In my opinion, this is Kimi's most underrated drive. Passed Button, Barrichello and Fisichella. 1 second a lap quicker than his teammate in the same car. He was half a second a lap faster than Alonso before his first pitstop, and quicker after it. He pitted, and came out in fourth, behind some cars that had not stopped, and would have probably passed Alonso and won the race. Unfortunately his throttle failed, robbing him of an epic result. Peerless.
One of the greatest drives of Schumacher as well. His last win. Just like Raikkonen's US GP win in 2018, which also was a great drive and a very difficult win too.
@Alan ALI 12 Nope. Kimi won that race with his brilliant racecraft and tyre management. He absolutely humiliated Lewis wheel to wheel in that race. Lewis had the faster car on the day as did Max. Kimi just was spectacular. The fake before the pits was just so cocky. Loved it. Kimi was on it.
Typical Mclaren letting down Kimi yet again, had they given him a reliable car, he would be a multiple World Champion right now. He was robbed of glory. Then they and Merc magically made it all reliable for Hamilton and Alonso. Im glad Kimi won with Ferrari, stick it to McLaren for failing him.
@@ajmalhussain3574 not sure, combination of mechanical/ car f ups and engine issues.... all i remember is reliability and some dumb mistakes McLaren made back then. Could just be bad staff during that era that led to so many mistakes.
@@ajmalhussain3574 Paddy Lowe said their review processes from 1999-2006 were the worst on the grid because Ron had an outdated way of doing things. By 2007 they had finally changed their internal review method, and that's what made the cars more reliable from 2007 onwards. Kimi just got unlucky with the timing.
And then he has a mechanical failure. 1 year later McLaren all of a sudden have bulletproof reliability. 3 mechanical DNFs between 2007-2011 on Hamilton's car. Like WTF.
So so true ! ! I Don 't know if it' s fate or luck or whatever they Call it, this magic momentum that follows Someone. A fine Line of circumnstances and instead of having 6,7,8, Wch have Just one.
The addition of the rev limiter and maturation of the engine regulations probably helped. Also, for 2007 and 2008, the general car regs had been the same since 2005, so more time might have been devoted to fine tuning concepts, which included reliability.
This is his entire McLaren stint summed up in four minutes: 1) Lights go out 2) Kimi passes cars left and right 3) Kimi is in a league of his own 4) Looks like it's just a walk in the park for him and a dominant victory is the only possibility 5) Mclaren blows up Pretty great example of the team aspect of the sport. People say that the only reason Lewis has seven titles is because of the car he had, but then you see those same people saying how Kimi should have at least three titles, but his car let him down. In order to success in a sport like this, every aspect needs to be top tier...
Exactly. Any championship needs a car with the potential and a driver that can make the car perform at its maximum. Very few drivers have matched Lewis Hamilton, Verstappen, Alonso, Vettel, etc. in how they push the car and get the most out of it. That is what makes championship-caliber drivers.
@@abcdefghijklmno1009 Vettel? Really? Alonso I wouldn't put above Kimi peak for peak either. Verstappen? That guy hasn't achieved anything as of yet. Hamilton has been lucky with his car in my view. To me, Kimi at his peak was a total monster.
@@ciaronsmith4995 f1metrics.wordpress.com/2019/11/22/the-f1metrics-top-100/ Accounts for many factors, including age, experience, car, teammate, etc. Any driver who dusts his teammate is worthy of that title. Hamilton has beat his teammate in every season except 2011 (familial issues and Massa crashes) and 2016. I'm not talking about achievements. I'm talking about pushing the car to its potential, and getting the most out of it. Verstappen is on the podium in almost every single race, in a car that is worse than Mercedes. The year that Red Bull makes a competitive car, he already has 5 wins in 11 races (arguably should be more). All these drivers (Vettel, Hamilton, Alonso, Raikkonen) were monsters in their peaks. Every driver needs a competitive car in order to win the championship. You can't outdrive the car, but you can drive the car to it's 100%, which is what these drivers do. Most world championships were products of being "lucky with the car"
@@ciaronsmith4995 Vettel at his peak was absolutely dominant too, and the grid was very close before hybrid era so almost everyone have a shot at winning if the strats and drive are right. I still think prime kimi was one of the fastest f1 have ever seen tho.
