The Greatest Japanese Grand Prix

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  • Опубликовано: 4 апр 2024
  • This race was absolutely bananas. Even to this day, I still get goosebumps...
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  • @JackCallSports
    @JackCallSports Месяц назад +1103

    The fact Kimi didn’t win a title at McLaren is CRIMINAL

    • @soulful5284
      @soulful5284 Месяц назад +67

      Exactly. His peak in my opinion along with his Ferrari Championship Year and his amazing year back in Lotus!

    • @Tita_
      @Tita_ Месяц назад +3

      @@soulful5284it shows McLaren is overrated.... #BritishBias ;)

    • @sean7885
      @sean7885 Месяц назад +53

      @@Tita_ no way that's what you got from this comment or this video

    • @Tita_
      @Tita_ Месяц назад +5

      @@sean7885 it's an F1 video so british bias is involved! /s (and slash sarcasm just incase ;))

    • @jesperpsv98
      @jesperpsv98 Месяц назад +14

      Blame poor reliability for that

  • @heroicsultan7311
    @heroicsultan7311 Месяц назад +624

    When asked about his move at 130R, Fernando replied with, “Schumacher had a wife and kids.”
    What a badass.

    • @arnaud14
      @arnaud14 Месяц назад +37

      Sigmalonso rule #130

    • @RACINGUS95
      @RACINGUS95 Месяц назад +2

      @@arnaud14 what about the other 129?

    • @JustSomeDinosaurPerson
      @JustSomeDinosaurPerson Месяц назад +37

      It is also really a testament to the time in which drivers don't or can't put 100% of their focus and commitment on racing anymore. Schumacher, Vettel and quite a few others have experienced that. Where they can no longer take those risks as they have to devote more and more of their time to family.

    • @slinky_malinki5330
      @slinky_malinki5330 Месяц назад +33

      ​@@JustSomeDinosaurPerson Also a big reason why Rosberg retired after winning it all in 2016. He put everything into that year, and it out enormous strain on his marriage. So after he won he abruptly retired to focus on his family.

    • @soulslayergamer2318
      @soulslayergamer2318 9 дней назад +1

      That tells us Familys destroys Formula 1. Lol

  • @VishTheF1Guy
    @VishTheF1Guy Месяц назад +468

    Suzuka is one of those circuits i hope never goes away from the calendar, it is an icon of motorsport

    • @uwuzid
      @uwuzid Месяц назад +32

      "Dont Worry. we got you. Next year its gone for the next Street track in America or an oil country." The Fia cus they like money.

    • @QuimFreecss
      @QuimFreecss Месяц назад

      @@uwuzid Nah that is on Liberty Media (the owners of Formula One Management). The same dickheads who deny the fans the entry of Andretti as an 11th team...
      To the FIA we can compal ina about their lack of consistency applying the rules and their ludicrous penalties.

    • @teabagtowers3823
      @teabagtowers3823 Месяц назад +20

      ​@@uwuzid There are some circuits like Suzaka Spa Monza and Silverstone that FIA knows would cause a massive backlash if they got rid of them. They're all too iconic to be removed from the calendar although the fact we lost Hockenheim and got shite like Miami still hurts.

    • @josipristic
      @josipristic Месяц назад +3

      Absolutely. Spa, Monza, Suzuka. Forever.

    • @RadityaPramanaPutra2001
      @RadityaPramanaPutra2001 Месяц назад +11

      For me, the circuits yhat should be never goes away from the calendar is Monte-Carlo, Silverstone, Spa, Monza, Suzuka, and Interlagos. 🇲🇨🇬🇧🇧🇪🇮🇹🇯🇵🇧🇷

  • @timtumulak6380
    @timtumulak6380 Месяц назад +203

    Prime raikkonen beating both schumi and alonso in the 2005 japanese grand prix is just MONUMENTAL This race will always be iconic until this day

    • @tonicabrer4350
      @tonicabrer4350 Месяц назад +5

      Schumacher had a much slower car and Alonso had a much better pace, Kimi was an animal but this doesn't show much

    • @GameOver-nm2us
      @GameOver-nm2us Месяц назад +3

      ​@@tonicabrer4350it showed who truly deserved to win the title that year

    • @the_edit.
      @the_edit. Месяц назад +6

      ​@@GameOver-nm2usyeah. and he won it. alonso deserved the title that year. and yes, kimi deserved it too but alonso was the better driver that year

