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Originally Posted by Captain Ahab Jr
Not considering the best drivers are all in F1 as money buys privilege
Thinking a best driver has to be excellent racing open wheel, closed wheel, circuit, oval, endurance, sprint, loose surface, hard surface, on road, off road
Alonso seems to be the only driver that has shown this, I'm convinced if he was put in a competitive Baja Trophy truck or NASCAR or WRC car he'd finish at the top of the field by the end of his 1st championship
Has Larson ever raced in any high speed open wheel races, oval or circuit?
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Let me preface this with I am a huge F1 fan,
much more so that NASCAR
although I rarely miss a race from either org.
I'm also a huge fan of Alonso but I believe Larson
to be a better overall talent.
it would have been very close when Alonso was younger.
Early in his career Larson had his sights set on Indycar racing
and was close to securing a seat when he was lured away
with a NASCAR contract (and big $$$$).
he has tried many forms of racing and has excelled at
just about all of them.
in addition to many closed and open wheel races on
pavement and dirt, and championships won,
Larson won the 24 hours of Daytona in a prototype and
was also named 2024 rookie of the year at the Daytona 500,
where he qualified with a four-lap average of
232.846 mph
I don't recall Verstappen getting
close to that speed in anything short of a private jet.
Another thing about Larson:
he can compete with a car that is not dominant without crying,
complaining, protesting or crashing into the wall or his closest competitor.
A claim that the spoiled brat can't really make without his fingers crossed.
PS, we are discussing CURRENT race car drivers.
If we were to talk about all time,
no doubt it would be Mario Andretti.
He could and did win on any surface in any car in any condition.
Didn't matter.