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[Shiroo]

 

I might've put this in the OP if I hadn't thought it was from 2007 for some reason:

 

 

• dat finish
• dat excitement
• dem words exchanged
• dem tempers rising

 

 

and what was the result in the end? Porsche got DSQ or smt?

[Andrew Hope]

and what was the result in the end? Porsche got DSQ or smt?

 

Porsche kept the win for Patrick Long and Jorg Bergmeister. The Vette of Jan Magnussen and Johnny O'Connell crossed the line second and so kept the result. I can't remember much more beyond that other than that it was obviously pretty controversial. SonnyViceR will know more about it than I would, and having only just now typed his name out for the first time I realize I've been reading it as SonnyVCR for the whole time I've been on this forum. No wonder he has so many tapes of old races.

Edited by Andrew Hope, 06 February 2014 - 17:14.

[Tenmantaylor]

Fair result. Can't ram someone from behind to make a pass. Hit each.

[Dan333SP]

Canada 2011. No question from me, because I was there and I am no Vettel fan. My grandstand erupting when Button came through in the lead was a great feeling, especially after spending nearly 3 hours trying to find a dry spot to wait out the red flag. I've been to every Montreal race for the last 16 years, and that one stands alone. Stil bitter that MSC lost a podium, that would have been perfect...

[Linther]

Another vote for Le Mans 2011. Absolutely insane all-out racing for 24 hours. Several heart stopping incidents. Example:

 

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=KnQdf1mJneM

 

The winners advantage after one whole day: 13 seconds.

[Andrew Hope]

Fair result. Can't ram someone from behind to make a pass. Hit each.

 

Yep, hard racing doesn't become unfair racing when someone happens to crash. I'm fine with it.

[SonnyViceR]

Bump-and-run + still take the win only gets accepted in NASCAR. Good portion of American sportscar racing has thankly survived from it, and now with the merg... oh wait.

 

 

And yeah Andrew, that was good enough analogy of the Corvette Lizards situation.

 

I actually hate this username. Known as either Mistral or Chiana everywhere else. Wish I could change it

Edited by SonnyViceR, 06 February 2014 - 17:09.

[Atreiu]

Interlagos 2012 - I used to think I'd never see anything like Interlagos 2008 again, until the 2012 GP. Nerve wrecking and exciting regadless of WDC implications.

 

Phillip Island 2011 - Stoner's coronation. His title on the Honda put him in very distinguished company - champions with different bike manufacturer's. Super Sic made it to the podium and we all thought he would become stronger and stronger from there on.

 

Le Mans 2011 - I don't know how the AUDI guys held up after the crashes and drama.

 

Montreal 2011 - Craziest race since Interlagos 2003, but with a much better finish.

 

Istambul 2010 - Teammates collide, very close and exciting racing, Hamilton vs Button. I still think it's the best F1 race post refueling ban.

[Richard T]

I cant rate my moments, they were so fantastic and/or memorable in different aspects.

 

Le Mans 2011

So many breathtaking moments, and THOSE two crashes of Rockenfeller and McNish. On two occations I thought we had lost a driver.

 

Hockenheim Grand Prix 2012

I was there, and seeing Fernando surging that F2012 and managing his pace was amazing. Pushed when Button and Vettel came to close and just kept them out of DRS distance for the entire race.

 

Valencia Grand Prix 2013 (MotoGP)

This race just stuck in my mind. With Marques winning his first world title in his rookie season. He is the reason why im now watching MotoGP

 

Le Mans 2013

This was my first time at Le Mans. The combination of excitement on track of weather and competition, and tragedy, was a emotional roller-coaster for me and everyone else, you could really feel it in the air. It was visible from the outside this was one of the hardest motor races for many years.

 

Brazilian Grand Prix 2012

As an Alonso fan I thought that FINALLY he would get his world title with Ferrari against the mighty force of Vettel and Red Bull. But once again dissapointment. No more needs to be said...

[Option1]

I have every F1 race from around 1988 to 2007 saved on a hard drive. I only watch a single season a year - and ONLY during the off season stretch.

 

Unfortunately I can't remember what I had for lunch 10 minutes ago so I'm useless in these kinds of threads...

There was lunch?!?!

 

Unfortunately, for much the same reason I can't think of 5 that stand out.  Maybe Le Mans 2011, but even that's fading in the memory.

