Mika Hakkinen's famous overtaking

theMAG · 19th April 2007, 13:54

Remember the famous overtaking maneuvre Mika did on Schumacher with the hapless backmarker Ricardo Zonta in the middle, in the Spa-Francorchamps 2000 ?

The clip from Mika's driver view:

YouTube - Mika Hakkinen vs Michael Schumacher - Spa Francorchamps

Also watch the Eau Rouge taken at full speed. And the view from Zonta as the 2 cars shoot past him.

Heil Master Mika.

condor · 19th April 2007, 14:46

THANKS, bud .. love to see that amazing clip. Seemed to take an eternity for that pass

suman · 19th April 2007, 14:56

Man that was awesome......it was like a flash of lightening from Zonta's point of view I guess! Brought back memories of Mika's amazing moments

GTO · 19th April 2007, 14:56

Just had to smile when I saw this thread title, cos I knew what overtaking move you are talking about. This is the stuff that true champions are made of.

I dont remember the exact words of his post-race interview, but he said something on the lines of "Its no point to try to follow the Michael......"

theMAG · 19th April 2007, 15:03

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Originally Posted by GTO

I dont remember the exact words of his post-race interview, but he said something on the lines of "Its no point to try to follow the Michael......"

Yup. He said it as nonchalantly as if he were taking about brushing his teeth. What a man.

Gordon · 19th April 2007, 15:15

Yup, seen the title and remembered the exact moments. The besttttt ever move made by Hakkinen. Truly, he was a great driver. Yes, he failed to deliver at the end of his career because of a slow car.

Vid6639 · 19th April 2007, 15:21

YouTube - Mika Hakkinen pasa a Michael Schumacher en Spa 2000

heres another view of it.

raajks · 19th April 2007, 15:55

I loved it ..... watched it for over 7 times.. and each time ....it was fun
Good pick Mag

n_aditya · 19th April 2007, 16:35

Nice video there mag... i couldnt help watchin it so many times. was mesmerised by the video... phew!!! Good one thnx again.

saurabh711 · 19th April 2007, 16:44

What amazing skills!!

I still remember watching this race live with my brother (both of us supporting Schumi), but when Hakkinen did this move! O my god! It was the best one we had ever seen.

I also remember, in one of the Grand Prix, when Villeneuve (in the old fast Williams) went all the way on the outside of Schumi on an extremely fast bend. Although that had skill and power of the car playing as well.

mclaren1885 · 19th April 2007, 18:16

Some of the best wheel to wheel racing i have seen till date ..

Battle between senna and prost :

YouTube - F1 - Ayrton Senna vs Alain Prost - Battle Collection

rahul_intlad · 19th April 2007, 18:43

Those were great finds,if only we had such wheel to wheel stuff more often in Formula 1.

cheap_deal · 19th April 2007, 19:42

anyone know the overtaking rules from back then? never see so much passing/passing attempts these days. did they have the rule that you cant move over more than once to block the person behind you??

RacingForIndia · 30th April 2007, 11:49

I love mikas commentary.. in the post race conference when he described the overtaking move on Shoemaker.

Wimwian · 30th April 2007, 12:34

wohooo... will never forget that move!!! Never seen anything like that since... always been a die-hard fan of the silver arrows, even when they were struggling to match-up. Finally they're back this year... and there's a BIG WIDE grin on my face

19th April 2007, 14:46	#2
condor Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Speed-brkr City Posts: 15,864 Thanked: 16,014 Times View My Garage	THANKS, bud .. love to see that amazing clip. Seemed to take an eternity for that pass
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19th April 2007, 14:56	#3
suman Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Kolkata Posts: 4,589 Thanked: 279 Times View My Garage	Man that was awesome......it was like a flash of lightening from Zonta's point of view I guess! Brought back memories of Mika's amazing moments
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19th April 2007, 14:56	#4
GTO Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 70,534 Thanked: 300,734 Times View My Garage	Just had to smile when I saw this thread title, cos I knew what overtaking move you are talking about. This is the stuff that true champions are made of. I dont remember the exact words of his post-race interview, but he said something on the lines of "Its no point to try to follow the Michael......"
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19th April 2007, 15:15	#6
Gordon Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 2,546 Thanked: 483 Times View My Garage	Yup, seen the title and remembered the exact moments. The besttttt ever move made by Hakkinen. Truly, he was a great driver. Yes, he failed to deliver at the end of his career because of a slow car.
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19th April 2007, 15:55	#8
raajks BHPian Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: BLR Posts: 578 Thanked: 119 Times View My Garage	I loved it ..... watched it for over 7 times.. and each time ....it was fun Good pick Mag
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19th April 2007, 16:35	#9
n_aditya Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Namma Bengaluru Posts: 5,348 Thanked: 3,684 Times View My Garage	Nice video there mag... i couldnt help watchin it so many times. was mesmerised by the video... phew!!! Good one thnx again.
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19th April 2007, 16:44	#10
saurabh711 BHPian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Pune Posts: 100 Thanked: 0 Times View My Garage	What amazing skills!! I still remember watching this race live with my brother (both of us supporting Schumi), but when Hakkinen did this move! O my god! It was the best one we had ever seen. I also remember, in one of the Grand Prix, when Villeneuve (in the old fast Williams) went all the way on the outside of Schumi on an extremely fast bend. Although that had skill and power of the car playing as well.
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19th April 2007, 18:43	#12
rahul_intlad Senior - BHPian Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Pune Posts: 1,579 Thanked: 4 Times	Those were great finds,if only we had such wheel to wheel stuff more often in Formula 1.
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19th April 2007, 19:42	#13
cheap_deal BHPian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: unknown Posts: 465 Thanked: 8 Times	anyone know the overtaking rules from back then? never see so much passing/passing attempts these days. did they have the rule that you cant move over more than once to block the person behind you??
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30th April 2007, 11:49	#14
RacingForIndia BHPian Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Pune Posts: 482 Thanked: 36 Times View My Garage	I love mikas commentary.. in the post race conference when he described the overtaking move on Shoemaker.
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30th April 2007, 12:34	#15
Wimwian BHPian Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Mumbai Posts: 191 Thanked: 5 Times View My Garage	wohooo... will never forget that move!!! Never seen anything like that since... always been a die-hard fan of the silver arrows, even when they were struggling to match-up. Finally they're back this year... and there's a BIG WIDE grin on my face
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