Was doing my usual youtube f1 watching when i came across this. I must admit i dont distinctly remember this incident, but supposedly its one of the “best” overtaking manoeuvres ever in formula one. I guess the white car caught in the middle is Ricardo Zonta.
Mika Hakkinen doesn’t let Michael Schumacher place the back-marker in the middle , instead takes the inside like and overtakes Michael Schumacher.
If you see the Hakkinen view in the video, it shows that Mika was pretty lucky that Zonta decided to give him way too. Infact Michael had to move off the racing line while Mika was able to continue. When Zonta saw Michael and Mika, he should have moved off the racing line and not played a role on the outcome of the battle, instead he did factor a lot in the battle.
Fail to see how its the “awesomest” overtaking move ever in formula one.
P.S. Spelling mistakes in the video ! Its Michael Schumacher not Micheal Schumacher
This move is pretty much legendary..I remember it very very clearly..and being a Schumacher fan,it was very difficult to digest it..
Varun Murthy
18 Dec 08 at 1:20 pm
i have a popular post on my f1 blog about this, with some better videos, especially from inside zontas car as he gets overtaken.. also without the annoying music. the first clip is long, but great sound, the second with comments from mika on the lap, then zontas car; here.
great move!
daniel
18 Dec 08 at 10:14 pm