 

Mind you I do look forward to Easter when I'll be able hide my own eggs.

 

Neil

[Andrew Hope]

There was lunch?!?!

 

Unfortunately, for much the same reason I can't think of 5 that stand out.  Maybe Le Mans 2011, but even that's fading in the memory.

 

Mind you I do look forward to Easter when I'll be able hide my own eggs.

 

Neil

 

As long as you remember to remember it's Easter. Eating chocolate eggs you find in November isn't good for anyone.

 

I speak from experience.

[Option1]

What's Easter?

Who's Molly Ringwald?

Who's November?

 

Why are my underpants on my head?

 

Somebody.

[Andrew Hope]

What's Easter?

Who's Molly Ringwald?

Who's November?

 

Why are my underpants on my head?

 

Somebody.

 

Because last Easter you were so determined to find the Easter eggs you forgot to hide for yourself you looked under every coffee table within a thousand miles and in your admirable determination to find at least one egg, you found Molly Ringwald. The two of you then spent a night of fiery passion together, and you were so overwhelmed at a night with your childhood crush you vowed to wear your underpants on your head until November.

 

We off-topic now!

[SonnyViceR]

Watching less racing might be the answer for forgetting and such... especially 2012 for me was a year I literally watched EVERYTHING that had wheels, tons of racing every single weekend and I had leftovers from three months back still to catch up. It was exhausting and unnecessary since when you actually think about it, you don't need to do all that. There are other things in life.

 

So I have a new gameplan, and that is to only follow the events I truly care about and those that would make me cry if I didn't see them, for one reason or another. So I gradually decreased my following last year, not nearly as much as I originally "hoped", but still it was a good and healthy decision. I was able to concentrate on things that really matter to me, not "yeah that would be nice to watch I suppose". More time for non other activities too. So, ultimately, I have written a race schedule for this year and it has 8 events in it (one has happened already), with the possible addition of extra two - but probaIy not. I will follow motorsports generally of course but have no real interest in watching events outside those. And I will stick to that list this time.

 

The other thing is that there really isn't ideal championship out there for me right now, all have more or less fundamental issues or are otherwise uninteresting. So events are more important for me than series, yes.

 

Sorry if this sounds weird and out of place

Edited by SonnyViceR, 06 February 2014 - 21:57.

[garagetinkerer]

2012 Monaco quali anyone?

[Andrew Hope]

Watching less racing might be the answer for forgetting and such... especially 2012 for me was a year I literally watched EVERYTHING that had wheels, tons of racing every single weekend and I had leftovers from three months back still to catch up. It was exhausting and unnecessary since when you actually think about it, you don't need to do all that. There are other things in life.

 

So I have a new gameplan, and that is to only follow the events I truly care about and those that would make me cry if I didn't see them, for one reason or another. So I gradually decreased my following last year, not nearly as much as I originally "hoped", but still it was a good and healthy decision. I was able to concentrate on things that really matter to me, not "yeah that would be nice to watch I suppose". More time for non other activities too. So, ultimately, I have written a race schedule for this year and it has 8 events in it (one has happened already), with the possible addition of extra two - but probaIy not. I will follow motorsports generally of course but have no real interest in watching events outside those. And I will stick to that list this time.

 

The other thing is that there really isn't ideal championship out there for me right now, all have more or less fundamental issues or are otherwise uninteresting. So events are more important for me than series, yes.

 

Sorry if this sounds weird and out of place

 

It makes sense. I've always wanted to be one of those mentalists who seems to catch every race but there's just too many damn things to do. Watch car racing, read about tanks, chase tail. I'm only one man. I usually just hunt down highlights, and if anything extraordinary happens in Brazilian Stock Cars it'll be posted somewhere on here anyway.

 

The more you know about racing the easier it is to spot shittiness in racing series. It's tough to just blindly be a fan of one series anymore, not because it hasn't always been like this but because we're all getting older and more well-informed.

 

I completely uncluttered my bedroom a few months back by throwing out anything I wouldn't consider running into my house to save if my house was on fire. Applying a similar strategy to race-watching where you plan for 10 or so big events you refuse to miss and just try your best for the rest of them seems like a smart move to me.

