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

@soulful5284

2 ай бұрын

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

@Tita_

2 ай бұрын

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

@sean7885

2 ай бұрын

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

@Tita_

2 ай бұрын

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

@jesperpsv98

2 ай бұрын

Blame poor reliability for that

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

@arnaud14

2 ай бұрын

Sigmalonso rule #130

@RACINGUS95

2 ай бұрын

@@arnaud14 what about the other 129?

@JustSomeDinosaurPerson

2 ай бұрын

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

2 ай бұрын

​@@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

Ай бұрын

That tells us Familys destroys Formula 1. Lol

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

@clivedopeman

2 ай бұрын

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

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

@uwuzid

2 ай бұрын

"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

2 ай бұрын

@@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

2 ай бұрын

​@@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

2 ай бұрын

Absolutely. Spa, Monza, Suzuka. Forever.

@RadityaPramanaPutra2001

2 ай бұрын

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

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

2 ай бұрын

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

2 ай бұрын

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

@the_edit.

2 ай бұрын

​@@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

2 ай бұрын

@@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

2 ай бұрын

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

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

@jamesrosario2158

2 ай бұрын

what would be your list?

@spark6669

2 ай бұрын

@@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

2 ай бұрын

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

@srthebox4946

2 ай бұрын

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@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

2 ай бұрын

​@@adamgregory3536canada 2011 as well

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

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

@thurbine2411

2 ай бұрын

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

@captainsmartass3368

2 ай бұрын

GP2 engine GP2

@corpsecoder_nw6746

2 ай бұрын

hopefully 2025 Alonso has an epic season and so does McLaren

@macrossMX

2 ай бұрын

@@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

2 ай бұрын

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

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

2 ай бұрын

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

2 ай бұрын

@@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

2 ай бұрын

@@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

2 ай бұрын

@@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

2 ай бұрын

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

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.

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

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

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

2 ай бұрын

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

2 ай бұрын

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.

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

2 ай бұрын

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

2 ай бұрын

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

@klockenberg2299

2 ай бұрын

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

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

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

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

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

@user-uw8vk9xs2v

2 ай бұрын

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

@p_nilly

2 ай бұрын

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

2 ай бұрын

@@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

2 ай бұрын

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

@Duval-In-The-Wall

2 ай бұрын

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

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

kimi and Fernando are the Goats

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.

Best overtake in history I think

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

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

2 ай бұрын

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

2 ай бұрын

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

2 ай бұрын

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

@leminem2313

2 ай бұрын

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

@kristoffer3000

2 ай бұрын

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

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

@Aotearoa_Kiwi

2 ай бұрын

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

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

Absolute masterpiece of a video. Well done!

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

2 ай бұрын

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

2 ай бұрын

​@@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

2 ай бұрын

@@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

2 ай бұрын

@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.

Alonso deserves at least 5 Championships man

@MDE_never_dies

2 ай бұрын

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

@maximiliannguyen1162

2 ай бұрын

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

2 ай бұрын

He should have won in 2010 and 2013

@MDE_never_dies

2 ай бұрын

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

Alonsos overtake on Schumacher is epic man 😅.

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

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

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

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.

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.

Legendary stuff. Awesome video Josh.

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

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

2 ай бұрын

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

Incredible video bro, the editing is a masterclass

You're such a great storyteller josh

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

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

The first F1 race I can remember watching live!

Now to watch that highlights again

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

That music drop on the overtake, greater editing!

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.

4:15 Ralf casually breaking the Sound barrier

Thanks for guaranteeing a great race tomorrow, Josh.

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

@rexyrox8645

2 ай бұрын

the one at 0:28?

@markcapilitan3484

2 ай бұрын

@@rexyrox8645 yes & at 9:27

@rexyrox8645

2 ай бұрын

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

@markcapilitan3484

2 ай бұрын

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

What a gem this video !

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...

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

And at almost 44, Alonso is STILL bloody fast

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

2 ай бұрын

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

@Starfire_Storm

2 ай бұрын

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

@klockenberg2299

2 ай бұрын

@@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.

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

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

Alonso was good in 05 but Kimi was godlike

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

Kimi became a god with this drive

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. 👍

these are the best racing videos on the planet, wow

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.

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

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

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

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

2005 and this era was the goat.

Lord of the eyebrows 😂😂😂

Amazing videooooo

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

Awesome video abot an awesome race

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 :)

Rain always make it fun

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!

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

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.

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

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

@klockenberg2299

2 ай бұрын

20th to 2nd in 2021 Russia, full rain.

this is the greatest f1 race ever!

Feels illegal to be this early. Alonso Da GOAT.

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

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

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.

5:04 I'M WHEEZING 🤣🤣

Kimi's a legend 'The Iceman' 21 Gun Salute

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

LEGEND

Kimi V1.0 was phenomenal to watch.

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

Whenever he does these videos it reminds me of how badass the cars looked without the halo, we should never go back and I love the halo for what it is but it’s almost like watching old hockey game where the guys didn’t wear helmets

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.

amazing video, chur chur!

That Renault though..🤤

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

I love old f1, so unpredictable 😂

Fernando and Kimi Deserved More Championships

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

Goated race

The whole race is here on KZread.