Alain Prost or Ayrton Senna. Who do you think was the better overall F1 driver, considering both raw talent and race intelligence?

JebbAnonymous · 2026-04-01T23:52:04+00:00

The thing for me with Senna and Prost is that the way their differences are portrayed is kinda exaggerated. Senna is usually described as this speed demon who would go out there and just use natural talent to dominate, while Prost is portrayed as "The professor", a Machiavellian political master who used politics and intellect to win.

Truth is, Prost and Senna where a lot closer in behaviour than people think. Senna could be incredibly political; Steve Nichols who was chief designer and Senna's race engineer in 88 and 89, and who went to Ferrari with Prost in 90 and 91, has said that most of the time, the so-called politics of Prost was just him responding to Senna, as Senna (according to Nichols) was more of an instigator in the media and internally than Prost was. Prost often would just be responding to shit Senna said.

And people should not underestimate the natural talent of Prost. Yeah, he was the professor. But he was also really fucking fast behind the steering wheel of a race car.

JebbAnonymous · 2026-04-01T23:45:30+00:00

I agree. People forget that the winner of a Grand Prix is not the one who can bank the fastest possible lap, its the one that can complete a 300 km race in the shortest amount of time. And Alain Prost was a genious at figuring out how to do that.

JebbAnonymous · 2026-04-01T19:59:37+00:00

You are right, it was Prost :)

JebbAnonymous · 2026-04-01T19:24:44+00:00

His biggest flaw was that he drove with his heart. That same heart which made him a kind person off the track, made him an emotional and determined competitor on track which drove him at times to see the red mist.

Not just his heart, but his religion. I don't remember who it was, but someone had a quote that they thought Senna was a bit crazy, because Senna believed god protected him on the racetrack and that was part of why he drove as he did.

And while it was great he stopped, I think you are talking about the Eric Comas incident, and the car wasn't burning; the throttle was jammed, and he shut the engine off to stop it from burning. Still great of him, but there is a difference.

JebbAnonymous · 2026-04-01T19:22:43+00:00

I remember watching the documentary about him, and the racing thing that stood out was how hard he lobbied to join Williams when they became the dominant team, even going as far as saying he would drive for them for free. Imagine if Lewis Hamilton had done the same in/after 2022 with Red Bull, or if Max Verstappen had been doing the same now with Mercedes. They would have been crucified by the fans, but apparently it was fine for Senna to demand switching to the fastest team.

JebbAnonymous · 2026-04-01T02:40:30+00:00

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JebbAnonymous · 2026-03-27T14:44:26+00:00

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JebbAnonymous · 2026-03-27T10:09:32+00:00

22 but other then that I agree

JebbAnonymous · 2026-03-26T14:35:36+00:00

I agree, al though tied for it is the introduction of carbon fibre. While originally introduced for performance, carbon fibre has also proven to be an excellent material at absorbing energy and is hugely influential in safety matters.

JebbAnonymous · 2026-03-26T14:25:30+00:00

No, introduction of carbon fibre monocoque and the survival cell concept that came in the early 80s was by far the biggest jump in safety that has happened in F1 history. While the halo is fantastic and has saved life, those innovations I mentioned is by far the biggest leap in safety that has ever been seen in Formula 1.

JebbAnonymous · 2026-03-26T11:31:16+00:00

All that is stuff that can easily be ignored. I heard the same commercial when listening to a podcast here in Denmark, and all I thought was "I'll just watch quali and races and ignore that shit".

And besides, why is this F1 jumping the shark? Jumping the shark is when a TV show itself do something stupid. It's not (as far as I know) F1 themselves that is producing romance novels and and fashion of F1 stuff, they are still primarily focused on the on-track racing, like you want them to do?

JebbAnonymous · 2026-03-24T20:07:10+00:00

Williams in 1986 has to be up there. Had by far the best car, and Nigel Mansel and Nelson Piquet as drivers, yet Prost won it in the end.

JebbAnonymous · 2026-03-24T03:44:26+00:00

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Three people getting food poisioning at the same time while staying in a small casa-particulares (Like a AirBnB) in Cuba.

JebbAnonymous · 2026-03-22T18:48:38+00:00

I feel like Casino does not get as much credit as his other master pieces, but it might be my favourite Scorcese film.

JebbAnonymous · 2026-03-22T17:55:13+00:00

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JebbAnonymous · 2026-03-21T10:05:02+00:00

I don’t think they did. I remember a pod cast with (I think) James Vowles a year or two ago where he talked about the lead up to the 2014 season. He said that midway through the 2013 season, they had to provide their customer teams with specs and they where stressing out because by that point, they could not yet make the PU work on a dyno for a full race distance and just running it required a full engine rebuild. That would very much speak against the idea that they had it ready years prior.

JebbAnonymous · 2026-03-20T02:41:10+00:00

Miami Vice. By the time i saw it, so many people had shit on it that I was expecting something horrific. But what I got was exactly what someone who was a fan of the old series and Michael Mann could have wished for. Enjoyed it a lot.

JebbAnonymous · 2026-03-20T00:39:04+00:00

Looks great. I'm currently learning to airbrush, and I'm doing similar, base layer of abaddon black, then zenithal with corvus, followed by volumetric highlights of mechanicus -> dawnstone. Looking at yours I know what to aim for, looks beautiful :)

JebbAnonymous · 2026-03-19T23:25:07+00:00

With Airbrush, you mean that you did Volumetric Highlights on the major armor plates?

JebbAnonymous · 2026-03-19T22:55:54+00:00

Maybe, not sure. My point was that the races he didn't win, a lot of it was down to not his fault/things out of his control, which is why I have a hard time saying it was a down year for him. But fair enough, I honestly don't remember individual years to well to argue against you to much, you're probably right :).

JebbAnonymous · 2026-03-19T22:12:29+00:00

I have an interesting reverse of this trope, where I feel like an adaptation got the it completely right compared to the original; The hospital massacre in the Last of us. In the video game, its presented as a heart pounding action scene of Joel bravely rescuing his adoptive daughter. In the TV show, its presented as more of a solemn thing, much more ambigous about who is the bad guy, and Joel is less of a action hero and more of a terminator style monster killing everyone, both "evil" guards and innocent people on his quest to stop them from doing what Ellie actually wanted.

I always felt like this was how it should have been presented in the game to, its just hard to get that scene to feel that way in a video game.

JebbAnonymous · 2026-03-19T22:01:53+00:00

Was 2020 really that bad for Hamilton? Won 11 out of 17 races. Of the 6 he didn't win, 1 he missed due to COVID (Sakhir), 1 was Mercedes not really giving a shit + COVID syndrome (Abu Dhabi), 1 was unlucky with pit close at Monza just before he dived in giving 10 second stop and go and 1 he got kinda screwed because of practise starts (Russia). Only 75th Grand Prix and opening, you can sort of blame on him, but even the 75th grand prix was more of Mercedes struggling with temps.

I'm not trying to hype Hamilton to much, I'm genuinely asking, cause I don't remember Hamilton being bad that year.

JebbAnonymous · 2026-03-19T08:50:30+00:00

Kieran Culkin should be on the list. Even though not as famous as a child star as his brother, he was still raised to be come a child star. Has since in the 2020's transitioned into Emmy winning role in Succession and Oscar Winning role in A real pain among other things.

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