    • @GameOver-nm2us
      @GameOver-nm2us Месяц назад +1

      @@the_edit. To each their own, but imho Kimi Raikkonen was the best driver in the history of the sport ik 2003 and 2005

    • @jax4113
      @jax4113 Месяц назад +1

      @@the_edit. Räikkönen would've taken the title at a canter if his car kept together for more than seventeen meters

  • @DoreidenKishi
    @DoreidenKishi Месяц назад +166

    "Hauling more arse than a truck full of donkeys" has to be one of the funniest lines I've heard 🤣

    • @clivedopeman
      @clivedopeman Месяц назад +2

      Not gonna lie, stolen before I even made it to the end of the video. 😂

  • @spark6669
    @spark6669 Месяц назад +131

    If there were 10 F1 races you have to watch before you die, this is hands down one of them

    • @jamesrosario2158
      @jamesrosario2158 Месяц назад

      what would be your list?

    • @spark6669
      @spark6669 Месяц назад +20

      @@jamesrosario2158 ahh there’s so much to choose from, but I’d say:
      2005 Japanese GP (obvious reasons)
      2021 Abu Dhabi GP (unless you’re TeamLH)
      1993 European Grand Prix (cos of Senna’s GOATED wet weather drive)
      1982 Monaco Grand Prix (because that was just carnage)
      1976 Japanese Grand Prix (because I love the Hunt/Lauda rivalry)
      1987 British Grand Prix (Mansells 20 lap charge for the win with the crowd invading the track)
      1999 European Grand Prix (complete carnage but so entertaining)
      2012 Brazilian Grand Prix (absolute nailbiter for the championship)
      1979 French GP (Villeneuve vs Arnoux at Dijon)
      1998 Hungarian GP (Schumachers quali lap stint to win was just legendary)

    • @adamgregory3536
      @adamgregory3536 Месяц назад +2

      @@jamesrosario2158 I'd personally nominate Germany 2000, Silverstone 2003, and Hungary 2006.

    • @srthebox4946
      @srthebox4946 Месяц назад +5

      ⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@spark6669a few id consider would be :
      2019 German grand prix for all the chaos
      1992 Monaco grand prix for the mansell senna battle
      2020 sakhir grand prix
      2011 canadian grand prix (dont know how you left this one out)
      1996 Monaco grand prix
      2011 Chinese Grand prix
      2016 Brazillian Grand prix for max’s legendary wet drive
      2021 Hungarian Grand prix

    • @SS17777
      @SS17777 Месяц назад

      ​@@adamgregory3536canada 2011 as well

  • @yudhabagaskara98
    @yudhabagaskara98 Месяц назад +72

    2005: alonso made an iconic overtake, mclaren won the race
    2015: alonso humiliated mclaren's engine supplier, mclaren were bunch of clowns

    • @thurbine2411
      @thurbine2411 Месяц назад +19

      2005 Honda gives full power to button.
      2015 Honda has no full power

    • @captainsmartass3368
      @captainsmartass3368 Месяц назад +5

      GP2 engine GP2

    • @corpsecoder_nw6746
      @corpsecoder_nw6746 Месяц назад +2

      hopefully 2025 Alonso has an epic season and so does McLaren

    • @macrossMX
      @macrossMX Месяц назад

      @@corpsecoder_nw6746 Honestly, as long as Alonso can get his 33rd win in 2025, it would still be a great way to commemorate the 20th anniversary of his first championship win.

    • @klockenberg2299
      @klockenberg2299 Месяц назад

      @@thurbine2411 full power what Button's car is nowhere WDC level

  • @Graysyk
    @Graysyk Месяц назад +20

    James Allen’s call of Raikonnen passing Fisi will forever be etched in my mind.

  • @LeDanDan_
    @LeDanDan_ Месяц назад +124

    Prime Kimi was scary fast! Unreliability stopped him from fighting for championships a few times.
    But that Alonso overtake on Schumacher in 130R is legendary, one of the most memorable overtakes of all time!

    • @RemoG0915
      @RemoG0915 Месяц назад +3

      At a time where Alonso was doing insane things and Michael was still Michael I remember a lot of people saying many considered Kimi in terms of raw max pace the fastest driver in F1.

