mnmracer wrote:... As for most impressive wins ever, there are so many, trying to put one over the other would just
... would just make my day.
I think you could agree to this point: it's not "the most impressive win ever". That should have to be written at the end of the world times or at least (god forbids), at the end of F1 racing history *may the day never come*. I'm talking 'bout the most impressive win
you have seen.
Vanity is one despicable thing, so to say "that's the most impressive win ever" is kind of foolish, but to say "that's the most impressive win I've seen" proves two things: first, you have a good memory and secondly,
you have a heart. I do have a heart (it's beating right now)... not to mention a possible good taste that makes
you (NOT ME) discriminate between last race and, let's put it mildly, other races.
So, a short list could be this one, for me, in no particular order:
(... and no, I'm not counting Maldonado nor Vettel, sorry for the OOT, I'm just trying to find a way to spend time this beautiful morning: blame it on a deep blue high sky and a good coffee, and, moreover, because I never wanted this forum, when I posted, back in the times, to become a repetition of AutoSports threads but a particularly peculiar good one):
Alan vs Alain, Germany, 1981
Alan Jones vs Alain Prost: how many times are we going to see two drivers like these two, in these cars, that seemed like manta rays, with
full down force effect, on those slicks with those turbocharged engines, side by side, curve after curve, in a pretty decent track, with no rain and even with the same first name (Alain, Alan)? I cannot say never, but I find it highly improbable.
It may sound sad to you, padawans, but you'll never see again limitless downforce in, what's for all practical purposes, cars with limitless horsepower and huge, beautifully huge slicks. I defy you to stop watching this win. In the end you don't care who wins, and that's what distinguishes victories from wins
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Let's give another couple of
victories and stop here (I'll be back, sorry for the threat, I have to fix lunch and then I have to go swimming a while, so it might take some time before I try to take this thread again into the wilderness of OOT, wilderness I delight into).
Button (yes, him), Canada, 2011
Yes, I know. I really know. Button is not highly regarded by many (even me!) but this race was incredible. If he's not good, then he's the luckiest dog alive.
Sometimes the gods make you come back from thirtieth to first, in the longest F1 race in history, taking more than four hours, after having pitted six times (six times, mother of god!) and then finding you in a position where you can overcome Alonso, Schumacher and Vettel, but I bet those times aren't too many times. Let's the video speak for itself.
For the love of Pete, the guy collided with his own team mate (Hamilton) and with Alonso and then he finds he can overtake Vettel for first place? You must be playing fvck-mind-him with me...
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Schumacher, the evil one, Spa, 1995
Let's Michael be Michael, all right? Yeah, I know he's no peach, I know he banged wheels, he banged teammates and he banged even Corina and he's despicably evil and he has crooked teeth and he is evil (did I already say that? Probably
because he's evil!
) and he ate babies for breakfast, or so I think. However, he was young once and he took chances nobody took. So, to stay in the rain with slicks and to force Damon Hill, the impenetrable, to say "F1 cars are not karts"
at Spa it's something special. Another victory in my tally (I did NOT say another "best victory evar", all rightie? Nag me at your own peril).
Everybody was spinning but him. For those of you in racing, this movie shows what a racing line is and always will be
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Villeneuve, Jarama, 1981
The words of the designer of this piece-of-----in-red, disguised as a car, speak for themselves and I quote “That car…had literally one quarter of the downforce that, say Williams or Brabham had. It had a power advantage over the Cosworths for sure, but it also had massive throttle lag at that time. In terms of sheer ability I think Gilles was on a different plane to the other drivers. To win those races, the 1981 GPs at Monaco and Jarama — on tight circuits — was quite out of this world. I know how bad that car was.” Frankly, guys, I cannot believe Alonso complains as he does, he has not my memory and he has to deliver, I know: it's not his fault, but mine, but I like my faults.
Last but not the least, no more words, just blurring images. Villeneuve, the kid we loved when he was alive and idolized after he died a fiery, sad and glorious death, the gentleman, the fastest guy in the universe, in a poorly designed car getting a victory that will go into history (that, or my name is not Enzo!) ... how many times have you seen the victor holding back not one but four cars?
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I really, really wish to talk about Clark at the 1963 Belgian GP, but this deserves even more time. Just check this picture and tell me you don't feel something weird inside:
I know few will watch those things I surreptitiously (hah!) brought into this (up to the moment, apologies) very decent thread, but some will do and they will find
they also have a heart.
