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If he'd lapped everyone up to Michael he'd have finished on the podium because he retired on the last lap. Everyone down to Kimi caught and passed him on the last lap, everyone else was over a lap behind so couldn't.

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This was the first one that came to my mind as well.

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PF1 Pick 10 Competition - 2013 Edition
Best Finish: =2nd Monaco 2011
Current 2013 Championship standing: I don't even want to say... 79th

How about the opposite? 1st lap crash and then boring procession? Abu Dhabi 2010 comes to mind. Scary crash on lap one with Schumi nearly getting his head ripped off, then pretty boring race after that with Alonso getting stuck behind Petrov for many laps and Vettel scampering off in front.. As a Vettel fan I enjoyed the race, but I have to admit there was not a lot of action going on.

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PF1 Pick 10 Competition - 2013 Edition
Best Finish: =2nd Monaco 2011
Current 2013 Championship standing: I don't even want to say... 79th

If he'd lapped everyone up to Michael he'd have finished on the podium because he retired on the last lap. Everyone down to Kimi caught and passed him on the last lap, everyone else was over a lap behind so couldn't.[/quote]
Hakkinen had lapped JPM who was in 3rd and had something like a 40 second gap over schumacher .So when hakkinen retired,the drivers from 3rd to 9th position managed to unlap themselves and begin the final lap.That is why hakkinen was classified ninth a lap down.

that's one of my fav races of that year with probably Damon's best drive ever.

Good god yes, my favourite couple of laps in F1 history.

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