What F1 race do you recommend from 1950 to 2006?

Question

It is for 56 years that F1 is held .
Plese tell me which F1 race you love.and why?
By the way , I recommend France GP 1990.
Because,this race has a dramatic overtake at the end.
And Caperi adopted a strange strategy which he didn't change his tyres.

Answer 1

Of the races I've watched (most since 1979), I'd pick out: Monaco 1981: Piquet starts from pole, crashes under pressure from Jones. Jones pits with mysterious misfire allowing Villeneuve to close in (Villeneuve is driving one of the worst F1 cars ever produced by Ferrari...a complete pig of a car around Monaco). Villeneuve caught and passed Jones for what was probably his greatest F1 win.
Austria 1982: Piquet and Patrese run away with the opening stages in their Brabham-BMWs, but both suffer engine failure. All the turbo cars drop out, leaving a race to the finish between two drivers who had never before won a GP, De Angelis and Rosberg. De Angelis won in the closest finish since 1970, Rosberg getting by just after the line.
Portugal 1984: Prost vs Lauda for the title. Prost qualifies 2nd, Lauda 11th. Prost takes the lead easily and runs off into the distance, leaving Lauda to battle through the field to the 2nd place he needs to become champion for the 3rd time. He just makes it after Mansell in the Lotus develops brake trouble towards the end.
Italy 1987: Piquet vs Senna vs Mansell. Not just one, but two charges from Senna as he fights against the superior Williams cars in his Lotus. Piquet hangs on to win, but it got very close at the end.
Italy 1988: In a season of McLaren dominance, the only race they didn't win. Just weeks after the death of Enzo Ferrari, Berger and Alboreto produce a 1-2 finish in front of the tifosi.
Australia 1990: Piquet vs Mansell to almost the last corner of the last lap. Great drive from Piquet in an uncompetitive car, holding off the Ferrari of Mansell after Senna's accident.
That's just a selection from my favourite period that I've watched. From races I've seen on video or read about, I'd pick:
Monaco 1956
Nurburgring 1957
Casablanca 1958
Spa 1963
Mexico 1964
Monaco 1967
Zandvoort 1968
Monza 1970
Monaco 1972
Austria 1974
Brands Hatch 1976
Montreal 1977
Montreal 1979.
Have fun looking that lot up!

Answer 2

1957 Nurburgring - Fangio loses 56 seconds due to a botched pit stop. He rejoins the race track in his Maserati and runs down the Ferraris of Mike Hawthorn and Peter Collins. He broke the lap record by over 12 seconds on three consecutive laps. After the race Fangio declared that he had driven faster than he ever had before and never wanted to do it again.

1968 Nurburgring - Jackie Stewart at his finest. This is the "real" nurburgring. This race was run in fog and rain and probably the worst conditions I have ever seen for a car race. after lap 2 he had a lead of 34 seconds

Of modern Times ( and my favorite race) You can't go past the drama of Suzuka 1989. Prost and Senna fighting for the championship and Senna diving up the inside in an attempt to take first place at the final chicane. Prost ran them both of the road. Alain Prost retired however Senna rejoined the track pitting at the end of the next lap for a new front wing. The two Mclarens had been so fast earlier in the race that Senna rejoined the track and took first place at the final chicane in an undaunted move the mirror image of the one that had caused the collision with Prost. The win was enough to keep him in the hunt for the championship however he was disqualified for getting help from stewards to rejoin the track, which handed prost the Championship. A perfect mixture of Superlative ability and Unsurpassed drama. Absolutely Brilliant!

Answer 3

Modern F1 (last 10 years)... 2 stand out for me. Imola 2005, last 12 laps kept absolutely everyone on the edge of their seats, and the biggest pile-up in the history of modern motorsport, 12 cars involved in it at the first start of the 1998 Belgian Grand Prix.

Suzuka 1989 was also a moment of drama; even though I was not born at that time, I have seen images of the Prost vs. Senna duel and it's one of the most memorable moments in F1 history, one of the clashes of the two greatest drivers in Formula 1 ever. If they had raced in different eras, then both would have gathered at least 6 titles.

Monaco 1984, when Senna was in a back-of-the-pack Toleman; in monsoonic rain he was 4 seconds faster than Prost in a top car (McLaren). Stefan Bellof in his Tyrell was also closing up fast on the leading two when the race was stopped due to weather conditions.

I think also... Spanish GP in 1985 or 1986, closest NON-STAGED finish in history, 0.014 seconds between Senna and Mansell.


