1996. the first race i remember was suzuka that year.
good times for a british fan [at the tender age of 4 lol]
Full Version: What was "your year"?
QUOTE (Paolo @ Nov 23 2009, 14:36) 
Without a doubt,
1983.
So many different looking cars, and different concepts.
Turbo and atmospheric engines, from 4 to 12 cylinders, conventional suspension as well as hydraulic (Ligier) and active (Lotus), arrow shaped cars (Brabham, Osella, Ligier) and the Coke Bottle appearance (McLaren), the Ferrari upswept sidepods, short sidepods (Williams, Tyrrell) and long ones (Renault, Theodore), the introduction of side winglets, so many different air intakes, Toleman actually sporting a double wing and a full width nose, the incredible early RAM-March with its prolonged tail (any pic of that pre-season model?)...
Crazy driving too, a year long battle with so many different winners and Rosberg performing a 360 and still charging at the front in the US GP...
it was a dream and , as it was only my second year following F1, I was convinced this was normal.
Quickly grasped the reality in the following years, and actually started enjoying the show a lot less in 1984 already, with Mc Laren's dominance that would go on for so many years bar a few and the gradual homologation of shapes.
1983.
So many different looking cars, and different concepts.
Turbo and atmospheric engines, from 4 to 12 cylinders, conventional suspension as well as hydraulic (Ligier) and active (Lotus), arrow shaped cars (Brabham, Osella, Ligier) and the Coke Bottle appearance (McLaren), the Ferrari upswept sidepods, short sidepods (Williams, Tyrrell) and long ones (Renault, Theodore), the introduction of side winglets, so many different air intakes, Toleman actually sporting a double wing and a full width nose, the incredible early RAM-March with its prolonged tail (any pic of that pre-season model?)...
Crazy driving too, a year long battle with so many different winners and Rosberg performing a 360 and still charging at the front in the US GP...
it was a dream and , as it was only my second year following F1, I was convinced this was normal.
Quickly grasped the reality in the following years, and actually started enjoying the show a lot less in 1984 already, with Mc Laren's dominance that would go on for so many years bar a few and the gradual homologation of shapes.
That's it.1983 was the first year after ground effect, which made the cars instable to drive, resulting in wonderful racing. And the first year before fuel limitation, which was a huge setback.
My year was 1994 . This was the year I returned to F1 after suffering from TB which made me not to watch F1 for 2 years.( I have been a fan of F1 since 1986...)
QUOTE (Jan.W @ Nov 28 2009, 12:57)
No, but the Williams in 97 was vastly superior to the Renault in 2006, compared to the Ferrari. 
1996 yes, 1997 not really.
Better - yes, vastly superior - certainly not.
Been watching since before I could walk, but the first race I can remember is Japan 1996. I can still recite Murray's commentary from the final half-lap of that race!!!
mine would be 1996. it was explosive. MS in a Ferrari, new boy JVi nearly winning on debut, Damon Hill winning his WDC.. there was loads of action and lots of changes.
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