    • @afallenworld1581
      @afallenworld1581 Месяц назад +1

      @@RemoG0915 Nope
      Tier 1
      Jim Clark
      Tier 2
      LH
      MSC
      Prost
      Senna
      Fangio
      Teir 3
      Lauda
      Jackie Stewart
      Piquet
      Verstepan
      Alonso
      Vettel
      Nigel Mansell

    • @RemoG0915
      @RemoG0915 Месяц назад +12

      @@afallenworld1581 what are you "nope"ing bro? It was at the time and I'm telling you what was happening. It was a fact that it was something often said of him . That's not an opinion. Get a grip. Go back in time and give them your list and go argue with them.

    • @MooKyTig
      @MooKyTig Месяц назад +5

      @@afallenworld1581 Learn how to spell Verstappen's name correctly if you want to pretend you know f-all about F1, bro.
      Also, yeah LH is better than Verstappen? lol. COPE HARDER.

    • @honda900000
      @honda900000 Месяц назад +1

      Schumacher was fighting with a spoon in a gunfight in 2005.

  • @AugmentedGravity
    @AugmentedGravity Месяц назад +4

    Alonso's overtake at 130R will forever be one of my favourite overtakes of all time and one of the coolest looking.

  • @y_fam_goeglyd
    @y_fam_goeglyd Месяц назад +29

    This race is why so many older fans grew... _disappointed_ with Kimi, later in his "second career" in F1. We knew what he was capable of, we'd seen him pull off awesome moves and win "unwinnable" races (like this one), but he lost his spark and often seemed like he was just going through the motions. It was sad because he'd been so exciting!
    I blame Ferrari for at least some of the change; turning him into a number 2 driver, when had they let him loose, he might well have regained that spark and won a number of races. I just hope he's having fun in the USA 🤷🏻‍♀️

    • @wahyudyatmika5119
      @wahyudyatmika5119 Месяц назад +1

      As a Kimi fan, I dont think I am disappointed with Kimi. He spent most of his career at Ferrari, which never prioritized Kimi at everything. In most cases, it is one of the reason why they have not been champions yet since Kimi. Had they prioritized Kimi over Massa at 2008, I think they would have clearer shot at winning the championship.
      And no, I dont think he lost his sparks. Look at his Lotus era, his Alfa Romeo era, he still had that touch and still crazy behind the wheel.

    • @klockenberg2299
      @klockenberg2299 Месяц назад

      Mika, Kimi, and Seb are all rivals of GOAT contenders each generation Michael, Nando, and Lewis, but they all declined earlier. Kimi's the one driving for long time though unlike Mika and Seb who retired early, but of course, Kimi and Nando never had dominant car so their records are much smaller.

  • @FormulaOneFan98
    @FormulaOneFan98 Месяц назад +32

    If I remember correctly.
    Ron Dennis was FURIOUS with Montoya for crashing out of this race.
    So much so that it damaged their relationship. This race was the beginning of the end for Montoya’s F1 career.

    • @janbo8331
      @janbo8331 Месяц назад +10

      It didn't help that earlier in the year Montoya had to be replaced by Pedro de la Rosa because Montoya got himself a shoulder injury on his free time.

    • @ever55
      @ever55 Месяц назад

      montoya might have been quite fast somewhere in his career, but man do I dislike his antics and personality.

    • @klockenberg2299
      @klockenberg2299 Месяц назад

      Like Ricciardo, going on the same team too after being rated highly.

  • @AssassinAgent
    @AssassinAgent Месяц назад +14

    Prime years of Kimi make him a GOAT of F1. I wish his late career would have had cars (and race strategists) that were competitive enough to show his skill.

  • @KenzieRetro
    @KenzieRetro Месяц назад +75

    I still regard this as one of the greatest races i've ever seen in my lifetime, watched it back numerous times even during the lockdown where F1 decided to put classic races on their youtube channel.
    josh said it best, quoting james allen
    grand prix racing at its absolute finest

  • @Dalesi
    @Dalesi Месяц назад +12

    Look it up, Raikonnen was extremely hungover when he came to Suzuka that weekend after a several day binge 🎉

  • @Bananananananannananananna
    @Bananananananannananananna Месяц назад +10

    You should have included the goated commentary. “YEEEEEEEEEEESSSSS WHAT A BRILLIANT MOVE!”

  • @alvinnieves590
    @alvinnieves590 Месяц назад +17

    Prime Kimi was something to see. This was Monster Kimi.

