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[Collective]

Didn't Mansell set a fastest time at a session (not sure if practice, Q or what) in a lap where he did a 360 spin in Monaco?

[Martijn]

Best overtake ever, Piquet on Senna round the outside... Hungary 1986
(cant believe it's not been mentioned yet)

[Kop Alonso]

Just discovered this 19 mins in

http://www.youtube.c...;v=nS6A2Cc88Lw#!

Very scary indeed.

[olliek88]

Just discovered this 19 mins in

http://www.youtube.c...;v=nS6A2Cc88Lw#!

Very scary indeed.

Scary, sure, but 120mph? No chance!

[Dispenser89]

This is the one.

Hang on, thought this was the greatest save since Banks on Pele.

[Jyllenberg]

This

Kimi at Pouhon, Spa 2002

@0:25s

[IMO]

This

Kimi at Pouhon, Spa 2002

@0:25s

Big slide on pouhon, not an easy save !!

[Linther]

I remember another amazing two-wheeled save by Peter Oettl but I can't find it on youtube.

[ElDictatore]

I remember another amazing two-wheeled save by Peter Oettl but I can't find it on youtube.

Well, the other kind of 'bodywork'

God, i can't find any vids. I'm searching for the Button spin in Korea 2010 and i think Montoyas save in 06 Melbourne (not sure though). Youtube is just completely flooded by the vids for codemasters game

[Jyllenberg]

God, i can't find any vids. I'm searching for the Button spin in Korea 2010 and i think Montoyas save in 06 Melbourne (not sure though). Youtube is just completely flooded by the vids for codemasters game

You should try minus (-) parameter in youtube to get rid of unwanted search results.

For example trying to find Montoya in melbourne:
Montoya Melbourne -game -codemasters

That leaves off any results including game and codemasters in videos name at least.

[Gold]

Senna saves it where Alesi and Nannini bin it.

[scheivlak]

God, i can't find any vids. I'm searching for the Button spin in Korea 2010 and i think Montoyas save in 06 Melbourne (not sure though). Youtube is just completely flooded by the vids for codemasters game

Well, they're nowhere near Mark 'Gordon Banks' Webber's 2003 Brazil save anyway

[Jejking]

Senna saves it where Alesi and Nannini bin it.

Keeping two (loaded) tyres on the dry line = smart. Senna = smart. Alesi and Nannini weren't that day.

[TheManAlive]

Didn't Mansell set a fastest time at a session (not sure if practice, Q or what) in a lap where he did a 360 spin in Monaco?

I think you mean the 1990 Imola GP. Mansell in the Ferrari was alongside Berger (I think) but he put two wheels on the grass, did a full 360 and then kept going with little time lost. Cant find a video of it but it was damn impressive car control (and a lot of luck!)

[911]

I think you mean the 1990 Imola GP. Mansell in the Ferrari was alongside Berger (I think) but he put two wheels on the grass, did a full 360 and then kept going with little time lost. Cant find a video of it but it was damn impressive car control (and a lot of luck!)

Yes, I remember that one well. David Hobbs went nuts on ESPN!

[Sausage]

This is one of the best I've ever seen: Mark Higgins on the Manx rally. The Sullivan and Randy Mamola ones were amazing.

Totally, this one sticks with me always. The whole thing afterwards is so funny too with Higgins coming to terms with how flat they could've been and his passenger just "yeah allright, this is kinda cool I guess"

[Kingshark]

Hang on, thought this was the greatest save since Banks on Pele.

Well technically, this is the first best save since Gordon Banks, as it happened 5 years before Hamilton's save at Turkey 2008.

[JRizzle86]

Totally, this one sticks with me always. The whole thing afterwards is so funny too with Higgins coming to terms with how flat they could've been and his passenger just "yeah allright, this is kinda cool I guess"

His co-driver either has balls of steel or is on drugs

[Jambo]

The one of Higgins losing it on the Isle of Man wasn't during the Manx Rally, they were demo laps of the TT circuit during race week. That was on the exit of Bray Hill, would have been extremly scary!

[DrF]

G Villeneuve in the wet at Montreal 1981, making the podium after driving with a broken front wing

Standing ovation.

This is a highlights clip from Kimi's brief but exciting foray into NASCAR in the US

https://www.youtube....be_gdata_player

Edited by DrF, 03 February 2013 - 08:48.

[Les]

https://vine.co/v/M0T7Pz6LWXH

 

Vettels save today was amazing!

[Jazza]

https://vine.co/v/M0T7Pz6LWXH

Vettels save today was amazing!

He lost control and spun into a wall. He didn't save anything, he simply took off again when the car stopped spinning.

Once the wheels are locked there is no more driver control. He was a passenger and was simply lucky not to do any damage to the car.

[Les]

Oh crikey that's me corrected then. 

[Mackey]

Do we have an onboard of this? Looks like incredible luck, not save. 

[Les]

Oh come on you could have said the same thing about Danny Sullivan in post #51, he kept it out of the wall. 

[crbassassin]

https://vine.co/v/M0T7Pz6LWXH

 

Vettels save today was amazing!

It was spectacular, but it has nothing to do with the driver's skills though.

[surbjits]

It was spectacular, but it has nothing to do with the driver's skills though.

Indeed, that save was by chance. Could've quite easily ended with a Perez style aftermath.

[jcbc3]

According to John Nielsen commentating on Danish tv, Vettel locked and released the brakes at the exact right times to save the spin. According to him that was the difference between Perez and him.

[ElDictatore]

 

Can't see how this isn't a save. If that isn't a save, most of the ones posted here aren't either.

[SpartanChas]

I'd say it was more luck than skill, definitely. Millimetres away from disaster. 

[grichka]

it was a great save IMO with a fair share of luck though. The way he controlled the brakes( and the throttle when we was just about to hit the wall) had definitely something to do with skill. He didn't take the hands off the steering wheel to protect his wrists - just never gave up on saving the car.

Edited by grichka, 27 July 2014 - 22:17.

[PlatenGlass]

 
Can't see how this isn't a save. If that isn't a save, most of the ones posted here aren't either.

I see your point. When Webber spun at Brazil in 2003 there was a lot of luck in which way the car ended up pointing. But if we're including Vettel's fortunate moment from today, what about Hamilton's? OK, so he actually touched the wall, but he still got away with it (by luck).

[JeePee]

Any footage of Perez after he got hit by Hulkeberg? I thought he did a great save there through the last corner.

[Wheels23]

Alastair Cook's innings...

 

Seriously though I would say Webber in Brazil 2003 until he binned it later but that was a massive save. 

[ElDictatore]

 

technically not a save but noteworthy how he kept it on the road with the broken suspension.

[HeadFirst]

Sullivan, 1985, Indy 500
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=W7tuBeLL0wg

The best in my opinion. The speed, those walls, and what's at stake, make this recovery numero uno.

[George Costanza]

This is pretty good...

 

John Cleland, 1992. https://www.youtube....h?v=S3AXdZjszSY

[Montie]

I like this one (Kiesa at Monza 2003) https://www.youtube....h?v=-jUZGOsDPr0

[MikeV1987]

Vettel's save in Hungary was pretty cool,the youtube vid I was going to link is gone now though. 

 

 

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Edited by MikeV1987, 31 July 2014 - 21:48.

[SamH123]

I think Perez had a pretty cool save in Hungary after being clunked by his team-mate round the final corner but I don't think there any good camera angles of it?