Re: Career - 1991 onwards (whenever I feel like retiring) Date: December 05, 2009 04:35PM Posted by: R_Scandura | Registered: 20 years ago |
Re: Career - 1991 onwards (whenever I feel like retiring) Date: December 07, 2009 10:41AM Posted by: savinaclaudio | Registered: 17 years ago |
Re: Career - 1991 onwards (whenever I feel like retiring) Date: December 09, 2009 03:58PM Posted by: R_Scandura | Registered: 20 years ago |
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There were all the reasons to think about a dominance from Senna after the brilliant weekend but his suspension failed in his best moment while confortably leading. Same destiny for Hill which anyway has never been able to set a noticeable pace. Alesi was doing a great race finally supported by his car and was sitting on 3rd when a spin off at the Hairpin at lap 62 made him loose time. Tyres were at the end of their life and 1 lap later he repeated the error at the same turn. This time the off track caused the break of the front wing in a light contact on the barriers forcing him to pit to repair. At the end only 1 point.
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Many expectations for Ferrari in one of their homeraces but again the unconsistance of their car relegated both to a role of spectators. Senna and Prost battled for a long time to the extreme measures, so that Prost had to retire following a problem with a wheel after another of the many body to body brakings. Another quiet race for Hill, still a bit off the pace and again out with concerns at the transmission. Not a good moment for him. Anonymous race for both ferrarists, always far from the real action. Alesi had to quit after another engine failure and Berger got his first point of the season only because being at the right place in the right moment. Senna easily won showing a big strenght against his main opponents while Schumacher got another podium without any particular glory
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The race started with a big jump by Hill which outbraked Senna at turn 1 and took the lead with a lighter car. Behind has been a three way battle with Senna trying again to block Prost and his heavy fueled car, while Schumacher followed the show from a safe distance. Very early the Benetton of the german driver faded off and the driver has been forced to retire leaving Alesi to follow the three main contenders. But the worst for the frencham of Ferrari was yet to come. Going down to Sabadel the red car shown a sudden reaction meaning something wasn't going fine and the driver has been good and lucky enough to hit the pit entrance before to pass it. The mechanics had so the chance to work on the car before anything worse could happen in the extra lap to pit but still this costed the driver 2 laps and possibly any good position in race. Alesi restarted the race with a car not in perfect conditions and in the last posiotion with an hard climbing to do. But the hard teased nerves for this other issue made him brake out of control trying to unlap from Barbazza on Minardi. The italian had to pit to replace the damaged nose while Alesi has been charged of a Stop&go for his nervous action. Even more down the field, at the end the best he could get was a 9th place caught only at the last 50 meters of the race when Boutsen hasn't been able to cross the line quickly by an engine explosion. Hill and Prost meantime pitted reversing the length of the stints and with a lighter car Prost has been able to recover the gap from the british teammate jumping him with no problem until Hill had to retire in the later sassions. Prost mastered the race with Senna saving his 2nd place without pushing anymore once settled in his position.