  • @MichaelFranklin-ep2hp
    @MichaelFranklin-ep2hp Месяц назад +47

    Giancarlo with that awful defense on the 2nd to last lap, Love it for Kimi

    • @user-uw8vk9xs2v
      @user-uw8vk9xs2v Месяц назад +1

      The commentating was brilliant as well. "Yes, Kimi Rainkonnen. Grand prix racing at its absolute finest

    • @p_nilly
      @p_nilly Месяц назад +9

      And the lap prior too.
      Fisi should have won this race easily. Perez gets slated for being slow compared to Max but Fisi was even worse!
      He had the 2nd best car on the grid, led most of the race yet somehow still only finished 16 seconds ahead of Alonso. Fisi was 16 secs ahead of the MSC group 11 laps after the safety car restart!
      He's very lucky that social media back then wasn't a big thing, otherwise the calls for his sacking would be huge!

    • @Duval-In-The-Wall
      @Duval-In-The-Wall Месяц назад +5

      @@p_nilly
      For all Fisichella’s faults, he still clears Perez
      For one, he didn’t have the dominant car and barely make the top 10

    • @afallenworld1581
      @afallenworld1581 Месяц назад

      ​@@Duval-In-The-WallThe Renault was dominant in the first 9 races of 2005

    • @Duval-In-The-Wall
      @Duval-In-The-Wall Месяц назад +5

      @@afallenworld1581 No it wasn’t, Kimi had the pace to win Imola, Spain and Monaco. Do you know what dominant means?

  • @mkrleza
    @mkrleza Месяц назад +12

    1988 - THE best Suzuka race. Senna dropping to 14th and winning none the less.

  • @safiullahkhan4912
    @safiullahkhan4912 Месяц назад +12

    kimi and Fernando are the Goats

  • @sandalphoncpu
    @sandalphoncpu Месяц назад +22

    Raikkonen’s McLaren years proved“to finish first, first you must finish”. Fastest car means nothing if your reliability is terrible. New fans, particularly Alonso fans can’t seem to understand that

    • @leminem2313
      @leminem2313 Месяц назад +2

      New Alonso fans are just way overrating him. He is and was a top 5 all time, but firmly in the 5 spot 1: Hamilton, 2: Schumacher, 3: Senna, 4: Vettel, then el Spaniard

    • @afallenworld1581
      @afallenworld1581 Месяц назад

      hahaha you are having a laugh, Alono isn't top 7 drivers.
      Tier 1.
      Jim Clark
      Tier 2
      Lewis Hamilton
      Msc
      Prost
      Senna
      Fangio
      Teir 3
      Lauda
      Jackie Stewart
      Now you can start including Alonso
      But still I will go
      Verstappen
      Piquet
      Alonso
      Vettell

    • @sebastianahrens2385
      @sebastianahrens2385 Месяц назад +4

      @@afallenworld1581 Prost and Fangio not in Tier 1, invalid list
      Also: Alonso > Hamilton

    • @leminem2313
      @leminem2313 Месяц назад

      @@afallenworld1581 ah fuck i forgot about clark and the 50s 60s drivers

    • @kristoffer3000
      @kristoffer3000 Месяц назад

      @@afallenworld1581 That list is honestly just awful.
      Rating Prost, Senna and Fangio outside of tier 1 is in itself sheer lunacy.

  • @kavitadoshi2588
    @kavitadoshi2588 Месяц назад +40

    Best overtake in history I think

  • @user-ri3is5jr7y
    @user-ri3is5jr7y Месяц назад +5

    This is probably one the best race I know in the 21st century, and DEFINITELY the best drive by a single driver in a race. Not even close. It was a dry race, no red flags, no changeable condition, on a track that was pretty difficult to pass. That means Kimi would not be able to pass ten cars at a time by getting into the pit at the right moment.
    It was pure pace, lap after lap after lap, then a magnificent pass in the end. Like Allen said. Grand Prix racing at its very best.

  • @MartinMcguire318
    @MartinMcguire318 Месяц назад +7

    Raccoon on angel dust 😂😂😂 Dude, you are funny as hell 😂😂. Love your videos. Keep up the great work.

  • @drivingduck2234
    @drivingduck2234 Месяц назад +9

    One of your best videos in while! Top editing, top music, top humor!

    • @Aotearoa_Kiwi
      @Aotearoa_Kiwi Месяц назад +1

      Was that meant to be, _"One of your BEST videos in a while!"_ ?

  • @kendrox0994
    @kendrox0994 Месяц назад +2

    That overtake at 130R was one of the greats that just takes you back when you think of it.

