The drives that have impressed you the most...
#1
Posted 27 September 2011 - 06:01
1)Gilles Villeneuve (Jarama-81)
2)Michael Schumacher (Barcelona-96)
3)Ayrton Senna (Donnington-93)
4)Lewis Hamilton (Silverstone-08)
5)Ayrton Senna (Estoril-85)
6)Sebastian Vettel (Monza-08)
7)Kimi Raikkonen (Suzuka-05)
8)Jim Clark (Spa-62)
9)Olivier Panis (Monaco-96)
10)Michael Schumacher (Spa-95)
Drives that I havent been fortunate enough to watch, but still have been very impressed with, after reading about them...
Jim Clark (Spa-63)
Jackie Stewart (Nurburgring-68)
What about you guys? What are the drives that have impressed you the most?
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#2
Posted 27 September 2011 - 06:09
Pains at Monaco 1986
Schumacher 1998
#3
Posted 27 September 2011 - 07:30
Rosberg Monaco 1983
Pains at Monaco 1986
Schumacher 1998
Pains would be Panis? And 1986 would be 1996? I hope you watch the races a little more attentively than you report on them here...
And Schumacher 1998? Where? Spa?
The OP's list is pretty good. I would add Schumacher and Hakkinen at Suzuka 2000 - both were great, Schumacher just that bit better.
#4
Posted 27 September 2011 - 07:37
Schumacher 1998
You mean Hungary 98???
#5
Posted 27 September 2011 - 07:45
Pains would be Panis? And 1986 would be 1996? I hope you watch the races a little more attentively than you report on them here...
And Schumacher 1998? Where? Spa?;)
The OP's list is pretty good. I would add Schumacher and Hakkinen at Suzuka 2000 - both were great, Schumacher just that bit better.
I thought Hakkinen's driving dropped a bit when it started drizzling a bit. But then again it was only in comparison with the regenmeister.
But Schumacher's driving on that day, I must agree, was pure class. The way he sat behind Hakkinen and pounced on him with some blistering in-laps was an absolute masterclass on how to combine skill with strategy.
Edited by gillesthegenius, 27 September 2011 - 07:46.
#6
Posted 27 September 2011 - 08:15
Also thinking about it, Berger at Hockenheim in 1997.
#7
Posted 27 September 2011 - 08:57
I thought Hakkinen's driving dropped a bit when it started drizzling a bit. But then again it was only in comparison with the regenmeister.
But Schumacher's driving on that day, I must agree, was pure class. The way he sat behind Hakkinen and pounced on him with some blistering in-laps was an absolute masterclass on how to combine skill with strategy.
I often felt that Schumacher was always cracking under pressure but 2000 Suzuka was a real masterclass. Hakkinen cracked and Schumacher was above anybody else. Great drive and the whole race was a pleasure to watch. It was a really really intense one. I loved it.
I was rooting for Hakkinen but about half distance i thought that anybody will win, it will be well deserved and well fought.
Oh and they were both in a different league than their teammates.....
Edited by Levike, 27 September 2011 - 08:59.
#8
Posted 27 September 2011 - 09:11
Hill Suzuka 1994
Raikkonen Spa 2004
Alonso Singapore 2010
#9
Posted 27 September 2011 - 09:12
Rosberg at Monaco 1983
Panis at Monaco 1996
Schumacher at Hungary 1998
There we go, that looks more correct.
#10
Posted 27 September 2011 - 09:17
I often felt that Schumacher was always cracking under pressure but 2000 Suzuka was a real masterclass. Hakkinen cracked and Schumacher was above anybody else.
How is that? The conditions played perfectly into Schumacher's hands. He was better than Häkkinen in light drizzle and greasy track and his car worked better in those conditions as well. Did Schumacher crack at Spa? If is F1 spelled backwards of course but had it stayed dry, Häkkinen would have nailed it despite Bridgestone shenanigans.
#11
Posted 27 September 2011 - 09:19
I often felt that Schumacher was always cracking under pressure but 2000 Suzuka was a real masterclass. Hakkinen cracked and Schumacher was above anybody else. Great drive and the whole race was a pleasure to watch. It was a really really intense one. I loved it.
I was rooting for Hakkinen but about half distance i thought that anybody will win, it will be well deserved and well fought.
Oh and they were both in a different league than their teammates.....
I was a big Hakkinen fan back then. I don't think he cracked, Schumacher was just that bit better in damp conditions, which were never a strength of Hakkinen's. Both all weekend were in a league of their own and their qualifying battle was brilliant as well. I wasn't even that disappointed at the outcome. I thought Hakkinen was great but Schumacher was just that bit better when it really counted. It was a clean and thrilling battle.
#12
Posted 27 September 2011 - 09:20
Kimi 09 Spa
Seb 08 Monza
#13
Posted 27 September 2011 - 09:26
Jackie Stewart, German GP 1968
Vic Elford, Targa Florio 1968
Graham Hill, Monaco GP, 1965
Stirling Moss, Mille Miglia 1955
Jack Brabham, Indianapolis 500, 1961
#14
Posted 27 September 2011 - 09:54
Webber Monaco 2010
Raikkonen Melbourne 2007
#15
Posted 27 September 2011 - 10:04
#16
Posted 27 September 2011 - 10:19
Alonso at Hungary in 2006. If his wheel nut hadn't fallen off, people would talk about that victory in the same way people talk about Senna in Donington.
