Memorable 1-2 finishes
Memorable 1-2 finishes
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Jungles

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3,587 posts

250 months

Tuesday 21st April 2009
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Well, the Red Bull 1 and 2 at Shanghai was fantastic. smile I'm sure it will live in fans' memories for a while. Same for Brawn's 1-2 in Australia.

What were the most fabulous 1-2 finishes in F1?

Dracoro

9,026 posts

274 months

Tuesday 21st April 2009
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The McLaren finish where David Coulthard moved over at the end of the last lap to let Hakkinen take the 1st place.

Obviously memorable for the wrong cheating reasons but memorable nontheless.

Not Ideal

3,057 posts

217 months

Tuesday 21st April 2009
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Jordan's 1-2 at Spa for their maiden victory.

peterguk V6 KWK

2,622 posts

246 months

Tuesday 21st April 2009
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1986 British Grand Prix. Brands Hatch.

Fantastic race between the two Williams-Honda drivers - Nigel Mansell and Nelson Piquet.

Rude-boy

22,227 posts

262 months

Tuesday 21st April 2009
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Austria, Ferrari's infamous 1-2.

zac510

5,546 posts

235 months

Tuesday 21st April 2009
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Rude-boy said:
Austria, Ferrari's infamous 1-2.
That was a 2-1 finish biggrin. But memorable, indeed!

garycat

5,384 posts

239 months

Tuesday 21st April 2009
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Monza 1988 when Ferrari won just after Enzo's death. The only non-McLaren win of the season.



Edited by garycat on Tuesday 21st April 10:59

garycat

5,384 posts

239 months

Tuesday 21st April 2009
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zac510 said:
Rude-boy said:
Austria, Ferrari's infamous 1-2.
That was a 2-1 finish biggrin. But memorable, indeed!
And Indy where Schuey tried to create a 1-1 finish.

TonyHetherington

32,091 posts

279 months

Tuesday 21st April 2009
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garycat said:
zac510 said:
Rude-boy said:
Austria, Ferrari's infamous 1-2.
That was a 2-1 finish biggrin. But memorable, indeed!
And Indy where Schuey tried to create a 1-1 finish.
Indeed, they were both "memorable" (for the wrong reasons) 1-2 finishes I had in mind - Austria and Indy.

Alex

9,978 posts

313 months

Tuesday 21st April 2009
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Dracoro said:
The McLaren finish where David Coulthard moved over at the end of the last lap to let Hakkinen take the 1st place.

Obviously memorable for the wrong cheating reasons but memorable nontheless.
I had 50 quid on Coulthard to win that race! I've only just forgiven him.

Get Karter

1,950 posts

230 months

Tuesday 21st April 2009
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Alex said:
Dracoro said:
The McLaren finish where David Coulthard moved over at the end of the last lap to let Hakkinen take the 1st place.

Obviously memorable for the wrong cheating reasons but memorable nontheless.
I had 50 quid on Coulthard to win that race! I've only just forgiven him.
According to him it is Ron who needs your forgiveness.

DSM2

3,624 posts

229 months

Tuesday 21st April 2009
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Alex said:
Dracoro said:
The McLaren finish where David Coulthard moved over at the end of the last lap to let Hakkinen take the 1st place.

Obviously memorable for the wrong cheating reasons but memorable nontheless.
I had 50 quid on Coulthard to win that race! I've only just forgiven him.
I never regarded that as cheating as it wasn't specifically banned then and it was the first race of the season, but it was a huge error of judgement by DC and probably damaged his career hugely by handing Hak the pyschological edge . I doubt he has ever forgiven himself, despite what he might say.

Interestingly, that was also the race at which:

Six teams made an official complaint on the eve of the Australian Grand Prix, asking the FIA to look into the system which they claimed gave the McLaren cars illegal traction control and power steering.

McLaren said the system had already been used in a race car at the end of last season and the team had kept the FIA informed throughout its development to ensure it was "perfectly legal".

"Some teams complain, they do not have the money to develop something like this but it's more accurate for them to say: `We do not have the brains'. And that's not my problem," Dennis insisted.


Nicholas Blair

4,111 posts

313 months

Tuesday 21st April 2009
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Japan '91 when Senna pulled over at the last chicane and Berger moved through to take the win.

Nice touch.

FourWheelDrift

92,295 posts

313 months

Tuesday 21st April 2009
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Mansell & Piquet. Silverstone 1987.

kevin ritson

3,423 posts

256 months

Tuesday 21st April 2009
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DSM2 said:
Alex said:
Dracoro said:
The McLaren finish where David Coulthard moved over at the end of the last lap to let Hakkinen take the 1st place.

Obviously memorable for the wrong cheating reasons but memorable nontheless.
I had 50 quid on Coulthard to win that race! I've only just forgiven him.
I never regarded that as cheating as it wasn't specifically banned then and it was the first race of the season, but it was a huge error of judgement by DC and probably damaged his career hugely by handing Hak the pyschological edge . I doubt he has ever forgiven himself, despite what he might say.
It's also said that McLaren's radio system was tapped into and a rogue message sent telling Hakkinen to pit. Now I wonder which team would do that?

Ahonen

5,032 posts

308 months

Tuesday 21st April 2009
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Dracoro said:
The McLaren finish where David Coulthard moved over at the end of the last lap to let Hakkinen take the 1st place.

Obviously memorable for the wrong cheating reasons but memorable nontheless.
Jerez '97. JV had already moved over to let both of them through and, let's face it, the British teams had already worked together nicely throughout the race so they were just enjoying themselves at the end.

Didn't affect the championship, so McLaren could do as they pleased.

benoli

1,351 posts

218 months

Tuesday 21st April 2009
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Indianapolis Grand Prix in 2005

Ferrai 1-2
Jordan 3-4
Minardi 5-6

no more finished (or started, for that matter !)

remember the Bridgestone v Michelin tyre trouble

smiller

12,557 posts

233 months

Tuesday 21st April 2009
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1987 Senna vs Mansell. Jerez.

Senna wins by 14 1/1000ths of a second.



stifler

37,069 posts

217 months

Tuesday 21st April 2009
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Most races in '88 were 1-2 finishes. Bloody good ones too.

How about the 1982 USGP Watson-1 Lauda-2 now that was a good race!

FourWheelDrift

92,295 posts

313 months

Tuesday 21st April 2009
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smiller said:
1987 Senna vs Mansell. Jerez.

Senna wins by 14 1/1000ths of a second.
That isn't a 1-2 team finish though since Mansell drove for Williams and Senna drove for Lotus.