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[madbrad]

All the talk around here about it merits a thread.

Mine was Canada '92. I live in Canada, and they didn't cover races too much then. They might've only just started showing the whole season of races that year, I dunno.

Mansell and Senna tangled and they both were out. Mansell stomped over to Ron Dennis and said, "he calls himself a world champion? You saw what he did!" The camera got that. I later figured out that was normal behaviour/attitude for Mansell. Something about a formula 1 race drew me to it that is not there in CART or IRL. I can't put my finger on it, but I began watching regularly that day. I've missed only a handful over the years. I've been to the Canadian GP twice, 98 and 06. Both Candadian GPs in which a Canadian driver sucked that day. And You can't even get into his restaurant!

[certom]

the first in absolute i don't remember it, the first io remember was jerez 97 (no comment)

[bud]

1985 Oz GP in my home town of Adelaide only 5 at the time but i liked the black car with the guy who hopped over the fence infront of me with the yellow helmet

[Irv the Swerve]

Japan 96, Hill winning the championship.

[7UpJordan]

The first Grand Prix I watched was the 1988 British Grand Prix when it was raining, my Dad and uncle had gone to Silverstone, I watched it on the TV to see Mansell coming through the field well in the uncompetitive Williams Judd.

First Grand Prix I went to was the 1994 British grand prix when Damon Hill won from Pole position, Schumacher got black flagged and disqualified.

[yowl]

Silverstone 1979
Probably the best years' racing i've seen
1980-1983 were brilliant too, and 1986... from then on its been getting worse.

[piledriver]

I don't remember the first race I saw on television, but the first race I visit was the French GP Magny-Cours in 1995. Schumacher won the race, Hill second. I was sitting on Enciente Golf. A very good place, you can see about 70% of the circuit.

[Osmella DJ]

The 1995 Australian GP. I was 3

[Forti_Corse]

i was 4 months old, Adelaide 1985, prost spun out metres from me ofcourse i was behind the fence held by my dad. and i cant remember it lol, every year of the adelaide GP i stayed at my grandparents place just a few blocks from the circuit and id hear the cars from the circuit as i watched it on TV, brought new meaning to surround sound.

[bud]

Forti corse you are from the small but great city of Adelaide aswell welcome buddy

[Forti_Corse]

thanks bud, yeah the place can get kinda boring at times when it comes to cruise destinations but we have the best racing circuit in the world, its a shame it recently had its first fatality ever when the V8's raced.

there is so much talk it might come back here after albert park expires in 2010

[Denthúl]

Spa '98. Couldn't have asked for a more exciting first-race to watch (that would fit in with the years I was alive, of course).

[Deia27]

San Marino 1993 having been told how good Donnington was. I don't recall this race being that eventful, but after being shown the previous race on video I was hooked.

[Rick Buchanan]

Wow! I really don't know. Maybe Aintree, or Monaco?
Believe it was after VonTripps.
The first one I remember (non f-1) is Clark getting second at Indy.
Other racing would be unlimited hydroplanes at Seafair about 1959.

-Rick

[Sam-KK24]

Well, I remember bits of the 95 season on TV, but completely aware of what F1 was, as I was only 2 1/2 years old. First race I remember would be Jerez 97, I remember my dad saying Schumacher was a better driver, so I followed Schumi for that race... and the rest of his career