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1998 please. Pretty recent I know but just old enough to not be at the forefront of my minds eye.

1979! What a great era the 1970s were!

I would love to see the 95 race again with Jean Alesi winning. I always enjoyed watching Jean when he was on form. a real racer!

Definately 1998 for me, an action packed classic!

I don't care if it's the most recent, 1998 was an action-packed classic!

That's a tough decision to make a choice out of any of that lot. That said, I'll go for 1979 - the sight of Villeneuve and Jones scrapping throughout the race is enough for anyone to call it a classic. It'll also show viewers how the track used to look (the start line was just after the hairpin in the old days).

I'm going for 1995. It was the first F1 race I remember watching properly and I've always liked Ferrari since then. I haven't seen any extended highlights of the race since it was on so would like to see them again.

I can't believe your not using 07 or 08, i was so looking forward to seeing highlights of those two

1995 please.

1979 please- great chance to see Gilles Villeneuve on his home circuit.

Somewhere I still have the 1993 Canadian race in full. It wasn't particularly memorable except for Senna retiring late on, but it is James Hunt's last ever commentary for the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ, because later that Sunday night he suffered the heart attack that killed him. There's a great article from Autosport by Nigel Roebuck in tribute. Unfortunately you have be a subscriber to be able to read it in full; this is the list of Roebuck's top 50 articles where the list can be found anyway.

No 2007 or 2008? Oh dear.

I'll go for 1998, despite having seen it numerous times before.

98 please, or if not then 95

Yes, I'd like to see the 1998 race, or otherwise 1995.

'86 for me, I want to see Prost's overtake.

It has to be 1998 - absolutely terrific race wih action on every lap. Formula 1 was at its best in the late 90's

I am absolutely stunned that 2007 has been omitted from this list, I know it would have only been a short ITV edit job, but still disappointing.

Of the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ era choices, I vote for 1995 (Alesi's victory), although I look forward to watching the short form highlights of all the other events...

Why couldnt you put the radio commentary over the 2008 video, or at least get Jonathan Legard to do another of the report style videos, with clips of Brundle's commentary - you have done both for other 'ITV' races already this season. I had really hoped 2008 would be included as 1 of the 5 for this.

I guess Ill go for 1995 instead then (Its pointless voting for 1998, you get the same highlights whether it wins or loses)

1979 sounds like the best race in this selection with a wheel to wheel battle for the lead, so that gets my vote.

1998 was a fantastic race, but don't forget 'voting' for it here won't affect the 10 minute edit they produce, we can only see the earlier races in full highlights form.

Got to be 1991 - what a dramatic last lap incident, great era, fantastic race!

1979 1979 1979 1979 - no contest !

1995...Alesi on form is always worth watching

...failing that 1986

mmmmm - My purist heart longs for Villeneuve, but ultimately he lost. I like something a little more uplifting. Alesi's win in the ferrari was someone else's misfortune. But crashes - they lift the soul like nothing else - I'm voting for the crashes - 1998 carbon fiber festival please.

Oh come on guys... we have to have Gilles!

Andrew, will 1998 be coming with ITV commentary from Murray Walker and Derek Warwick? Note to those above - Brundle never commentated on the race. I'd like to think that 1998 will not be getting redubbed with Legard commentary.

If it is, 1995 for me.

1998 has to be first; for all the crashes and drama. having not seen any earlier ones, (born 1992), 1991 sounds jokes just for Mansell's blunder, and 1995 for an uncharacteristic show of sportmanship from Schumi.
If I had to pick one, it'd be 1998.

1995 definitely, every time. Not only did Jean Alesi get that one and only win, but he drove superbly throughout. I can clearly recall him overtaking team mate Berger going under the bridge whilst immediately in front of them both was David Coulthard doing a 360 spin! He then took Damon Hill cleanly into the hairpin a few laps later. Magnificent. Maybe Vettel & Webber should have a look at that to see how you overtake without taking your team mate out?

1998 please..........

