East Londoner wrote:In what universe is Australia 2007 considered a classic race? The only memorable thing that happened was Coulthard trying to decapitate Alex Wurz.
...Wait a second, was Coulthard trying to save the world from WURZ?!
It's a British TV channel, and a certain Brit made thier debut. Enough said.
My classic 5 would be: 1986 1991-A bit short, but still some great driving. 1994 1996 2008
I also think 2002 was good, as a certain Aussie scored 2 points on his debut at his home Grand Prix.
My classic five would have to be
1991 - for the wet weather driving 1994 - for THAT moment 1996 - Hill v Villeneuve 2003 - closing stages 2009 - brawn dream, and the closing stages
1986 1990 (Mansell's late race pursuit of Piquet following a stop for tyres) 1991 1995 (a crazy race, pitlane crashes, very funny commentary on BBC, Panis doing his best to bring about climate change etc) 2010 (Very exciting wet/dry race, with several drivers in contention for the win & plenty of great overtaking moves & strategy calls)
Coming January 2019 a new F1 book revisiting 1994.
If for some reason they have to start from 1994, I would choose pretty much the same races, except for 2007. 1999 was great, it was a mad race with lots of incidents and retirements, Badoer running in the points for a few laps and De la Rosa scoring the final point for 6th. Also Irvine's first win. Instead of 2007 I would go with 2002, 2005 or 2006.
Go home, Bernie Ecclestone!
"There will be no other victory this year, I can tell you, more welcomed than this one" Bob Varsha, 1995 Canadian GP
1995: Lots of attrition. Hill wins by two laps from a smoking Ligier. Morbidelli podium! Minardi score their only point of the year. 1996: JV bursts onto the world stage. 1999: McLaren fail. Irvine's first win. 2002: Start pile-up gives Australian's a dream race with Webber's 5th. 2008: Lots of attrition. I think only 5 cars actually crossed the line! 2010: Wet/dry race. Lots of action.
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I've seen 86 so many times I'm not sure I want to see it again.
But I definitely agree that 95, 96 and 02 should be in with a shout. 85 is worth it just for the Ligiers crashing into each other at the end.
Looking forward to the 99 race later as I remember absolutely nothing about it to be honest. I only saw a bit of the 94 race yesterday and was surprised to hear Murray - I guess that Bernie owns the footage and not the BBC then?!
Barbazza wrote:Looking forward to the 99 race later as I remember absolutely nothing about it to be honest. I only saw a bit of the 94 race yesterday and was surprised to hear Murray - I guess that Bernie owns the footage and not the BBC then?!
I guess so - the BBC commentaries were used for the British Grands Prix last year when appropriate, and the Beeb have used ITV commentary on occasion.
To all those troubled BBC viewers, just get a program which hides the ip and watch it Live on Spanish Tv Station: Antena3.com
Anyway, when I went to wales last october, I was able to watch it at Antena3 through my laptop and the website didn't block the ip address or anything and I wasn't using anything to hide the ip
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Aerond wrote:To all those troubled BBC viewers, just get a program which hides the ip and watch it Live on Spanish Tv Station: Antena3.com
Anyway, when I went to wales last october, I was able to watch it at Antena3 through my laptop and the website didn't block the ip address or anything and I wasn't using anything to hide the ip
If you've liked Button or Alonso (and several others I guess) on Facebook then a link is helpfully supplied by someone somewhere to watch all of it live, I think it is Spanish too. If you've a Wii or something then you can watch it on your TV through that.
I could do all that but Id rather watch the highlights in HD with English commentary. A couple of hours waiting isnt the worst thing in the world. But then Im sensible and stay of the tinterweb during that time.
I watch Sky races on streaming sites, I wont pay that much and be locked into it when I can watch it all for free online plus I'm not bothered about HD so an SD stream suits me fine. I have seen on many forums people discussing about coverage since the change last season, according to some your not a real F1 fan if you don't go and get Sky, wrong! not everyone can afford it so either settle for BBC highlights or watch online for free and the latter seems to get Sky subscribers backs up. If it was cheap I would get it but its not so why skint myself and put myself overdrawn just for the sake of a subscription to (from what Ive seen) a very average looking program on Sky. Not being biased but I prefer in depth analysis with a bit of fun so the BBC have always got the edge, ok they dont really have the gadgets and not as good HD but to me its not all about that. Perhaps I'm getting old but when you just want to watch the races and don't care if its SD or HD all this uproar means nothing especially when you can go in through the back door and flick the fingers to Murdoch
A little confession about streams from me: I used a website my dad used to watch football to stream F1 races for last season. It has Sky feed for F1, but is full of ads - well, if you don't use an ad blocker. If you want the URL, I would happily mail it to you.
Ferrim wrote:You'll like the 99 race then, Barbazza! The action begins even before the green lights
Oh yes, it was quite good fun! Even though someone posted a link to the start on here not long ago I STILL somehow forgot about it. Goodness knows how I forgot all that nonsense at the start and the silliness that went on in the race (Takagi 4th and Badoer 6th indeed!!)
I was a bit confused that Zanardi's crash seem to get edited out completely though, unless ITV missed it during an ad break on original broadcast which is quite possible I guess!
I forgot how good the first race of 2003 really was. Passing galore, Ferrari cocking up big time, other teams cocking up. So much action. No bloody DRS, and the cars were beautiful.
