nojvnof1 0 Report post Posted October 14, 2005 Your call has been heard monza gorilla. Please make the inaugural induction of favourite moments in this thread! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monza gorilla 1 Report post Posted October 14, 2005 I'm honoured! This is really just a few of my favourite things - things that are associated with good memories... Everything Murray Walker ever said. Arturo Merzario bothering to turn up on a Sunday The Arrows A2 Jordan's first win The Monza Gorilla taking the chequered flag for his only win Silverstone James Hunt Ken Tyrell Loads more to come, I'm on a roll now! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monza gorilla 1 Report post Posted October 14, 2005 Patrese, Estoril '92 (not a happy memory as such, but it made an impression!) '86 spanish GP!! This thread'll keep me amused for days! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monza gorilla 1 Report post Posted October 14, 2005 Fuji '76!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
narain fan 0 Report post Posted October 14, 2005 Fuji '76!! what !u must be 200 yrs old Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monza gorilla 1 Report post Posted October 14, 2005 what !u must be 200 yrs old didn't you know Pumpdoc, Kennye and me are fossils? Trouble is we have difficulty remembering our own names or how we got here............ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monza gorilla 1 Report post Posted October 14, 2005 Ha Ha! The Brabham BT46B! Watching Lauda and Watson going deliberately slowly and still annihilating the rest of the field at Anderstorp. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
funkejay 0 Report post Posted October 14, 2005 A doff of my cap to you Monza Gorilla (and Pumpdoc and Kennye as well). One is well advised to appreciate those around you with a greater depth of understanding and experience, and you obviously have that in spades. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pumpdoc 2 Report post Posted October 14, 2005 didn't you know Pumpdoc, Kennye and me are fossils? Trouble is we have difficulty remembering our own names or how we got here............ Funny. I just have a hard time remembering dates My #1 is Mario Andretti winning the WDC in '78 or was it '79? Ha Ha! The Brabham BT46B! Watching Lauda and Watson going deliberately slowly and still annihilating the rest of the field at Anderstorp. God who could forget the 'fan' cars.............. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monza gorilla 1 Report post Posted October 14, 2005 Thank you, Jay. I do have a tendency to live in the past, though! It was 1978, Pumpdoc, in the Lotus 79. I always get the 2 mixed up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
funkejay 0 Report post Posted October 14, 2005 Thank you, Jay. I do have a tendency to live in the past, though!It was 1978, Pumpdoc, in the Lotus 79. I always get the 2 mixed up. I was around back then, but only a little gaffer at the time. Stuck out in the Canadian prairies with no F1 coverage to speak of. Oh what I would give to have those memories........ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monza gorilla 1 Report post Posted October 14, 2005 I've often thought that about my great grandparents - how good it would be to have those memories, but it would just be a form of voyeurism to have the memories but not the experience that goes with them. They told me stories when I was a child, and now I have my own memories, based on what they told me of theirs. I'm rambling. Someone tell me to stop. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
demonhorse 0 Report post Posted October 14, 2005 Sorry my memory is limited of things I actually witnessed to fairly recently, as it was the 1997 season I started watching regularly.... but; Alonso winning the 2005 WDC Schumacher winning the title in 2000 Japan 1998 and 1999 - for the fights between Hakkinen and Schumacher and Irvine respectively and japan 2005 for so many reasons, despite Kimi winning and JPM retiring early. San Marino 2005 - Schumacher VS Alonso livened up the season after a relatively dull start. The first Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang in 1999. Some classic moments of the modern era (post-Senna/Prost) I think. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Senna 0 Report post Posted October 14, 2005 '86 spanish GP!! So many memories Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ButtonGod 0 Report post Posted October 14, 2005 I have so many fond memories of the past F1 greats but these are the ones that stand out for me... Suzuka 1994 - Hill winning that thrilling wet race. "THREE POINT THREE SECONDS" wailed Murray Walker. Suzuka 1996 - Hill winning the championship! Spa 1998 - THE best race I've EVER seen Indianapolis 2003 - Button leads his first race. Brazil 2003 - The SECOND best race I've EVER seen Brazil 2005 - Alonso becomes the youngest ever world champion I'm sure, I've missed out some other great moments but it'd take forever to post! