I've seen this video about a thousand times, yet it still surprises me that actually happened.

@jordybrock

9 жыл бұрын

They let you blatantly drive off circuit during an overtake and keep the position? @.@

@markthielen1907

9 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure that in current F1 he would have been disqualified or something else stupid, not sure how indycar would look at this nowadays. Great driver and move.

@dancalmusic

9 жыл бұрын

Well, Matt, in iRacing this would have been penalized.... ;)

@TacticalCardboard

9 жыл бұрын

Daniele Calzolato (Dan-C) Zanardi's radio : tehy saay u cut da course, yah have ta slow down and give the time bach.

@strayster2

9 жыл бұрын

Empty Box Your "Hot DP Action" video brought me here.

My husband and I were there that day. We were at the hill. We saw it happen. God, we miss Zanardi and Laguna Seca. What a moment it was.

@ivanbertoni7622

7 жыл бұрын

Dear god, that would be unbelievable. Definitely it's a memory that I deserve

@leannlucas9075

7 жыл бұрын

Sure miss those cars at Laguna Seca. Miss Zanardi too. Love racing!

@lambertomainardi7933

7 жыл бұрын

You were lucky to be there that day, one piece of history in racing. And as italian i'm still proud of this amazing man, that today has won a new gold medal in cycling at the paralympics games, at 49!!!

@leannlucas9075

7 жыл бұрын

Zanardi is a real hero of mine. Through all his tribulations he remained a loving husband, father, friend. He also kept his sense of humor. Love him!

@richardwoodcock849

6 жыл бұрын

We were also on the hill that day. What an amazing race!

Stay strong Alex. We all believe in you!

These cars look more modern than the current cars.

@Fluckor666

8 күн бұрын

Better cars and better racing

CART was the best, i stopped going to these races when IRL took over. As someone commented, CART was on a level with F1. i hope Alex Zanardi is doing well, he has had some very tough breaks.

Love the sound of the engines this era.

@Jrd387

7 ай бұрын

Yes! That high pitch whine… Nothing like it.

I've watched a lot of racing since I've been a little kid. F1, ALMS, LeMans, IndyCar. And I don't remember watching a series that was more exciting and with such awesome quality drivers and cars as CART in the late 90s and early 2000s. Just look at the guys who raced and you'll know it was awesome. CART in those days was almost like an alternative to F1

@Aj85234480

8 жыл бұрын

it certainly was a very good alternative. I watched it then but cannot watch it anymore. the cars are hideous and I am not sure about the talent either.

@bumiboka

8 жыл бұрын

+danzyl thks my friend.....let´s shout it out loud !!!!!! these were the days....of racing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@merboberbo

8 жыл бұрын

+Aj85234480 IndyCar is the best open-wheel racing series. Watch a few races and you'll be more entertained by that than watching an entire season of F1.

@robminmonaca

6 жыл бұрын

merboberbo well thanks to Tony George’s crap in the mid 90s INDYCAR nose dived and tried to make it NASCAR like. Well thank God INDYCAR is getting some interest back especially this year.

@lukmanfirdaus8497

6 жыл бұрын

merboberbo because F1 is boring and filled with sh*t

it was legal then, dont hate the man for taking advantage of the rules at the time

@cray2349

4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant overtake in my view, on a circuit that like many, only offer limited overtaking for such high performance cars in modern racing. As it was such high risk, (& he got away with it, giving the fans what we want) I'd encourage this kind of thing. Instead of the bland type of racing we often get these days. Either that, or make the tracks better for overtaking 'legitimately.'

@rodrigomendes3327

4 жыл бұрын

It's still legal today. He was offtrack only after he overtakes him, not during the overtake or something. And he left enough room to be overtaked and there was no unsafe return on track too. It was brilliant, legal 30 years ago and perfectly legal today. Brian Herta should do exactly what Prost did on Senna at 89. He should close the door and bang. Because clearly the gap was not there and Zanardi was too optmistic. But for our luck, he didnt do it and the overtake was amazing!