[dweller23]

2012 Monaco quali anyone?

What happened there? I don't even remember it.

[Peter Perfect]

Brawns first test session of 2009 

[CrashPad]

Has to be MotoGP 125cc race at Estoril in 2010 for me.

Marquez fighting for the lead initially, race gets red flagged, then he drops it on his way to the grid for the restart.

Rushes to the pits to get the pretty rough looking bike fixed, which barely succeeds, then starts from back of the grid for the restart.

Gets up to 4th place by the 1st corner....and then wins the race on the last lap.

One of the most amazing things I have seen in racing.

 

[1Devil1]

2012 Monaco quali anyone?

  definitely 

[Force Ten]

These lists inevitably end up being "where my driver did something extraordinary" and I am no different in that regard, as mu fav is Canada 2011. Interestingly I because of that thread I watched the last 2 safety car periods of that race and noticed a funny thing - of the 18 classified drivers of that race only FOUR have driven continuously and will drive again in 2014 season. Four. That was less than three years ago. This flies right in the face of the perception that year in year out the grid is changing little with regards to the drivers.

[ollebompa]

As i only follow F1 my list are limited to that.

 

5. Abu Dhabi 2010. Four title candidets going in to the last race. It went the way i liked but would have been great ether way.

 

4. Brazil 2012. Once again went my way but i had a stomac ache for three days.

 

3. Impeccable seasons by Seb in 2011/2013, great seasons by Alonso in 2012 and Hamilton in 2012. Thats why i watch this sport.

 

2. 9 wins in a row. History being made!

 

1. Seb's celebrations In India. Future iconic F1 moment.  

Edited by ollebompa, 08 February 2014 - 13:51.

[Disgrace]

If I had to choose my top moment of pure racing in the last five years, then I have to post this again. Nothing like a final lap of the season to decide a championship.

 

[sennafan24]

What happened there? I don't even remember it.

Schumi's showed he still had some of the old magic.

 

Would have been on pole if not for his grid penalty

[Andrew Hope]

What happened there? I don't even remember it.

 

 

Dropped 5 grid spots due to a collision at the previous race. But we all know who went fastest in qualifying.

[Andrew Hope]

These lists inevitably end up being "where my driver did something extraordinary" and I am no different in that regard, as mu fav is Canada 2011. Interestingly I because of that thread I watched the last 2 safety car periods of that race and noticed a funny thing - of the 18 classified drivers of that race only FOUR have driven continuously and will drive again in 2014 season. Four. That was less than three years ago. This flies right in the face of the perception that year in year out the grid is changing little with regards to the drivers.

 

Good call, that's an amazing bit of trivia.

 

Vettel, Button, Massa, Rosberg, Kobayashi are the only ones still around. Webber, Schumacher, Petrov, Alguersuari, Buemi, Barrichello, de la Rosa, Liuzzi, Glock, d'Ambrosio, Karthikeyan and Trulli are all gone.

[OO7]

If I had to choose my top moment of pure racing in the last five years, then I have to post this again. Nothing like a final lap of the season to decide a championship.

 

Wow!  Fantastic last lap championship battle.  Shame about Jack Burnicle hogging the mic like his life depended on it.

[garagetinkerer]

 

Dropped 5 grid spots due to a collision at the previous race. But we all know who went fastest in qualifying.

In terms of pure talent behind the wheels, this man is in extremely small company of folks. Yet, no one was expecting Schumacher to do what he did. No one, except Schumacher, who was rather confident of it. Unfortunately the race didn't go as well...

 

No one expected him to debut so well. No one expected him to hang with the Piquets, Prosts and Sennas. By the time Piquet left, he in one interview said no one could stop this man. How correct Piquet was...

 

Between him and his dance partner, we had some epic racing and boy am i glad that i was alive

 

@ Andrew

Thanks for the pic

[Richard T]

This is very fresh, but after Allan Simonsens lap record at bathurst last year and tragic death at Le Mans. This is the most fitting kind of fairy-tale story. His team Maranello Motorsports winning the Bathurst 12hrs in style 

 

Hindy goes absolutly mental in the final lap 

Edited by Richard T, 10 February 2014 - 13:38.