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AutoRacer5 0 Report post Posted October 14, 2005 Any of MS's wins (Imola 94 and Austria 02 and Indy 05 excepted). Spa 2000 with that pass Suzuka 2005 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kopite Girl 0 Report post Posted October 15, 2005 I have so many fond memories of the past F1 greats but these are the ones that stand out for me...Suzuka 1994 - Hill winning that thrilling wet race. "THREE POINT THREE SECONDS" wailed Murray Walker. Suzuka 1996 - Hill winning the championship! Spa 1998 - THE best race I've EVER seen Indianapolis 2003 - Button leads his first race. Brazil 2003 - The SECOND best race I've EVER seen Brazil 2005 - Alonso becomes the youngest ever world champion I'm sure, I've missed out some other great moments but it'd take forever to post! Hi babe! Maybe I am biased, but Silverstone 1992, Hockenheim 2000, Suzuka 96. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nojvnof1 0 Report post Posted October 17, 2005 My my, monza gorilla, that's a mighty list! Well quite a few of mine revolve around Jacques - shock, horror! JV's '96 Melbourne Weekend JV's first win - Nurburgring '96 Estoril '96 and JV's pass on M$ at the outside of the Parabolica 1997 Aust GP Quali - JV brains the field by over 2 seconds and his teammate by 1.7 secs Jerez '97 - for obvious reasons Hockenheim '98 - JV challenges the might McLaren's Canada 2000 - fighting with the big boys until the rain came Austria 2000 - last to 4th by JV Spain 2001 - JV getting BAR's first podium Austria 2002 - JV charging through the grid on an aggressive strategy Friday Quali @ Melbourne 2003 - JV P3 after little track time JV's return in 2004 I'll be back with my non-JV ones during the week! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monza gorilla 1 Report post Posted October 17, 2005 Estoril '96 and JV's pass on M$ at the outside of the Parabolica1997 Aust GP Quali - JV brains the field by over 2 seconds and his teammate by 1.7 secs Jerez '97 - for obvious reasons JV's return in 2004 I'll be back with my non-JV ones during the week! Agree with you on these. You have non-JV moments???? I'm amazed! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nojvnof1 0 Report post Posted October 17, 2005 I surprise myself sometimes. Admittedly there probably won't be as many seeing as how I really only became fixed on F1 when JV came in, but before that I was a Senna fan, so there'll be a few of his. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Senna 0 Report post Posted October 17, 2005 Welcome ButtonGod! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monza gorilla 1 Report post Posted October 17, 2005 I second that sentiment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wez 0 Report post Posted October 18, 2005 My favourate moments in F1. -Senna winning his first Championship in 1988 -Senna winning his second championship in 1990 & at the same time getting sweet revenge on Prost for what happened the season before. -Sitting in Ricardo Patresi's Williams F1 at a test session in 1991 -Watching my first Live Gp at Kyalami in 1992. -Senna's Victory at Donington Park in 1993... Pure class! -Jacques vs Michael in Jerez in 1997 -Alonso (my favourate driver since Senna) winning his first World Championship in 2005. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monza gorilla 1 Report post Posted October 18, 2005 -Sitting in Ricardo Patresi's Williams F1 at a test session in 1991 Now I really envy you! I got to sit in James Hunt's McLaren in 1977 - it was on display on the forecourt of a local garage. They made no effort to clean it or protect it from the weather, and it was absolutely filthy! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pumpdoc 2 Report post Posted October 18, 2005 Now I really envy you!I got to sit in James Hunt's McLaren in 1977 - it was on display on the forecourt of a local garage. They made no effort to clean it or protect it from the weather, and it was absolutely filthy! What a small world, '78 Long Beach Grand Prix you could have picture taken of you sitting in the '77 McLaren "show car" and I remember how unsophisticated or normal it seamed................and they charged ya $10 for it................. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites