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Originally Posted by Captain Ahab Jr
Helmut deserves some slack, he earned his reputation the hard way
By surviving a motorsport era where only the bravest were fastest or dead
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Fair point, but still I will (very) respectfully disagree on slack for Helmut. Others from that era (Stewart, Ickx) are true gentlemen to this day, Marko has been pretty nasty with a raft of good drivers that continued on to be great elsewhere and he's been talking $hit for years like "the crazy old right wing uncle you ignore at the thankgiving table because he's family".. (can't be bothered to dig but I recall Perez being inconsistent because he was "Mexican" and Hadjar's tears being "embarassing" just recently - will never like the guy)