2021

[lusty oxide]

2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

A race that reflected the 2021 season

[limpid ledge]

2021 Belgian Grand Prix

[bronze cedar]

2021 abu dhabi might not be the 'best' race, but it certainly is the 'greatest' race of at least the 2020s

[summer yew]

2023 zandvoort

the excitement that race gave me was unmatched

then ofc 24 brazil and 21 ad

[lyric glen]

AD 2021 belongs nowhere near that title

it was pretty boring and it's only memorable bc of that moment

[hallow oracle]

why is 2021 brazil here

wasn't particularly thrilling, short battle for the lead and lewis passing ppl

2022 belgium was just max negating his grid penalty

2022 japan was pretty good ig

2023 singapore was pretty fun but 2022 was probably better

2022 british gp should be here if 2024 is

2020 monza and a few others from that year could probably make the cut too

sorry for critiquing it so much 😭

[lusty oxide]

its actually the least great race

as a representation of the sport

[hollow willow]

hmm this is rlly tricky

out of these options its either silverstone 2024 or sakhir 2020, but imo a race like japan 2022 or zandvoort 2023 would be better

2022 silverstone and 2024 silverstone were pure racing and those were great to see

[lyric glen]

100000000%

personally my pick is 2024 Silverstone, pretty eventful and it ended a long dry spell for Lewis

[rich wing]

If it was fan-voted, AD2021 would get spammed because of the ending rather than the whole race

Silverstone 2024 is probably my personal favourite tho

[bronze cedar]

2021 abu dhabi doesnt earn its title because of the whole race being exciting, its because the ending is so iconic and important

a race doesnt have to be entirely good for it to be 'great'

but other than ad21 it would be silverstone 25 or brazil 24

[lyric glen]

yeah but the ending does not equal the whole race

[lusty oxide]

‘iconic’ and ‘important’ aren’t really the right words

its infamous

[lyric glen]

^^

sure Max won the title at that race but it shouldn't have happened the way it did, through the FIA being so incompetent

[rich wing]

You could argue that

It was more of a Sunday evening drive apart from sbout 2 moments, Perez blocking Hamilton and the final few laps

[summer yew]

in 50 years there is a higher chance of a fan knowing about ad21 than any of the races in the list. heck even some of my non-f1 fans have a vague idea of the race. Even if the race was sketchy it kinda defined the way to many newer fans the following years

[hollow willow]

jeddah 2021 is more iconic

ad21 isnt rlly a race id describe as "iconic"

[lyric glen]

^^

and even then Jeddah was a hot mess itself

[static nova]

Who snuck in 2022 belgium

[hollow willow]

atleast it was a hot mess in a funny way

pure mad max

[lyric glen]

true lmao

[lyric glen]

yeah literally nothing happened that race aside from the Alonso-Lewis collision 🤣

can't really think of any races from 22 that would fit in this poll aside from Silverstone but even then Sainz only won bc Ferrari just left Leclerc out for no reason

[bronze cedar]

what in the world

[hollow willow]

no i mean

other than the perez defense its not a good representation of the sport

[hollow willow]

why is it ironic that "stop inventing" was said by sainz when he was on the perfect strategy

[lyric glen]

because it is

wait it was him that said it?

[bronze cedar]

iconic races don't have to be good representation of the sport

[hollow willow]

i think it was smth about

engineer telling him to slow down to defend charles from the cars behind

and then he said "stop inventing"

[lyric glen]

ah

[lyric glen]

but if they aren't then they kinda aren't iconic are they

plus it's a bad representation of the sport bc of the Masi fuckup

[bronze cedar]

true

[lusty oxide]

i don’t think anyone would say the 2005 us grand prix or crashgate was the greatest race of the 2000s

[lyric glen]

oh definitely