Five years ago,

 

We ran Buzzjack's Greatest Formula One Race,

 

It was the 2011 Canadian Grand Prix that was our greatest Formula One Race.

 

It's back.

 

This thread is about what is the greatest F1 race that you've seen.

 

Here you vote from:

 

+50 to +1 on the best races in your views. You can chose up to 50 races. Or rank them from +50 onwards if there are less than 50 that you can think of. Or even 10 races from 50 to 41 will do. As many as you want.

 

Also you can post the reasons why you found these races great.

 

As we choose Buzzjack's Greatest Formula One race.

 

Deadline will be on: Monday 14th October

 

 

Here is the thread from five years ago:

 

http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=227746

 

The original Top 10 was:

 

1st- Canada 2011- 194pts

2nd- Belgium 1998- 191pts

3rd- Germany 2019- 167pts

4th- Brazil 2003- 161pts

5th- Brazil 2008- 124pts

6th- Brazil 2012- 122pts

7th- Brazil 2016- 117pts

8th- Europe 2007- 113pts

9th- Hungary 2006- 102pts

10th- Monaco 1982- 95pts

I remember this competition from last time, wow 5 years ago! Be interesting to see if any of the races that took place since then make an appearance.

 

I should be better equipped for this now as I not long ago rewatched all the season highlights from 1994 to 2005 but I will likely still angle my list mostly to the races I remember watching live in full as that is what evokes the lasting memories the best.

Oh I can't wait to do this!

 

Last time I remember I ruled out any races I didn't recall watching at the time, so there was nothing pre-1976 in it. I may allow in ones I've watch retrospectively this time as there are some cracking races that should be in there

+50- Belgium 1998

+49- Monaco 1996

+48- Canada 2011

+47- Monaco 1982

+46- Australia 1986

+45- Europe 1999

+44- Germany 2019

+43- Brazil 2003

+42- Mexico 1990

+41- France 1979

+40- Britain 1987

+39- Europe 1993

+38- Brazil 2016

+37- Italy 2020

+36- Hungary 2021

+35- Europe 2007

+34- San Marino 2005

+33- Austria 2019

+32- Britain 1995

+31- Australia 1995

+30- Japan 1989

+29- Brazil 2001

+28- Hungary 2006

+27- Belgium 2000

+26- Monaco 1984

+25- Australia 2003

+24- Spain 1996

+23- Malaysia 2001

+22- Germany 2000

+21- Brazil 1993

+20- Japan 1994

+19- USA 2001

+18- Turkey 2020

+17- Belgium 2004

+16- Monaco 2004

+15- USA 1990

+14- Sakhir 2020

+13- Italy 1995

+12- Azerbaijan 2017

+11- Canada 2007

+10- Britain 2022

+9- Britain 2003

+8- Brazil 2012

+7- Spain 1994

+6- Hungary 2014

+5- Japan 1976

+4- France 2000

+3- San Marino 1985

+2- Singapore 2023

+1- Australia 1989

Just bumping up this thread for you all, let me know if you want me to extend the deadline for this.

Just a couple of weeks to submit your lists for the greatest Formula One race in your opinion, please let me know if you need to extend the deadline for you all. :)

Just a few days to submit your lists for the greatest Formula One race in your opinion, please let me know if you need to extend the deadline for you all, :)

 

 

Got my shortlist drawn up now just gotta rank em!