#17
Posted 27 September 2011 - 10:22
Pains would be Panis? And 1986 would be 1996? I hope you watch the races a little more attentively than you report on them here...
And Schumacher 1998? Where? Spa?
The OP's list is pretty good. I would add Schumacher and Hakkinen at Suzuka 2000 - both were great, Schumacher just that bit better.
#18
Posted 27 September 2011 - 10:24
I was a big Hakkinen fan back then. I don't think he cracked, Schumacher was just that bit better in damp conditions, which were never a strength of Hakkinen's. Both all weekend were in a league of their own and their qualifying battle was brilliant as well. I wasn't even that disappointed at the outcome. I thought Hakkinen was great but Schumacher was just that bit better when it really counted. It was a clean and thrilling battle.
Yep, a truly fitting finale.
#19
Posted 27 September 2011 - 10:28
I was a big Hakkinen fan back then. I don't think he cracked, Schumacher was just that bit better in damp conditions, which were never a strength of Hakkinen's. Both all weekend were in a league of their own and their qualifying battle was brilliant as well. I wasn't even that disappointed at the outcome. I thought Hakkinen was great but Schumacher was just that bit better when it really counted. It was a clean and thrilling battle.
Neither do I think that he cracked. I think it was a case of Schumacher upping his game and Hakkinen's pace dipping a bit more than anything else.
Talking about Hakkinen, I thought he drove brilliantly at the Nurb and in Suzuka after his shocker at Monza in 1998.
Edited by gillesthegenius, 27 September 2011 - 10:31.
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#20
Posted 27 September 2011 - 10:29
Webber, Monaco 2010
Webber, China 2011
#21
Posted 27 September 2011 - 10:38
Hill Suzuka 1994
As a huge Hill fan, I must admit that Suzuka 94 was probably his most impressive performance as a Williams driver.
Being able to keep it together (which unfortunately wasnt a thing that Hill could manage to do consistently throughout 94 and 95) and bring the car home in treacherous conditions, inspite of seeing one of his wheels refusing to come off in his one and only pit stop, especially when the world championship was on the line, showed that he certainly had it in him to become the 1994 world champion. But its a pity that the debacle of Adelaide 94 undid all that hard work.
Edited by gillesthegenius, 27 September 2011 - 11:06.
#22
Posted 27 September 2011 - 10:39
the whole of 1998! epic yearYou mean Hungary 98???
#23
Posted 27 September 2011 - 10:49
How about
Johnny Herbert - Donnington 93
Rosberg - South Africa 85
Marc Surer - Brands 85
Derek Warwick - Brands 82
Hill - Hungary 97
#24
Posted 27 September 2011 - 11:49
I have to say that Montoya seriously impressed me in Brasil 2001. It was his third race in F1 and would probably have beat Schumi who seemed to have a better car at the circuit. I don't think that Schumi had any answer to Montoya that day, and only Trulli could ruin his day for him .
#25
Posted 27 September 2011 - 11:58
Food poisoning, crap car, monsoonal rain.
And he was going to win the damn race!
#26
Posted 27 September 2011 - 12:01
Yes - the 1968 German Grand Prix on the Nurburgring Nordschleife, when it was non only pouring with rain but foggy too. Jackie Stewart not only won by four minutes but did so driving with a broken wrist - that's why he is No 1 in my list.Anybody who managed to finish in Brasil 2003 drove impressively in my opinion. Has a F1 race ever been held under worse conditions ?
#27
Posted 27 September 2011 - 12:19
Ayrton Senna, Estoril 1985 (?) Think it was 85....)
Damon Hill, Hungary 1997.
Gilles Villeneuve, Dijon, 1979
Niki Lauda, Italian GP, 1976 (finished 4th, bleeding under his bandages 3 races after having his last rites read to him at the track in Germany)
#28
Posted 27 September 2011 - 12:21
Anybody who managed to finish in Brasil 2003 drove impressively in my opinion. Has a F1 race ever been held under worse conditions ?
Brazil 2003 was tricky also because the teams only had the intermediate tyre from their tyre manufacturer due to the 1 wet tyre rule. No one had full wets hence why a load aquaplaned off at T3.
I also believe that a Minardi (Verstappen?) was fuelled heavy enough that if the race was stopped early with a few SCs it could go on 0 stops and possibly win. It was ahead of Fisichella until the driver either aquaplaned or the car broke down.
#29
Posted 27 September 2011 - 12:53
Mind you, taking into account Jackie's known problems with the truth, it was probably sunny, clear and he had a bruised little finger.Yes - the 1968 German Grand Prix on the Nurburgring Nordschleife, when it was non only pouring with rain but foggy too. Jackie Stewart not only won by four minutes but did so driving with a broken wrist - that's why he is No 1 in my list.
(Joke. It was a great drive.)