[Andrew Hope]

This is very fresh, but after Allan Simonsens lap record at bathurst last year and tragic death at Le Mans. This is the most fitting kind of fairy-tale story. His team Maranello Motorsports winning the Bathurst 12hrs in style 

 

Hindy goes absolutly mental in the final lap 

 

I don't think we're going to see a better race than that one all year. The entire thing from start to finish was mega.

[Victor_RO]

We're only going to get a better race if at Le Mans we have an Audi, a Porsche and a Toyota racing for the win seconds apart after 23h59m of racing.

[HuddersfieldTerrier1986]

Unfortunately can't find the video with the RLM commentary but........

 

http://splashurl.com/khz8msr

[Andrew Hope]

Unfortunately can't find the video with the RLM commentary but........

 

http://splashurl.com/khz8msr

 

Good call, I'd forgotten about that. Crazy.

[ehagar]

My vote goes for the British Superbike decider at Brands Hatch in 2011.

 

But for the sake of adding something new... I wish I could have been to Indy to see this:

 

 

Also, I was at Cadwell Park at the start/finish straight watching this:

 

 

BSB in Silverstone wasn't too shabby either.

Edited by ehagar, 11 February 2014 - 02:34.

[Zoetrope]

As i only follow F1 my list are limited to that.

 

5. Abu Dhabi 2010. Four title candidets going in to the last race. It went the way i liked but would have been great ether way.

 

4. Brazil 2012. Once again went my way but i had a stomac ache for three days.

 

3. Impeccable seasons by Seb in 2011/2013, great seasons by Alonso in 2012 and Hamilton in 2012. Thats why i watch this sport.

 

2. 9 wins in a row. History being made!

 

1. Seb's celebrations In India. Future iconic F1 moment.  

Wow, I am no fan of Seb, but he indeed is making history. India surely will be remembered. 2012 and 2010 season finale were magic. Very good list.

[MetallurgicalHedonist]

Wow, I am no fan of Seb, but he indeed is making history. India surely will be remembered. 2012 and 2010 season finale were magic. Very good list.

 

He has a strong tendency not to win, if either RedBull is slightly worse than another team at a weekend or even if at least one team is as good as RedBull at the same weekend

 

--> Istanbul 09, Hockenheim 10, Spa 10, China 11, Silverstone11, Nürburgring 11, Hungary 11, Canada 12, Silverstone 12, Hungary 12, Austin 12, Brasil 12, Hungary 13, also probably in Singapur 12, Silverstone 13, if Hamilton didn't have bad luck. There are only a few exceptions (e.g. Bahrain 12 and 13, Nürburgring 13) from all his other wins which were achieved in mostly clearly better cars. He has still so much to prove.

 

I want him finally out of his comfort zone, may it be by a tough teammate or by a car like the Ferrari 2012 or Lotus 2012.

 

So far, there is nothing legendary about him.

[1Devil1]

 

He has a strong tendency not to win, if either RedBull is slightly worse than another team at a weekend or even if at least one team is as good as RedBull at the same weekend

 

--> Istanbul 09, Hockenheim 10, Spa 10, China 11, Silverstone11, Nürburgring 11, Hungary 11, Canada 12, Silverstone 12, Hungary 12, Austin 12, Brasil 12, Hungary 13, also probably in Singapur 12, Silverstone 13, if Hamilton didn't have bad luck. There are only a few exceptions (e.g. Bahrain 12 and 13, Nürburgring 13) from all his other wins which were achieved in mostly clearly better cars. He has still so much to prove.

 

I want him finally out of his comfort zone, may it be by a tough teammate or by a car like the Ferrari 2012 or Lotus 2012.

 

So far, there is nothing legendary about him.

 

what a off topic bullshit this thread is about top five moments not if Vettel is legendary or not. Your logic is if Vettel doesn't win he had a car that wasn't in his comfort zone, wasn't the best, if he win he had the best car. That is an easy route to your conclusion. You ever heard of circular logic ? Kimi and Alonso did not win a lot when their car's were not the best, the got podiums and scored good points, like Vettel did when Webber was nowhere near his pace...

Edited by 1Devil1, 11 February 2014 - 11:12.

[Victor_RO]

Please note: this thread is about the top 5 moments in racing in the last 5 years, not for discussing the merits of drivers involved (or not) in these moments.

 

We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming. With one of the bigger and more notable accidents of the last 5 years where the driver (sort of) walked away.