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As well known, qualifying was vital for this track and there were not other pretenders to the front row than the two Williams. Senna incredibly ruined his race sitting in 10th place after a very messed qualifying session always in the middle of the traffic. At start the two Williams saved their position as expected with Schumacher and Alesi behind them to make a very though quartet. Also to spice up the race even more it started to rain after 3 laps. Drivers went around the track til the grip helped them to stay on the safe line but then it was time to pit and change tyres. As expected backmaker were going to define the destiny of the 4 contenders. If Prost has been lucky to jump the first slow cars, not so lucky have been Schumacher, Alesi and Hill which in the pitting procedure lost two places. Trying to pass a slower car Alesi surpised the german taking his position. But the same mistake few laps later allowed Michael to return him the favor in the same way. Race went on now under an insistent rain between an hard brake and a Minardi in the middle of the track. Top drivers may have thought there were 8 Minardis on track for how many times they have been lapped. Really bad race for Fittipaldi as well. Another slow car and another lack of concentratrion made Hill pass Schumacher, which seemed too cautious even though some favourite weather conditions. Half race done when the rain ended. Track started to drier and the first cars pitted to set back slicks. Ferrari got the best in the first chance when anticipating the stop made Alesi passed the main rivals but in this case delaying the pit has not payed at all, and the driver fell again in 4th position with Hill coming out the pits in 2nd place again. Alesi wasted another chance to sit on the podium but also risked to loose the points when a violent action by Schumacher to pass again a Minardi made Alesi crash into his back breaking the front wing. Was necessary a pitstop and these seconds lost to repair the nose allowed Senna to gain the position on him. The rythm calmed down in the last laps with Prost crossing the line almost at the limit of the 2 hours followed by his teammate in a clean 1-2. Some suspance after the race as the stewards decided to investigate on the manouvre which caused the accident between Schumacher and Alesi. No further actions have been taken leaving Ferrari in a big disappointment expecially after the severe punishemt Alesi received at Barcelona.
Re: Career - 1991 onwards (whenever I feel like retiring) Date: December 10, 2009 09:28AM Posted by: savinaclaudio | Registered: 17 years ago |
Re: Career - 1991 onwards (whenever I feel like retiring) Date: December 10, 2009 11:32PM Posted by: abdelkader | Registered: 17 years ago |
Re: Career - 1991 onwards (whenever I feel like retiring) Date: December 11, 2009 04:05AM Posted by: Racer#73 | Registered: 16 years ago |
Re: Career - 1991 onwards (whenever I feel like retiring) Date: December 11, 2009 11:25PM Posted by: abdelkader | Registered: 17 years ago |
Re: Career - 1991 onwards (whenever I feel like retiring) Date: December 17, 2009 10:17AM Posted by: abdelkader | Registered: 17 years ago |
Re: Career - 1991 onwards (whenever I feel like retiring) Date: December 17, 2009 12:13PM Posted by: Rico | Registered: 18 years ago |
Re: Career - 1991 onwards (whenever I feel like retiring) Date: December 17, 2009 01:27PM Posted by: Jackal | Registered: 18 years ago |
Re: Career - 1991 onwards (whenever I feel like retiring) Date: December 17, 2009 03:07PM Posted by: abdelkader | Registered: 17 years ago |
Re: Career - 1991 onwards (whenever I feel like retiring) Date: December 17, 2009 04:51PM Posted by: R_Scandura | Registered: 20 years ago |
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Very few to report for this race. Despite 3 cars finishing inside 10 seconds, the race never been open to any surprise with both Williams always leading the group even though opposite strategies. Only at the end Senna seemed to close the gap but it was more the leader to save the tyres after the stint. On Ferrari side Alesi never felt to be in good shape. After a bad qualifying tried to make his way to better positions until his engine collapsed again. Luckily Berger got some points for the italian team
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Predictions said it was going to be a great race for french drivers. Also Ferrari finally brought some good updates to try to give an end to those frequent engine problems. The qualifying has been for sure one of the best seen in recent times. Three drivers constantly lapping at their extreme force to lead the field after every attempt. At the end Senna got the last chance climbing the grid with a very minimal gap on Prost an Schumacher. Expectations for the race were high after such saturday and indeed emotions didn't miss to come. After the lights went off Prost had a lucky jump from the starting slot passing Senna and running away. Senna tried to keep the pace knowing he was running heavier than the french but he asked too much to his car and at lap 12 ran wide in the long Estoril turn closing his race drowning in the sand trap. Race went on with top drivers trying to chase the flying Williams with Alesi able to keep the third place on Schumacher which didn't had a good start by the quantity of fuel carried aboard. At lap 16 an uncomprehansion between Alesi and Herbert during the lapping manouvre caused an accident at the last turn seeding the Curve du Lycee with debris. Herbert did surely a bad mistake trying something very difficult in the wrong place. Both slowly came to pit losing time and places. But the consequences of that accident have been guilty understimated by the race control. At the next passage on the flagged area Berger and few seconds later Prost got a puncture by hitting the debris remained on the surface. Both had to retire being unable to complete another lap to reach the pit. Hill inherited the lead followed by a cautious Schumacher. At lap 30 an electrical problem slowed Alesi who tried to reach the pits very slower. Other time lost proving again his patience for an unreliable car. At lap 38 another collision involved Alesi. This time it was Boutsen who lost the control of the car after being passed from the outside by the frenchman at the Adelaide hairpin while fighting fot P8. Front wing damaged again and another pit to complete the bad day. In all this Alliot was going to give the crowd the satisfaction of an homeracer ending with points but at lap 68 he had to surrender to the engine of his Larousse while sitting in 5th position. In the end the podium taken by the french Ligier with Brundle has been the only reason to be happy.