Okay, I know I talked crap about Kimi in Austria, but let's be real. Kimi's decline into mid-tier teams started for the same reason as Seb and god knows how many others - If you're not the #1 driver at Ferrari, you're meaningless. There's a reason it's been 14 years since Ferrari's won any championship of any kind. I still love Kimi, and he really deserves a chance with a competitive team.
It's true. Ferrari always favors one driver. Kimi also had big car setup/handling issues in 2014, 2015 and 2017. He just constantly struggled with understeer, which is the opposite of what he wants from a car on corner entry. So a few things...
@Elijah Prasad You know, I was ready to say that McLared won the 2007 Constructor's becuas both Alonso and Hamilton scored more points combined than Kimi and Massa that year. But then I looked it up. They were disqualified. Where did that come from?
@Elijah Prasad Also, Rubens deserved so much better at Ferrari. Of course, he was #2 to quite possibly the greatest driver of all-time for so many years, but even when Michael had the entire world and a half, he _still_ wasn't allowed to have his own glory. It's refreshing that he was also a very big part in Brawn GP's 2009 run.
@@0123reneeYou're kidding right? Watch this. All of it: czcams.com/video/x1WIVLqVVlA/video.html Alonso had a big part of it after he blackmailed Ron after Hungary 2007 and was emailing with others back and forth about knowing and encouraging McLaren to use illegal information. A true piece of trash.
McLaren sapped the killer right out of a generational talent...they turned the sport into a crapshoot that no one could pour their heart into and left him jaded and cynical.
Its not sport to perform at this level and then have your equipment let you down In my eyes Kimi is a 3 time world champion. He was easily the best driver in f1 from 03-07. Schumi was only 2nd best itw when he was around in mclaren. Like messi and R10 in football Messi has better stats but R10 was better footballer. Same lies with this Longevity is impressive but you have to judge an athlete at the peak of their powers. The greatest boxer ever is mike tyson. His prime was short but godly. Its the same in most sports. Longevity is just discipline
@@siulong1394 he looked agressive because back them Mclarens were oversteer focused, when he got back into the sport in 2012 most of the cars besides in 2012-2013were understeer focused besides the oversteery Lotus(planted rear, not enough downforce front, VS what Kimi wanted/needs is Planted/stable front and loose rear), When he went back to Ferrari the car was an understeery Pig until 2017/2018 where he started performing better again when the car got more balanced from being understeery by development.
We kimi fans will always be those annoying guys at the party that go 'You know, Kimi should have won 3 championships, he was the fastest between '03-'05🥺🥺' We are doomed to an existence full of cope:)))
I don't care about the so called goats and their fanboys. I know what I saw ☠️🔨 Kimi beat them all, but MCL's reliability beat him, and that's a crying shame.
In my opinion, this is Kimi's most underrated drive. Passed Button, Barrichello and Fisichella. 1 second a lap quicker than his teammate in the same car. He was half a second a lap faster than Alonso before his first pitstop, and quicker after it. He pitted, and came out in fourth, behind some cars that had not stopped, and would have probably passed Alonso and won the race. Unfortunately his throttle failed, robbing him of an epic result. Peerless.
Once again McLaren lets him down
@@Mahi-ke7xr Pretty much...
Hurmm..i think you not really understand how f1 works
@@mohdpazli tell us how it works baby yoda
yes, please enlighten us shitforbrains.
One of the greatest drives of Schumacher as well. His last win. Just like Raikkonen's US GP win in 2018, which also was a great drive and a very difficult win too.
@Alan ALI 12 Nope. Kimi won that race with his brilliant racecraft and tyre management. He absolutely humiliated Lewis wheel to wheel in that race. Lewis had the faster car on the day as did Max. Kimi just was spectacular. The fake before the pits was just so cocky. Loved it. Kimi was on it.
@Alan ALI 12 nah, Ferrari werent fastest after Monza, despite reverting back to their old floor after a disatrous Sing, Rus and Japan
Typical Mclaren letting down Kimi yet again, had they given him a reliable car, he would be a multiple World Champion right now. He was robbed of glory. Then they and Merc magically made it all reliable for Hamilton and Alonso. Im glad Kimi won with Ferrari, stick it to McLaren for failing him.
