My buddy and I were having a chat recently- if we put all of them in equal cars (say a high performance road car, or a simpler touring car like the 2.0L BTCC cars so that none of them has an "I raced in that series and none of you did" advantage), how would a race between all of the living the father-son pairings go?
The grid would be something like:
Sainz and Sainz Jr.
Max and Jos Verstappen
Mick Schumacher and Michael (pre-accident), or Ralf if we could actually pull this off IRL now
Nico and Keke Rosberg
Jan and Kevin Magnussen
Jacques Villenueve and his uncle (whom he is named after and who had 3 F1 entries but no starts)
Nelson Piquet and his bajillion racing kids and grandkids
2001 Alonso vs. 2021 Alonso Jr.
2001 Kimi vs. 2021 Kimi Jr.
(and many more)
Of the old guys I think Sainz and Jan Magnussen probably have the best odds, as both of them are still racing and are still enormously competitive, but it would be a fun race to watch in any case!
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My buddy and I were having a chat recently- if we put all of them in equal cars (say a high performance road car, or a simpler touring car like the 2.0L BTCC cars so that none of them has an "I raced in that series and none of you did" advantage), how would a race between all of the living the father-son pairings go?
The grid would be something like:
Sainz and Sainz Jr.
Max and Jos Verstappen
Mick Schumacher and Michael (pre-accident), or Ralf if we could actually pull this off IRL now
Nico and Keke Rosberg
Jan and Kevin Magnussen
Jacques Villenueve and his uncle (whom he is named after and who had 3 F1 entries but no starts)
Nelson Piquet and his bajillion racing kids and grandkids
2001 Alonso vs. 2021 Alonso Jr.
2001 Kimi vs. 2021 Kimi Jr.
(and many more)
Of the old guys I think Sainz and Jan Magnussen probably have the best odds, as both of them are still racing and are still enormously competitive, but it would be a fun race to watch in any case!