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3=. Damon Hill
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| Are we being a little unkind to Damon Hill? I don't think so. Why he chose to sport what can only be described by us as a very ordinary goatee, we'll never know - but we can guess! It wasn't an idea of his wife's, that for sure - because when he shaved it off for a while, Georgie told him that it was the first time they'd had a proper kiss for three months!
Perhaps he was subscribing to the old adage that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and flattering his team boss, Eddie Jordan (whose own goatee was a bit of a worry) was perhaps the only was he was going to keep his job.
Ultimately, though, we suspect, that what he was trying to achieve was to distance himself from his baby-faced Williams days, and let his grey hairs give him the 'old and wise' look - so that while he may have been a joke on the track in '99, at least he had the aura of remembering the 'good ol' days' of a World Championship in 1996. All of 3 and a bit years ago - how time flies.
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3=. Jackie and Paul Stewart
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 Frank Williams puts his dignity where his mouth is, and joins the Stewart clan for a photshoot.What's next? Plus-Fours? A kilt??
Third place we give to the Stewart boys, daddy Jackie and son Paul - for their unflagging devotion to their Scottish heritage. For continued recognition of their roots - and an acknowledgement of their fine historic culture. And all this is the face of extreme criticism from the fashion world, who were thankful they didn't have to wear theŠdistinctiveŠtartan trousers.
One member of the paddock with less luck though, was Frank Williams - who made a bet with Jackie that he'd wear the tartans when (more likely if) Stewart's Grand Prix team ever won a race. Come Round 14 of the 1999 Championship though, and a victory to Johnny Herbert meant that Williams had to put his money where his mouth was. He lived up to his word though, as is seen above.
Eddie Irvine was taking no chances, though, with his reputation - reportedly checking the fine print when he signed on with Jackie to drive for Jaguar that under no circumstances would he have to don the togsŠ
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2. Jacques Villeneuve
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  Jacques gives us his "I didn't score a point all year" smile (left), and in a quiet moment, gives us a damn good look at this balding spots (right).
Well, for the ultimate 'look' in the Grand Prix paddock, we can go no farther than the ebullient maverick Canadian, Jacques Villeneuve Jnr. Not afraid to things his way, he has a sizable ego, and certainly doesn't lack self esteem. How do we know?
Well, this is the man who can actually sleep at night driving for a team that is basically one big tabacco company, and whose car at one point advertised not one but two cigarette brands simultaneously.
He has perfected his haggard 'just - woke - up - and - dragged - myself - here - after - a - run - in - with - a - manic - hairdresser - and - a - bucket - of - bleach' look, with just that right amount of stubble, the perfect shade of off-white hair complete with the ever receding hairline and a sheepish, innocent grin that says "Effects of smoking? What effects?".
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1. Keke Rosberg
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| Now Keke Rosberg was one of quite a few keen tennis players in the paddock. Nelson Piquet, for example, was a ranked tennis player before giving that particular career path away.
But to the point - with Mr. Rosberg's paddock atire, we cannot find any particular fault. But upon seeing this tennis picture, we felt we just had to question the 'testicularly restricted' look the Finnish personality has got going here.
Men to man, Keke, you can tell us - we know it was fashionable in the mid-80s - but still, aren't those shorts a bitŠummmŠconstricting?
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