The autosport.com 2005 Top Ten
It's that time of the year, for the autosport.com team to vote on the best driver of the passing season and the most memorable Grand Prix of the year. Twenty two voters participate this season. Each selected five drivers and three races, as well as the memorable and forgettable events of the season. Here are the results and the voters' reasoning...
1. Raikkonen; 2. Alonso; 3. M.Schumacher; 4. Trulli; 5. Fisichella
Why Kimi Raikkonen? Because watching Kimi in banzai mode - Monza, Suzuka - is an experience so stirring that it reminds all true petrolheads of why, in their early teens, they first fell in love with the sport of Formula One. Some - Jim Clark, Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher, occasionally Fernando Alonso, maybe even Jarno Trulli on one of his knife-edge qualifying laps, very few others - have driven as quickly. But no man has ever driven faster. And why Giancarlo Fisichella? Because, although he had a hugely disappointing season by his own rights, he kept Alonso honest, won in Australia, and could also have won in Spain and Canada with better luck. With better judgement, though, he should have won in Japan, too.
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