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There were also some surprise winners in the very beginning of the 3-litre era, in 1966/67. For example Jim Clark's win at Watkins Glen in '66, with a Lotus-BRM H16 - surely the worst engine that ever won a race in Formula 1 (BRM had a very good 1.5 litre V8 engine, so when the formula changed from 1.5 to 3.0 litres for 1966, they took two of those trusty 1.5 litre V8's, made flat-8's out of them, and clamped them together, forming a huge "H16" unit - needless to say this was only a good idea on paper...). Or consider Pedro Rodriguez' win in the opening round of the 1967 season at Kyalami, in a Cooper featuring a very out-of-date Maserati V12 engine, dating back to the mid-50's. Or John Surtees' win with the huge, noicy and terribly overweight Honda RA300 at Monza the same year.
Don't know if already told, but to me, there's only an answer: Jordan on Brazilian GP in 2003, driver Gianfranco Fisichella. So bad a victory noone noticed
Richie Ginther for Honda in Mexico '65
Michele Alboretto USGP for Tyrrell in '83
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ferrari from 1996 was a disaster comparing to F2012. i think alonso had a more luck than making a historic victory. same situation was like panis won in monaco, herbert with stewart-ford in silverstone, frentzen (jordan) in monza... they all were bad cars but none of the drivers is a champion so their victories are not historic.
but the worst car that beat the other better teams and drivers in recent time was damon hill in hungary 1997. in a dry race with every driver on a track he was a lot quicker than anybody else until the closing laps of the race... too sad for him. that win will look like a winning a championchip.
I think you could make a strong case for the Lotus 18 in which Stirling Moss won Monaco in 1961. This car shouldn't have been in the first 6.
It was, I believe, over a year old, its chassis was found to be cracked on the starting grid and its 4 cylinder Climax FPF produced around 20% less power than the works Ferraris.