@P1nkR

4 жыл бұрын

Those people have probably become too used to racing with huge runoff area's, artificial "trackside limits" and the arbitrary penalty system that needed to be invented for that. When there is grass, gravel or in this case sand next to the racing track, using it is completely at your own risk.

@bowlchamps37

3 жыл бұрын

@@P1nkR Don´t think it has anything to do with that. It´s just that there are track limits and running off, even after passing the car, just seems weird. Imagine how many unclean overtakes you could do in situations where you can only gain but not lose anything. If this was the norm, racing would be dead.

@rogerarruda3674

3 жыл бұрын

@Guodlca are you seriously comparing the run off area of T1 in monza to that small turn in Laguna? wew. Also in that situation it would just be considered corner cutting, driving straight as if the turn didn't exist

I really miss CART.

@greatestbrand5191

9 жыл бұрын

me too

@JasonChannell

6 жыл бұрын

Marcello Ribeiro we all do.

@robminmonaca

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Tony George

@domenicmariani1849

5 жыл бұрын

FTG FTG!

@Sincopare

5 жыл бұрын

Permanently in mourning

Laguna Seca 1996, the Forza 6 multiplayer lobby experience. People cutting corners and shit.

@Z28PAPI

7 жыл бұрын

haha too true! GT: TUPAPICHULO86 incase you want to play with someone who isn't gonna cut every corner.

@fighterck6241

5 жыл бұрын

Pretty much how I ran every lap on this track on Forza or Gran Turismo...

@mojojoji5493

4 жыл бұрын

FighterCK gay

@MrGrieves

4 жыл бұрын

Literally every race at Yas Marina

@7jelly777

4 жыл бұрын

Seriously that pass was bullshit

I saw the original broadcast of this race... it's been over a decade and it still stands as one of the finest moments of auto-racing badassery I've ever seen.

LMAO the ole Laguna Seca "apron-cut". Been doing that one myself since Gran Turismo on PS1 XD

@FRS_Heero

3 жыл бұрын

Word

I dont understand why people are saying this was an illegal pass. If I'm not mistaken, there wasn't any rules against doing what he did at the time. The rules of modern F1 don't apply to CART in 1996.

Great move, but should not have been allowed to count. Not only were all four wheels off the course when passing, he effectively straight-lined the corkscrew. Herta maintained the racing line - did not straight-line the turn - and thus should've been awarded the win. Ganassi wouldn't even have protested this was so obvious.

@MaistoHelix

8 жыл бұрын

+f montes Totally agree with you, although it was bold he passes the line with all four wheels and was effectively of the track..but still a great moment in racing history!

@Zoomer30

8 жыл бұрын

Yep, would not have held up in F1. Should use the same rules.

@rawkfist1337

8 жыл бұрын

+f montes i think the new rules "keep all four wheels on the racing line" were made because there is no gras, sand or whatever next to the track nowadays. so shortcutting would be easy. in the case of zanardi it is ok to me because he could have lost the car or atleast a lot of time --> i am happy with that "legal pass"

@MaistoHelix

8 жыл бұрын

+Zoomer30 it's not about F1 in any race class it is a no go to cross the white line with 4 wheels because you get black flagged

@punklancelot6148

7 жыл бұрын

The pass was initiated and completed with all four wheels on the circuit; however, he went four off in the next corner. When Zanardi went off course, he was already in the lead. Since there was no lead change during the off, the pass should count. I believe any car can go off circuit and as long as there is no position change, there is nothing illegal about it.

Ahhhh The Golden Age of CART/INDY loooong gone never to return.

I was working in Parker Johnstone's Corp tent that day. Free food and drink of course, Woot-WOOT ! Watched on a few tv monitors. When "the pass" occurred, everyone in the tent , went outside their minds !