I also forgot how crap Cristiano Da Matta was in F1.
Fetzie on Ferrari wrote:How does a driver hurtling around a race track while they're sous-viding in their overalls have a better understanding of the race than a team of strategy engineers in an air-conditioned room?l
FMecha wrote:A little confession about streams from me: I used a website my dad used to watch football to stream F1 races for last season. It has Sky feed for F1, but is full of ads - well, if you don't use an ad blocker. If you want the URL, I would happily mail it to you.
I use the one I think your on about it caters for all sports not just football
East Londoner wrote:I also forgot how crap Cristiano Da Matta was in F1.
Another failed Indycar champion, shame really. I felt sorry for how it turned out for him. I think even he was surprised at how poor he was showing at each race but one comment he made really highlighted the difference between the front end and the back end of the grid at that time. It went along the lines of 'I was sitting in the car back in 17th and I could just about see the likes of Schumacher, Montoya and Raikkonen preparing for the start and I wondered what it must be like, knowing that no matter what happened they wouldnt be challenged by us back here".
Just watched the 2010 race last night - not impressed with the fact there were no on-screen graphics telling you the positions/gaps and stuff, made it quite hard to follow.
"Poor old Warwick takes it from behind all throughout this season". (Tony Jardine, 1988)
1986 Fantastic finale to a great year 1991 wet but brilliant 1994 another brilliant finale (up to the point where Schumacher and Hill go out then its boring) 1995 Just for the Murray moment of 'into the pit lane' (DC crashing into the wall of the pit-lane) 1999 Classic race great to see Irvine get his first win
Don't expect to find any good comments on the BBC's have your say section! It is just full of people arguing with each other and saying what a great driver Hamilton is. Actually now that I mention it the "have your say" comments on BBC are nearly always dreadful.
Shadaza wrote:Don't expect to find any good comments on the BBC's have your say section! It is just full of people arguing with each other and saying what a great driver Hamilton is. Actually now that I mention it the "have your say" comments on BBC are nearly always dreadful.
Such is the state of the rest of the internet.
Sebastian Vettel wrote:If I was good at losing I wouldn't be in Formula 1.
Shadaza wrote:Don't expect to find any good comments on the BBC's have your say section! It is just full of people arguing with each other and saying what a great driver Hamilton is. Actually now that I mention it the "have your say" comments on BBC are nearly always dreadful.
Except on Garth Crooks' team of the week when all the comments were invariably 'Garth is an idiot' or words to that effect. The BBC have since disabled comments on that feature.
Garth IS an idiot.
Nico Rosberg wrote:Break me down mentally? Good luck with that one.
Shadaza wrote:Don't expect to find any good comments on the BBC's have your say section! It is just full of people arguing with each other and saying what a great driver Hamilton is. Actually now that I mention it the "have your say" comments on BBC are nearly always dreadful.
Such is the state of the rest of the internet.
Indeed - to adapt a quote from the game critic Yahtzee, hoping to find good sensible comments on the internet often feels like mining for gold in a septic tank (present company being an exception to that rule).
Martin Brundle, on watching a replay of Grosjean spinning: "The problem with Grosjean is that he want to take a look back at the corner he's just exited"
Shadaza wrote:Don't expect to find any good comments on the BBC's have your say section! It is just full of people arguing with each other and saying what a great driver Hamilton is. Actually now that I mention it the "have your say" comments on BBC are nearly always dreadful.
The last time I looked they were still bickering about the SKY deal GET OVER IT!
Shadaza wrote:Don't expect to find any good comments on the BBC's have your say section! It is just full of people arguing with each other and saying what a great driver Hamilton is. Actually now that I mention it the "have your say" comments on BBC are nearly always dreadful.
The last time I looked they were still bickering about the SKY deal GET OVER IT!
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Continuing from my aussie post my 5 best Malaysian gps
1999- Good first race 2001- rain brings greatness to the track 2002- Just for the first corner 2009- More rain and ice creams 2012- Rain and a Close race
as you may have guessed I Love it when it rains!
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rachel1990 wrote:Continuing from my aussie post my 5 best Malaysian gps
1999- Good first race 2001- rain brings greatness to the track 2002- Just for the first corner 2003 - ditto 2009- More rain and ice creams 2012- Rain and a Close race
rachel1990 wrote:Continuing from my aussie post my 5 best Malaysian gps
1999- Good first race 2001- rain brings greatness to the track 2002- Just for the first corner 2003 - ditto 2009- More rain and ice creams 2012- Rain and a Close race
as you may have guessed I Love it when it rains!
So much so that you listed 6 GPs.
Damm my maths is that bad. I'm turning into Johnathon Legard
plus I'm not bothered about HD so an SD stream suits me fine. I have seen on many forums people discussing about coverage since the change last season, according to some your not a real F1 fan if you don't go and get Sky, wrong! not everyone can afford it so either settle for BBC highlights or watch online for free and the latter seems to get Sky subscribers backs up. If it was cheap I would get it but its not so why skint myself and put myself overdrawn just for the sake of a subscription to (from what Ive seen) a very average looking program on Sky. Not being biased but I prefer in depth analysis with a bit of fun so the BBC have always got the edge, ok they dont really have the gadgets and not as good HD but to me its not all about that. Perhaps I'm getting old 
it caters for all sports not just football
