Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix proved heartbreaking for Force India, as Adrian Sutil was robbed of his best result ever.
The young German was fighting for fourth place with less than ten minutes to go, when he was rammed from behind by Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen.
The reigning champion aquaplaned on standing water at the braking point of the chicane and slammed into the back of the Sutil's car.
The collision damaged the German's diffuser and suspension and smashed Kimi's own front wing. Kimi pitted and would eventually finish in ninth place, while the damage sustained from the accident forced Sutil to retire from the race.
Had the team finished the race, they would have leapfrogged Honda and Toro Rosso in the Constructors Championship, and the five points gained would have earned the team around £5 million in prize money.
Unfortunately, it just was not to be for the team on Sunday. Rest assured, Sutil and the Force India team will be back in Canada determined to prove that Monaco was not a false dawn.
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4 months ago
Im not sure it was aquaplaning ... I think it was just the dry tyres spinning up on some moisture over that slight crest before the banks down to chicane ? Dont quote me as I am not 100% on this but I dont think there was enough water on track at time for aquaplaning ?
Although its an interesting point you make about the £5 million prize money, I have been curious what the loss of earnings was, now I know I feel its all the more important that Ferrari should have received some kind of penalty because lets face it, if the tables there turned and Sutil ended Kimis race in this fashion it would be time for docked points, grid penalties and possibly even monitary fines ?!
Such a shame !
from 4 months ago
Indeed
But then again that's what happen when you're litterally on top of the "F1 food chain" I mean ferrari is the apex predator in this business; they can get away in such a fashion especially now considering the dire state of the FIA but then again like you rightly said had it been the otherway around as in young Sutil taking down Hunter Raikkonen, penalties, fines and all kinds of troubles would have come Sutil's way for the simple reason that you don't mess with the King of this jungle without paying the price....
anyways a shame as it were
4 months ago
Its wierd though because without dragging it all up and starting an un needed mass debate ... You would think McLaren are at the top of that food chain ... Yet look at how they where publicly battered last year, docked all championship points, relegated down the pit lane due to this (Which by the way has been way better for them) £50 million pound fine ... I think maybe an example was being made just to prove a point to everyone ... "Dont spy!" ... Ha ha ha ... Its a wierd old business and some funny decisions get made ... Sometimes we think the wrong decisions ?!
from 4 months ago
and it gets even weirder; I read a couple of days ago, that Ferrari had secretly spied on BMW's pit lane crew, cos the German squad has the fastest pit changes of all teams at least by a second; funnily enough no action is to be taken there and you see if you factor in Raikkonen's incident with Sutil as well (no action to be taken there, just Raikkonen somewhat apologizing i.e. little slap on the wrist) , I don't mean to say but Ferrrai is the top apex predator in this F1 jungle and good old Mclaren plays along as the Hyenna ( problem with Hyennas they just don't know where to bite...) ; Okay okay bad example but you see where this is going...
from 4 months ago
Yeah I get you ... Ha ha ha ... I see exactly where you are coming from ! Maybe they will learn the more they get shown up like they have done ?
4 months ago
the sad thing is and correct me if I'm wrong, I mean imagine pitting a tiger vs a lion that was last year Mclaren vs Ferrari feud; this year the tiger is licking its wounds and the dominant Ferrari is roaring its way through to another world manufacturer's crown unless Mclaren could unleash the beast that is Heikki Kovalainen. what do you think?
4 months ago
what Ferrari is doing with the BMW pit stops is not spying. The pits stops are televised globally, evetone and their mom could look at and study them. Now something like CONFIDENTIAL documents regarding key elements of a championship car, if those are looked at by eyes not meant to be then sure, thats spying, who can deny that. Ferrari is simply seizing the moment (via video) where other teams aren't. thats how they got to the top
from 4 months ago
no no no, u didn't get it. ferrari were spying in PERSON, not via tv. two different things there. but no, ferrari won't get punished.
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