{"id":460626,"date":"2005-11-01T13:00:42","date_gmt":"2005-11-01T21:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=79896"},"modified":"2024-12-27T01:24:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T01:24:46","slug":"teammates-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/teammates-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Teammates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It has become a given that a driver\u2019s main rival is his teammate and I have been pondering when this idea emerged. There have been instances of teammates being very close friends and the late Chris Nixon celebrated the bond between Mike Hawthorn and Peter Collins in his superb book, Mon Ami Mate. Moss and Fangio were friends, while Fangio had been mentored by his rival, Achille Varzi.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Luigi Villoresi mentored Alberto Ascari who, in turn, took Eugenio Castellotti under his wing as, later, Jackie Stewart groomed Fran\u00e7ois Cevert. Mario Andretti and Ronnie Peterson made a great combination at Lotus in 1978, Mario developed the Lotus 79, which Ronnie could not have done, and expressed admiration for what Peterson could do with the car. For his part, Ronnie helped Andretti to the world championship.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? You&#8217;re missing out<\/h2>\n<p class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content\">Any Text Here<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"a07online-global-marketing-prompt\" href=\"https:\/\/supercars.memberful.com\/checkout?plan=86696\">Get Started<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-signin\">\n<h4 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-signin\">Already a Member? <a href=\"https:\/\/supercars.memberful.com\/account\">Sign in to your account here<\/a>.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has become a given that a driver\u2019s main rival is his teammate and I have been pondering when this idea emerged. There have been instances of teammates being very close friends and the late Chris Nixon celebrated the bond between Mike Hawthorn and Peter Collins in his superb book, Mon Ami Mate. Moss and Fangio were friends, while Fangio had been mentored by his rival, Achille Varzi. Luigi Villoresi mentored Alberto Ascari who, in turn, took Eugenio Castellotti under [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":322,"featured_media":712010,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,11272,261,18207],"tags":[18322,17152,17140,548,11854,11403,11833,11845,11304,11449,11993,11307,12001,11308,12367,11887,12099,11377,17143,17201],"class_list":["post-460626","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-alberto-ascari","tag-eugenio-castellotti","tag-francois-cevert","tag-gilles-villeneuve","tag-jackie-stewart","tag-jody-scheckter","tag-juan-manuel-fangio","tag-luigi-villoresi","tag-mario-andretti","tag-mike-hawthorn","tag-peter-collins","tag-ronnie-peterson","tag-stirling-moss","tag-special-feature","tag-last-lap-column"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Teammates<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mike Lawrence discovers that it is only in recent times that a racing teammate has been considered a rival.\" \/>\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\/teammates-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Teammates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mike Lawrence discovers that it is only in recent times that a racing teammate has been considered a rival.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/teammates-2\/\" \/>\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=\"2005-11-01T21:00:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-27T01:24:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/11\/Mike-Lawrence-TF-4.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"702\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"336\" \/>\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\\\/teammates-2\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/teammates-2\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Lawrence\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9ecce5f233369521caad554c1241d5d6\"},\"headline\":\"Teammates\",\"datePublished\":\"2005-11-01T21:00:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-27T01:24:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/teammates-2\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1044,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/teammates-2\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2005\\\/11\\\/Mike-Lawrence-TF-4.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2000s All\",\"Car Culture\",\"Members Only\",\"Motorsport &amp; 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