Old days, German GP 1957. Fangio's last win in F1 and his second-to-last race. I find it amazing how he clawed back an entire minute from the leader (Hawthorn). I heard that he broke the lap record 10 times in 22 laps.

Answer 4

My best race was the Freanch Grand Prix in 1979. There was a superb battle between Rene Arnoux and Giles Villeneve.
There was another memorable race a few years back.
The 2003 British Grand Prix.
Rubens Barrichello toke pole for the race. After the 1st corner the order was Jarno Trulli, Kimi Raikkonen and Barrichello.
After a few laps David Coulthard lost his cockpit and the safety car was deployed because of debris on the race track. The drivers who pitted were Cristiano da Matta, Olivier Panis and David Coulthard. After the safety car went back to the pits and lunatic ran onto the track and the safety car was deployed again. After it went back to the pits the order was Cristiano da Matta, Olivier Panis, David Coulthard and Kimi Raikkonen.After all the pit stops were over the order was Kimi Raikkonen, Rubens Barrichello and Juan Pablo Montoya. Rubens overtoke Raikkonen and the next lap Raikkonen made a mistake at Stowe corner and montoya went past. The positions for the race were:-
1.Rubens Barrichello
2.Juan Pablo Montoya
3.Kimi Raikkonen
4.Michael Schumacher
5.David Coulthard
6.Jarno Trulli
7.Cristiano da Matta.

Answer 5

European Grand Prix 1993, Donnington Park

It was Ayrton Senna's best race ever, starting in 5 place on the grid under the rain and after an average start, he manages to pass Wendlinger's Sauber, Schumacher's Benetton and Prost + Hill's Williams' to cross the line with the lead after the first lap. He would go on to win it, with almost a minute and half in front of Damon Hill who finished one lap behind Senna.

You should check it out, it was just brilliant

Another really exciting race was Interlagos 1991, Ayrton Senna is in the lead and on his way to winning his home race for the first time, plus he is already very tired from a bad night's sleep...Mansell is in second, Patrese in third...Mansell is pulling closer to Senna, but he's then has to retire due to mechanical failure...Then the unexpected happens, Senna loses fifth gear and is forced to finish the race switching from fourth straight to sixth...Patrese is by this point pulling closer to the troubled Senna, however the Brazilian will go on to win and as he sees the checkered flag you can hear him scream from joy, pain and relief on the radio.

Other nice races:

1. Monte Carlo 1992
2. Monte Carlo 1984
3. Suzuka 1989
4. Imola 2005
5. Spa-Francorpchamps 1998
6. Magny-Cours 2004
7. Long Beach 1982

Answer 6

Australia 1986

It was the last 3-way final race title fight between Prost, Mansell, and Piquet. Piquet and Mansell were faster in their Williams than Prost was in his Mclaren. Mansell had the early lead, and was a sure bet to win until his tire blew, ending his race. Then Keke Rosberg found himself in the lead of his final GP, but parked his car when he heard strange noises coming from the engine (they later found that nothing was wrong with the car). Piquet now had the lead and championship in hand, but decided to pit for new tires after seeing what had happened to his sister Williams. Prost then took the lead and held off furious charges by Piquet to win the championship in the second-best car.

Answer 7

I think the races upto 1990 were different and than the FIA stepped in destroying pure racing.
In that sense we can't really compare the two era's. Sheer driving ability dominated for over 30 years in F1 and than the cars took over. Giles Villeneuve woudn't have been able to win a race these days if he were driving for a Williams or a Toyota.
So it is very difficult to compare.

Answer 8

I have been watching F1 for 10 years and I certainly grew up with the Championship. I have my list with big names in F1 and eventhough they are not so many I should share it with you: Nelson Piquet, Keke Rosberg, Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Mario Andretti and of course Michael Scumacher. Still Fernando Alonso is a little baby.

Answer 9

not the best racing but a classic race was Spa 1999 when it was a Jordon 1-2. There was an 18 car pile up on the 1st corner, Schumacher was run into the back of by Coulthard and then when Schumi got back to the pits he tried to thump Coulthard. It was also Damon Hill`s last victory i think

Answer 10

ive watched a fair amount of F1 over the past 8ish years (but not so much this past season) cuz my dad always watched it. i dont have a favourite race in whatever year cuz i havent followed it closely enough (kinda hard to when u start watching it when your 10). but i think my favourite season was when it was michael shumaker and eddie irvine with ferrarri vs david coultard and mika hakkinen with the mclaren. always exciting to watch those 4 compete for top spot every single race.