He Sounds Quick: A Guide to Great Racing Names

[fjackdaw]

I propose a new category, drivers that sound like they should be/should've been in a different league. (Needs a shorter name, but anyway.) For example, Ricardo Teixeira sounds like an IndyCar driver, and Johnny Herbert sounds like someone from DTM (but BTCC is kind of close I guess).

I'll second Lellalombardi's suggestion that Allan McNish is not a Formula 1 name, definitely a tin top driver.

Lewis Hamilton sounds like a Formula 3 driver.

Sakon Yamomoto - World Superbikes.

[JeremyMcClean]

Arturo Merzario gets points for having an "old timey" name.

[Stramala]

Vincent Radermecker sounds like a Le Mans gentlemen racer who is subsidising a Belgian-run Ferrari GTE team. Instead, he's a semi-pro touring car driver. Albeit he never got anywhere near F1.

Vern Schuppan sounds like a Kiwi biker.

Alejandro de Tomaso sounds like he should have been a works Alfa driver in the DTM or ETCC.

[fjackdaw]

Jules Bianchi - definitely a superbikes rider.

[Stramala]

Jules Bianchi - definitely a superbikes rider.

I always think "Liquigas UCI ProTour rider" because the identically named bike company used to be their supplier.

[UgncreativeUsergname]

Chris van der Drift is a good aptonym.

[I forti sopravivono]

Jules Bianchi - definitely a superbikes rider.

I always think "Liquigas UCI ProTour rider" because the identically named bike company used to be their supplier.

Same thoughts here.

Thinking of the green/blue Bianchi jerseys in cycling


Names who sound fast in my opinion: Patrick Tambay, Alex Zanardi, Kimi Raikkonen, Takuma Sato, Jacky Ickx, Peter Revson and Lorenzo Bandini.

I found Scott speed not sound fast, more in a sarcastic way like the nick of the snail in disguise in a funny race game.

[roblomas52]

Kamui kobayashi sounds like he's in d1gp

[UgncreativeUsergname]

Kamui kobayashi sounds like he's in d1gp

Just give Samster's series 55 more years and he will be!

[darkapprentice77]

Kazuyoshi Hoshino sounds like a MotoGP rider.

[roblomas52]

Some say: he has the fastest name in the world
All we know is he's called the stig

[UgncreativeUsergname]

Mike Thackwell sounds like an infrequent F1 point-scorer from the '50s.

[BlindCaveSalamander]

I always thought Nathan McKane from GRID was a pretty good racing driver name.

[FullMetalJack]

Jules Bianchi - definitely a superbikes rider.

Yes. Definitely.