Trackside: Vote for the greatest pass ever
12 February 2007 Formula One has seen some amazing passes and these five are among the best ever – but which is the greatest? Sit back and watch these moments of genius from the sport’s greatest drivers – then vote for your favourite. Everyone grumbles that there isn’t enough overtaking in Formula One. They may be right – but if there were too much it would take some of the magic away when you see a driver really hanging it out and making an extraordinary pass. When you see these you know the driver was really trying – which is what makes them so spectacular. Have a look and vote for your favourite. Nigel Mansell, 1990 British hero Mansell took revenge on his former team mate Gerhard Berger by passing him on the outside of the flat-out 190mph Peraltada corner in Mexico. Just a few years later F1 stopped racing at the Hermanos Rodriguez circuit because it had become too dangerous. This was truly heroic stuff from pass master Mansell. Mika Hakkinen, 2000 In the dying stages of the 2000 Belgian Grand Prix Hakkinen tried to pass arch-rival Michael Schumacher. But the Ferrari driver swung across at the McLaren, almost causing an enormous accident. A furious Hakkinen dropped back, bided his time, then seized a chance to pass Schumacher as each went either side of a backmarker at 200mph. Hakkinen scorched off to win the race. Nelson Piquet, 1986 Piquet never got on well with his fellow Brazilian Ayrton Senna. So he seized the opportunity to put one over the young Senna in the first ever Hungarian Grand Prix. He stole the lead by screaming around the outside of the Lotus, oversteering wildly, but holding on to win. Gilles Villeneuve, 1979 Few people remember that Jean-Pierre Jabouille gave Renault their first grand Prix win at Dijon-Prenois in 1979. What they do remember is the wheel-banging battle between Arnoux and Villeneuve for second place – especially Villeneuve’s pass on Arnoux with all four wheels locked solid and smoke billowing from the tyres. Kimi Raikkonen, 2005 From 17th on the grid, Kimi Raikkonen’s charge to win the Japanese Grand Prix was not in anyone’s script. But he pulled it off with a breathtaking pass on Giancarlo Fisichella on the final lap, sealing the victory in fine style. Auto Trader links Spyker launch their first F1 car |
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