Closest Finish in F1 history

[TheHARDSTYLE1990]

Love the excitement of the commentator! Awesome battle!

[RobR2712]

Peter Gethin won by 0.61 ahead of the 5th, He won also by 0.01 ahead of no2 and 0.09 ahad of no3. thats the offical result wiht or wihtout computers

[bigdoggmotorsports14]

@garbutt2710 Well It might of but in 1971 they didnt have computers or electronic scoring only photos at the line.

[EverySocondOfMine]

0:06 william condom?

[WhisperInTheWind2007]

@EverySocondOfMine Williams Honda

[garbutt2710]

1971 Italian GP, 0.01 secs

[imilianJ]

pick and rolls in f1!? only in america.... ;)

[Dominik0366]

@fagociarz14 Jerez is in Spain, Portugal had Estoril.

[Apoic123]

wow , i wish i was watching f1 in 1986, didnt start till like the 90s.

[1relNL1]

lol the closest is now canada 2011 0.0045 sec between F. Massa and K. Kobayashi

[bob333336]

Ofcourse Senna would win. He's Senna. Duh.

[ReJ40]

I have this clip at home. It was a TSN review of classic Spanish Grand Prix. And this was from 2000, so the 2002 US GP was clearly not the closest yet.

[H151NF3RNA1MAJ3STY95]

@fagociarz14 This was the Jerez Grand Prix, not Portugal ;)

[nonamoricordare]

@dazzyboy74

This was 0.014 secs, and in 1971 0.01, not 0.001. No one can know.

[chadvader93]

is this jerez?

[AzeemClark]

@chadvader93 Yes :)

[DuRiTo09]

@chadvader93 It only says it in the beginning of the video.

[Arianovich]

The closest finish in F1 was in Indy 2002 when Schumacher give Barrichello the race,in this race the diference was 0.011...but this race between Senna and Mansell was emocionant,and was the 2nd closest finish in the F1 with 0.016 seconds.

[eiswagen99]

@Arianovich

Well, I think it doesn't really count. Because of their superior cars they had a giant gap between them and the 3rd place. So they decided to try to make the closest finish in F1 history.

[hejamodo]

The closest finish in F1 history is Italian GP 1971. They did not measure thousands back then, but there were five drivers within 0,61 seconds.

Peter Gethin won 0,0s1 ahead of Ronnie Peterson, 0,09s ahead of Francois Cevert, 0,18 ahead of Mike Hailwood and 0,61s ahead of Howden Ganley.

This may or may not have been a thousand or two closer, we will never know. But they were only two, and the five drivers from 1971 drove the entire race that close. An epic battle you might say.

[FormulaOneFan4Eva]

@hejamodo - if they didn't measure in thousanths back then, odds are that the USGP of 2002 was closer.

[hejamodo]

@FormulaOneFan4Eva Have you ever seen the 1971 race? That finish was a real battle between five drivers for most of the race, and not a cock up trying to finish in formation while slowing down.

[FormulaOneFan4Eva]

@hejamodo - yes i have, but it doesn't matter. statistically speaking, odds are the USGP was closer, this was probably closer too.

[1fatdan]

it was the closest finnish when the video was made.

[SaradominStrikes]

@1fatdan No, becouse this was 86, Gethin and Peterson was in 71...

[helcio1960]

Mansell's learn one more lesson with the teacher Senna.

Experience is a sure guide !

[Audioquest56]

Hey that's Vic Rauter of TSN reporting...

[dazzyboy74]

This was not the closest finish. The Closest was at the 1971 Italian Grand Prix where Peter Gethin won from Ronnie Peterson bu 0.001 secs.

[ba3cool]

It was actually 0.01 seconds i.e 1/100th of a second; not 1/1000th of a second.

[USMANchampNO1]

He said 14000th of a sex do the math fool

[heniek33333]

@dazzyboy74 not by 0,001, but by 0.01

In US Gp in 2005 Schumacher beats Barrichello by 0.011s

In 1982 in one race Rosberg beats de Angelis by 0,05 s

[wannabeers]

@dazzyboy74 it was 0.61 secs, not 0.001

[bourlivak88]

@dazzyboy74 fuckin bullshit..it was 0.01 and since they timed it back then only by hudreths of a second, it could have been even 0.019 and it still would have been 0.01..got me?? so we will never know..

[tachatontawara]

Who won?

[Fabregasanddagunners]

Senna won although he blocked Mansell to ensure victory, perhaps illegally but hey, anything it takes to win a race

[muqeemf1]

It is one of the closest finish in f1 history.

[schopfheim91]

It isn't the closest finish in F1: the gap between Senna and Mansell was 0,014 seconds. USA 2002 Barrichello won 0,011 seconds ahead of Schumacher and Italy 1971 Peter Gethin won 0,01 seconds ahead of Ronnie Peterson.

[rubenick]

0,01!??!?!? now THAT is close :D xD

[schopfheim91]

Yeah, but it's not sure that that was the closest finish because back then they only counted in hundredths of a second, so it could be that Barrichello's win over Schumi was closer.

[Tvsnumber1fan]

yeah if you want to call the finish of the 2002 US GP a real photo finish.

[bryemycaz]

Dont really call the 2002 US GP a proper finish Ferrari made that happen. This was a Real Finish.

[ssssroryssss2]

@schopfheim91 The Barrichello vs Schumacher finish doesn't count as Schumacher gave Barrichello pole position.

[wannabeers]

@schopfheim91 peter gethin won by 0.61secs, not 0.01

[ckboy023]

@schopfheim91 thank you for being actually informed on this matters