Worst Driver?

[RWebb]

Whose name would definitely come up in any bar conversation on who was actually the worst pro racer?

[IROC]

Andrea de Crasheris.

[herr_oberst]

What was the name of the driver that crashed at Monaco denying Ayrton Senna the race win and McLaren the perfect season? Schlessher?

[URY914]

Eddie Cheever. I never understood how he stayed in F1 so long. He wasn't bad, but just never produced anything until he won Indy '98 during the sorry azz IRL days.

[Aragorn]

Was "tora tora tora Takagi" the driver Michael Andretti referred to as the moving chicane? He was Japanese and raced in CART in the mid to late 90's and was a slow moving accident. Could have been Hattori.

The Dentist in Indy Car, Miller, he wasn't the best driver out there either.

[L8Brakr]

Of the last decade or so......

Milka Duno????

She may have had other skills though

[afterburn 549]

Anyone in modern day Nasty Car Driver.....all they can do is turn..left, and do flips off off the roof.
And cry like babies

[Embraer]

scott speed, slick racin gardner, willy t ribbs.

[RacerX1166]

My personal pet peeve bad driver has to be Buddy Lazier. Couldn't hack it in Champ Car but won the 500 once Tony George killed the sport.

Most unlucky has to go to Roberto Guerrero.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by afterburn 549

Anyone in modern day Nasty Car Driver.....all they can do is turn..left, and do flips off off the roof.
And cry like babies

And bounce the car off the rumble strips at Watkins Glen 3-wheeling in a full drift right and left. Nah, they can't drive.

AFA stock cars go, the worst driver was Gilles Villeneuve on the road course.

Overall, Buckshot Jones may have spent more money for nothing in stock cars. But there have been a few of those.

[intakexhaust]

Originally Posted by URY914

Eddie Cheever. I never understood how he stayed in F1 so long. He wasn't bad, but just never produced anything until he won Indy '98 during the sorry azz IRL days.

????

Could come up with a few excuses and far from ever considering him from being the worst. Cheever in F1 turbo era in the rain at Detroit - WOW! I'd like see Vettel or Hambone dice Cheever in the same cars, track and rain.

[URY914]

Originally Posted by intakexhaust

????

Could come up with a few excuses and far from ever considering him from being the worst. Cheever in F1 turbo era in the rain at Detroit - WOW! I'd like see Vettel or Hambone dice Cheever in the same cars, track and rain.

You're comparing a guy that ran in 143 F1 races and never won one, than ran 82 CART race and never won one and ran 77 IRL where he finally won 5 races to two F1 World champs because of one drive in the rain at one race? Sure why not.....

[onewhippedpuppy]

How about most hype vs least substance?

[IROC]

I posted "de Crasheris" somewhat in jest, but then went and checked his wiki page and he might actually be the worst:

Andrea de Cesaris (born 31 May 1959) is an Italian former race car driver. He started 208 Formula One Grands Prix but never won; his is the longest career without a race victory. A string of accidents early in his career earned him the nickname 'Andrea de Crasheris'.[1] Though the nickname stuck, he became a more reliable driver in his later career.

...and:

In 1981 de Cesaris, partly due to his Marlboro connections, landed a seat at McLaren. He managed to finish only 6 of the 14 races he started, with a sixth place at Imola as best result. This was not enough to convince the resurgent McLaren team to keep him on. It was at this point in his career that the nickname "Andrea de Crasheris" was coined. The team was so worried that he would crash the car to the point that they withdrew his car from the Holland Grand Prix in Zandvoort after he qualified 13th.

and finally:

He participated in 214 grands prix, debuting on September 28, 1980. He achieved 5 podiums, one pole position, and scored a total of 59 championship points, but remains the driver with the most GP starts (208) to his name without a win. He also holds records for the most consecutive non-finishes, 18 across 1985 and 1986 (although many of these were mechanical failures), as well as the most successive non-finishes in a single season, 12 in 1987. Similarly, no driver has had more than his 14 DNFs in a 16-race season.

[KevinTodd]

Originally Posted by afterburn 549

Anyone in modern day Nasty Car Driver.....all they can do is turn..left, and do flips off off the roof.
And cry like babies

And yet ALL of them can out drive YOU. Too funny.

[911SauCy]

Aside from Danica...Kyle Petty?

[tchanson]

Yuji Ide.

Granted, he had to drive a Super Aguri, but it takes a special talent to get your FIA Super License revoked after just 4 races.


Tim

[Hawkeye's-911T]

Otto Krasch - ??

[intakexhaust]

Originally Posted by Zeke

And bounce the car off the rumble strips at Watkins Glen 3-wheeling in a full drift right and left. Nah, they can't drive.

AFA stock cars go, the worst driver was Gilles Villeneuve on the road course.

????

Did you meant to say Gilles son, Jacques?

[motion]

Hero Matsu-s-h-i-t-a. What do I win?