  • @SiVlog1989
    @SiVlog1989 Месяц назад +23

    To those who despair at any "meaningful" racing being over with a title decided early, this race alone is proof that it doesn't matter if a title is decided early. It was a thrilling, edge of seat race that came down to one of the most exhilarating overtakes in F1 history on the very last lap. Even though I wasn't rooting for any driver at that point, I was cheering loudly when Raikkonen overtook Fisichella on the outside at turn 1.
    I'll stick my neck out and say that in scenarios where the championship was decided early, due to the pressure being off the drivers, the racing, if anything, can be better. This certainly was!

    • @corpsecoder_nw6746
      @corpsecoder_nw6746 Месяц назад +1

      yea we saw in 2020 how even though Hamilton wrapped up the title, the fact that we had chaotic incidents in many races, everyone behind the Mercs and Verstappen having inconsistent pace, so many drivers getting podiums, that insane Sakhir GP, 2020 Abu Dhabi being Race 0 of Verstappen's era.
      Likewise, 2022 saw an incredible Brazilian GP with so much going on after Verstappen wrapped up the title.
      I don't know what happened with the tires between 2005-2012 but we had so many great races back then (even though we hopped between Michelin, Bridgestone, Pirelli)

    • @SiVlog1989
      @SiVlog1989 Месяц назад

      ​@@corpsecoder_nw6746if you ask me, the tyre situation stemmed from a freak occurrence in Canada 2010. After the normally robust Bridgestone tyres were discovered to be wearing much faster than usual, resulting in an interesting race of strategy and tyre management, the FIA and others jumped at the chance to achieve the same thing. They mandated new tyre supplier for 2011, Pirelli, to create tyres that thermally degraded much faster than the Bridgestone tyres did. The problem is, with it becoming a frequent occurrence, F1 teams got round this by conserving the rubber, minimising the amount of stops as they could, to overall finish races more quickly

    • @corpsecoder_nw6746
      @corpsecoder_nw6746 Месяц назад

      @@SiVlog1989 yea.....I mean if we have like unpredictable performance crossover points between tire compounds and strategies..... like in 2012 with Pirelli....that would be lit

    • @SiVlog1989
      @SiVlog1989 Месяц назад

      @corpsecoder_nw6746 although conserving rubber on the tyres has always been a thing in motorsport to some degree, it became much more noticeable with the switch to Pirelli, when the powers that be tried to gimmick their way to more exciting races.

  • @Falc0n1337
    @Falc0n1337 Месяц назад +63

    Alonso deserves at least 5 Championships man

    • @MDE_never_dies
      @MDE_never_dies Месяц назад +6

      Yup, a triple Vice Champion and another time 1 point off.

    • @maximiliannguyen1162
      @maximiliannguyen1162 Месяц назад +5

      the fact that Fernando was at least 11 points (in total) away from being a 5-time World Champion is still hard to swallow.

    • @user-sc1ec5vu6y
      @user-sc1ec5vu6y Месяц назад

      He should have won in 2010 and 2013

    • @MDE_never_dies
      @MDE_never_dies Месяц назад

      @@maximiliannguyen1162 Imagine being one P5 and a fastest lap worth of points away from being a 5x WDC

  • @tuxenus
    @tuxenus Месяц назад +7

    Absolute masterpiece of a video. Well done!

  • @gamernoob6090
    @gamernoob6090 Месяц назад +25

    Alonsos overtake on Schumacher is epic man 😅.

  • @markcapilitan3484
    @markcapilitan3484 Месяц назад +6

    Thanks for using my Alonso title celebration shot! And another of Alonso & Kimi!

    • @rexyrox8645
      @rexyrox8645 Месяц назад +1

      the one at 0:28?

    • @markcapilitan3484
      @markcapilitan3484 Месяц назад

      @@rexyrox8645 yes & at 9:27

    • @rexyrox8645
      @rexyrox8645 Месяц назад

      @@markcapilitan3484 that was you?! That's so cool!
      How did you get into motorsport photography?

    • @markcapilitan3484
      @markcapilitan3484 Месяц назад

      @@rexyrox8645 took a long time of dreaming! then becoming a junior then finally senior photographer at a now agency that exists within Getty!

