2005 Japanese Grand Prix: Race Highlights | DHL F1 Classics 

Next year we will see this once more

@Alan Ali 12 I know it worries me. It could be the end. It shouldn't be though. He is clearly better than Gio and as the car gets faster his performance will show accordingly. From a technical, driving and marketing perspective Alfa should resign Kimi, it's annoying how slow Vasseur is.

@Alan Ali 12 confirmed now!!

Kimi raikkonen start 17th and finish 1st (17th to 1st)

yea cars could overtake without drs

All the main manufacturers are busy in formula e 🤣

I would love to see Toyota and BMW return.

@@ayman9517 well as it stands, formula e is more attractive formula racing by far.

@@aamgdp tru tru

@Zombie Head With the introduction of budget caps in hopes to improve competitive racing it very well could entice a company like Porsche and Audi or even Honda to get into the sport. Never say never because we don't know whats going to happen in the future.

Same with Raikkonen's turn 1 pass on Fisichella on the final lap. I was so young back then that I wasn't into F1 at all but seeing it over and over again is fantastic. Two examples of proper racing in one

I still remember it like it was yesterday. I literally shouted at my tv. "The balls of that guy!" Because they took balls to pull off

Agreed

OOOEEEH MY WORD

Real overtake, no DRS assistance

Dude yelled like he had money on Kimi for that race XD

YEEEEESS! WHAT A BRILLIANT MOVE!

@@the9der352 better than the annoying david croft by 3000km.

@@damarfadlan9251 So much better than screaming Croft!

Miles better on commentary than crofty. Way more interesting to listen to

*20 seconds

He came out after his pitstop just behind Kimi.

@@TheGreatVivek7 Which allowed Kimi to pump in some serious laps, sometimes going two seconds a lap faster than Fisi.

@@jedgamesguy *3

Must have had the drink

I mean, I agree haha

Totally agree 👍...'05 to '08 were my favourite era!

V10, high revs, small cars and refueling

2006 wasn't that good. If Michael was driving at his best that year then we'd have had a real title fight.

2003? Just 2 points separated kimi from being a champion!

@@husseinel-hajj7818 I agree, the constructors could’ve been taken by Williams as well

Schumacher probably sat in the car with his mouth open completely shocked how he got smoked there.

You forgot about Raikkonen’s brilliant move on Fisichella

It isn't. Michael wasn't even defending that much, he didn't have grip...

@@MiamiJacket Schumacher definitely lifted there so I’m sure he wasn’t so shook

@@MiamiJacket MSC wasn't surprised. The 2005 Ferrari was dogshit.

lol this is what led to DRS, remember that

Lmao without DRS it would be stagnated positions with nearly no change. Let's talk about the whole aero package and not just the DRS, because that is what's giving us actual racing with the current cars

2020 cars with no drs? Bad idea, look at abu dhabi last year

They introduced DRS because of the dirty air problem. 2022 aero will change that

@@DrSabot-A also they had refueling back then. So some of the cars are very light and can pass with ease.

What about Italians???

Oh my word

BlueFlag Alpha k

290 kilometers per hour! Around the outside! On the 130R corner! There, fixed :)

130R.... Easily taken flat by then. Alonso already ahead by the apex. Not as great as anyone makes it out to be

Let’s pretend Safetycar didn’t happen..

I'm more impressed at Alonso's overtake at 130R tbh

@@dave7573 bottas got multiple safety cars in baku and he didnt win

Also: This guy couldn't win the WDC in the fastest car.

PopinJay Junior it wasn't that impressive. Bold but not impressive, they just hyped it up. The Michael wasn't even defending or anything. He had no grip

Absolutely spot on. One of the best passes in F1 history.

@@phonicfrog_ up there with Nelson Piquets drift pass on Senna :)

Alonso even said that this overtake was too overrated I agree with him

@@reimelong9671 it's still beautiful

Yeah, probably my all time favorite short F1 clip. The brave overtake, the G's, the gorgeous 05' cars, and the sound of the V10s shooting down the back straight, it is just so satisfying to watch.

Alonso know Schumacher will not gonna contest him to the limit, cause "he hase two kids".

what does 130R mean?

