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Originally Posted by MKSixer
I saw this in Autosport and it was open to all motorsports but I wanted to limit it to F1. Who is the greatest F1 team boss in your august opinions? Please provide a bit of context and please name 2 others besides your top pick to spice things up a bit. I'll start:
1. Enzo Ferrari - The founder of The Scuderia has the most successful team in the history of the sport and had his priorities right: We sell road cars to fund our racing. You can't get much more dedicated than that.
2. Ron Dennis (Darth Ron) - Ron started in F1 as an apprentice at the age of 16 years old. He literally created the way serious garages are kept AROUND THE WORLD in a meticulous state. He was so fastidious that he made his mechanics put away all tools at the end of the day then unpack them again in the morning. All notes were to be kept on computer. No paper at any desks to ensure no data, no matter how seemingly trivial was lost. Brought Lewis Hamilton up from the ranks and gave him the opportunity to mold himself into the greatest driver of all time. Has a language named after him Ron-speak...Look it up. Not too shabby, Darth Ron!
3. Ross Brawn - Part of the team that won 5 WDCs in a row at Ferrari and did more of the day-to-day running than Todt. Saw the opportunity in Honda leaving the sport, purchased the team and resources from them for 1GBP, exploited the double diffuser rule to its fullest and sold the team to Mercedes for north of 100,000,000. Brought Niki Lauda and Toto Wolf on board and procured the services of HAM. One of the biggest masterstrokes in all of motorsports. Didn't like the way things were going and bailed. Now runs the sport. Not a bad career. I had the honor of meeting him and spending time with him in 2012. Great and VERY humble man. Was embarrassed at my recounting of his career brilliance.
Honorable Mentions: (in no particular order)
Frank Williams
Toto Wolff
Colin Chapman
Bernie Ecclestone
Ken Tyrrell
A disgrace to the sport:
Flabio Briatore
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Greetings MK -
LOVE your intentionally misspelled first name for the disgraced Briatore!
