Race history help... the guy who stopped for lunch..

[pRo]

imagine if things like that happen in today races.... which is highly unlikely...

These days the middle fingers are more subtle, but still right at your face.

Say most of the teams have to resign from the race because of a tyre issue. And while the crowd is booing, the team leading the race says in public radio that their tyres are good for another 100 laps.

They might've as well done the lunch.

[a fan of the red team]

hahaha... good point..... although it is sad (for the audience)....
but it is also somewhat funny (for that leading team and their car) at the same time...

[pRo]

but it is also somewhat funny (for that leading team and their car) at the same time...

Yeah, had to laugh myself when they did that.

[Ciro Pabón]

For some reason (no I'm not on crack), I though it was in the 70's/80's.

Well, Jochen Rindt had a terrible weekend on Monaco 1970. He started in a hopeless grid position (8th or something) and at the middle of the race he was about 5th. Then, some cars failed (Stewart?). Jack Brabham got the lead with some advantage. Rindt started to catch up.

Last lap arrived: Rindt finally caught Brabham.

They go nose to tail and then, under stress, the catastrophe: Brabham goes head first into a bale of hay (no chickens flew, but you can imagine) and Rindt overtakes him to win. Not only was Brabham stuck miserably, but a steward fell on his car, trying to push him. Brabham had to go into reverse to avoid the push (and the disqualification) and then, brake to "throw" the steward to the floor and avoid the ignominy of having to cross the finish line with a "ran over marshal" on top of the car...