Got to be 1979. If not, then 1986.

1986 please, it's a race I've never seen before.

I think we've all seen 1991 and 1998 enough, and whilst I'd enjoy laughing at Mansell, I still don't think it was his fault.

Again, what a shame that a short-sighted approach is being taken to the 2007 & 2008 race. Indeed, a shame too that the 1998 race commentary will inevitably be rdubbed or similar.

1995 it is then.

Both 1998 and 1995 are races where I was just too young to recall them, 1998 sounds absolutely great, but I think, 1995 for me please.

1998 without a doubt. Would love to see what Schumacher did :)

1979 please - any chance to see a classic GV race greatly appreciated.

1995 or 1998 for me. Both were fab.

Andrew,

"It sent the Ferrari-mad crowd wild as they witnessed the first win for one of the Italian cars in Montreal since their hero Villeneuve's in 1978."

Rene Arnoux in 1983 and Michele Alboreto in 1985 both won for Ferrari in Montreal.

Alesi was celebrating his 31st birthday on that day in 1995. I don't think I have ever been as close to shedding tears of joy at watching a motor race as I was when Crazy Jean took his only win. He last of an sadly extinct breed.

My vote has to go with 1979, however. 18 drivers that started that race completed their careers with at least one Grand Prix victory, five of them won the Drivers Championship; what a classy field!

1998 please

It has to be 1995. A brilliant driver who deserved better in what was still a great career. And of course, Scumacher didnt win, which adds to the entertainment value straight away.

Where's 1999! The 'Wall of Champions'! How could you leave that race out?!? Ok, my vote goes to 1998 - one of the best Canadian Grand Prix races I have ever seen.

From the given list it can only be 1979!

Montreal 1995 please.

Jean Alesi should've won so many more races.

1995.

Gotta be 1995!!! Truly Special

No Preference but thought I'd get a vote in for freeview ;-)

It's 1998 for me please Andrew, an incident filled classic! It's great that Canada is back on the calendar this year, and the news that a race in the US is back for the 2012 season. If only from the point of view that these races, along with Brazil, take place in "prime time" in the UK and its a really good time to watch a Grand Prix. All we need now is another race in the US, to get back to the old US Grand Prix West and US Grand Prix East format plus a return to Argintina.

Great reading as always!!!

Can understand people not being happy that some races have been missed out, but there's been so many exciting Canadian races, that to choose just 5, and keep everyone happy, would be impossible. Also I think Andrew didn't want it to be 5 ITV races, which is understandable. I'm sure some of the races mentioned which have been missed this year will be included next year.

1979 please!!!

Remember folks there's little point in voting for 1998 for extended highlights because it was broadcast on ITV and the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ will only show short highlights of that race.

1995 - I've never seen it so thats all and 1998 (which would have been my first choice) we'll get the same highlights either way so it's pretty pointless

1995

1986 please, 98 is probably the better race but I've seen it enough times as it is.

1986, would like to see overtake

I think it was 2007/8- when Takuma Sato slipstreamed and overtook Alonso.

1995! I may be biased as Alesi was my childhood hero but still remember the race

Although my favourite Canadian race was 1989, out of the listed choices I'd go for 1979, since it's one I've never seen.

I vote 1995, great race for the Jordans that year. My second vote would be for 1998.

1995, would love to see Alesi take his well overdue first race win, one of the most underrated drivers in F1 in my opinion.

98 please, though they all sound great

@ 30 - Jordan D. I doubt the commentary will be redubbed as Murray Walker was doing the commentating i believe. As he's technically part of the current ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ team, there's no need to re-dub.

For me, 1998 is the best GP in my favorite F1 season, but i'm not going to vote for it.

My vote goes for Alesi's victory in 1995.

As ever Andrew, try and get these classics onto Freeview. They've as much right to be there as any of the other 'marginal interest' stuff looped on there.

As ever, great feature and thanks for the effort.

