Almost as good as Villeneuve & Arnoux
Almost as good as Villeneuve & Arnoux
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groomi

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9,331 posts

272 months

Thursday 31st May 2007
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kevin ritson

3,423 posts

256 months

Thursday 31st May 2007
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It still is. This is the second closest

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvNq0YXosdw

Mr_Thyroid

1,995 posts

256 months

Thursday 31st May 2007
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Schumacher/Barrichello at Indy is officially the closest finish when Shumi attempted to get a dead heat - what a twonk.
And I think there was a very close finish at Monza in the sixties that no one is quite sure how close it was because in those days they only timed to the nearest tenth of a second or something.

FourWheelDrift

92,238 posts

313 months

Thursday 31st May 2007
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Even better when 4 cars are involved.

Monza 1969 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQURylYN13w

Eric Mc

125,606 posts

294 months

Thursday 31st May 2007
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Before all the chicanes were installed at Monza, it had quite a few close finishes - 1967 John Surtees in the Honda/Lola, 1969 - Jackie Stewart in the Matra and 1971 - Peter Gethin in the BRM.

FourWheelDrift

92,238 posts

313 months

Thursday 31st May 2007
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Here's the 1971 finish - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRFuiAhW2JY


Back to Mansell & Senna at Jerez in 86, Mansell said after the race that they had moved the finish line closer to the last corner. It used to be further up the track (where the MotoGP line is today) and he thought he had crossed the line (later line) first until he remembered they had moved it.

Edited to make sense.

Edited by FourWheelDrift on Friday 1st June 10:22

Eric Mc

125,606 posts

294 months

Friday 1st June 2007
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It's a pity the only record of the 1971 Italian GP seems to be that cruddy bit of black and white cine film. RAI TV must have wiped over their video footage of the race.

kevin ritson

3,423 posts

256 months

Friday 1st June 2007
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Mr_Thyroid said:
Schumacher/Barrichello at Indy is officially the closest finish when Shumi attempted to get a dead heat - what a twonk.
You're right. Only I've tried to erase that memory from my mind...it was working until now hehe

Baldylocks

20,943 posts

238 months

Sunday 3rd June 2007
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kevin ritson said:
It still is. This is the second closest

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvNq0YXosdw
That looks like such an awesome track.

woof

8,456 posts

306 months

Sunday 3rd June 2007
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FourWheelDrift said:
Even better when 4 cars are involved.

Monza 1969 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQURylYN13w
wow - now that's a race

Eric Mc

125,606 posts

294 months

Sunday 3rd June 2007
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The destruction of the original Ostereichring is one of the great crimes of motor sport.

Guess who insisted that it be done?

Edited by Eric Mc on Sunday 3rd June 17:40

freedman

6,015 posts

236 months

Sunday 3rd June 2007
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kevin ritson said:
It still is. This is the second closest

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvNq0YXosdw
Monza 71 is closer

Mr_Yogi

3,288 posts

284 months

Monday 4th June 2007
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Eric Mc said:
The destruction of the original Ostereichring is one of the great crimes of motor sport.

Guess who insisted that it be done?

Edited by Eric Mc on Sunday 3rd June 17:40
Kind of ironic as it looks like it would be great fro the current F1 cars with all those fast straights, what a waste rolleyes

Surely they could of added some impact absorbing material to the areas of little run off rather than creating the A1 ring vomit
banghead
cry

FourWheelDrift

92,238 posts

313 months

Monday 4th June 2007
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The grandstands and pit building were all demolish a couple of years ago, it's unused now. I think the Red Bull owners owns it now.