilton.

[Crazy Ninja]

Andrea De Cesaris - Andrea De Crasheris? (Have i imagined that?)

[Dunder]

cmooon it was Joss The Boss Verstappen

Yeah, I know but mine is, surely, more apt.
I warn you, if you disagree I will start a poll!

[BRK]

Random ones I remember....Nuvolari - 'Il Mantovano Volante', Vittorio 'Monza Gorilla' Brambilla, Hawthorn - the Farnham Flyer, Nico 'The Hulk' Hulkenberg, Irv 'The Swerve', Felipe Bulk (this last one a minor nick,for anyone that's followed F1 testing on that Dutch site)

BTW,hasn't Brundle used 'Teflonso' on air a few times? If he came up with that term why should anyone not be allowed to use/list it. Bit like Britney,I guess...banned once upon a time,now I think even his family call him Britney.

[Crafty]

sniff petrol took to calling Vettel "Mr Bendy" on twitter and then refused to tell us why...

[midgrid]

Jody Scheckter was also called "Fletcher" early in his career, after a baby seagull who kept trying to fly too early and crashed into a cliff as a result.

José Froilán González was nicknamed "The Pampas Bull" and also "El Cabazon" (fat-head) due to his physical size.

Johnny Herbert called Ralf Schumacher "Schumi Two" after they collided at the 1997 Italian Grand Prix.

"The Flying Finn" has been used by several Finnish race and rally drivers - was Leo Kinnunen the first?

[midgrid]

and Lauda was aka the rat

Lauda also called Huub Rothengatter "God of the rats" (a slight alteration of his surname in German).

[Captain Cranckcase]

Pretty much all of the Brazilians besides Senna have had the suffix "inho" attached to their names. Rubinho, Nelsinho, Felipinho. It basically means "little" as in little Nelson, etc.

Senninha, whatever that means.



I remember him launching this character not long before he died.