Could we post the cars the drivers have and drive every day and the one they drive to the circuit on race day, any comercial for cars and pictures for mag woul be great.

I like this topic, it would be interesting to know what they use in their personal life. I'm sure to/from the circuit unless they're on a motorbike then it will be corporate cars. Schumacher isn't turning up in a BMW...

When driving for BMW Kubica said that he drives whatever they give him at the moment;)

Alo

Yeh this is definetly an interesting topic...what they drive in their spare time is the interesting part.

a 458!

nice!

How ugly is that thing? Ferrari's are getting uglier and uglier.

I think Hamilton drives a Mercedes G500, Button drives a 1956 VW Campervan, a Bugatti Veyron and a Honda S600 (not sure if he's sold his Veyron yet though).

Heikki drives this -

I'm pretty sure Hamilton likes SUVs of various sorts. He said he drives an Escalade or something on Top Gear.

I know an enjoyable productive way to spend time, going around posting in topics that don't interest you

A G500.

You'd have thought Ferrari could have made a bonnet that fits . Seriously that is one ugly car, and as wide as a truck!

Maybe I'm living in a parallel universe, but are you saying that this is an ugly car?

I don't know about you....but I was actually being serious. It wasn't a dig.

I'm really interested in what they drive in their spare time. To and from the track is generally corporate.

I'll be keeping an eye on the thread. Genuinely good topic.

yes

Airton used to drive a Honda NSX custom made for him be Honda he also help them wit the tunin in suzuka http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmwaCjLg8MY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAwJsOECGBU...feature=related

+1 It's been decades since Ferrari has made a beautiful road car.

"I've had better cars since then, like my Mercedes DTM and a white Audi Q7. My daily transport at the moment is an Alfa Romeo 159 3.2 JTS [Ferrari's parent company Fiat also owns Alfa], but whenever I get home I drive my red Ferrari Enzo, even though my favourite colour for a car is black." said Kimi..

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/ar...l#ixzz0ioaqedTU

At one point in the 80's every driver on the grid had a Benz of some description regardless of who they drove for and many still do.

If you ever drove a higher range Benz for any extended length of time you would understand why.

I know Raikkonen owned an Enzo whilst he was driving for McLaren. Ron wasnt impressed. Of course Kimi also has a fine collectiion of custom bikes. TheFerrari bike below was a gift he bought himself to celebraye winning his WDC. Plus the Fiat Punto he rallied last year was his own (he still owns it and lent it to his brother to rally it recently.

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Nick Heidfeld I think drives a BMW 5 Touring xDrive and an X5 , but also owns a very tasty modified 911 plus a VW Beetle convertiblle. He likes classic cars as well, such as old Astons and Mustangs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_StBWXElaw...feature=channel

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When De la Rosa was McLaren test driver, he drove a Mercedes R Class. Guess he still does.

David Coulthard has a classic Mercedes sportscar (roadster) he drives around Monaco. I saw him doing a film clip in it ...a lap of the GP track, or asmuch as you can, in a non GP time of year. It was absolutely immaculate and fully restored for him by the factory. I believe ift is from the same year he was born (1971).

Oh and Mark Webber drives a Porsche Carrera GT when in the UK.

A present for Alonso:

this car is my dream, seriously!

It is almost too beautiful!

Strange thread, nice cars are ugly and ugly cars are beautiful?

not to keen on the way the front sticks out to be honest, reminds me of a sucker fish haha

this is the car thats too beautiful... http://collegecars.files.wordpress.com/200..._images_001.jpg

Alonso when he was wit renault at Nurburgring Nordschleife http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n_XG1pFkp4...feature=related

I find the 458 Italia gorgeous, and from Maserati I prefer this one:



Aston Martin cars lately look the same to me but still love them, same goes with the McLaren, the f1 is incredible, looks as if it has been created yesterday.

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Sorry about my reply then I thought it was a dig!

Is it just me or does this picture look like the profile of a naked body?

If naked bodies have spears sticking out of them and horses jumping on their heads, yes.

Masculine or femenine? I don't know what to look for

WTF?

Smoking pot again, have we?

If you'd bother to check, you'd know that Mercedes offered huge discounts to F1 drivers at the time so they could claim that while Mercedes wasn't involved in racing, the racing drivers actually drove Mercedes cars. As most drivers didn't earn huge salaries in those days, a heavily discounted Mercedes was a very attractive deal for them. Those that did have enough money still got a Mercedes for the WAG or to sell on after having satisfied the terms of the agreement with Mercedes. The acknowledged quality of Mercedes (and I drove a 190E for many years and loved the car) had nothing to do with it.

These days, that scheme has ended but F1 drivers can still usually get a discount because it gives the manufacturer p.r. value if driver X drives their car. However, corporate influence means that most drivers get a affiliated car to drive and are not allowed to make much noise about any other cars they might have in their stable. For example, Schumacher used to have a Bugatti EB110, which he allegedly sold after joining Ferrari.

Ewww! What a horrid car, and for over a million pounds? Puhlease! If I had £1m to buy on a car, I'd actually go for a car that deserves that kind of money and buy a really old Ferrari or a Veyron. That Aston just looks terrible. Last great looking Aston was the DB5.

If I recall correctly in Monza 2008 Alonso was driving a Renault Megane Coupe. I think it's safe to assume Kubica, Petrov, Webber and Vettel have new models of this one now.

Kubica was driving BMW M6 back then, Liuzzi - a Corvette registered in Czech Republic (he did have some issues with taxes recently, wasn't he?), Kimi - Ferrari, Massa - Maserati, Schumacher - some sort of Italian scooter ;)

It's not that different from the new McLaren?

This is the contemporary supercar style, according to the designers.

I thought Vettel drove a Lexus. However I may have dreamt it.

Petrov:

They had a review of the 458 in topgear mag, last month or this i forget, but it looks stunning in my opinion, trounces all over anything ferrari have made for the last two decades. LOVE IT!

Those Ferrari shots are heavily photoshopped studio photographs... it is fair to say love or hate the car, it does look far better in those press shots than as the real car on the road.

I doubt Webber and Vettel are bound to drive a Renault. In fact, Vettel won a pimped Mercedes back in Abu Dhabi last year, though I doubt he's driving it ,)

Completely agree. Since the 355 Ferrari lost their way aesthetically. They lost their edge and flair. The 458 rights those wrongs! Coincidentally that era coincides with Schumacher being at the Scuderia. Another thing to blame him for?

thats one gorgeous looking advanced supersports car!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWgiAxJy_4A

and looking at the stats it beats competitors like the new AMG SLS by miles.

Alright, here it is on track:



I LOVE the 458.

Vettel:

Looks nice from the outside... but the interior.. U-G-L-Y :/

btw, it's getting off topic ;P

/edit: i'm referring to the 458.