@@rdjnapoli It's the name of the corner

@@haxthehax And the name refers to the radius of the corner in meters. We can also see another corner named like this at the more recent Japanese Grand Prix venue Fuji, where a long, neck killing, right hander is called 100R. For some reason other nationalities haven't adopted this naming convention, probably because it would lead to many corners having the same name.

Veryeasy

This race wasn't that brilliant to be honest

@@peterfighter wasnt that brilliant lol.

this race had everything u can ask for a good race imo, and commentators where on point.

Peter Fighter I watched the complete race yesterday and it was very fun to watch. The strategies with fuel were also very interesting.

Agree

Underrated comment

They do it so it's widescreen but it looks terrible honestly

Spa 2004 was insane.

Overtook Fisi, and some backmarkers and then he clocked the fastest lap of the race, all on the last lap. Grande Kimi.

Yes, he outperformed Alonso.

If it wasn't for Mclaren unreliability Kimi would been 2 time world champion, maybe even 3. 2003 season Kimi was 2 points away from Michael who won the championship and Kimi had 3 retirements during the season which ultimately snapped the championship away from him. 2005 season Kimi had "only" 2 retirements, but both retirements happen when he was comfortably leading the race, but instead retired and gave Alonso the win. Alonso then went and won the championship by 20 points margin to Kimi. Who knows what might have happen if McLaren would had just a little bit more reliability car.

@@0rouni0 If there was not that man on the track in Silverstone 2003, it would have been enough to win the championship. And yes, Kimi deserved to win the 2005 championship more than Alonso.

@@0rouni0 either way those seasons have real high drama, any team can come out top of a good day. Now not so much...

@@drybones7475 If anyone thinks Kimi Raikkonen deserved 2005 title over Fernando Alonso read this out -: Fernando Alonso was leading the championship by 29 points against Kimi Raikkonen after Imola. Then Kimi won Spanish and Monaco Grand Prix. By this point it was clear that Mclaren was much faster car than Renault. Here Renault had two choices either to improve the car performance by improving the engine and taking the risk of unreliability or take the conservative approach. Since Renault and Fernando had this huge margin they opted for more conservative approach and you can see conservative approach in Fernando's driving style as well he chose to stay out of trouble all the times, not making dangerous overtakes, not defending too hard not pushing way too much settling for 2nd or 3rd place early in the race and working the strategy accordingly if Victory doesn't seem likely. You can also see this conservative approach was no longer to be seen after Alonso won the championship in Brazil. In Japan after championship was won, Alonso made some spectacular moves twice on Schumacher and one on Mark Webber. He could have won the race himself if there wasn't misunderstanding with FIA which led to Alonso giving the place back to Christian Klien twice after overtaking him which cost him about 10 seconds. If not for that Alonso would not have stuck in traffic after his pit stop and could have won the race. In China Renault used the improved engine (they couldn't use it in Japan as 1 engine for 2 races rule and Japan was 2nd race for old engine) In China Alonso build the 20 seconds gap before 1st pit stop which was vanished after a safety car but still Alonso won the race comfortably. You can watch that race and listen to Alonso in press conference where he talks about the improved engine he said,"If we want to take a little risk, If we want to beat Mclaren we could do it as we have shown today, I could have won 10-11 races instead of 7 which we won if we had used this engine from the start." in response to a question that you and kimi had won same number of races but you won the championship by 21 points. So in conclusion had Renault used the better engine. Alonso would have won the championship with far more points if it were reliable. But instead they went for conservative approach and won the title without risk of unreliability. And had Mclaren focused more on reliability instead of performance they would have less retirements and engine penalties but also less race wins, so they still wouldn't win the championship. And to round up the discussion, Alonso had his share of bad luck as well but not close to what Kimi had like -: In Hungary, Ralf Schumacher crashed into him causing damage to Alonso's car which saw Alonso P20 at the end of lap 1 and giving him no chance for points since damage was costing him 1.2 seconds per lap as reported by Pat Symonds In Imola, Alonso's engine was down on power and he had to defend against Michael Schumacher for 13 laps which he did amazingly and is considered as one of the greatest defensive driving in F1 In Monaco, bad timing of safety car and poor strategy of one stopping saw Alonso and Fisi carrying much heavier fuel load which led to Alonso's and Fisi's tyres to be completely worn down. Although Fisi finished outside points Alonso managed to hold off train of 4 cars which finished just within a second of him and finished P4. In Australia, A poor timed rain in quali meant Alonso had to start from P13, he finished P3 while Fisi won (his only win of the season)because he got lucky with quali due to rain. Alonso could have easily won that race. (Although rain affected Kimi's quali as well) Again same as Australia happened in Japan with both Alonso and Kimi, but after overtaking Klien, Alonso had to give him the place back twice once immediately and once after overtaking again and creating a significant gap, due to misunderstanding from FIA which cost him about 10 seconds. Alonso could have most probably won the grand prix as he wouldn't have stuck behind traffic and would be ahead of Kimi after final pit stops In Silverstone, Alonso was held up while lapping Coulthard and Vileneuve first and then Trulli afterwards no blue flags were shown to them which caused him time and most probably victory I can understand why some people think Raikkonen deserved it but I am sure Fernando more than deserves it. The maturity and conservative approach by Alonso and Renault and Alonso's supreme driving won them the title despite Mclaren being faster(but unreliable) car.

