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All I ask is copious coverage of "that" crash! I think watching 2008 may be a bit sour since it so nearly cost Hamilton the title!

I'm really tempted to go for 1998, but for the sake of extended highlights my vote goes to 1995.

I agree with the above comment, 1998 was a great race, but because of the extended highlights I vote 1995

1995 please, but why the hell have you chosen 08 as a ''classic'' race when you admit yourself that it was a boring race bar the last three laps?

1995 obviously.

1995 please!

Definitely 1995

1985 it was one of the first Senna vs Mansell batles for the race win and the wet made it even more exciting.

'85 please.

1995

I think 1998 was the best by a mile but I agree with the above - extended highlights of 1995 please! :)

1995

1985 please. :)

(1998 was the best though)

1992 please

1998 please!

all about 98! must be! super super hill

1995. 2008 shouldn't be an option, as other than the last 3 laps or so..........nothing really happened.

2000! The Schumacher v Hakkinen War at its best!

1995 please.

1995

95 please, in the event of a tie 92

Well this is a foregone conclusion even before voting starts its pretty clear everyone will vote for 1998. People please remember you wont get full highlights if you vote 1998. I will vote for 1985 please as it is a rare race and we get full highlights and is one i have not seen (i was very tempted by 1992 though!)

Andrew please can we change the format of voting for next year it is nearly killing me at each GP seeing people choose newer races where we get short highlights over these full highlight classics, thanks.

I am voting on 1995 sounds like a great race.

Spa is definately my favourite circuit, the 1998 Grand Prix was the best ever in F1, I would absolutely love to see full highlights of that but I know it's not possible. I think the 2008 GP was awesome too especially the last 10 laps.

I'm really looking forward to the following weekend because after Valencia all the tracks are really good.

I enjoyed watching the highlights for the European GPs they were excellent can't wait for the Spa ones.

Mad keen for 1995 Andrew.

Last year was quite decent I thought - Hamilton was pressuring all race and Kimi was responding, keeping the cushion. Too bad the stewards p155ed all over the result rendering an otherwise very watchable Grand Prix a complete waste of time. What a shame.

1998 was one that sticks in the memory; the big accident at the start, Schuey driving into the back of Coulthard and the resultant near punch-up in the pits...

Oh, and Mika Hakkinen's move on Schuey in 2000 was one of the best overtakes in F1 ever. Compared to that, 2008 isn't anywhere near.

...but cos of the highlights, gonna vote for 1995.

I'll vote for 1992. It was the second race I ever saw (after 92 Monaco) and it was a brilliant race from start to finish. Both Mansell and Patrese made good moves on Senna on the first lap before it rained. Then Senna decided to stay on slicks and drove well but it got too wet even for him. Alesi and Mansell had a battle which resulted in the retirement of Alesi. Then you had Schumacher's off and pitstop which put him into the lead but Nigel was catching him but a misfire meant he had to turn the engine down. By far the best race at Spa.

1995 was not that exciting to be honest. By the time the safety car came out, which if I remember correctly was early on, both Hill and Schumacher were at the front and from then on it was disgusting driving from Schumacher.

1998 was good and had many incidents throughout the race, but 2008 does not deserve its place on this list. It was dull until it rained, and then it was turned on its head. But it was dull.

1995

Im gonna go for 1992 because i've seen the 1995 race quite a few times now. (Of the races i've actually seen live on tv, 1998 was mega)

#17: I believe a GP doesn't have to be brilliant from start to finish to become a classic. There is no stringent criteria for a GP to be regarded a classic as far as i'm aware... logically then, the 1979 French GP was not a classic race either because Villeneuve and Arnoux only fought for 3 laps or whatever...(!)

In an ideal world I'd go for 1998, but this is not an ideal world so it has to be 1995.

Folks Please make it the 1998 race, Mr Schu was a terrible, bullying driver until he had grown up and matured... then we saw the brilliance of the real driver... seeing the 1995 will just make me grind my teeth....

Apologies to the Michael fans, no point in arguing it is just my opinion :-)

1.1998
2.1995
3.2000
4.2001
5.2008

seisteve in #30

There's no point voting for 1998. We'll be getting 5 minute highlights of that race whichever year wins.

You have to play the system to get extended highlights. Voting for anything other than 85, 92 or 95 is a wasted vote.

