Best drive from each decade

[Yoong Montoya]

What would be your choices? Here's mine:

1950s: Fangio storming back to win from a deficit of over a minute at the Nurburgring in 1957 to win.
1960s: Stewart dominating the wet Nurburgring in 1968.
1970s: Rindt reeling in Brabham at Monaco in 1970 from a long way back and passing him at the last corner to win.
1980s: Senna winning at Japan in 1988 from the back of the grid after stalling on the parade lap.
1990s: Schumacher dominating the wet Monaco race in 1997.
2000s: Barrichello winning at Hockenheim from 18th on the grid in 2000.

[Mr V]

Originally posted by Yoong Montoya
1990s: Schumacher dominating the wet Monaco race in 1997.

Damon's drive in Japan 1994, where he had to win in atrocious conditions............best drive of the '90's!

[Miss Hardt]

1990s- Jacques in Jerez
2000s-Rubinho in the forest

Yeah, I am too young....

[f1manoz]

Just to be different:

1950s - 1953 French GP when a young Mike Hawthorn beat Fangio to the line in the 'race of the century'

1960s - 1965 Monaco GP where Graham Hill came back from an early spin to win

1970s - 1976 Japanese GP. Hunt didn't win, but after botched stops and other various problems, he still managed the third place he needed to win.

1980s - Nigel Mansells brilliant drive to take victory at the 1987 British GP. That defined a charge!

1990s - Frentzen in France 1999. More strategy than drive, but still a great race.

New decade - Hakkinen's charge in Belgium in 2000.

[Lee Janotta]

1930s- Bernd Rosemeyer wins the 1936 Eiffel Grand Prix at the Nurburgring. A dense fog settled over the entire track during the course of the race, forcing all drivers to slow, save for Rosemeyer. A man who truly knew no fear, he continued lapping the track a full 30 seconds faster than his closest pursuer, Tazio Nuvolari. This in a rear-engined V16 AutoUnion with swing-axle rear suspension, which in itself was a challenge just to keep on the road!

I doubt any of today's F1 drivers would even dare to sit in this monster!!!

http://www.ddavid.com/formula1/auto_c.htm

[BootsOntheSide]

1950s- Fangio's efforts at the Nurburgring 1957, amazing, especially from a 46 year old on the verge of retirement
1960s- Nurburgring again, Stewart winning by over 4 minutes despite having a wrist in plaster
1970s- 1973 Italy- Stewart regaining almost 2 laps on te leaders to take 4th palce and clinch the title
1980s- I'd go along with Suzuka 1988
1990s- Senna at Donnington- 5th coming out of the first corner, up to first in barely a minute, in torrential conditions, then won by nearly a full lap
2000s so far- Silverstone 2002- Montoya bravely wrestling with an undrivable Williams/BMW/Michelin package, finishing a lap ahead of the enarest Michelin runner.

[DNQ]

1950's
1957 GERMAN GRAND PRIX (Juan Fangio) - Always cliched as the 'best drive ever' but it is true, the way he broke the lap record by eight seconds in the race is just a

1960's
1967 ITALIAN GRAND PRIX (Jim Clark) - Came from a lap down when his tyre deflated, before recovering to first were he ran out of fuel on the last lap.

1970's
1979 FRENCH GRAND PRIX (Gilles Villeneuve) - The king of oversteer took an ill-handling Ferrari to 2nd place, and who can forget the amazing duel with Rene Arnoux?

1980's
1981 SPANISH GRAND PRIX (Gilles Villeneuve) - Pure Magic! Gilles keeps a train of faster vehicles behind him for the entire event, simply stunning. I will never forget the footage of that race. Never.

1990's
1993 EUROPEAN GRAND PRIX (Ayrton Senna) - No explanation is needed for this one. It was just magic. The way he slaughtered the field was like stealing from a baby.

2000's
2002 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX (Mark Webber) - OK, all he did was drive. He basically overtook no one, was miles behind Irvine and benefited from the big crash. But the miracle value alone is enough to mention it.

[AllonFS]

Don't forget Moss at Monaco in 1961. Kept the sharknose Ferraris at bay in a year old Cooper. His average lap speed for the entire race was just 0.4 sec more than the pole position time.

He then repeated this victory at the Ring later in the year, still in a year old car, still beating the Ferraris which were the class car that year.

[f1manoz]

And what did Monaco and the Nurburgring have in common in 1961?

Driver skill.

[KBM]

1970s: 1976 South African GP. Lauda keeps pole-sitter Hunt at bay, despite having a slow puncture since the early part of the race. Asked why he could not catch Lauda, Hunt said, "not the way Niki drove today." When informed of Lauda's puncture, Hunt spews forth the most obscene language yet heard in a post-race interview.

