Top 10 Unusual Moments in F1

formula one is the pinnacle of motorsport, but from time to time things happen on the track that stick in the mind not necessarily because of their brilliance but simply because they are so strange the 1997 european grand prix in herrera will forever be remembered as an epic title decision the race when michael schumacher collided with his championship rival, jack velmer, who took the championship, but the day before an extraordinary drama unfolded and the spanish public saw something completely unprecedented in the history of the big prize. 14 minutes into qualifying, vilner brought something special to the wheel of his williams, he was the fastest in the second sector 18, he approached the line and moved up to the provisional pole position that mark of 121.072 seemed quite unbeatable until 14 minutes later, As championship leader Schumacher moved forward, Michael Schumacher climbs to second place with an exactly equal time Same as Jack Jackfieldner, truly extraordinary, but surprisingly there was more drama to come when Vilnerv's Williams teammate Heinz Harold Franson , left with only 10 minutes.

This remains. I can't believe Hi Tara Fenton did exactly the same time as Jack Neil Nerve and Michael Schumacher. and he remains there in third place, incredibly, the three fastest drivers had set exactly the same lap time to within a thousandth of a second. I think next year we need four zeros after the point that the 1993 European Grand Prix at Donington Park is famous for. The extraordinary first lap when Ert and Senna overtook four cars to take the lead and take a brilliant victory, but while that lap is rightly praised and remembered as one of the greatest individual laps ever driven in F1, the Brazilian also completed another lap that day, which is noteworthy for a completely different and much more

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reason, with the race just over two-thirds of the way gone, Senna pitted only to discover that his McLaren team was not ready for him, for which he stepped on again and roared back onto the track. circuit so it has happened directly what the hell is happening because there were no speed limits in the pit lane in those days and because the configuration of the circuit meant that a driver passing through the pits avoided having to take the last corner, senna discovered that a Despite having slowed down during his early stop, he had actually set the fastest lap of the race and not only that, it was also a new official lap record.

Sometimes the team put a lot of pressure on me to change stars and I insist on my own opinion and finally I went in and sometimes I think. They told me to come and I didn't come and then I told them I was going and they weren't ready so I had to go through Monza it is one of the most magical places in motorsport but in 2019 it witnessed some of the most magical scenes. ridiculous In the modern history of Formula 1, getting a good position on the grid is especially key to having a successful race here and one of the ways to achieve this is to get a tow from another car by getting behind while the car in front makes a hole in the air.

Rear driver can get big aerodynamic boost After Kimi Raikkonen's heavy crash on the satellite dish caused a stop in the final part of qualifying, the remaining nine drivers returned to the track for their final flying laps with Ferrari Sharla Clerk in provisional position and as always everyone was holding back to try to take advantage of the famous toe of the driver in front no one wanted to be the leader and time is running out someone will have to make a charge at the moment or someone will not reach the checkered flag on time and start their final lap and everyone is queuing here none of them will make it to the checkered flag at this pace and it soon became apparent that some of them had done their sums very badly in fact there are four seconds three two and one and i don't think they made it guys, they didn't make it only leclerck and carlos crossed the line in time to start their second flying laps as the fans witnessed the strange sight of seven of the fastest.

Drivers around the world were doing everything they could to avoid going fast. There was a time when communication between drivers in the pits was fairly simple - you either talked in person or used boards to point out messages while on the track - but when team radio became prevalent starting in the 1980s, all kinds of vital information could be transferred back and forth between the pit wall and the car at the 1999 French Grand Prix, although Michael Schumacher stepped back in time with a jump unfazed by the pouring rain at Manukau Shumako was racing hard before disaster struck a A major electrical failure not only caused his lead to fade, but also shut down his radio.

Incredibly, he had the intelligence to use his onboard camera to communicate with his team. His frantic hand signals to Ferrari team principal Jean Todd and the rest of the pit wall were one of the strangest sights of the season despite stopping in the pits on lap 54 for new tires and a new steering wheel. , Schumacher continued to struggle with the car, but somehow the master communicator managed to hold off teammate Eddie Irvine to finish p5 in a remarkable display of ingenuity. and resilience the closing stages of the 2020 British Grand Prix appear to follow a familiar format. 2019 race winner Lewis Hamilton, the championship leader and defending world champion had secured pole position and appeared to be in full control of the front Hamilton and his teammate Valtteri.

Bottas had pitted early on lap 13 under a safety calf and both were trying to take care of their hard compound tires without making more stops, but it didn't work out as expected from the pit wall, Mercedes noticed dark rings on their tires. his final stages and then, with two laps to go, it went terribly wrong for Bottas. What happened to Valtteri? Bottas and Mercedes will be extremely concerned about Lewis Hamilton having any hope of finishing in the points. The Finn limped back to the pits to change tires, which is crucial. Max Verstappen 30 seconds behind Hamilton but now safely in second place also pitted, but the tire issue didn't stop with Bottas on the final lap.