1995 please i would love to see Alesi's only victory evn thought it was a difficuit decison

I'll vote for 1995. Alesi was my hero back then, such a passionate charachter (probably from being half itailan) and yet he never really delivered because his charachter always got the better of him. I think that was his best season for ferrari.

I'd really like to see 1998 but i think that was during the ITV era so the highlights will be plain and dull (despite Murray's commentary)

1991 please

Idealy I'd like to see full highlights of all the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ era races ('98 was a good race as well.) but I'd have to plump for 1979 and '91 please

1998 - and I am so glad that Canada is back on the calendar, great race, always action, and a track with concrete walls and not much run off to punish the drivers who make mistakes! and the incidents never seem to be small, added rain, and the lottery becomes infinite.. top 10 for 1 or 2 of the new teams!!! :)

1979 please.

Nice selection, but would have been even nicer to see something from a race at Mosport or Mont-Treblant too.

@Swerve1(#56), at the same time though, Derek Warwick did commentary for that race, and he's not a member of the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ team (it was a 1 off, as Brundle was at Le Mans the same weekend), but you could argue that it was a 1 off, and that although it was with ITV, it was just a 1 off, and so they ought to be able to show the 1998 race with original commentary (ie Murray and Derek), after all, it's not like he was a regular commentator for ITV, it was an enforced change, much like Blundell replacing Brundle for the 1999 race for the same reason (Brundle at Le Mans), and so it shouldn't mean that the commentary should be redubbed in my opinion, but maybe Andrew would be so kind as to clarify this, and take into account it was an enforced 1 off change, and he wasn't a regular commentator.

1979 please


Andrew, will we ever get the truth about 1991? Both Newey & Mansell (unsurprisingly) said it was a transmission failure

95 please

1979 please.
Would be good to see the orignal layout of the track and the 70's cars.

Anyway, this could be all in vain as it won't be shown on FREEVIEW!!
:(

Andrew, prove ne wrong :)

All very good choices despite no 2007 or 2008 (maybe next year guys!). Of the choices I'll go for Alesi's win in 1995 please, just because it was a special win for an exciting driver (and Schumacher didn't win!).

However, as mentioned above, I am happy with all of them apart from poor old Nige in 1991. I was a massive Mansell fan and I remember being a very upset 6 year old watching my hero grind to a halt with victory only just up the road. What made it worse was that Piquet won, and he loved every minute of Nige's misfortune. I'm glad Nelson never won another GP after that though, so there is some justice ;-)

Do you reckon there will be some footage of Kubica's crash in 2007 over the weekend??!! It's amazing that he came back and won the next year - a great F1 story. That's my vote for classic Canadian GP section in 2011...

where is the 2007 race, it was lewis's first win, so that alone should have put it up there, plus it was in martin brundles words a "crazy race", 4 safety cars and one of the biggest accidents in formula one in recent years. if not the race put some clips from the race up or something!

1979 please Andrew. Can't resist the opportunity to see the great Giles Villeneuve again.


All my best

i remember 1998 like it was yesterday, i remember jumping on my sofa when Schumi pulled out on Frentzen and Patrick Head started shouting abuse on the pitwall...lol

1998 please, good memories!

1979 please.

Why not list 1985, Lotus on pole with Elio de Agelis, Senna next to him.

Black and Gold cars in slots 1 and 2. Fantastic

1986 on Freeview please.

It has to be 1998!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!PLEASE

1979, how could we not watch Gilles?! Plus those cars were spectacular to watch.

1998

1995 please, it would be fantastic to see Alesi's well deserved victory, and also to hear the sound of those V12 Ferraris.

I agree with other posts saying 98 was a classic but as it was in the ITV era there wont be proper highlights for it anyway so its pointless voting for it

As much as I loved seeing Alesi win in '95, that cannot compete with a race that contains the names:-

Villeneuve, Scheckter, Andretti, Fittipaldi, Piquet, Jones, Regazzoni, de Angelis, Pironi, Patrese, Reutemann, Ickx, Laffite, Stuck, Arnoux etc.

