Ten Of The Best !!

[kestrel]

If you could choose an elite grid of 10 Touring Car drivers - Who would they be ?

My choice:

Plato
Menu
Cleland
Tarquini
Thompson
Radermaker
Beila
Rydel
Burt
Reid
:cool:

[Mocko]

(Based completely from '91 to '02 and in order of greatest)

1) Cleland
2) Soper
3) Winkelhock
4) Menu
5) Radisich
6) Reid
7) Rydell
8) Tarquini
9) Thompson
10) Neal

[Claw]

In no particular order the 10 'elite' or greatest drivers.

Cleland
Menu
Biela
Rydell
Reid
Tarquini
Thompson
Winclehock
Radisich
Harvey

[John]

is this just drivers who've raced in the BTCC and are still racing?

If so (in alphabetical order)

Laurent Aiello
Frank Biela
Tim Harvey
Alain Menu
Matt Neal
Paul Radisich
Anthony Reid
Rickard Rydell
James Thompson
Gabriele Tarquini

If it includes those who dont race anymore then the following should be in the list (ie a list of touring car greats):
John Cleland
Will Hoy
Andy Rouse

[The Stig]

Jason Plato
James Thompson
Andy Rouse
Steve Soper
Alain Menu
John Cleland
Tim Harvey
Yvan Muller
Rickard Rydell
Anthony Reid

Don't think Ive missed anyone

[thommo_fan]

thompson
tarquni
cleland
menu
muller
radisich
hoy
aiello
rydell
rouse

[The Stig]

How disrespectful, I missed Will Hoy
Shame on me.

[Reynard]

My ten best BTCC drivers of all time? Well, donÃ*t say I didnÃ*t warn you, but here they are in no particular order:

Kelvin Burt
Andy Rouse
Kieth Odor
Gerry Marshall
Win Percy
Matt Neal
Will Hoy
Tom Walkinshaw
Steve Soper
John Cleland

It is quite an eclectic selection, but then IÃ*ve been watching touring cars since wellÖ for a long time, I guess. OK, Gerry Marshall is a little bit before my time and Tom Walkinshaw hung up his helmet just a year or so before I got into touring cars, but they were the best exponents in the art of racing a touring car in their day ñ Gerry a multiple British champion and Tom a European champion. All the others, I have seen race in the BTCC at some point or other.

[Amanda]

Here is my top ten:

Jason Plato
Matt Neal
Vincent Radermaker
James Thompson
Kelvin Burt
Andy Rouse
Gabriele Tarquini
John Cleland
Rickard Rydell
Alain Menu

[touring fan]

Not necessarily my favourites, or the best BTCC drivers ever, but 11 drivers who I think given equal cars would have made a fantastic race.
In no particular order:
Cleland
Hoy
Neal
Muller
Thompson
Plato
Menu
Reid
Rydell
Tarquini
Biela

[V6.]

Radisich
Menu
Rydell
Reid
Thompson
Muller
Winckelhock
Tarquini
Cleland
Plato

[John]

Just had a look at what you guys have said up to here and the results so far are:

Cleland 10

Thompson 9
Menu 9

Rydell 8
Tarquini 8

Reid 7

Hoy 5
Rouse 5
Plato 5
Radisich 5
Neal 5

Biela 4
Muller 4

Burt 3
Soper 3
Winkelhock 3
Harvey 3

Aiello 2
Radermecker 2


Out of these drivers (ie the ones with 2 or more votes)
5 competed in 2002 (6 if you include Kelvin Burt)
9 competed in 2000 (10 if you include Will Hoy)
11 competed in 1998

Some have retired but the likes of Tarquini, Rydell and Menu represent those who left with ST regs. Presumably however if this question was to be asked in a few years time there would be new names representing the new drivers who have been given a chance to drive because of the departure of the foreign supertars (eg O'Neill, Eaves, Pyper etc).

[touring fan]

The more I think about it, the more I come up with more drivers I'd like to include. There's been so many good BTCC drivers.

[lauz]

andy rouse
john cleland
will hoy
gabrielli tarquini
jason plato
frank biela
alain menu
laurent aiello
yvan muller
rickard rydell

[AussieV8]

Now the heading was Ten of the Best BUT ! you didn't say BTCC so does that mean if I pick, the drivers wont be counted.

:p Well here goes (no order)

1: Allan Moffat
2: Peter Brock
3: Alan Grice
4: Roberto Ravallia
5: Paul Radisich
6: Mark Skaife
7: Dick Johnson
8: David Leslie
9: Will Hoy (RIP)
10: Greg Hansford (RIP)

As you may well see I have a few ringins but I class them in ore with the rest...

[McKay]

Hmm...

1.Cleland
2.Harvey
3.Soper
4.Rouse
5.Radisich
6.Menu
7.Rydell
8.Reid
9.Plato
10.Tarquini

an extra few

11.Muller
12.David Leslie
13.James Thompson

[speedy]

No particular order:

1. Cleland
2. Hoy
3. Soper
4. Winkelhock
5. Radisich
6. Tarquini
7. Menu
8. Aiello
9. Rydell
10. Biela

[neilthenut]

Btcc ot any touring cars?

Laurent Aiello Btcc/ DTM
Burt sheinda dtm
Alain Menu DTM

Matt Neal B/ETCC/ V8'S
Paul Radisich BTCC V8'S
mark skafe V8'S


Rickard Rydell B/ETCC
James Thompson BTCC/DTM

Gabriele Tarquini B/ETCC
yvan muller BTCC
yorg muller ETCC/ALMS

YEAH I KNOW ITS 11

[16v_punto]

in order:
1, Steve Soper
2, James Thompson
3, Yvan Muller
4, Andy Rouse
5, Jo Winklehock
6, John Cleland
7, Gab Tarquini
8, Jason Plato
9, L Aiello
10, Frank Sytner

11, Mike Smith for entertainment value!!1:D

[John]

Something about Andy Rouse that always amazes me is that he won his first BTCC championship in 1975. He was still driving in 1994 and he was still pretty competitive in 94, 93 and 92 so its not as if he had waited too long before retiring.

Thats nearly 20 years after he won his first championship, to put that in perspective its like James Thompson or Plato driving in the 2020 BTCC - that just seems amazing to me! :)

[McKay]

AAH! scary. If i get into the BTCC when im older then i could be racing my heroes of today! I might not race but i want to set up my own team. I forget to put Will Hoy in mine. He was a great driver.