McLaren's Carlos Science was the next victim before Mercedes' nightmare became a reality: Lewis Hamilton and Hamilton are winning the Grand Prix. but look at the state of that mercedes car without his caution pit stop verstappen would definitely have won but in the end hamilton took his seventh british grand prix victory in the most dramatic circumstances at indianapolis in 2002 michael schumacher did something decidedly anti-schumacher and voluntarily gave up a victory that had dominated the season for Ferrari and became world champion for the fifth time with six races remaining in the season, but was helped to the title by a controversial victory at the Austrian Grand Prix, where the orders from the Ferrari team had forced him. race leader rubens baraquello let schumacher pass to take the win in a season in which ferrari was so dominant it left a bad taste in the mouth and an embarrassed schumacher pushed barrichello to the top step of the podium and then handed out the winner's trophy as Well, the red winning machine had not given way when they arrived in Indianapolis four months later and with 100,000 fans in attendance, Schumacher had led from Hello throughout the race, but then, coming off the bank for the last time, the Germans suddenly slowed down.

Barrichello approached and they seemed to cross the line together as all the spectators tried to figure out who had really triumphed when the official confirmation appeared on the timing screens it was Barrichello who had won by just 11,000 the closest margin of victory in a formula one race. since the introduction of timekeeping to the nearest thousandth of a second. I thought it was a good opportunity to match the line we tried, we failed a little when it started to rain just before the 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix. 20 drivers put on intermediate tires for the start, but that didn't stop Valtteri Bottas and Lance Stalke from causing a massacre in turn one.

Four drivers were out of the place and two more would follow with Max Verstappen limping off with a damaged car but after two laps behind. the safety car, the race was red flagged and the big question was, with conditions improving, would anyone be brave enough to try slick tires on the restart? The answer was no, at least not immediately, but as the drivers set off on the second formation lap they realized that the track was drying out and everyone pitted to change to dry tyres. All but leader Lewis Hamilton, he and his race engineers had erred on the side of caution and stuck with the intermediates, leading to the strange sight of the reigning world champion. sitting alone on the grid waiting for the lights to go out to restart the race, there will be lights out let's go for lewis hamilton alone hamilton's hopes of victory were dashed by completing a lap with intermediates and then stopping for slicks which he dropped to the right until the back of the field, fought a long and grueling battle across the field to finish third, which became second after Sebastian Vettel was disqualified for a fuel sample violation, but was unable to overtake Alpine's Esteban Ocon , who obtained a memorable first victory.

The movie Jewels stars the Monaco Grand Prix and a mystery that remains unsolved to this day. It sounds like the plot of a Hollywood thriller, but it is an all-too-real story that took place back in 2004. At that time, the Jaguar that had entered Formula One with great fanfare in 2000 was struggling near the rear of the grid, Ford owners were investing millions in the team in order to reap the publicity benefits, but with on-track results disappointing, the team needed to do something special to make a splash, as well as part of an alliance to help promote the movie The Ocean's 12 starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt The team's head of public relations came up with a plan to execute two real diamonds valued at about three hundred thousand dollars each embedded in Mark Webber's nose and Christian cleans the race cars after the day. of the race, the disaster crashed on the first lap and, due to track limits, no team personnel were able to get close to the car until the race was over, more than two hours later, and when they did, they made a discovery horrible: the diamond was missing. lost in the accident, bagged by an opportunistic spectator or never actually gotten into the car to begin with, to this day no one knows the answer, all motorsports fans know that to win a grand prix you have to be the first driver in roar past the saluting officer. the checkered flag or you, there was one occasion when that was not the case and it occurred on a wet and highly controversial day at Silverstone in 1998.

Championship leader Mika Hakkanen had started from pole in the Grand Prix of Great Britain but Michael Schumacher managed to take the lead with 10 laps to go, it looked to be another famous wet weather victory for the German but with two laps to go he received a 10 second penalty for overtaking Alex Verts as he was racing behind the safety car, we think a stop. Michael Schumacher's 'and-and-go' penalty Schumacher continued to lap the track until he was on his final lap, incredibly then he stopped in the pit lane apparently to serve the penalty so well that it means he will win the race because he crossed the exit. finish line crosses the start and finish line now I think he will receive his penalty, but the race ended surely confusion reigned after many post-race discussions that went all the way to the international appeals court.

Schumacher was allowed to take the win, no doubt. The strangest victory of his extraordinary career, how did you make the decision to go in on the last lap, which had the effect that you won the race in pit lane? The point is that I received a sign on the pit wall with an arrow to enter. and I thought well maybe we have a fuel problem we have to put some fuel in but I wasn't thinking about any of that sebastian buemi has had some special

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in motorsport winning the 24 hours of le mans three times becoming world endurance champion in 2014 and won the second Formula E title, but many F1 fans will always remember him for a strange accident he had at the Chinese Grand Prix in 2010 in foggy conditions in Shanghai, the Toro Rosso driver went down the straight back at the end of the first practice.

The Swiss applied the brakes as usual at over 190 miles per hour only to see his front suspension fork give way.full first to the right and immediately to the left, causing both front wheels to fly in unison now completely out of control. Bohemia was defenseless. as he drove down the armco barrier into the gravel trap, although despite his lack of front wheels he can still be seen trying to steer the car in the onboard footage before stopping and driving away, looking like the most annoyed professional For the loss. of race time rather than his luck in escaping losing 50 percent of his wheels, regardless of what the former F1 Rookie of the Year achieves, he will always be remembered for one of the most

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accidents in grand prix history. .