Formula 1 Party in the king’s class of motorsport. Tomorrow, in China the thousandth of a Formula 1 race is contested. A wonderful milestone and the perfect opportunity for the ten most memorable races to rekindle. Set just on the edge of your chair for this legendary images. Top five within 0,61 seconds
Start in 1971. In the GP of Italy were the spectators until the last meters are a continuous duel with multiple candidate-winners are presented. During the race in Monza was the lead to a whopping 24 times sequenced, and the reason there are eight different F1 drivers in the lead. It remained exciting to the end, and even in the final lap and in the last straight line, there were still five pilots win: Mike Hailwood, Francois Cevert, Ronnie Peterson, Howden Ganley and Peter Gethin. With an ultimate demarrage took the Brit Gethin eventually, the advocates, while the entire top five within 0,61 seconds of each other and finished. A record, that until today still endures. In order to give you an idea of the unlikely finish in the finals of the 200 meter sprint for men at the Olympic Games of Beijing in 2008, was the gap between the top five… more than one second. Too crazy for words.
The crazy race had, however, still a record in store. 48 years ago were missing the chicanes still on the aalvlugge track of Monza. The result: it was done at an average speed of 241 km/h never went faster.
