Amazing moments in Motor Racing

[Gillet]

Apologies if this has been done before, but thought it might be cool to have a collection of pics and video's showing some of the most amazing moments in Motor Racing.

Mine will be F1 heavy, but here we go:
Senna stops to help a crashed F1 driver
http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=aXii-QJn0Zw&NR=1

Senna & Mansell - Silverstone 1991
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ehLyDof0NWs
I have this pic at home, a signed print, just waiting to get it framed and see if the missus will let me hang it anywhere


Gilles Villeneuve Vs Rene Arneux - the greatest 2 laps in history, i think they might just be
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=kre35Pct0yA&feat...

I find this photo very evocotive


and we can't have this thread without the legend that is James Hunt


thats just to start things off, what you guys got?

I personally have no problem with accidents being shown, but put a disclaimer or something. I just watched the Gilles Villeneuve fatal crash not realising what it was, and it was just a little bit chilling!

[MrKipling43]

Colin McRae spanking the Group A Legacy at the Manx Rally - any of the in car stuff will do, but there's some great footage on the totally brilliant documentary that was released just after his death.

Surely the climax of this year's F1 championship has to be up there?!

I loved seeing Nicky Hayden clinch the MotoGP championship, after Dani's best efforts to take him out of it!

Any footage of the 990 MotoGP bikes. Manly:



Especially (I think it was) Gibernau taking victory at Donington, coming out of the last corner fully sideways, one hand on the bike with the other making the classic 'number 1' race win gesture. Pure class.

Oh yeah, and Kubica's massive shunt at Canada last year.

Oh, just remembered another - Ayrton Senna at Donny in '93.

I'm at work, so I can't find any videos, but I'm sure some deft You Tube searching will find appropriate videos.

[Steamer]

another one from fairly recent times...



Benetton's pit lane blaze - Paul Seaby in 1994 - who I believe was shaken but not hurt.

[FourWheelDrift]

MrKipling43 said:

Especially (I think it was) Gibernau taking victory at Donington, coming out of the last corner fully sideways, one hand on the bike with the other making the classic 'number 1' race win gesture. Pure class.

Marco Melandri, winning at Philip Island 2006.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=45R9AB_3N5E

[rude-boy]

Steamer said:

who I believe was shaken but not hurt.

Ish, i think he had a fortuately small number of 2nd degree burns and a few first.

[Greeny]

Anyone remember this?

[FourWheelDrift]

Greeny said:

Anyone remember this?

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eZuLmgT0Feg

[Cara Van Man]

Surely the finally in Brazil can be classed as an amazing moment in motorsport history?

[Alex97]

Cara Van Man said:

Surely the finally in Brazil can be classed as an amazing moment in motorsport history?

I'm a Ferrari fan and even I totally agree. Has the championship ever been won on the last bend of the last grand prix?

[Teppic]

Christian Fittipaldi backflips and crosses the finish line, Monza 1993

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=vv2kxImg4vc&feat...

[MrKipling43]

FourWheelDrift said:

Marco Melandri, winning at Philip Island 2006.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=45R9AB_3N5E

D'oh! Cheers.

[Gillet]

some great ones so far, that biker has some serious skills!

the final race DEFINATELY qualifies as an amazing moment

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=TfUBVdgcFEo&feat...
there it is. i've never seen anything like it in my lifetime. nothing amazing by Hamilton, but what a climax!

Who can forget this moment in Le Mans aswell, unbelievable!


anyone know the story behind this?

[Cooky]

Mansell and Piquet
Wayne Gardner parting company with his Honda
and my fav of all time
Piquet and Salazar tyhe kick at the end was pure class.

[rude-boy]

Gillet said:

anyone know the story behind this?

Sorry i don't know the full story but before i saw the properties iI was going to say G. Hiil indicating to the other driver (Stewart?) that all was okay. Certainly will stick my neck out and say Spa, and in those days there were so few marshals that the drivers tended to look out for eachother. There are tales, particularly in the old 24 hour races, of cars dissapearing and not being found until the next morning

[dougc]

Might be Rouen??

[FourWheelDrift]

rude-boy said:

Gillet said:

anyone know the story behind this?

Sorry i don't know the full story but before i saw the properties iI was going to say G. Hiil indicating to the other driver (Stewart?) that all was okay. Certainly will stick my neck out and say Spa, and in those days there were so few marshals that the drivers tended to look out for eachother. There are tales, particularly in the old 24 hour races, of cars dissapearing and not being found until the next morning

Yes, Hill had stopped though a mechanical breakdown (rear suspension failure) and Siffert was experiencing his visor misting up so he pulled over and Hill gave him his and fitted it for him. French GP, Rouen 1968.

[MrKipling43]

Ooo! Colin Edwards awesome save from this year - sticking elbows and knees in to keep it upright.

And how about Lorenzo's EPIC high side at China?

[Gillet]

I think you're right Rude Boy, pretty sure it is G Hill and Stewart, seems as if Stewart is actually stopping for him. - sorry, just seen the post from FourWheelDrift, that is amazing that they'd do that, makes me fall in love with motor racing all over again.

Just from the research i've done today, i'm amazed at how many F1 drivers throughout the years have stopped to help someone else out, and i can't even imagine the horror of being stuck in a car at Le Mans for hours before being found.
I just don't see that comradery these days, i'm sure its there, but i just get a feeling everyone is so interested in winning they'd just trundle passed a blazing inferno to make sure they didnt lose their place in the race.

By the way, not necessarily looking for amazing moments in general, so anything that was amazing to you, even if its just a shot of a racing driver next to their car, or Schumacher at his first race, just something evocative and interesting.

cheers

Edited by Gillet on Tuesday 11th November 17:16

[redbarron84]

Is it at spa when jackie Stewart crashed heavily and was trapped upside down in his car soaked in fuel? Graham Hill saw the wreckage and pulled over to try and help him. For 40 mins jackie was trapped until graham and another driver managed to free him and took him to a nearby barn where they took off his fuel covered overalls, only for three nuns to walk in and see a stark bk naked scotsman lying on a hay bale?
Just wondering if the picture is of him indicating that Jackie was ok?












Could be wrong though!

edited to add: Yep! lol

Edited by redbarron84 on Tuesday 11th November 17:24

[FourWheelDrift]

Amazing because I couldn't see this ever happening today. Drivers, team owners even a poison dwarf.

F1 Cricket.


And a nice group photo of Champions some no longer with us at Adelaide in 1992.

Edited by FourWheelDrift on Tuesday 11th November 17:30