You know, I became an IRL fan since the split because I love oval racing when it comes to American Open Wheel... But let me tell you, this gives me goosebumps everytime I watch it, Alex Zanardi IS a superb driver/athlete and person, I have lots of respect for this man. What a class act!

i miss CART/Champ Car :(

It's sad what 5 years into the future had in store for him but it's amazing he's alive and well today and seems very very happy and at peace. What an amazing man!!!

@kennethkilleen8758

3 жыл бұрын

Got hit by a bus since. He is like rasputin.

@rodrigofonseca1160

9 ай бұрын

The number of people watching Indycar has not decreased, but the number of people willing to watch it LIVE has...there are lots of factors for this, fuel is more expensive, so going THERE is more expensive. TV quality was horrible back them, but now you can have a super high quality image with full surround sound in the comfort of your home. Safety standards in the tracks also reduced the maximum capacity and increased ticket prices...I could go on and on...

I wonder how many times Ross Chastain watched this

@andrewwinslow9315

Жыл бұрын

He had Greg Moore, Dale Sr. and Dan Wheldon at least riding inside the car guiding him when he made that move. The Racing Gods kept him alive and in contention.

I'm not a religious man but then again I tend to not have any "heroes" either. I guess today it's time to start praying, for our legend and hero Alex Zanardi.

@arjanarendsen5414

4 жыл бұрын

P1nkR #Forza Alex !!!!

Finally Laguna Seca is back to the Indycar Schedule.

I remember watching this, one of the ballsiest moves and one of the greatest pieces of car control I've ever seen.

Saw that live on TV when it happened and it's STILL MAGIC! Get you some of that!

My dad calls it “the Zanardi line” and every time he sees me cut the quark screw on the sim he says that lol

@BDCMatt

Жыл бұрын

We have the same dad lmao.

@B__L

3 ай бұрын

quark screw

@riverpage7896

3 ай бұрын

@@B__L yes that’s what the corner is called

@B__L

3 ай бұрын

@@riverpage7896 Corkscrew.

@kuroneko9270

Ай бұрын

@@riverpage7896 I'm pretty sure it's spelled "corkscrew", but I can see why you thought it was written that way.

FIA today: 5 sec penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage + 5 sec penalty for returning unsafely

@joaopicaify

4 жыл бұрын

Wich would not have being wrong at all in this case

@Dischingo

3 жыл бұрын

@@joaopicaify Meanwhile FIA during the early 90s whats that I see dangerous driving I LOVE IT keep it going.

@tmaster8031

3 жыл бұрын

I don’t think CART was an FIA event but correct me if I’m wrong

I was there that day. This race was always around or on my Birthday which is Sep. 10th. I was 6 years old and remember it like it was yesterday. It is one of my favorite Childhood memories.

American open wheel racing at its best - full spectator stands too! How things change

Track limits anyone? I hate this bullshit too about scrutinizing every passing maneuver, but that was definitely gaining an advantage with all 4 wheels off track.... he braked later than he knew he could, and used an area that is not the racing surface to keep his position.

@dyWalti

6 жыл бұрын

This cut cost him more time

@Silentway247

6 жыл бұрын

Right, but the problem is he cost the other driver to lose time. Not only did the other driver have to back out to avoid a collision, he almost hit him again as Z reenetered the track. Clear advantage on a poor overtake

@kpcart

6 жыл бұрын

time is not the issue, he gained a position!

@sergiohincapie4201

5 жыл бұрын

Fully agree with you

@JL-cn1qi

5 жыл бұрын

Different times,... The shit Prost and Senna pulled back in the day at Suzuka wouldn't fly these days neather. Schumacher tried those old school tricks ( tho very dirty and poorly exicuted) and lost all his points. Rightly so. But different times different rules.

"they say ya cut the course!"

@henbe2

4 жыл бұрын

'' Give up the time gained''

@baTonkaTruck

3 жыл бұрын

Went straight to the comments looking for my iRacing peoples.