  • @anonluxor470
    @anonluxor470 Месяц назад +6

    I just watching the highlights of Japan race the moment you uploaded this 😂

  • @rafsccp
    @rafsccp Месяц назад +2

    Senna vs Prost always will be the greatest race at Suzuka. 1988 being something from a different world

  • @austinpoole5309
    @austinpoole5309 Месяц назад +2

    Another banger Josh. You never cease to make my day in 15 min.

  • @Pedro285
    @Pedro285 Месяц назад +1

    Legendary stuff.
    Awesome video Josh.

  • @Bigglesworth_OWeezer
    @Bigglesworth_OWeezer Месяц назад +2

    You're such a great storyteller josh

  • @christopherchong6476
    @christopherchong6476 Месяц назад

    Thanks for the memories, Josh. My friends and I were watching this live at a very popular restaurant/bar in Malaysia, and I had never seen the entire place so hooked onto an F1 race. We were all cheering on Kimi as he made his way up the field.
    When he passed Fisi, the whole place erupted as if England had won the World Cup. I have never seen that much enthusiasm before and since for an F1 race.
    This was truly the best race of all time, won by undoubtedly the best driver at the time to many fans.

  • @Starfire_Storm
    @Starfire_Storm Месяц назад +4

    Basically, what was needed to get an actual good race from 2005 was to have an inverted grid. Still, absolutely phenomenal race that everyone should watch at least once on their life. And also one that shows just how much Kimi fell off compared to Alonso, nobody at that time would ever hope to imagine that he'd get his points tripled by Alonso if they were to become teammates.

    • @klockenberg2299
      @klockenberg2299 Месяц назад

      Vettel was exactly the same got his points tripled by Leclerc in 2020.

    • @Starfire_Storm
      @Starfire_Storm Месяц назад

      @@klockenberg2299 He sure did. Curious ain't it?

    • @klockenberg2299
      @klockenberg2299 Месяц назад

      @@Starfire_Storm Drivers are humans and aren't constant. Kimi isn't the only one. Mika lost to DC convincingly in 2001, Graham Hill lost to Schenken after 1969, Lauda got destroyed by Prost in pace in 1985.

  • @SabreVDM
    @SabreVDM Месяц назад +1

    Thanks for guaranteeing a great race tomorrow, Josh.

  • @racingmaniacgt1
    @racingmaniacgt1 Месяц назад +1

    I watched this race live, with my teammates of my FSAE team, a dozen of us yelled at like 3 am or something when Kimi took the lead....something I'll forever remember...

  • @Artomotive.
    @Artomotive. Месяц назад

    Great video Josh!
    You really captured the essence of this race for anyone who is new to F1🏁👏
    I've been watching F1 since 1986 and this one stands out as one of the absolute best I've ever seen. Remember it well, Kimi was absolutely on fire here, so exciting.

  • @lukeyarasheski5510
    @lukeyarasheski5510 Месяц назад +1

    I remember watching this race live. I loved Kimi and wished so desperately he had a shot in 03 05 or 06. He either won or it was a mechanical DNF. He should have been a 3x world champ minimum. It's what made it so magical when he won at Ferrari. Long live the Iceman

    • @Males_Should_Be_Abused
      @Males_Should_Be_Abused Месяц назад

      Makes you wonder how the ‘f1 is boring’ nonsense even managed to spawn during the 05-13 period.. almost every season in that era was brilliant

  • @emileboucher-cloutier3529
    @emileboucher-cloutier3529 Месяц назад

    Incredible video bro, the editing is a masterclass

  • @robfrith103
    @robfrith103 Месяц назад +3

    Remember watching that live back in the day! What a race! Plus Murray Walkers reaction to Alonso's overtake! Stuff of Legend!

  • @fabulouschild2005
    @fabulouschild2005 Месяц назад +1

    And at almost 44, Alonso is STILL bloody fast

  • @ArielGonzalez1
    @ArielGonzalez1 Месяц назад +1

    Japan 2005 is still holds as the best race in decades tbh. That shit was madness and pure racing

  • @AugmentedGravity
    @AugmentedGravity Месяц назад +1

    9:13 i get shivers down my spine every time. Tears in my eyes. Pure beauty.

  • @machina_spirit
    @machina_spirit Месяц назад

    That editing on the race start was pretty nicely done Josh 👌🏽

  • @lucaberger8344
    @lucaberger8344 Месяц назад +1

    4:15 Ralf casually breaking the Sound barrier

  • @hurronivich2652
    @hurronivich2652 Месяц назад +1

    The first F1 race I can remember watching live!

