Thank you YT F1 team for uploading these extended highlights of classic races throughout the season, it would be fantastic if it continued next year and beyond!
It was my first race as a track marshall. I'll never forget picking up debris from that final crash, one of them looked like a big metal blade. When dropping them off to the boxes, Charlie Whiting looked at that, then at me wide-eyed as if saying "it could have been a lot worse...".
I have always had on my mind - are marshalls allowed to take a piece of destroyed car, debris, like have it for memory or you have to collect all from the track and give it to the team?
@@BlakeAC The image of Schumacher spinning towards the tractor made me think of Bianchi's accident instantly. Thankfully F1 has mended a lot of these security hazards
This was the first F1 race I ever saw, I was 7 at the time. Intrigued by the cars and the speeds, I was flabbergasted by the crash, and the image of Alonso gaining the bronze medal while being wheeled out in a medical bed. From that moment on, I was hooked on both F1 and Fernando. And I can't believe that 21 years on, I'm still following F1, and still rooting for Alonso :)
Funnily enough for the 2003 season the FIA and teams agreed a rule for both Bridgestone and Michelin to only bring one wet tyre compound to each Grand Prix weekend to save money ironically. Of course the suppliers/teams all chose shallow wet/intermediate tyres for this race and this is a big part of the reason this race start behind the SC and the all the accidents in turn 3 . Such was the carnage in this race the FIA scrapped the one wet tyre soon affter allowing suppliers to bring full wets and inters to races once more. Also watching cars fly off so close to an active recovery vehicle was and still is scary . This race was the warning F1 should have heeded in regard to Bianchi's 2014 Suzuka accident.
I've not watched this yet but from what I recall the cars were on the ideal tyres but there was a drainage issue with the circuit, increasing rivers/streams of water coming across the track @ t3 after the rest of the circuit was getting drier. i.e. had there actually been a monsoon/wet tyre available they still wouldn't have been on them anyway.
@@kevin-l7r7p It was both . At the start the track had standing watering the suppliers had only brought Intermediate tyres. The circuit drainage at that time was poor meaning water filtered back onto the track.
I was there in Sector A right in front of where Alonso and Webber crashed. The sound was deafening, both of the V10s, of course, and the crashes. After hours and hours of rain and the most confusing race ever, we all left the track without even really knowing who had won (turns out F1 didn't either). What an amazing race.
I'm perfectly okay with the 2003 race. What a race, especially the several crashes at T3 (great save by Webber, though), as well as Webber's & Alonso's heavy impacts, even though Alonso arrived a bit too fast to avoid the loose tyre. Fisichella's reaction & reflexes to avoid Firman inadvertently collecting him were great. 11:02 - One of several pre-2014 Japanese GP close-call situations with a recovery vehicle only covered by local yellows. Additionally, the last Sao Paulo round to take place in the early-season flyaway phase.
@@valentinmunch2941 thats not true, even Bourdais was able to qualify P4. And in Fuji Vettel took a Red Bull on P3 out. So no, the Toro Rosso was not a bad car in 2008.
Have followed F1 since the 70's - this was a bit of a crazy one. Lap 29 and Alonso in the points - wonder if we'll hear that this weekend? Kimi also showing his skills learnt from driving on ice.
Kimi Raikkonen was given the race win initially, however after a FIA court hearing the following week it was adwarded to Fisichella. The trophies were swapped at the following race in Imola.
Watching this race live made me fall in love with the sport and watching it back never fails to bring a smile to my face. Schumacher and Ferrari were my childhood heroes and even though it has been too long, I never stop hoping for a next Ferrari championship.
😂 First time listening to James Allen I'm guessing? The guy was so far biased to British drivers, that not even naming his kid Enzo convinced anyone otherwise.
Love these type of videos i was only 10years old then and a long way from being an f1 fan so i would never get too see this type of race and didnt even know about it
My alltime favorite F1 race, still remember watching it live as it was yesterday. Because the start got posponed I had to promise my parents I won't complain about getting up for school the next day because the race finished somewhere around midnight CET :)
@@Liam94Smithwith that said, there are certain things where an opinion makes no sense, it's like when people say Schumi wasn't a goat, it's an opinion, but a dumb and "wrong" opinion.
18:16 - The Webber crash leading that huge Alonso crash. Alonso was lucky to limp away from that. Heart in the mouth stuff watching live and seeing that replay.
This race has it all. Dreadful weather conditions, blissful V10 engine sounds, great side-by-side racing, dramatic incidents, unpredictable win (though not for the reasons we thought), and a very energetic Martin Brundle. An all-time classic of the sport.
Maybe this was the last chance for Minardi (Verstappen) or Sauber (Frentzen) to win a race. But although I'm a McLaren fan and I saw that race live, I'm happy that in the end still a underdog had won this race.
