The Most Hilarious race in an F1 Season?

Edited by Harry, 26 February 2013 - 01:28.

"Undwiveable, undwiveable."

If I was to choose one moment from the Nurburgring 2007 race that did make me smile it's as everyone flies off around him, Nick Heidfeld makes his way around Turn 1 and in that one moment signifies a lot about what Heidfeld stood for. Solid, consistency.

Edited by Sin, 26 February 2013 - 03:10.

I can't find a vid, but I found it funny when Albers drove away from his pit stall with the fuel rig still attached. IIRC, it wasn't like the lollipop man lifted too early, he just... left.

He actually drove through the lollipop, IIRC.

Edited by Sausage, 26 February 2013 - 04:50.

He actually drove through the lollipop, IIRC.

Not forgetting Badoer in tears after his DNF from 4th. The race just had everything, probably my favourite GP ever.

this was kind of hilarious, Nigel Mansell pushing his Lotus over the finish line and passing out in Dalles 1984:

I'm not sure I've really ever "laughed" at a race, but I did watch the 2005 US GP with a slight chuckle and a grin at the ridiculousness of what I was actually watching.

Nothing remotely funny about that race; DC had it in the bag, he was fuelled to the end and everyone else in front him was still to pit. Then the accidents hit and the race is stopped. They count back one lap and IIRC that was when he had pitted. Completely false result

No he didn´t have it. Fisi would have walked had it gone to the end, BS tyres were way faster in these conditions, even if DC was the only one not to pit, he would lose a pitstop distance in a handful of laps.

And that´s not even what would have happened, DC was not even leading the Michelin drivers, and everyone would have made one more pitstop as soon as T3 and the main straight were sort of OK, as the rest of the track was bone dry. And that includes him. DC´s fuel onboard, if he had it, was just useless added penalty weight, as it wasn´t the last stop. He only "had it in the bag" if you consider that the race DID stop in the lap it did... and still he didn´t have the fuel to go to that lap, so...

Um, wasn't Fisi's Jordan on fire in the pits at the exact moment they stopped the race? Would have made it tough to "walk it to the end", no?

Nothing remotely funny about that race; DC had it in the bag, he was fuelled to the end and everyone else in front him was still to pit. Then the accidents hit and the race is stopped. They count back one lap and IIRC that was when he had pitted. Completely false result

Edited by Kingshark, 26 February 2013 - 18:48.

What some of you find as a defintion of hilarious is beyond me. I've never seen a hilarious race, some funny moments during a race(cue Piquet Salazar Hockenheim 1981) and some hilarious threads, this one serving as a prime example of hilarity and naivette. But don't let me stop you, carry on kiddies......

The most likely winner of Brazil 2003, had the red flag never occurred, would've been Frentzen, he was already lapping 1-2 seconds quicker than any Michelin car before the SC, and was right up behind DC before the red flag.

Edited by Skinnyguy, 26 February 2013 - 19:52.

Pretty much answers why he was sacked.

When was it that Coulthard crashed at the pit entrance? That was seriously funny.

Edited by Zippel, 26 February 2013 - 22:43.

Just watched the highlights of the Malaysian 2001 GP, that was quite funny, wasn't laughing, but just had a smirk on my face for when the monsoon came.

Barrichello's pit stop in that race was more than 70 seconds long yet he still finished second?! I need to watch the full race!

Edited by Zippel, 27 February 2013 - 03:01.

Edited by Jackmancer, 27 February 2013 - 13:14.

What happen was the pace car was out for 1 lap longer than they should have been enabling the way behind Ferraris to switch to inters (the best tyre for the conditions) when no one else was on them and then catch up behind the safety car.

Edited by Ravenak, 27 February 2013 - 18:17.

Hang on, when Ferrari stopped (the infamous 1:12s stop for Rubens) that was to put on inters, because they knew the SC wouldn't come in until it was safe go to racing, which pretty much meant intermediate tyres. They didn't switch to full wets, then again for inters. They just went straight to inters. The moment they went to inters, I think they knew they had the race won unless someone else did the same thing and/or they had a crash/mechanical problem, which they didn't.

Edited by Zippel, 27 February 2013 - 22:19.

Edited by Eff One 2002, 28 February 2013 - 03:07.

As someone who was increasingly frustrating with ITV's presentation of Hamilton as the new Senna, I must confess to a decent chuckle at this:

Also funny were the marshal's half-hearted attempts at pushing him free and Hamilton's look backwards when he stands up and they've all disappeared.

The most hilarious qualifying session is Jerez 1997. Here's why:



Sorry for the bad quality.

3) Turn 3 and main straight don´t get ready for slicks: All michelin cars have to pit again for new wet tyres, tyres that they would destroy very soon. Someone with nothing to lose would go to slicks, but crash. Every single Bridgestone car end up in front of every single Michelin car. Frentzen clears the Michelin guys easily when they pit, and probably catches and passes Fisichella for the win.

How about Malaysia 1999? Schumacher returned after breaking his leg, and despite his time off, he had to make a big effort to let Irvine win the race.

Edited by Puhoon, 01 March 2013 - 23:20.

As someone who was increasingly frustrating with ITV's presentation of Hamilton as the new Senna, I must confess to a decent chuckle at this:

Also funny were the marshal's half-hearted attempts at pushing him free and Hamilton's look backwards when he stands up and they've all disappeared.

Edited by halifaxf1fan, 02 March 2013 - 20:12.