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Aproaching the british race, the most active have been Ferrari and Benetton. Schumacher received the second massive upgrade in two races to maximize the qualifying while Ferrari presented another set of updates to try to finally do that step to finalize the good performances. But the first shock for the biritish fans has been Lotus missing to get the pass for the qualyfing session under an heavy rain. As expected and widely predicted by Braitore Schumacher literally flyed during the qualifying, setting a pace unachievable for everyone included the two Williams, called to give a show in their homeland but surprisingly under preassure. Who got a benefit of this situation has been Senna who sat in front row with the german but with better expectation for the race than him. The opening lap has been particularily animated with Prost taking the lead on Senna, Hill, Schumacher and the two Ferrari. Prost was trying to capitalize his aggressive strategy collecting 15 seconds in 10 laps but at lap 12 by a driving error lost almost all the advantage saving only 2 seconds on the closest followers. Hill completed his anonymous race causing an accident trying to overlap a slow car involving Schumacher who meantime was chasing him. The german saved his race only with a time loss while Damon had to retire. Few laps later Berger ran off track after his brakes stopped to work properly ending his race in the fences of the Brookland. Few more laps and Alesi suffered another electrical problem when was sitting on podium and preparing for his pitstop. Slowly came to pit and this time he shown all his irritation to the team managers sitting discouraged on the pitwall. At the end only a 5th place which felt more a bitter end than else. Senna on his way, dominated the race without any problem with Schumacher collecting aother lucky podium after his concerns earlier in the race. At the end there wast still a lot to celebrate for the british fans with Brundle and Blundell confirming the great shape and reliabity of their Ligier. A special mention goes to Footwork. Luckily got to enter the grid by weather freak, they have been a disgrace on wheels. An entire race travelling in parade one behind the other, it was an hazzard for everyone everytime they had to be overlapped.
Re: Career - 1991 onwards (whenever I feel like retiring) Date: December 18, 2009 02:37PM Posted by: abdelkader | Registered: 17 years ago |
Re: Career - 1991 onwards (whenever I feel like retiring) Date: December 18, 2009 03:59PM Posted by: abdelkader | Registered: 17 years ago |
Re: Career - 1991 onwards (whenever I feel like retiring) Date: December 19, 2009 05:02AM Posted by: Racer#73 | Registered: 16 years ago |
Re: Career - 1991 onwards (whenever I feel like retiring) Date: December 19, 2009 10:16AM Posted by: abdelkader | Registered: 17 years ago |
Re: Career - 1991 onwards (whenever I feel like retiring) Date: December 21, 2009 02:21PM Posted by: Jackal | Registered: 18 years ago |
Re: Career - 1991 onwards (whenever I feel like retiring) Date: December 21, 2009 02:37PM Posted by: abdelkader | Registered: 17 years ago |
Re: Career - 1991 onwards (whenever I feel like retiring) Date: December 21, 2009 03:58PM Posted by: abdelkader | Registered: 17 years ago |
Re: Career - 1991 onwards (whenever I feel like retiring) Date: December 21, 2009 06:17PM Posted by: abdelkader | Registered: 17 years ago |