{"id":460442,"date":"2005-04-01T13:00:24","date_gmt":"2005-04-01T21:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=90426"},"modified":"2024-12-27T01:24:39","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T01:24:39","slug":"the-greatest-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-greatest-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"The \u201cGreatest\u201d Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You know the eternal pub debate about who is the greatest driver ever, or which was the greatest drive? I\u2019m up for that, provided it is a debate, in a pub, with friends. In the right atmosphere it\u2019s great fun, but it\u2019s best left in the pub. To really know the answer we\u2019d need all the candidates in their prime in perfectly matched Maserati 250Fs, Ferrari F2004s etc. and run them on the Nordschleife, Monza, Spa and so on. Unless that could be arranged there can be no resolution and, besides, who would chose the candidates?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We live in an age obsessed by lists and I am getting bothered by the tendency for some automotive magazines to compile lists of the greatest this or that. They judge rather than celebrate. 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To really know the answer we\u2019d need all the candidates in their prime in perfectly matched Maserati 250Fs, Ferrari F2004s etc. and run them on the Nordschleife, Monza, Spa and so on. Unless [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":322,"featured_media":718572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,11272,261,18207],"tags":[18322,17152,17140,548,11854,11635,7577,11307,11377,11357,11346,17143,17201],"class_list":["post-460442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-members-only","category-motorsport-racing","category-special-feature","tag-2000s-all","tag-car-culture","tag-members-only","tag-motorsport","tag-achille-varzi","tag-alain-prost","tag-ayrton-senna","tag-juan-manuel-fangio","tag-stirling-moss","tag-tazio-nuvolari","tag-driver-profiles","tag-special-feature","tag-last-lap-column"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The \u201cGreatest\u201d Debate<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mike Lawrence draws up a bar stool and a pint to debunk the urban myth of the greatest driver of all time.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-greatest-debate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The \u201cGreatest\u201d Debate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mike Lawrence draws up a bar stool and a pint to debunk the urban myth of the greatest driver of all time.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-greatest-debate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2005-04-01T21:00:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-27T01:24:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/04\/TC200707-p7-770x479-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"770\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"479\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Lawrence\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Michael Lawrence\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/the-greatest-debate\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/the-greatest-debate\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Lawrence\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f4f43095b5fd8e9a8f908f1ec248e4d1\"},\"headline\":\"The \u201cGreatest\u201d Debate\",\"datePublished\":\"2005-04-01T21:00:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-27T01:24:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/the-greatest-debate\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1044,\"commentCount\":1,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/the-greatest-debate\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2005\\\/04\\\/TC200707-p7-770x479-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2000s All\",\"Car Culture\",\"Members Only\",\"Motorsport &amp; 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