Pastor Maldonado's classic F1

[CocoUK]

The boy has picked a few good 'uns:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/andrewbenson/2011/09/pa...

Amongst them a very wet Monaco in '84 won by Senna...

[Groober]

Best picks yet if you ask me.

[chevronb37]

Didn't Prost win Monaco 1984?

[Life Saab Itch]

Not having seen these yet, I'll guess that it's Adelaide 1994, Canada 1999, Japan 1989 and Japan 1990.

After all, he has to get his inspiration from somewhere.

[kusee pee]

chevronb37 said:

Didn't Prost win Monaco 1984?

Yes he did but senna overtook him on the last lap. Red flag meant the race was officially over the lap before, hence Prost winning.

[Life Saab Itch]

kusee pee said:

Yes he did but senna overtook him on the last lap. Red flag meant the race was officially over the lap before, hence Prost winning.

I thought that Prost stopped before the line and Senna went past, Red Flag was immedeatly shown and the race was stopped so Prost got it on countback.

Coincidentally Prost had the Porsche developed Tag engine in his McLaren and the clerk of the course was Jacky Ickx...Works Porsche driver in sportscars....not that one would imply foul play...

[zac510]

These are 5 races we've seen replayed dozens of times before.. so what?

[kusee pee]

Life Saab Itch said:

I thought that Prost stopped before the line and Senna went past, Red Flag was immedeatly shown and the race was stopped so Prost got it on countback.

Coincidentally Prost had the Porsche developed Tag engine in his McLaren and the clerk of the course was Jacky Ickx...Works Porsche driver in sportscars....not that one would imply foul play...

That's what I meant but you put it better.

[Life Saab Itch]

kusee pee said:

That's what I meant but you put it better.

[freedman]

Life Saab Itch said:

I thought that Prost stopped before the line and Senna went past, Red Flag was immedeatly shown and the race was stopped so Prost got it on countback.
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Red flag and chequered were held out simultaneously, and as you rightly say Prost stopped befpore the finsh line

However the insinuation that Ikcx stopped the race to suit Porsche is nonsense

[Life Saab Itch]

freedman said:

Red flag and chequered were held out simultaneously, and as you rightly say Prost stopped befpore the finsh line

However the insinuation that Ikcx stopped the race to suit Porsche is nonsense

It is not the sort of behaviour that I would associate with a man like Ickx, but the insinuation was made at the time in a few publications.

Incidentally the half points that Prost got for this race, rather than settling for second to the flag probably cost him the 1984 World Championship. He lost it by half a point to his team mate Lauda.