50 Canada 2011

49 Germany 2019

48 Brazil 2003

47 Belgium 1998

46 Japan 2005

45 Brazil 2012

44 Sakhir 2020

43 Hungary 2021

42 Azerbaijan 2017

41 Europe 2007

40 Great Britain 2003

39 Brazil 2019

38 Europe 1999

37 Bahrain 2014

36 Brazil 2008

35 Russia 2021

34 Italy 2020

33 Belgium 2008

32 Hungary 2006

31 Azerbaijan 2021

30 Great Britain 2024

29 Brazil 2016

28 Azerbaijan 2018

27 Australia 2008

26 Europe 2012

25 Great Britain 2022

24 Monaco 1982

23 Japan 2007

22 Abu Dhabi 2012

21 Monaco 1996

20 Saudi Arabia 2022

19 Austria 2020

18 Monaco 2004

17 Türkiye 2020

16 Australia 2003

15 Emilia Romagna 2021

14 Hungary 2015

13 Monaco 2008

12 USA 2018

11 Brazil 2021

10 Great Britain 2008

09 Malaysia 2012

08 China 2018

07 Singapore 2023

06 San Marino 2005

05 Spain 2016

04 Italy 2021

03 Malaysia 2013

02 Canada 2024

01 Great Britain 2020

Edited October 10, 2024Oct 10 by Dobbo

+50

1998 Belgium - A race that had pretty much everything, we've all seen it. I was lucky enough to be there so colour me biased but this one was unrelentingly eventful and I have so many incidental memories.

1979 France - Jabouille won but no-one remembers that. It's all about Arnoux and Villeneuve duking it out over the last few laps.

1982 Monaco - The one nobody wanted to win as five drivers all managed to bin it on the final lap.

1984 Monaco - Senna, in torrential rain and a piece of crap Toleman announces himself to the world by catching Prost's McLaren by 4 seconds a lap before the race was stopped. Bellof was catching both.

2011 Canada - The day Jenson Button defied everything the racing gods and mother nature could throw at him to pull off one of the most ridiculous wins ever in F1's longest race.

1985 San Marino - It was a lottery of fuel consumption where 5 drivers ran out of gas. Prost just about made it over the line and won it. Until he didn't

2016 Brazil - Whilst the 2 Mercedes tried to bore everyone to death a huge downpour made everyone else look like fools. Except Max Verstappen. Who put on a masterclass in wet weather skills.

1993 Europe - In typical British barbeque weather Ayrton Senna turns in the greatest drive of his life. In a dog of a car he passes 8 cars in a single lap and never looks back,

2000 Belgium - Schumacher aggressively blocks Hakkinnen, who loses time, and reacts by taking Eau Rouge at full tilt to make a 2nd attempt only to find Zonta is in the way. Stunning move.

1994 Japan - In terrible conditions Damon Hill momentarily achieves greatness and out-races Schumacher in the wet in an absolute nail biter of a race.

 

+40

2005 Japan - Alonso passes Schumi at 130R whilst Kimi rises from 17th to win.

1996 Monaco - When only three cars completed the final lap, and Olivier Panis won, you know it was a cracking race.

1989 Japan - Senna & Prost collide leaving Prost as champion. Except Senna gets going again and wins, only to be disqualified on a technicality. The world still argues about who was at fault.

1976 Japan - My first F1 memory. Niki Lauda made a good point well, Mario Andretti won and James Hunt became my first ever F1 favourite. And world champion

1995 Europe - Jean Alesi was supreme in the wet on slicks, set to take a hugely popular win. Schumacher pitted and began catching him by nearly 2s a lap. It was cruel, ruthless. Sadistic even, but brilliant.

1992 Monaco - Mansell was unstoppable and everyone was asleep until a precautionary stop put him behind Senna. There followed 5 of the most exciting laps ever. 2 giants on top form.

2019 Germany - That race where Max Verstappen screwed up less than everyone else to take the win. A comedy of errors. If only Vettel hadn't started last.

1986 Australia - Mansell and Piquet go head to head in the season finale... and Prost wins. Mansell's tyre explodes and he wrestles the car to a safe stop. Had he have hit the wall he'd have been champion.

1994 Spain - There's much debate over Schumacher's best drive. Many say Spain '96, but for me, lapping equal to Hill's Williams whilst stuck in 5th gear for almost the whole race tops it... just

2003 Brazil - Webber leaves a gift for Alonso and it turns to chaos. It took a court case to decide if Fisichella or Raikkonen won. Alonso sat out the podium in a hospital bed and Fisi's car burst into flames once parked.

 

 

+30

1991 Spain - Senna and Mansell inches apart, neither willing to give up position down that long straight. F1's ultimate pissing contest.

1981 Spain - The Villeneuve train. On lap 14 Gilles finds himself in the lead in a poor handling Ferrari and 5 cars queued up behind him. He kept them there for over 60 laps. F1's 2nd closest finish ever.