1998... purely for the first-corner carnage! :-)

The rest are close but 1998 is the cigar. Huge start crash, loads of spins and retirements, the schumacher/couldthard shunt/pit bust up, a first win for Jordan & Hill's last win. What more could you want??

Every year I give the same answer. That '98 race. Woo and yay, etc.

But I'm too young to remember the '95 race, but that certainly sounds like quite the race!

I have to go for the 2008 race because Lewis did win it and FIA are........anyway it is the best race i have ever seen!

I vote for 1992. :-)

How much does Schumi look like Vettel? A sign of things to come maybe?

I can't believe 2000 isn't in the list?!? Ok, so I'm a bit of a Mika fan - but it's one of the best races I've ever seen (it helps that it's at the best track!)

'98 out of that bunch please - mad stuff and Damon's last win!

1998 -awesome race will never tire of watching it
1985 - something different for a change
1992
1995
2008

I vote for 1995, I miss the old Hill/Schumacher battles.

'98 plse. Jordans finest hour

1995. Post #26 is completely wrong, the safety car didn't come out until well over halfway through the race and there was still excitement after it as Hill chased down Brundle for 2nd place after suffering a penalty. Voting for 98 or 08 is completely pointless and stupid as we can only see short highlights of them, which we will see regardless of whether they are chosen or not. So don't vote for 98 or 08.

I can't believe there's even a debate about this. 1998 was probably the greatest F1 race ever. It had everything; crashes, overtaking, controversy, rain and a British winner to boot. I was there, and to paraphrase Andie MacDowell, I didn't even notice it was raining.

I'm going to go for 1985. I've never seen the race or any part of it.

Thanks for putting on the list Andrew.

Lordwoz

1995 sounds great! :)

I disagree with several posts above stating that a vote for anything post 1997 is wasted vote and telling me not to vote for races from that time. Especially as of the five races listed, the 1998 race is by far the most extraordinary. Andrew invites everyone in this blog to express their opinions freely. It is NOT "pointless" to vote for a race psot 1997 purely due to the availablity of footage alone. As Andrew has said before, our responses alone do not ultimately decide which grand prix will be shown as extended highlights. My vote is for the best of the bunch which is 1998. My second choice would be 1985.

I'm going to have to go with 1998, although 95 seems to be winning at the moment... Won't be too dissapointed with that one, would be my second choice...

It has to be the 1998 Belgian Grand Prix, purely because there was so much drama - the crash at the start, Hakkinen getting cuaght out at the second corner, Schumacher's accident when he hit Coulthard, Fisichella colliding with Shingi Nakano (a former Minardi driver), and of course, the Jordan one-two. In my opinion, the 1998 grand prix was truly one of the best. It's certainly the most memorable.

1995, for full highlights.

1995 Please !!!

The 1995 race in full is on Pitlane Fanatic .
Also highlights of the Schumacher v Hill duel from the same race.

1995 and 1998.
1995 - because of full highlights and epic duel of Schumacher v Hill.
1998 - Bceause of the most frantic race ever in F1 Hsitory and I bet ITV loved every minute of it and plus Eddie Jordan had a dance jiggle.
Plus I hope the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú get the whole ITV Highlights when James Allen's frantic commentary as Schumacher threatens to punch Coulthard!

I won't vote for 1985 because my memory doesn't go that far back. ;)

I'd just like to say that 2008 wasn't boring until the final 3 laps. The first 2 or 3 laps when the track was damp were quite chaotic, especially with Trulli's lightning start, many position changes and Raikkonen's Eau Rouge bravery, but 2004 would have been a better choice over 2008 in my view. Montoya's overtaking was ridiculous. Round the outside of Massa going into Eau Rouge, and overtaking 2 cars in the middle of Eau Rouge!

For extended highlights, I would go for 1992 because that is one of the few races I would like to see because of the many developments that occurred in that race. 1995 was great but I've seen that race quite a few times already.

