CLASSIC RACE: 2012

This race was the stuff that memes are made of when Kimi Räikkönen bridled at his engineer on the radio and uttered the curt instruction, “Leave me alone, I know what I’m doing.” Kimi inherited the lead when Lewis Hamilton retired on lap 20, but since Fernando Alonso’s Ferrari was just five seconds behind him he had little scope to relax. Engineer Simon Rennie was of no mind to let his man’s mind wander, hence the updates that prompted the snap. Rennie also gently chivvied Kimi to keep working heat into all four tyres when running behind the Safety Car, netting another grouch: “Yes, yes, yes, I’m doing that all the time.” Räikkönen held on to take his 19th F1 win.