  • @RLKDragon
    @RLKDragon Месяц назад +2

    Kimi became a god with this drive

  • @brabhamF1
    @brabhamF1 Месяц назад +4

    Alonso was good in 05 but Kimi was godlike

  • @aoife1122
    @aoife1122 Месяц назад

    A racoon on angel dust!! Yep, that's HIM!!! To this day... 🤣🤣🤣
    You never fail to crack me up, Josh. Cheers, mate.

  • @JoeyRozay
    @JoeyRozay Месяц назад

    It's criminal that f1 or any other large racing body hasn't picked this guy up! Keep up the good work, huge fan!

  • @beast667
    @beast667 Месяц назад +1

    That music drop on the overtake, greater editing!

  • @JoshuaC923
    @JoshuaC923 Месяц назад

    Now to watch that highlights again

  • @silvagc
    @silvagc Месяц назад +2

    Put Max in the back of the grid, to see what happens! 😂😂

  • @akshathadayakar3621
    @akshathadayakar3621 Месяц назад +2

    Lord of the eyebrows 😂😂😂

  • @timmyb7734
    @timmyb7734 Месяц назад +1

    2005 felt like a dream after 5 years of Ferrari and Schumacher

  • @Speeder76
    @Speeder76 Месяц назад

    Two of the best overtakes in motorsport history in one race. That's... rare.
    And BTW, near 400 k? Well done, mr Revell! Congrats from the antipodes of the land of the Big White Cloud.

  • @bostons2826
    @bostons2826 Месяц назад +2

    The rule change in 2005 fucked over Ferrari massively… The Michelins had a massive advantage 🙄

  • @philippemarois5828
    @philippemarois5828 Месяц назад

    What a gem this video !

  • @djgill92
    @djgill92 Месяц назад

    Kimi is a legend. This was the era of legends.

  • @awesomeberg
    @awesomeberg Месяц назад

    Still the greatest f1 race I ever watched. 2 in the morning here in the US and I woke up the whole family when kimi passed fisi and yelled in excitement

  • @nattty3896
    @nattty3896 Месяц назад

    these are the best racing videos on the planet, wow

  • @cyberfutur5000
    @cyberfutur5000 Месяц назад +4

    So last year after your "the craziest Aussi gp ever" video we had an arguably even crazier race in Melbourne. Let's hope this trend continues :)

  • @heartofAce
    @heartofAce Месяц назад +2

    Feels illegal to be this early.
    Alonso Da GOAT.

  • @seasidescott
    @seasidescott Месяц назад

    This was my very first F1 race to watch. Watching Kimi stalking Fisichella was breathtaking, each lap bringing him closer and closer but then was the pass possible? Oh yeah! When he did I became an F1 fan until F1 management and the stewards so outrageously engineered who was going to win in 2021.

  • @minibus9
    @minibus9 Месяц назад

    Awesome video abot an awesome race

  • @ChrispyNut
    @ChrispyNut Месяц назад

    As one who watched the Sky Classic F1 rewatch before this today, none of this was surprising to me 😆
    Here's hoping for another this weekend. 👍

  • @userb3nje909
    @userb3nje909 Месяц назад

    The photo of Fernando and Kimi side by side is just superb 👌 (9:30)

  • @AugmentedGravity
    @AugmentedGravity Месяц назад +1

    2005 and this era was the goat.

  • @afiq980
    @afiq980 Месяц назад

    Amazing videooooo

  • @atn_holdings
    @atn_holdings Месяц назад +1

    reading up on weird aughts quali formats really making me appreciate how good Q1/Q2/Q3 actually is lol

  • @veepee1656
    @veepee1656 Месяц назад

    amazing video, chur chur!

  • @hellomadet
    @hellomadet Месяц назад +2

    Overtaking without DRS and, oh my God, not on the straight, but at the outside of the 130R? This is heresy! What kind of not dull looking F1 this is supposed to be?!
    All joking aside, back then we took such overtaking for granted, now we have to settle for drivers pushing other drivers off the track and overtaking in the DRS zones.

  • @bdc5508
    @bdc5508 Месяц назад

    2005 was such a fun year. Kimi vs Alonso in a battle of 'very good and reliable car' vs 'spaceship glass cannon car'.

  • @spikewalker6690
    @spikewalker6690 Месяц назад

    "...and Montoya's ego were scraped off the track" ha ha haaa!