2021 Abu Dhabi - Contentious for sure but it was great entertainment while.

1999 Europe - Johnny Herbert records an unlikely and popular win by simply keeping his unfavoured Stewart Ford on the track whilst everyone else falls off

1987 Britain - Nigel Mansell hunts down team mate Piquet before pulling off a stunning bait and switch move.

1996 Spain - Schumacher earns the nickname Der Regenmeister after an incredible display that saw him consistantly 3s a lap faster than everyone else.

2019 Britain - Lewis Hamilton's superior Mercedes just can't get passed Verstappen, until the team pull him in for new rubber and send him out to hunt down the Red Bull. He does so with ruthless efficiency.

1989 Hungary - Mansell qualified his Ferrari in 12th place, which he felt was beneath him. Fired up he charged through the field to take the win. The Tifosi loved it and the legend of Il Leone was born.

2020 Turkey - Hamilton's greatest ever drive for me. Keep calm on a super slippery surface whilst everyone else can't keep it straight.

2007 Brazil - The title decider between Hamilton and Alonso with Raikkonen an outside chance. Both McLaren drivers lost the championship by a point.

 

 

 

 

 

+20

1994 Australia - Schumacher's ban had allowed Hill to take the title down to the final race. Michael took the lead, until he hit the wall... and then Hill. It ended in tears for everyone except winner Mansell.

1995 Britain - Schumacher vs Hill crashgate pt 2. This time Hill was clearly to blame and it probably broke his reputation at Williams. Herbert came through to score his debut win after a tough duel with Coulthard.

1984 USA Dallas - Street circuit specialist Keke Rosberg wins on a day where the heat and a breaking up track claimed everyone else. Mansell famously tried to push his car over the line before collapsing.

2012 Brazil - Jenson Button wins his final victory as Alonso looks to win his 3rd title. Vettel had other ideas and did just enough to claim it for himself.

1995 Canada - Jean Alesi was hugely popular with his exciting style but the racing gods were cruel and denied him many certain victories. They smiled on him only the once. And they did it on his birthday.

1986 Spain - Prost, Mansell and Senna in a huge 3-way duel for victory. Prost faded away and the other 2 slugged it out, finishing almost side by side. Mansell joked it was so close they should get 7 1/2 points each.

2014 Bahrain - Nico Rosberg 'strongly disliked' finishing behind Lewis Hamilton and his desire not to do so brought a new excitement to the Mercedes pair.

1982 USA Detroit - John Watson starts 17th on the grid but battles through it all to finish 1st

1990 Mexico - Prost charges through the field from 13th to win but it was Mansell's pass on Gerhard Berger, around the outside of the Peraltada, that remains the talking point.

1986 Hungary - Piquest and Senna engage in a fierce battle with Piquet delivering one of the all time great overtakes. A four wheel slide around the outside whilst allegedly giving Senna the finger.

 

 

 

+10

1995 Belgium - Schumacher qualifies a lowly 16th but asserts his dominance to take the win and further cement his reputation.

2017 Azerbaijan - Perez and Ocon cause chaos and Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton tangle as road rage takes over. Ricciardo keeps his cool to win.

1995 Australia - Damon Hill was the only front runner to finish the race as everyone else acted like it was the last day of school.

2018 Azerbaijan - The Red Bulls get racey with other with inevitable consequences. Vettel over cooks it and Bottas' tyre explodes. A sheepish Hamilton can't work out how he won the race.

2007 Europe - Markus Winkelhock leads the race for Spyker as turn 1 is re-named 'the river'. Fernando Alonso keeps it together to win.

2010 Abu Dhabi - Alonso leads the title race and Mark Webber and Vettel lie 2nd and 3rd. Hamilton an outside bet. It's cagey at first until Webber gets it wrong, Vitaly Petroc holds up Alonso and Vettel is champion.

1981 Monaco - The Loews hotel is on fire and water floods the tunnel. Piquest crashes from the lead as does Alan Jones and the crowd roars with delight as Gilles Villeneuve claims his first win in ages.

2020 Italy - Gasly takes his chance after a luckily timed red flag puts him in the lead.

1992 Australia - Senna rams Mansell from behind and Gerhard Berger holds of the two Benettons to claim his final win for McLaren.

2021 Italy - Ricciardo earns an unexpected but very popular win for McLaren