However, my ultimate vote would definitely be for 1998. The carnage, collisions and only 8 cars running at the end were nothing compared to the massive first-lap crash. The sight of Ricardo Rosset's Tyrrell going full-throttle into the wreakage was just hilarious

just a question. we had 4 weeks in which you guys at the bbc could have put something, anything for us f1 fanatics to view on the red button facility yet we had nothing. via the website you gave us all 3 weeks to choose our favorite european gp but put it on the red button for only a day-i feel an opportunity is really being missed here,there must be a load of stuff in the archieve especialy all the bildup stuff you guys used to do in the mid 1990's, so in extended periods of f1 stick something on, anything we'll have anything!. great idea for the highlight of past gp by the way just dissapointed they dont stay on very long! spa 1995 is my choice-even as a damon hill fan watching another near miss back in 1995 it was a great gp!

spa 1995 is my first choice, 1998 excellent especially as a hill fan wanting damon to show mclaren what they missed out on not signing him that year and 1997 was pretty good too. here's an idea hows about a red button program on the 50 best f1 drivers or a brits special one week then brazilians and so on, or the best overtaking manovers ever seen? the best looking f1 cars in history, f1 rivalries/controversies, a profile on a team charting the history of each of the famous past and present names i f1 even a spins and daftest crashes compilation i.e taki inoue getting knocked over by the ambulance in hungary 1995 or the coulthars pitlane crash at adelaide? sorry but to go on about this but the 4 wk gap has been doing me in!!!

1985

2008 :)

1985 please.

1992 would be my second choice.

I'd love to see 1992 or 1995. 1992 because it was the first win of the sports greatest driver - Schuey showed his genius after spotting team-mate Brundles worn tires. 1995 was a fantastic wet/dry race with a great drive from Schuey and also a final career podium for Martin Brundle.

Spa rocks! 1995 please.

1998 - the crash!! my brother and i remember watching it so clearly at a family bbq and we just went nuts! it was brilliant seeing all the drivers running back to the pits to get into their spare cars - best of all no one got hurt :)

Another vote for 1995 here. A race which truly had everything, including absolutely classic racing between Hill and Schumacher, but watch out for the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú's very own Martin Brundle becoming critical at the end!

1998 is simply the greatest race I've ever seen on any circuit. However, purely for the sake of extended highlights, my vote goes to 1995.

Can't decide between '92 and '95.

Probably 1995 as that was the pivotal moment where I had total respect for Schumacher's ability. People often argue he was a dirty racer but the moves he pulled that day were completely fair and never weaved across the track a la 2000, he used one move to block Hill's attacks as if the 1 move rule was implemented that year.

Hill should've won in 1995 and was near hopeless. No wonder Williams wanted to get rid of him and signed up Frentzen that year.

well it would be 1998 as i have never seen this race in full since youtube have always removed it :( . But since it was the pre-allen era at least you should be able to keep the comentry from itv. I would love it if you could put a reasonable chunck of the race from 1998 maybe 15mins as it was a good one for so many reasons especially with the remarkable result for jordan, surely it aint that hard to upload the full race anyways surley you have the footage somewere, but i doubt that will happen and we will get a 5 mins highlights!

1998 please. Will always remember cheering that!

Interesting choice, this one.

Was really looking forward to seeing Schumacher's return in Valencia, but if we can't have this, can we please have the full highlights for the great man's first win in 1992. That will be a bit nostalgic and some sort of consolation for the fans at least.

Quick question Andrew.

You said in your Europe blog that we previously had two full highlights programmes for some races because the public wanted one year and you thought that another should be given the full programme service as well.

If this is the case, couldn't we have two full programmes where the 'winner' and 'runner-up' are both contenders for the full Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú highlights treatment?

1998 is a true classic, really a stand out GP for me so its got to be that

Going to have to go with 1998. I know it is disappointing to not have a meaty 30-45 min highlights guys but half of something is better than all of nothing and... well it was a classic race.

Although I will concede 1995 is a good choice too. 08, 92 and 85 don't actually stick in my mind - well except 92 being Schumacher's first win.

Oh and can I nominate 2004 next year? It was the best race of a rather dull season dominated by Schumacher and McLaren's first win of that season. To quote grandprix.com "it was a barnstormer of a race with six different cars in the lead, three Safety Cars and accidents all over the place."

Why isn't the 2000 race nominated?
That race saw the Shumacher - Hakkinen battle at its zenith.
I agree with extended highlights of the 1995 race.
1998 was awesome.
2008 was only exciting in the last 3 laps. So why choose it?
My vote goes to the 2000 grand prix

It has to be 1998 - The race where so much happened and the result was completely random!