@-BuddyGuy

3 жыл бұрын

"They say you fucked a horse"

Found this while looking up the rush song but as a racing fan pleasantly surprised with this haha

I remember watching the race. When I saw Zinardi pull that off, I about flipped the couch in amazement. The move that defined his career, and probably one of the best passes in the history of auto racing

@Antros23

Жыл бұрын

Best passes? Illegal by all means.. cutting a corner

@PYLrulz1984

Жыл бұрын

@@Antros23 but it wasn’t, so…

@gozorak

11 ай бұрын

@@Antros23 Its called creating your own racing line. Its what happens when a hungry, aggressive driver is breathing down the neck of a less hungry and less aggressive leader on the final lap.

Ask yourself the following question: Would Zanardi have been able to overtake Herta if he had entered the corkscrew slowly enough to avoid putting all 4 wheels off the track? If the answer is "no", then Zanardi gained an advantage by going off the track and this should've been an illegal overtake.

@parkeasd1671

5 жыл бұрын

Not with 1996 rule.

@INDIGOBLUE555

4 жыл бұрын

I agree, yet I have no knowledge of the CART regulations concerning a situation as such. The overtaking itself was clean albeit clearly Zanardi was aware he couldn't keep the car on the track .....

@peggygeren4169

4 жыл бұрын

@@INDIGOBLUE555 The track was defined as the metaled surface, and his left side wheels stayed on the asphalt patch inside the curbs.

@INDIGOBLUE555

4 жыл бұрын

@@peggygeren4169 So the tarmac slice beyond the curb was still to be considered "track" ...... Herta didn't complain as far as I know, so no matter if Zanardi was cheating or simply smartly playing with the regulations.

@peggygeren4169

4 жыл бұрын

@@INDIGOBLUE555Probably the asphalt strip inside was added to prevent dust and stones being thrown onto the track when cars put their inside wheels over the curbs. They failed to adapt the rules to match that intent. It was probably Zanardi's last chance to pass, and after the "save" he made a few laps earlier when he went all the way onto the dirt, downhill at very high speed, Alex probably thought he could do anything with the car. He tried it and it worked & turned out to be technically legal. The pass itself was done so quickly and decisively with Zanardi making his intention clear that Herta had to let him go past, so Z was only putting himself at risk. Alex was slower on corner exit and I think Bryan could have repassed if he hadn't already decided that it was illegal. You can tell that initially he loomed right up on the tail at the bottom of the corkscrew and then seemed to relax all the way to the finish. Rahal team may not have officially lodged a protest, but I bet something was said initially. I feel sorry for him because he was leading the race on his own speed for once, when so many times his team would try some fuel-saving strategy that ended up hurting him by the end.

in F1, zanardi would've gotten like, a 30 second penalty for that overtake.

@truantray

3 жыл бұрын

He should have. It's called cheating.

@mattsuper1366

3 жыл бұрын

@@truantray no, it's legal, he got off track only after passing Herta, plus he lost time by going off track

@doriancarriat4241

3 жыл бұрын

@@mattsuper1366 No. In modern F1 it would not be legal. You can't say "he got off track only after passing Herta". Man, he got off track because he brake too late when he was BEHIND Herta. He did not complete the pass, he overtake Herta BECAUSE he was too fast to make the first corner.

@halonsox

2 жыл бұрын

Totally. A shame.

@halonsox

2 жыл бұрын

@@truantray no he shouldn't. Its call racing...

CART in the 1990s was pretty awesome, it only failed due to politics. This should be the model for fixing F1, just give it a few minor tweaks and you'd be good to go. I'd say it should also be the model for fixing IndyCar but that is A: obvious and B: impossible, the politics haven't changed and probably never will.

@sneezabonk

5 жыл бұрын

crusherbmx Indy is going back in the CART direction. They used the design of CART for their safer car. They also brought back Portland. Of course the on going joke about bringing back Laguna Seca.

@carlosb1

3 жыл бұрын

The 90's were great, early to mid 2000's not bad.