  • @kiwismurf4536
    @kiwismurf4536 Месяц назад

    soon as i clicked i knew it was one of two moments, the classic "around the outside of 130r" or kimi's last to 1st

  • @jonnyspa27
    @jonnyspa27 Месяц назад

    I was watching that one at Players in Chicago at about 2:30 am. When Kimi made the move that place ERUPTED! Great night!

  • @NomadUniverse
    @NomadUniverse Месяц назад

    The whole race is here on RUclips.

  • @maxdegraaf1333
    @maxdegraaf1333 Месяц назад

    Not just the greatest GP in Japan, but also one of the best GP's ever!

  • @evanroldan9566
    @evanroldan9566 Месяц назад +1

    Fernando and Kimi Deserved More Championships

  • @T_Alexandrov_47
    @T_Alexandrov_47 Месяц назад

    Kimi retired at the end of 2021... now is 2024 and I'm still a fan of him! I've been a fan of him since 2003 and these McLaren years are filled with both nice and sad memories! Mainly sad memories cuz the McLaren back then was more fragile than it was fast... And it was BLAZING FAST in the hands of Kimi!

  • @iceman1125
    @iceman1125 Месяц назад

    Josh is right here, add to the fact Kimi made up that time in the last stint where both guys had the same tyre life, same fuel load. It was just absolute display of flat out racing ever seen in f1. We don't get to see such racing anymore. There was no drs either. There was no artificial tyre offset. One of the best races ever F1 has produced.

  • @TanBull233
    @TanBull233 Месяц назад

    Just watched the race highlights of the grand prix from F1’s channel and deffo one of the greatest moments in F1 2000’s era

  • @iceman1125
    @iceman1125 Месяц назад

    this is the greatest f1 race ever!

  • @ricioly
    @ricioly Месяц назад +1

    Rain always make it fun

  • @samuel8465
    @samuel8465 Месяц назад +1

    I wish we could see racing like this now...

  • @martinhami3
    @martinhami3 10 дней назад

    Prime Kimi was a demon! I miss those cars, the sound.

  • @magicvibrations5180
    @magicvibrations5180 Месяц назад

    There's a reason they posted this one when all those races were cancelled in the pandemic. It's one of the greatest races in history.

  • @culturedsquid8442
    @culturedsquid8442 Месяц назад

    Josh, when you made a video about a crazy aussie gp , we got a crazy aussie gp that week. I really hope this means we're getting a great Japanese GP.

  • @filipposstavro1233
    @filipposstavro1233 Месяц назад

    5:04 I'M WHEEZING 🤣🤣

  • @culturedbrother
    @culturedbrother Месяц назад +1

    The actual star of this race wasnt even Alonso. Sure, he did a remarkable job going from 16th to 3rd while making Schumacher look like old news...........and already being 05 WDC.
    But the real star from beginning to end was Räikkönen. From 17th to 1st, passing Fisichella on the outside towards the end and him alone keeping the WCC title for McLaren alive all on his own was simply majestic. Especially under all the pressure, he literally had to be "The Iceman". Prime Räikkönen was probably the fastest driver in the world.................changed to Ferrari (over Alonso, let that sink in) and was a WDC in its first year.
    Many people today only know Räikkönen for what he says in the radio and interviews but people forget that he was an top GOAT.
    ......................but then Ferrari happened, screwing him every chance they got (after Jean Todt) and there is that.
    But one thing he proved is that he still got it in his short time with Lotus. He literally returned to F1, went to Lotus and imediately turned a mid-tier team (at best) into a WCC contender. He won races and made passes in that car that often baffled others.

  • @AugmentedGravity
    @AugmentedGravity Месяц назад +1

    THATS WHY HE'S THE GOAT. THE GOAAAAAAAT.

  • @k20cam49
    @k20cam49 Месяц назад

    The days as a kid of listening to James Allen and Brundle with that V10/V8 soundtrack will be unmatched

  • @heliogt1961
    @heliogt1961 Месяц назад +1

    i think i know what kimi would say if he EVER sees this video:
    BWOAH

  • @trainsmashscott8838
    @trainsmashscott8838 Месяц назад

    Kimi V1.0 was phenomenal to watch.

  • @MichaelCampbell01
    @MichaelCampbell01 Месяц назад

    LEGEND

  • @twrampage
    @twrampage Месяц назад

    Everything sounded familiar but I just couldn't place what happened in this race until you mentioned Webber getting passed in the Williams, then I was like "oh yeah, it's Kimi around turn one." :)