😂😂😂

Way more epic than “its lights out and away we go!”

Yep. All drivers love the track. Seb, Alonso, Lewis, to name a few... Suzuka produces amazing races all the time.

Kimi’s Pass> imo

@@10_Top_10 Kimi overtook a nobody. Not msc

@@hamdanali5203 good to find a drive to survive and then to f1 viewer... You need to rewatch all races of 2005 to understand how awesome this one was. Pretty much Germany 2019 of 2005 but without any mid race safety car

@@amalkallarackal9293 Germany 2019 was an overhyped soggy puddle. No good racing whatsoever. Barely any overtakes post lap 1. No battle for the lead. Just a few cars going off and crashing. I could name atleast 5 races from the 10s which were better than it. And yet these kids put it 1st in the Race of the decade poll.

You need to watch races from the 80s and early 90s

I was 10 and similar feelings, although not quite like that, LOL. Nevertheless, a great and memorable win from the back-end of the field.

I was 6 and i celebrated like crazy the full last lap and the inlap end result of that was my parents and neighbour's was absolute pissed waking everyone up at 6am on a Sunday

holy shit your memories are good to remember specific reactions from a F1 race when u was a kid lmao

I was *8 and this was the first race I ever watched. Got me hooked so bad still here after 16 years.

Noone said that its alonso's race...

more like Fisichella

Alonso drove brilliantly anyway, third from the back and might have won if not for a daft penalty

*Bwoaah, hold my ice cream.

Kimi was a much better driver than Alonso back then anyways. Most people thought Alonso fluked into 2005.

I think the 2022 look the best since these 05 ones but these engines are the best sound ever

I miss James Hunt and Walker. They didn’t agree on anything🤣

Yeah f***ing finally

Wait your starts are that clear?? I’m stuck in D class so whenever I get a clean run I get run off the track or rammed off the track. Sooo yeah I’d love to have those starts in my races

Murray Walker : IT'S GO! GO! GOOO!

@@haryokusumo6435 GOING THROUGH THE MIDDLE! OUCH! THIS IS FANTASTIC!

He'll be racing again next year i reckon

@@cailvarker421 Kimi would race in a shoe-box if the FIA would allow it.

Cail Varker he said he will leave this year if the doesn’t have any fun

He's 40 years old man, give the man a chance to rest hahahahah

@@Dat-Mudkip Watch him finish in the points in a shoe-box aswell..

without a shadow of a doubt dont forget asw refuelling too. kimi loved pumping in fast lap times before a refuelling pit stop

Do you think that Raikkonen’s move on Fisichella wasn’t epic?

@@DefinitelyNotJoshHutcherson Kimis move was way better and more epic.... way more epic. Alonsos move wasn't even epic.

@@DefinitelyNotJoshHutcherson it's who the overtake was made on. Msc>

Never underestimate desperate people (Bernie).

@@SocietyUnplugged was F1 is trouble back then?

@@GloomGaiGar it was to peg back Ferrari. The Bridgestones in Schumacher's hands were brilliant in short bursts in race conditions, like when Michael won the French GP in 2004 with a 4 stop strategy after missing out on pole. Looking at how the 05 season went for Ferrari, it definitely worked.

Thankfully for him he did win 1 more race