@w.arnold8806

3 жыл бұрын

Luckily, things have already changed. The Indycar season this year (2021) is one of the best ever. I was a fan of Indycar/CART/Champcar in the 90s. And if you take your time and watch some of those old races (even the better ones) you'll see what a really great time we have as fans of Indycar racing today.

My husband and I were at the corkscrew that day and witnessed this first hand. Legendary!

I happened to be there that day. I was 10 years old, Shaquille O'Neal Magic jersey, worst sunburn of my life. I actually didn't fully understand what had even happened on that day and that this one would go down as legendary! The thing I actually remember the most was one of the cars caught on fire right in front of us. It was a blue color if my memory serves me right. What a crazy day.

It was one of those amazing races I saw live and never forget

Just amazing really.Moments like this are why i love racing.

Wow that was my times of IndyCar. And if it is your first whatever it is then it stays with you forever and it will always be your reference point. That's why to me todays indycar are like toys of spec series. They are so compact and rapid like karting. And 90ties that cars looked heavy, fast serious, majestic and beautifully shaped. And they were ultra characteristics like Herta's Shell car or Pennzoil of Gil de Ferran or Valvolive of Robby Gordon or Michael Andretti's Texaco Havoline or Targets of Alex and Jimmy. So you see this was my times and nostalgia kicks in. Of course I don't mind younger generation appreciates todays IndyCars because it is their times. They'll feel nostalia about it some time in a future :)

Le Ann Lucsa - I too was there - right at the cork screw! right under a tree there walking back to the pits - turned around, and (what he video doesn't show is that he got a bit air born going over the rumble strip). I could not believe it. I drove up from Santa Barbara for the day. Expected a good show, but not that! Laguna Seca is a really awesome track. And yes, the officials should have called that an off track excursion. That whole season was awesome.

@peggygeren4169

4 жыл бұрын

He kept two wheels on the metalled surface, therefore legal through a loophole in the rules.

@ralphgregory7616

2 жыл бұрын

2 wheels on #legal

When race cars were really really really cool.

Alex Zanardi was in his prime then. Great team he drove for too. Great car. Chip Ganassi and his team were one of the top and best teams out there in this racing category. So much talent. Then there were some other great drivers and teams out there too numerous to mention. Good times back then.

Football has "the hand of God" of Maradona. Motor racing has this. Go Alex.. we're all with you!!!

I was there as a photojournalist and I shot the pass at cork screw. Bryan and team Rahal were stunned

That’s an lllegal pass despite my love for Zanardi

Zanardi in that target car was absolute magic, should have never left to go to F1, what could have been......

The greatest period in America auto racing history. It's a shame that Tony George destroyed the greatest racing America has ever seen.

@hugolafhugolaf

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@gozinta82

5 жыл бұрын

Greatest period, but not the greatest move performed. Poorly executed.

@FOH3663

5 жыл бұрын

Great period no doubt, the quality drivers, teams, and solid sponsors, all good. Although I've not been to Laguna Seca for IndyCar, I traveled to many IndyCar races around the country as a fan. Also, in my opinion the heyday of CanAm racing, simultaneous with Indy Champ cars, and then (a fave memory for me) was USAC Stock cars, Al and Bobby Unser, Don White, Roger McClusky, Mario Andretti, Parnelli Jones, AJ Foyt, on everything from pavement, dirt, to road courses. Great time for sure, a lot of the impact was simply being from Indianapolis, with so much incredible racing all around (Fairgrounds mile dirt, Indianapolis Raceway Park's oval, and road course, Speedrome 1/4 mile paved, and of course IMS.) Incredible memories in addition to 8mm film (w/sound) documenting a variety of them.

@aperson5062

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed, but the Indycar race this weekend, 2019, should be pretty darn good, and is CART having won that fight. I mean the IRL is dead, Tony George is nowhere, and Indycar is again the best drivers from all over the world driving road, street and oval courses.

@DavidRSAT

4 жыл бұрын

A Person It’s getting there... I hope.