Also, there are so many clips of this race on YouTube so there must be a lot of people who want to see it!

1.) 1985
2.) 1992
3.) 1995
Could i make a suggestion for next year re voting, choose one race from each decade over the last 50/60 years for most of the tracks, and selection of choices from tracks no longer on the calender for the newer tracks Thanks

1985 and 1992 please - plus the cars in 1992 looked especially good IMHO.

I would go for 1998 - full of incident from start to finish. 1995 is very tempting though

I'd prefer long highlights of the 1985 race.
I also think that the voting format should be changed.

We should only be voting for the extended highlights (because voting for races post 1997 is pointless). Of the choices, the top two should get full highlights, and all other (post 1997 races included) should get short.

Also next year (for the modern races eg. Bahrain, China, Turkey) do we just get the same as this year plus full highlights of this years race or do we get another ex-races vote?

1998. It was one of *the* F1 moments of the last 15 years. Has to be shown.

I'd like to see 1985, it was the year I was born and I'd love to see footage of Senna racing the Lotus.
Although my personal favourite is 2004 when Kimi won whilst Schumacher took his last championship. It was the beginning of the latest era I think and a great race

It's go to be 1998 for me. Hill and Schumacher - woo-hoo! And I love seeing Michael angry. Murray's commentary on the massive crash at the start was legendary.

1)1998
2)2000
3)1995
4)2001
5)2004
6)2008
7)1992
8)1991
9)1985
10)2005

There r 2 many good ones to choose from!

1985. No point in choosing 1998.

1985 without a doubt. I'd love to see it.

1985!!

I vote for 85.

Seems as though 95's going to get it. Schu fans think that was such a wonderful victory... so impressive the way he passed Alesi, Berger, and Coulthard when they were parked on the side of the road!! Why don't you try and pass somebody mate!!

Senna's win in 1985, because of all the driving performances that was the best in my view.

Senna braved it out passing Mansell on the wet part of the track on the way into Eau Rouge.

Yes,

85 gets my vote. Please show this..

1998 for me!! but it won't be full high lights and that is very sad but rules are rules.

I vote for 1995 but I'd Love to see 1992, Oh it's a tricky one. Could we have 1992 and 1995 for full high lights! that would be great...

(I wish ITV would allow the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú to show the full high lights but it's still nice of ITV to allow the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú to show coverage after 1996)

Definitely '95 for extended highlights. Also happens to be the year i was there and was a cracker of a race weekend despite the rain.

Goodness me, there are just too many! But if I had to pick one, it would have to be 1995. And then, maybe 2008, even though the main action came in the last couple of laps!

1998 was a fantastic race and you couldn't help but be delighted for Hill and Jordan. I've seen it though so I'm torn between '92 and '95. I'll go for 1992 as it was Schumacher's first win and I've seen less of it than '95. The great thing about Spa though is that nearly every year is a classic race- the only ones that haven't been good in recent memory are 1999 and 2007.

I'm going to go for 1992 although 1985 comes a close second. I would be made very very happy if both these races were shown as extended highlights =D

1985 please - but with that crummy old bore Walker replaced by the Radio 5 commentators PLEASE!

1995 was a classic but i have to go for 1998, what a mental race!!!
Mass carnage at the start followed by the Schumacher/Coulthard bust up and ending with a Jordan 1-2! Epic stuff.

1985!!!

1998 please!
Brings back so many memories of me being 9 years old and thinking it was the best f1 race ever.

1985 PLEASE!!! That race is so difficult to follow on the year-end video and would LOVE extended highlights, I'm too young to remember it, I was only 7 then!

(1998 would probably be my first choice if there were full extended highlights available though!!)

Another good choice of 5, pretty much all of those races are classics in my view. Gutted 2000 isn't on the list, cause that race has to be Mika Hakkinen's finest performance ever !!!

But as for full Highlights 1992 please :)
Just remember it being a very competive and close race between Mansell, Patrese, M Schumacher and Brundle.
Plus it would be cool to see the very 1st of M Schumacher's 91 wins again !!!

I choose 1995.

For a more recent Belgian Grand Prix, I would have chosen 2004, instead of 2008. Maybe 2004 could be a choice for next year.

95 or 98. Did love 2008 though. What a finish. But Damon's battles with Michael in 95 and then Ralf in 98 were quality.