Greatest Races

Before the last race of the 1997 season, Jacques Villeneuve was only 1 point behind Michael Schumacher in the drivers' standings. In Jerez, the two drivers engaged in a duel for the race win and the world championship.

The longest race in the history of this racing series ended with one of the most remarkable victories in Formula 1 when Jenson Button fought his way from last place to the podium in a rainy Canadian GP.

The 1984 drivers' world championship was decided in the last race of the season between McLaren teammates Niki Lauda and Alain Prost. Lauda could only qualify for 11th on the grid, but he only needed a second-place finish in the race to clinch his third world title in Portugal.

The 1986 drivers' world championship was decided in the final race, in a three-way battle between Nigel Mansell and Nelson Piquet on Williams and Alain Prost on McLaren. While a third place was enough for Mansell to win the title, Prost knew that he could only secure his second world title with a victory.

A last-minute victory for local hero Nigel Mansell caused chaos at the 1987 British GP. The Williams driver overtook his teammate Nelson Piquet in the final laps of the race at Silverstone to secure his second home victory in a row, after which the 100,000-plus fans stormed the track.

In one of the most eventful races of the season, Johnny Herbert in his unspectacular Stewart car suddenly found himself in a position to win the very first Grand Prix for his team. But after the retirement of four leading drivers, nothing was certain at the Nürburgring.

Before the 1994 German Grand Prix, Ferrari had 58 winless GPs behind it. With both cars on the front row of the grid, the Scuderia had high hopes of finally ending this drought. In the end, however, Gerhard Berger and teammate Jean Alesi had to admit defeat to Michael Schumacher's faster Benetton.

In just his 7th Formula 1 start, Jean Alesi took the lead at the U.S. Grand Prix in Phoenix after a brilliant maneuver at the first corner. Towards the middle of the race, the McLaren of Ayrton Senna caught up with the Tyrell and an unexpected duel for the first victory of the 1990 season began.

Torrential rain caused chaos at the 2007 European Grand Prix at the Nürburgring - the drivers could barely keep the cars on the track and the race was abandoned. After the restart, a duel between Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso showed who was up to the changeable conditions in Germany.

In a race probably best known for an obscene gesture, David Coulthard took on Ferrari to challenge Michael Schumacher for the lead in the drivers' standings.