I saw this in person while standing at the bottom of the corkscrew for these amazing tight final laps and I was initially confused as to what had happened before I realized we had witnessed one of the most exciting moments in motorsports.

To this day I don't understand how this was a legal pass. Such is life.

I remember that. What a great era for CART, about 1980-2000. I miss personalities like Zanardi, Herta, Andretti, De Ferran, etc. I lived in Pittsburgh at the time and my father worked for PPG when it was then called the PPG cup in terms of the championship trophy. Very cool.

I watched it live, it was so cool! Zanardi was at his best place

20 years later this is still THE PASS

@silent_fluo6917

7 жыл бұрын

Andrea Roll amazing right? illegal as fuck tho with current regulations

@gozinta82

5 жыл бұрын

And much more difficult giving there are multiple curb/bumps over the apex now.

I actually watched this live in '96, and it still gets me to this day. That was a gutsy piece of racing, and I became an instant fan of Zanardi right then and there, before he went on to win consecutive championships in the following years. He was always brash, sometimes flaunting the rules, but always so much fun to watch, Mister Donut. Here, he was perfectly within the bounds of the then-current rules... Alex went off the track at the NEXT corner, so he technically completed the pass legally. Hell, even F1 rules don't care if you go off at a corner (once) if you don't gain a position or a lasting advantage from it. But they will penalize you if you do it more than once in a race. Either way, the move was banned after, but it was a brilliant thing to watch back in the day.

First game I ever owned for PlayStation was a CART Racing game. Wish I still had it.

I got chills and short of breath just watching this again, man I miss those days.

"12 years ago" holy shit.

That's some desperate iRacing shit right there.

@bumiboka

8 жыл бұрын

+Dominic D'Alesio so this is why it is called racing...!!!!

@arielhartung4557

7 жыл бұрын

"They say you cut the course, you have to give back the time gained."

@HugoStiglitz88

5 жыл бұрын

Ariel Hartung Exactly LOL

@HugoStiglitz88

5 жыл бұрын

in iracing you'd 100% get a penalty for this.

@gozinta82

5 жыл бұрын

I was waiting for the microphone graphic to pop up in the middle of the screen and hear some person screaming vulgarities and threatening reporting. Man this video is triggering from my rookie days.

Cart racing or IndyCar in the 1990s. One of the best American racing categories ever surely ? Ahh what a flashback. Great drivers and teams. Great racing. Well I tell you I really miss it for sure anyway.......

Que geração sensacional. Zanardi, vasser, Paul Tracy, al unser Jr.... As pinturas clássicas da chip ganassi e penske ... Que época! vou até jogar carta world series novamente !

"...an area you would not normally pass" Ya no shit? Because it's dangerous and he didn't pass him on the race track - he went flying off it and then took the position. This is why the F1 rule of giving the place back is crucial and would have been serving a purpose in this scenario.

the question is not if it was legal or not. The question is it was done on a completely blind braking ( when you brake at corckscrew you do it not being able to see the turn itself ) in a place that allows no room for mistake and it was done with the ability of a balance cyrcus performer where noone else would have ever tought it was possible to pass like that. This basically sums up to me the pure essence of motorracing. plus it may be not legal by today standards but the manouver wasn't penalized back than so IT WAS FUCKIN LEGAL! you can stop the fuss now

@newhampshiregold

9 жыл бұрын

I remember watching this race and I was pissed off then and now watching it for the first since, I'm just as pissed off! It was a 'Kamikaze' move then and is now again, after watching the video. He made a risky move [blind entry] and got lucky. Make a move like that in F1 and he would be looking for a new ride. You just do not drive an open wheel race car like that. He should be driving Nascar. Ya, I know a win is a win, but that was the cheesiest win I ever saw, come on.

