Five-star races
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- 23rd February 2013, 15:05 at 3:05 pm #132731MichalParticipant
Europe, Abu Dhabi, USA, Brazil from 2012, China and Canada from 2011, Australia and Canada from 2010, Brazil from 2008, Europe from 2007, Hungary and China from 2006, Japan from 2005.
Do you agree with me? Let’s write yours five-star races (based only by entertainment, tension, not by how your favourite driver feared)
23rd February 2013, 15:15 at 3:15 pm #225640Lucas WilsonParticipantI think you have covered most of the recent ‘great’ races.
Brazil ’09?, China 2012 (watching Kimi getting past by all those cars and Rosberg taking Mercedes first win). Spain 2012.
23rd February 2013, 15:19 at 3:19 pm #225641the_sigmanParticipantΥοu are very right! I just want to add Japan 2007 and Monza 2010. Not great entertainment but intense races.
23rd February 2013, 15:31 at 3:31 pm #225642SlrParticipantBrazil 2003, Belgium 2004, Japan 2005, Hungary 2006, Brazil 2006, Canada 2007, Japan 2007, China 2007, Australia 2008, Monaco 2008, Brazil 2008, Italy 2009, Brazil 2009, Australia 2010, China 2010, Canada 2010, Belgium 2010, Singapore 2010, Malaysia 2011, China 2011, Germany 2011, Spain 2012, Europe 2012, Brazil 2012.
I think of many others which are four or four and half stars, but these are the races where I was most entertained.
23rd February 2013, 15:39 at 3:39 pm #225643ShaneB457ParticipantSurely Spa from 2008 has got to be a five-star race. Hamilton and Kimi going flat out for the whole race and it coming down to those dramatic last few laps were amazing.
23rd February 2013, 15:52 at 3:52 pm #225644matt90ParticipantGermany 2011. A great tussle between 3 different cars. Spa 2008 would be a contender (although the majority of the race wasn’t so thrilling), but it depends how much your enjoyment was reduced by Hamilton’s post-race penalty.
23rd February 2013, 16:16 at 4:16 pm #225645TayyibParticipantAustria 2003? Agree with Monza 2010 as intense as a grand prix gets, no room for error from Alonso and Button.
23rd February 2013, 16:56 at 4:56 pm #225646James_mcParticipantThe European (Luxembourg?) GP from 1999 was pretty amazing, the race that no-one wanted to win!
And 1996 Monaco GP – the race that no-one wanted to finish!
The 1998 Austrian GP was good too, a storming drive from DC from the back of the pack to finish second (albeit he’d started 14th to boot!).
23rd February 2013, 17:00 at 5:00 pm #225647CalumParticipantGermany 2011, Abu Dhabi 2012 and Canada 2010 are my best races of the last 3 seasons. Really enjoyable.
23rd February 2013, 18:03 at 6:03 pm #225648KingsharkParticipantYear-by-year of every season of F1 I’ve been watching since 2002.
Australia 2003
Brazil 2003
Great Britain 2003
United States 2003Belgium 2004
Japan 2005
Hungary 2006
Germany 2007Monaco 2008
Great Britain 2008
Italy 2008In 2009 we had some good races, but none that stand out as five-star.
Australia 2010
China 2010
Canada 2010
Korea 2010China 2011
Canada 2011
Germany 2011
Hungary 2011Malaysia 2012
China 2012
Europe 2012
Brazil 2012
Abu Dhabi 201223rd February 2013, 19:38 at 7:38 pm #225649sato113Participantspa 2008 for sure (disregarding the post race stuff)
monza 2010 definitely for it’s intensity24th February 2013, 10:14 at 10:14 am #225650Ben FurtulaParticipantBrazil 2012
Abu Dhabi 2012
Valencia 2012
Barcelona 2012
Malaysia 2012Canada 2011
China 2011Abu Dhabi 2010 (wasn’t a great race but being a championship decider and Petrov holding Alonso all race made it very intense)
Korea 2010
Turkey 2010
Canada 2010
Australia 2010Brazil 2008
Spa 2008
Monaco 200825th February 2013, 12:57 at 12:57 pm #225651AsanatorParticipantno Spa 1998?…C’mon Surely!
26th February 2013, 2:10 at 2:10 am #225652Troy LongstaffParticipantJapan 2005 was one of the most insane race weekends I’ve ever seen!
Melbourne 2008 and 2010 were special. 2008 because only 7 cars finished (off the top of my head) and the local newspaper came out the next day saying the crash-fest probably renewed interest and saved the race from moving elsewhere. 2010 because you just didn’t know what was going to happen next!
Brazil 2008 and 2012, Spa 2008, Canada 2011, Malaysia 2012, Valencia 2012, China 2011 and 2012, German GP at Nurburgring in 2011 was a pretty intense battle for the lead and Austin 2012 were all incredible races that stand out!1st March 2013, 9:25 at 9:25 am #225653PenfoldParticipantDon’t know how you guys remember so many specific races, my mind must be mush by comparison. Best I can say is that in terms of pure enjoyment (from F1) nothing has quite compared to when Ayrton was racing… Donington ’93 is one memory that stands out, but sadly most of the rest are a bunch of hazy snippets.
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