No doubt Kimi is theoretically a 3 time WDC
Why was McLaren so trash at reliability in 2006 and in 2007 they were bulletproof?
@@ajmalhussain3574 not sure, combination of mechanical/ car f ups and engine issues.... all i remember is reliability and some dumb mistakes McLaren made back then. Could just be bad staff during that era that led to so many mistakes.
@@ajmalhussain3574 Paddy Lowe said their review processes from 1999-2006 were the worst on the grid because Ron had an outdated way of doing things. By 2007 they had finally changed their internal review method, and that's what made the cars more reliable from 2007 onwards. Kimi just got unlucky with the timing.
@@ajmalhussain3574 same reason mercedes has bern quite shit this year not last 10
And then he has a mechanical failure. 1 year later McLaren all of a sudden have bulletproof reliability. 3 mechanical DNFs between 2007-2011 on Hamilton's car. Like WTF.
So so true ! ! I Don 't know if it' s fate or luck or whatever they Call it, this magic momentum that follows Someone. A fine Line of circumnstances and instead of having 6,7,8, Wch have Just one.
The addition of the rev limiter and maturation of the engine regulations probably helped. Also, for 2007 and 2008, the general car regs had been the same since 2005, so more time might have been devoted to fine tuning concepts, which included reliability.
Hamilton was made into a champ because F1 is a white boi sport and certain people cant stand whitey having whitey things to themselves
This is his entire McLaren stint summed up in four minutes:
1) Lights go out
2) Kimi passes cars left and right
3) Kimi is in a league of his own
4) Looks like it's just a walk in the park for him and a dominant victory is the only possibility
5) Mclaren blows up
Pretty great example of the team aspect of the sport. People say that the only reason Lewis has seven titles is because of the car he had, but then you see those same people saying how Kimi should have at least three titles, but his car let him down. In order to success in a sport like this, every aspect needs to be top tier...
Last Lap Kimi, last lap
Exactly. Any championship needs a car with the potential and a driver that can make the car perform at its maximum. Very few drivers have matched Lewis Hamilton, Verstappen, Alonso, Vettel, etc. in how they push the car and get the most out of it. That is what makes championship-caliber drivers.
@@abcdefghijklmno1009 Vettel? Really?
Alonso I wouldn't put above Kimi peak for peak either. Verstappen? That guy hasn't achieved anything as of yet.
Hamilton has been lucky with his car in my view. To me, Kimi at his peak was a total monster.
@@ciaronsmith4995 f1metrics.wordpress.com/2019/11/22/the-f1metrics-top-100/
Accounts for many factors, including age, experience, car, teammate, etc.
Any driver who dusts his teammate is worthy of that title. Hamilton has beat his teammate in every season except 2011 (familial issues and Massa crashes) and 2016. I'm not talking about achievements. I'm talking about pushing the car to its potential, and getting the most out of it. Verstappen is on the podium in almost every single race, in a car that is worse than Mercedes. The year that Red Bull makes a competitive car, he already has 5 wins in 11 races (arguably should be more). All these drivers (Vettel, Hamilton, Alonso, Raikkonen) were monsters in their peaks. Every driver needs a competitive car in order to win the championship. You can't outdrive the car, but you can drive the car to it's 100%, which is what these drivers do. Most world championships were products of being "lucky with the car"
@@ciaronsmith4995 Vettel at his peak was absolutely dominant too, and the grid was very close before hybrid era so almost everyone have a shot at winning if the strats and drive are right. I still think prime kimi was one of the fastest f1 have ever seen tho.
Dude idk where you're finding these awesome clips. Thanks a lot!
What a stupid way to count _down_ the laps, making us do extra math
Schumacher: magical driving
Raikkonen: Godly driving
I love this guy so much. I hope he will race in 2022 too. I never watch him live, i wish i can.
bruh
@@skurd721 i cried
The onboard fight with button is awesome !
Okay, I know I talked crap about Kimi in Austria, but let's be real.