@AndreaRoll

9 жыл бұрын

if you feel this was kamikaze move you may not want to watch Dijon 1979 duel between arnoux and villeneuve, you would ask for them be both arrested

@nathanpeabody4388

9 жыл бұрын

newhampshiregold2012 Bottom line is people like you and the rest of the safety nuts have turned motorsports into the disaster it is. Just like when people freaked out about Senna's tragic end. When you take away the chance for competition and you take away the inherent risk what are you left with? Crap! Trash! Nothing worth watching. These drivers knew the risks and they still climbed in the cockpits because they are gladiators. I am not saying all safety changes are bad or that all motorsports are no fun. I am simply stating that the risk is the appeal. Look at Formula 1 now. Mercedes rode around with nearly no competition and Indycar produces cookie cutter races that utilize generic machines. Why? Because safety and cost have destroyed the world of motorsports. Seriously man come on. I would take F-1's V8s, V10s, and V12s with manual transmissions that might be a little unsafe on tracks that are dangerous any day of the week over the garbage I still suffer through. All we can hope is that rules aficionados such as yourself lighten up and allow motorsports especially open-wheel to come back to a respectable period. I mean the current F-1 machines have dildo's for noses...in the name of fuel efficiency. They are F-1 machines that get horrible mileage so what. Eventually if you had your way we would watch The Toyota Prius Cup at BP Laguna Seca Go Kart Course!

Oh man, great video. The good old days...

Oh this brings lots of good memories. Specially since I was there.

Great race I remember watching this live back in the day it was carzy!! Herta looked like he wanted to cry after the race

Kind of a reckless move. There was no way he was going to make the corner. Good job by Herta maintaining his(correct) line. The racing line.

@pixelghostclyde8717

4 жыл бұрын

If it's the racing line, why did Herta finish in second? (/s, but only to an extent)

@Mcali1984

3 жыл бұрын

He made the pass before going off track. But yeah, it was reckless, but, he still made the pass. Hehe

I love this every time I rewatch this

Only 1/2 a mile longer than Lime Rock., the BEST place to watch a race in America.

and then, 23 years later, the man's son won the race

It would’ve been truly awesome if the pass was clean.

He might not have F1, but this will always be with him! He made cart popular, and now wins the Olympics! What a hart!

Every time I see that pass makes me smile..

That's some Gran Turismo 2 shit right there.

@benfennell6842

5 жыл бұрын

I fucking love this comment

A last word on Alex Zanardi’s illegal pass. For real racers like Bryan Herta, Bobby Rahal and Rahal Racing, their correct decision NOT to protest the track shortening pass, says it’s less about written rules ( Indycar vs Formula 1 ) and more about sport. TK

I was at that race as a child & saw take the checkered, then years later as an adult living in Hawaii I watched him complete the Ironman World Championship. Inspirational man to me.

That pass well-defines the inspiration that is Alex Zanardi!

I was standing under the trees at the bottom of the corkscrew with my dad and brother.

Goosebumps at 4:44 when you can hear and see both cars drop the throttle and drag-race out of the chaos of the corkscrew.

@Mmmti

2 жыл бұрын

They sound so damn good too

Por essa incrivel manobra do Zanardi o Bryan Herta nao esperava. Um genio.

That pass is full of gusto, the view on tv doesn't accurately portray the difficulty of that particular section of track on Laguna Seca. Absolutely brilliant.

CART was simple great. Great racing on very cool racetracks. I loved it and despite having the better drivers F1 wasn't as exciting very often back then.

Mike Hull (Ganassi Racing Managing Director) talks about Alex practicing this move on this week's Marshall Pruett Podcast (Episode 204). Alex would practice running off-line in overtaking zones (the hairpin, turn 5 and the corkscrew) at the end of his practice runs to see what grip there would be if he tried this. He'd go hard on the brakes, let off, then back on hard. I've never noticed it before but you can see where he gets on the brakes for the second time at around 4:41 when his brakes lock up. Mike also noted that Alex overcooked it a little. Even Alex admitted that he carried a bit too much speed. Still one of the best overtakes of all time.

Beautiful racecars. 99 Reynards, Lotus 49, Lola CanAm and Porsche 962, my all time favorites.

