The 2014 season just concluded and we have 19 more races to choose from for our Top F1 races.
There were so many to choose from and and I have limited the choices to 2011 - 2014 and also enabled you to be able to pick 3 of your best races.
Please bear with me as the list only contains races I personally think were of a great spectacle and provided an entertainment factor to the general public. I understand that some people best races might not be on the list but I think this list is more than fair enough and will most probably tally with others opinion.
The rationale for picking a race from my perspective is based on the following
Spectacle created either through Tyre strategy, safety car, weather conditions
Astonishing drives that showcased a drivers skill
did the whole field contribute to the race to ensure a spectacle or was it just a drive between the leaders or a particular group of drivers
Also consider the occasion and importance of that particular race, title decider, was it a battle for the WDC or WCC lead between drivers of respective teams or was it a home race for a team or driver that put added pressure on them
I would like you to consider it from a neutral perspective and not from that of a favorite team or driver, a very good example I can make is that I am a Lewis / Mercedes fan and it would have been so easy to pick Bahrain 2014 as one of my choices but I considered a few other things e.g. Though the race was spectacular and a show case for Formula 1, how much of this spectacle was really witnessed prior to the last 12 Laps of that race, this made me re-assess my choices and look at it from a neutral perspective and lean towards races where overtakes were occurring all over the field at every single point of the race and no one could predict till the last 2 Laps what the podium might have looked like.
To give a bit more background to the races in case some of you have forgotten them, I have provided a summary below
2011 Chinese Grand Prix - 1st time in a race where teams discovered lottery or the Pirelli tyres, Webber starts 18th & battle between Hamilton & Vettel
2011 Canadian Grand Prix - Changing weather conditions, safety cars, tyre strategies, crashes, and yeah of course Jenson Buttons drive
2012 Valencia Grand Prix – Safety Cars, Alonso drags a ****-box in his home race, Pits-stop mishaps, and reliability issues
2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – Safety cars, Vettel starts from the Pitlane, Kimi’s ascendancy, Hamilton woes
2012 Brazilian Grand Prix – Title decider, weather conditions, McLarens battle, Vettel 1st lap crash, Schumachers last race
2013 British Grand Prix - Pirelli blow-outs make for chaotic race, safety cars, numerous overtakes
2014 Bahrain Grand Prix – Safety car, the battle of the Mercs, the Battle of the Bulls, tyre strategy (Remember Ldm taxi cab comments)
2014 Hungarian Grand Prix - Weather conditions, safety cars, Hamilton starts from pit-lane, crashes and more crashes
Edited by Newbrray, 28 November 2014 - 12:10.