Kimi's decline into mid-tier teams started for the same reason as Seb and god knows how many others - If you're not the #1 driver at Ferrari, you're meaningless. There's a reason it's been 14 years since Ferrari's won any championship of any kind. I still love Kimi, and he really deserves a chance with a competitive team.
It's true. Ferrari always favors one driver.
Kimi also had big car setup/handling issues in 2014, 2015 and 2017. He just constantly struggled with understeer, which is the opposite of what he wants from a car on corner entry. So a few things...
@Elijah Prasad You know, I was ready to say that McLared won the 2007 Constructor's becuas both Alonso and Hamilton scored more points combined than Kimi and Massa that year.
But then I looked it up. They were disqualified. Where did that come from?
@Elijah Prasad Also, Rubens deserved so much better at Ferrari. Of course, he was #2 to quite possibly the greatest driver of all-time for so many years, but even when Michael had the entire world and a half, he _still_ wasn't allowed to have his own glory. It's refreshing that he was also a very big part in Brawn GP's 2009 run.
@@0123reneeYou're kidding right? Watch this. All of it: czcams.com/video/x1WIVLqVVlA/video.html
Alonso had a big part of it after he blackmailed Ron after Hungary 2007 and was emailing with others back and forth about knowing and encouraging McLaren to use illegal information. A true piece of trash.
@@ciaronsmith4995 Hey man, I'm a relative newcomer to the sport. No need to get harsh on me.
McLaren sapped the killer right out of a generational talent...they turned the sport into a crapshoot that no one could pour their heart into and left him jaded and cynical.
Load of nonsense.
When he was good he was untouchable .just brilliant
Personally, I liked the pass on Fisichella at 2:37.
Kimi at his best at McLaren
That's my first time watching F1 on site and sadly found kimi retired just in front of me.
He is the only driver who everyone agrees that he was let down by his teams.
Alonso in Ferrari and Mclaren second stint.
Alonso in ferrari..
Seb in ferrari
Typical McLaren / Raikkonen era. Fastest man, most unreliable machinery.
Its not sport to perform at this level and then have your equipment let you down
In my eyes Kimi is a 3 time world champion. He was easily the best driver in f1 from 03-07. Schumi was only 2nd best itw when he was around in mclaren. Like messi and R10 in football Messi has better stats but R10 was better footballer. Same lies with this
Longevity is impressive but you have to judge an athlete at the peak of their powers. The greatest boxer ever is mike tyson. His prime was short but godly. Its the same in most sports. Longevity is just discipline
I agree 100%.
This sums up Raikkonen's career on McLaren, a exellent driver but always a victim of reliability issues
That McLaren was one sexy looking car 👌
I love how Kimi was always so aggressive when driving a McLaren. Never understood why we never really saw that again when he drove for other teams.
Lewis were McLaren 2012
We saw it in Lotus after his comeback. But his ultimate qualifying speed was gone after a 2 year break.
@@beqa16v uhm... I thought that his successes in Lotus were more about tyre management rather than aggressive driving style
@@siulong1394 he looked agressive because back them Mclarens were oversteer focused, when he got back into the sport in 2012 most of the cars besides in 2012-2013were understeer focused besides the oversteery Lotus(planted rear, not enough downforce front, VS what Kimi wanted/needs is Planted/stable front and loose rear), When he went back to Ferrari the car was an understeery Pig until 2017/2018 where he started performing better again when the car got more balanced from being understeery by development.
mclaren 2005-2006 = glasscannon
That was one sexy looking McLaren. Too bad it’s mechanicals couldn’t match the good looks
What might have been in 2007 and 2008.
Had kimi switched to Mercedes instead of Ferrari for the 2nd stint
He would be taken multiple titles
We kimi fans will always be those annoying guys at the party that go 'You know, Kimi should have won 3 championships, he was the fastest between '03-'05🥺🥺'
We are doomed to an existence full of cope:)))
We're also the guys that support a driver who won the 2007 WDC.
One of Legend ruined by mclaren
3:16
I don't care about the so called goats and their fanboys. I know what I saw ☠️🔨 Kimi beat them all, but MCL's reliability beat him, and that's a crying shame.
Of course it had to be ruined by McLaren's HORRENDOUS reliability
This video makes me mad