I was lucky to watch that live as a turn Marshall. Turn 9 I believe. Andretti got his divorce finalized that weekend. Working blue flag that weekend. Best pass ever!!!

Zanardi - along with Montoya - were my favourite Indycar drivers ever. They were both amazing and outstanding in equal measure. That said, this is the most overrated ‘overtake’ in the history of motor racing

Those were the best looking, best sounding cars. F1 had nothing on them.

I was there...in the port-a-pot right next to the track. For the life of me I couldn't understand why the crowd and announcers were going ape shit. Poor Herta. Alex Zanardi was amazing to watch.

I've watched this video a gazillion times, and it's still awesome. Also shown for a friend for the first time. By the way, FTG !!!

The definition of FULLY SEND IT!

The good ole days before Tony George ruined everything. At least we have the memories and KZread to relive them.

@TAVIII

8 жыл бұрын

+Joe Seijo 1996 bro

Thank you Past Gas podcast #DonutMedia and bless the legendary Zanardi

Man I wish I was born sooner to see that!

Don’t know if it was a “brilliant move”, if herta had turned in they both would have been out.

@MobySlick

4 жыл бұрын

Not brilliant at all. Zanardi has always been bit to crazy.

@emi-bs1hb

4 жыл бұрын

@@MobySlick If you are not crazy you aren't racing in indycar, especially in 1996

I think, if you had to be the review judge on this one, you just have to give it to the guy who had the stones to overtake on the stupidest turn there is on the CART circuit. This is so crazy, unexpected, unsafe, and a miracle he held the car together afterwards, that everybody has shat too many bricks celebrating for some higher authority to take it away. What you do as a judge is put the rules in place afterwards that never ever allow for these sorts of events again, and you let the world file this pass in the Hall of Fame.

Here in 2023 still missing those Cosworth XB powered Reynards.

Trying a move like that on the corkscrew takes some serious balls, especially on the last lap. Zanardi deserves all the credit for that pass.

Forza online lobby pass! LoL Amazing drive but not so sure about gaining an advantage off track.

I don't see how people can't see that this was an unsportsmanlike pass, even if not explicitly barred. Track limits exist for a reason, and without obedience to such, you get incidents like the Formula Renault 2.0 fiasco at Paul Ricard. And even without the wreck, it simply comes down to being unsportsmanlike. There's a reason why in every game with a penalty system at that course, you'd receive some sort of penalty there. Same as if Zanardi had an opportunity to make a pass on the pit road exit approaching turn 1. There's a reason why any driver that makes an overtake like that forgives the position on their own valor: sportsmanship. And regardless of spectacle, it's still wrong. Had Herta not backed off, it would've been two wrecked vehicles. And if you want to argue about motorsports not being fair, don't bitch about the money crisis of F1, Red Bull between 2012 and 2014, or anything else. And certainly don't bitch about the start of the GP3 race at Sochi. Me thinks the defenders don't want to ruin a feel-good ending. You know, like how almost everybody defends the pass the Audi made on the Vette and the Peugeot in 2011, which would've been illegal then, and still illegal now, as showed by the most recent race at Silverstone.

@ChaseIngersol

8 жыл бұрын

+FormulaChris085 What happened at Paul Ricard with the 2.0's? I can't find any info on it.

@nunobits12

8 жыл бұрын

A driver was decapitated because of a similar passing move

@ChaseIngersol

8 жыл бұрын

+nino Barlini Dear god, what year was that?

@Noxon19

8 жыл бұрын

+FormulaChris085 f**k the unsportsmanlike like pass he made a risky move and it was amazing to watch, sure the position should of been swapped after a review but how stupid would it of looked if he just gave it back

@kfoalbfkdkd5302

8 жыл бұрын

+nino Barlini when was it

Passing like that in the corkscrew should not be illegal, thats ballsy as fuck and deserves a medal. My heart dropped, can't believe anybody in their right mind would try that. Simply Zanardi.

I wasn't even there but just from watching, it got my adrenaline pumping... =)