Therefore, after much consideration, I'll go for

1. 1979
2. 1979
3. 1979
4. 1979
5. 1979

Andrew, 1998 seems quite popular at the momemnt. If it wins the 'popular vote', will we still get a full ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ highlights programme for one of the other choices as we will only get a ten minute clips from ITV for '98?

Tough choice but 1979 gets my vote.

I would go for '98 but since we'll only get the short highlights for that one I'll go for 1995 please.

Its a shame that Mosport or Mont Tremblant aren't on the list, buut i think that i would prefer to see the 1998 race, closly ahead of 1979.

'79

I was surprised at the apparent bias shown towards Button last weekend - he clearly disobeyed instructions (or deliberately misunderstood to his advantage) and even bickered with Hamilton in earshot of the cameras at the podium back room. That wasn't even touched on by your 'experts'. I imagine if Lewis had been the instigator it would have been top of your agenda after the Red Bull incident. I would feel exactly the same as Lewis in that situation and surprised the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ didn't examine it.



P.S: 1998 for me, and I look forward to hearing from Kubica - I still remember that crash and being amazed he was able to race at the next event.

I remember some years ago Autosport did a Newey interview/retrospective. Any idea why Newey persisted in saying it was a technical failure and not driver error?

I could do with need getting my hands on Maurice Hamilton's book on Williams. Is out on paperback yet?

My vote goes to '86.

About 1991:

If I recall correctly, wasn't there another theory that he accidentally hit a kill switch on the steering wheel, with his waving hand? I was far too young to appreciate F1 at that time, so I'm glad we will get to see a short video of it, because I've always wanted to hear Murray Walker's reaction!

It's awfully funny but I still love the guy and I don't mean to belittle him like many cynics do. He's definitely ranked amongst my all-time favourite F1 drivers, and British sportsmen in general. Without his mistakes and his bad luck he would have been a 3 time champ. I love Mansell's grit and gusto that gave us moments like the 1987 British Grand Prix, a true classic of the sport. And his spectacular style, that's what really gets me with a sportsman, it's either the spectacular style (like Alex Higgins) or the fighting quality (like John McEnroe or Rafael Nadal), and Mansell had both! How I wish he'd taken that '86 title if only to knock Prost out of one of his titles! It's Senna that should have had 4 titles not Prost!

1986 was a classic season, one of the best. So I'll go for that one. I have the FIA video for that (why don't they let Clive James commentate on modern F1? The viewing figures would rocket! Although the lawsuits probably would too...) but I don't remember seeing that move on Senna.

Of all of them, 1998 is the best one though for longer highlights i'd like 1995 (I was going to go for 1991 but hardly anybodys going for it)

PS Did Derek Warwick really commentate on the 1998 race? I rememmber MB doing the 1999 edition... must be too young to remember!

Hope 2008 is included next year so I can marvel at Hamilton's gaffe! lol

and the Joe Saward link is broken I think!

1998 please. WHAT A (costly) RACE!

I remember that one and have watched it numerous times for the sheer entertainment value. Love it!

79 for me please (though its a great choice: would have liked an option from Mosport).

1998 please

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1979 please

#95.

Eh? Have you gone bonkers? I'm sure over the number of years there'll be plenty of time to see canada 07. Although, if 08 was given a choice, you'd say it was a plot by showing a race that involved Mr. Hamilton screwing up...yada yada...

1979 for me please Andrew.

would people not vote for '98 as we know we won't get the extended highlights for it.

1995 for me please

1995 sounds good.

(Would have voted 1998 before I read others saying it was ITV era. Andrew, any chance you can make this obvious for future posts? And thanks for the hard work you do - sorry that you can't win with us lot!)

Depends - if full highlights (ie over half an hour) are available for 1979 that I'd like to vote for that, since we've not yet had a full highlights for that year yet.

If only, say, 10 mins are available, then my next choice would be 1986.

Hope that makes sense! :-)