1980s: Gilles wins the 1981 Spanish GP by keeping four faster cars behind him for 70 laps. First five finished within 1.24 secs. The other four drivers passed and repassed each other throughout the race, but none of them was able to pass Villeneuve.

1990s: 1992 Monaco GP. Ayrton keeps his McLaren in front of the much faster Williams, driven balls-out by Mansell after a pit stop to change to fresh tires. Senna can barely put the power down, his tires worn out, but makes no mistake. "Any other driver would not have won in that situation," teammate Berger would later day.

2000s: Exactly ten years later, David Coulthard pulls off a similar feat, keeping Michael Schumacher, in a faster car, behind him all the way to the flag.

[AllonFS]

Originally posted by KBM
1980s: Gilles wins the 1981 Spanish GP by keeping four faster cars behind him for 70 laps. First five finished within 1.24 secs. The other four drivers passed and repassed each other throughout the race, but none of them was able to pass Villeneuve.

Of course epics like this wouldn't happen anymore. By having to refuel the faster cars would have got ahead of Gilles. This is why refueling should be got rid off asap, it encourages overtaking in the pits rather than on the track.

[Miss Hardt]

Originally posted by KBM

1980s: Gilles wins the 1981 Spanish GP by keeping four faster cars behind him for 70 laps. First five finished within 1.24 secs. The other four drivers passed and repassed each other throughout the race, but none of them was able to pass Villeneuve.

Wish I was born to see that.

[f1manoz]

Originally posted by KBM
1990s: 1992 Monaco GP. Ayrton keeps his McLaren in front of the much faster Williams, driven balls-out by Mansell after a pit stop to change to fresh tires. Senna can barely put the power down, his tires worn out, but makes no mistake. "Any other driver would not have won in that situation," teammate Berger would later day.

The only thing that race proved is that it's basically impossible to pass at Monaco. Although I will admit I was surprised Mansell didn't take a stab somewhere, but 6 points was better than none......

[DNQ]

Yeah I agree Manoz, Nigel really had no need to get past Ayrton, although you could see he was trying hard. Senna of course, was brilliant, but that win was gifted to him...

[f1manoz]

Mansell always seemed to suffer wheel balance-weight problems. He had that exact problem at the 1987 British GP, although that time he came from 25 seconds back to win.

[KBM]

Originally posted by Miss Hardt



Wish I was born to see that.

You can see parts of it in video, on Murray Walker's Greatest F1 Moments.

[Jordi]

Originally posted by AllonFS

Of course epics like this wouldn't happen anymore. By having to refuel the faster cars would have got ahead of Gilles. This is why refueling should be got rid off asap, it encourages overtaking in the pits rather than on the track.

That is so true Allon...

[Legend]

The Greatest Victory of all time
Before an estimated crowd of 300,000 fanatical German fans, Nazi officials and Adolf Hitler the German Grand Prix of 1935 was held. The Mercedes team consisted of Fagioli, von Brauchitsch and Caracciola while Auto Union had Stuck, Rosemeyer, and Varzi. Tazio Nuvolari had wanted to drive for Auto Union but the seat went to his bitter rival. Nuvolari instead drove a modified Alfa P.3 but suffered from a 50-100 bhp handicap compared to the German cars. At the start of the race Caracciola surged into the lead followed by Nuvolari who had made a great start. Rosemeyer and Fagioli soon passed the under-powered Alfa. The race developed into a battle between the two German stars Caracciola and Rosemeyer but someone forgot to tell Nuvolari! By the 10th lap Nuvolari had forced himself back into the lead. A round of pitstops ensued and Nuvolari found himself relegated to sixth place. Driving like a man possessed he passed first Fagioli, then Rosemeyer and Caracciola, and finally Stuck. Going into the last lap he was still 30 seconds behind the leader von Brauchitsch and all seemed lost yet never did Nuvolari slow down. Von Brauchitsch aware of Nuvolari's progress through the ranks from his pit crew drove his car at the limit and in so doing destroyed his tires. One let go a half lap from the finish and Nuvolari streaked to victory. "At first there was deathly silence," MotorSport reported, "and then the innate sportsmanship of the Germans triumphed over their astonishment. Nuvolari was given a wonderful reception." This admiration for a great champion was not shared by the representatives of the Third Reich. Korpsführer Hühnlein angrily tore up his victory speech as Nuvolari was crowned victor. The Italian flag was hoisted after much searching and to add salt to the Nazi's wound Nuvolari produced a record of the Italian anthem that he had brought with him for good luck. The Korpsführer was not amused. This scene would be repeated a year later when another underdog by the name of Jessie Owens would make history.

Quoted from http://www.ddavid.com/formula1/story...f%20all%20time

Just amazing

[Guy Goddard2]

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