Murfinator
13/12/2009, 7:29 PM
http://www.rte.ie/sport/motorsport/2009/1210/sennaa_f1.html
Most notably
Overall, there are three Britons in the top 10, with Jim Clark, Sir Jackie Stewart and Stirling Moss in fifth, sixth and eighth places respectively.
Nigel Mansell comes in at number 11, with Britain's last two world champions in Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button 17th and 30th respectively.
The top 10 F1 drivers of all time: 1 Ayrton Senna; 2 Michael Schumacher; 3 Juan Manuel Fangio; 4 Alain Prost; 5 Jim Clark; 6 Jackie Stewart; 7 Niki Lauda; 8 Stirling Moss; 9 Fernando Alonso; 10 Gilles Villeneuve.
Selected others: 11 Nigel Mansell; 17 Lewis Hamilton; 21 Graham Hill; 23 John Surtees; 24 James Hunt; 30 Jenson Button.
It's not an isolated article by any means but why do Irish journalists feel the need to mention british participation in these kind of things and single them out for mention, I don't understand why they think the public are interested in that. I'd much rather know where Hakkinen, Raikonnen etc finished than a pile of brits, many who I've never heard of.
I thought at first the story might have been sourced elsewhere but I can't find anything of the sort in the article, so assuming RTE wrote it why do they assume that the public believe in terms of interest: Ireland > UK > every other country in the world?
Most notably
Overall, there are three Britons in the top 10, with Jim Clark, Sir Jackie Stewart and Stirling Moss in fifth, sixth and eighth places respectively.
Nigel Mansell comes in at number 11, with Britain's last two world champions in Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button 17th and 30th respectively.
The top 10 F1 drivers of all time: 1 Ayrton Senna; 2 Michael Schumacher; 3 Juan Manuel Fangio; 4 Alain Prost; 5 Jim Clark; 6 Jackie Stewart; 7 Niki Lauda; 8 Stirling Moss; 9 Fernando Alonso; 10 Gilles Villeneuve.
Selected others: 11 Nigel Mansell; 17 Lewis Hamilton; 21 Graham Hill; 23 John Surtees; 24 James Hunt; 30 Jenson Button.
It's not an isolated article by any means but why do Irish journalists feel the need to mention british participation in these kind of things and single them out for mention, I don't understand why they think the public are interested in that. I'd much rather know where Hakkinen, Raikonnen etc finished than a pile of brits, many who I've never heard of.
I thought at first the story might have been sourced elsewhere but I can't find anything of the sort in the article, so assuming RTE wrote it why do they assume that the public believe in terms of interest: Ireland > UK > every other country in the world?